Axis Q6155-E User manual

AXISQ6155-EPTZDomeNetworkCamera
UserManual

AXISQ6155-EPTZDomeNetworkCamera
TableoContents
Productoverview...........................................3
Howtoaccesstheproduct....................................4
Howtoaccesstheproductfromabrowser...........................4
Aboutsecurepasswords..........................................4
Setup.....................................................6
Productwebpageoverview........................................6
Imagequality...................................................8
Privacymasks..................................................0
Overlays.......................................................0
PTZ(PanTiltZoom)..............................................
Streamingandstorage...........................................2
Events........................................................3
Applications....................................................4
Troubleshooting............................................5
Howtoresettofactorydefaultsettings.............................5
Howtocheckthecurrentrmware.................................5
Howtoupgradethermware.....................................5
Technicalissues,cluesandsolutions................................6
Performanceconsiderations.......................................7
Specications..............................................8
LEDindicators..................................................8
SDcardslot....................................................8
Buttons.......................................................8
Connectors....................................................8
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Productoverview
Productoverview
1Hookforsafetywire
2Networkconnector
3Unitholder(3x)
4Groundscrew
5Partnumer(P/N)&Serialnumer(S/N)
6Controlutton
7StatusLEDindicator
8Powerutton
9SDcardslot
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Howtoaccesstheproduct
Howtoaccesstheproduct
AXISIPUtilityandAXISDeviceManagerarerecommendedmethodsforndingAxisproductsonthenetworkandassigningthemIP
addressesinWindows®.Bothapplicationsarefreeandcanbedownloadedfromaxis.com/support
Theproductcanbeusedwiththefollowingbrowsers:
•Windows®:ChromeTM(recommended),Firefox®,Edge®,orOpera®
•OSX®:ChromeTM(recommended)orSafari®
•Otheroperatingsystems:ChromeTMorFirefox®.
Ifyouneedmoreinformationaboutrecommendedbrowsers,gotoaxis.com/rowser-support
Howtoaccesstheprouctfromabrowser
.Startawebbrowser.
2.EntertheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisproductinthebrowser’saddresseld.
ToaccesstheproductfromaMaccomputer(OSX),gotoSafari,clickonBonjourandselecttheproductfromthe
drop-downlist.ToaddBonjourasabrowserbookmark,gotoSafari>Preferences.
IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddress,useAXISIPUtilitytolocatetheproductonthenetwork.Forinformationabout
howtodiscoverandassignanIPaddress,seethedocumentHowtoassignanIPaddressandaccessyourdeviceonthe
productpageataxis.com.
3.Enteryourusernameandpassword.Ifthisisthersttimetheproductisaccessed,therootpasswordmustrstbe
congured.
4.Theproduct’sliveviewpageopensinyourbrowser.
Aboutsecurepasswors
Important
Axisdevicessendtheinitiallysetpasswordincleartextoverthenetwork.Toprotectyourdeviceaftertherstlogin,set
upasecureandencryptedHTTPSconnectionandthenchangethepassword.
Thedevicepasswordistheprimaryprotectionforthedataandservices.Axisdevicesdonotimposeapasswordpolicyastheymaybe
usedinvarioustypesofinstallations.Toprotectyourdatawerecommendthatyou:
•Changethedefaultpasswordthatcomeswitheachdevice.
•Useapasswordwithatleast8characters,preferablycreatedbyapasswordgenerator.
•Don’texposethepassword.
•Changethepasswordatarecurringinterval,atleastonceayear.
Setasecurepassworfortherootaccount
Important
Thedefaultadministratorusernameisroot.Ifthepasswordforrootislost,resetthedevicetofactorydefaultsettings.
.Typeapassword.Followtheinstructionsaboutsecurepasswords.SeeAoutsecurepasswordsonpage4.
2.Retypethepasswordtoconrmthespelling.
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Howtoaccesstheproduct
3.ClickCreatelogin.Thepasswordhasnowbeencongured.
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Setup
Setup
Prouctwebpageoverview
1Liveviewcontrolar
2Liveview
3Productname
4Controls
5Videocontrolar
6Settingstoggle
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Setup
7Settingstas
Abouttheprouct'sbuilt-inhelp
Youcanaccessthebuilt-inhelpfromtheproduct’swebpage.Thehelpprovidesmoredetailedinformationontheproduct’s
featuresandtheirsettings.
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Setup
Imagequality
HowtobenetfromIRlightinlow-lightconitionsusingnightmoe
Yourcamerausesvisiblelighttodelivercolorimagesduringtheday.Aslightdiminishes,youcansetthecameratoautomatically
shifttonightmode.Innightmodethecamerausesbothvisiblelightandnear-infraredlighttodeliverblack-and-whiteimages.
Sincethecamerausesmoreoftheavailablelightitcandeliverbrighter,moredetailed,images.
.GotoSettings>Image>Dayandnight,andmakesurethattheIcutlterissettoAuto.
2.Todetermineatwhatlightlevelyouwantthecameratoshifttonightmode,movetheThresholdslidertowardBright
orDark.
Note
Ifyousettheshifttooccurwhenit’sbrighter,theimageremainssharperastherewillbelesslow-lightnoise.Ifyou
settheshifttooccurwhenit’sdarker,theimagecolorsaremaintainedlongerbuttherewillbemoreimageblurdue
tolow-lightnoise.
Howtohanlesceneswithstrongbacklight
Dynamicrangeisthedifferenceinlightlevelsinanimage.Insomecasesthedifferencebetweenthedarkestandthebrightest
areascanbesignicant.Theresultisoftenanimagewhereeitherthedarkorthebrightareasarevisible.Widedynamicrange
(WDR)makesbothdarkandbrightareasoftheimagevisible.
.GotoSettings>Image.
2.TurnonWDRunderWidedynamicrange.
ImagewithoutWDR.
ImagewithWDR.
Note
WDRmaycauseartifactsintheimage.
FindoutmoreaboutWDRandhowtouseitataxis.com/we-articles/wdr
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Setup
HowtostabilizeashakyimagewithElectronicImageStabilization(EIS)
EIScanbeusedinenvironmentswheretheproductismountedinanexposedlocationandsubjecttovibrations,forexample,wind
orpassingtrafc.TurnonEIStogetasmootherandsteadierimagewithoutblur.
EISalsoreducesthelesizeofthecompressedimageandlowersthebitrateofthevideostream.
Note
WhenEISisturnedontheimageiscroppedslightly,loweringthemaximumresolution.
.GotoSettings>Image.
2.TurnonEIS.
Aboutlaserfocus
Thelaserfocusfeatureincludesalaserthatassistsfocusingbyprovidingareferencepoint.Thismeanslaserfocushelpscamerasnd
focusfasterthancamerasthatonlyhaveautofocus.Itndsfocusinchallenginglightingconditions,suchassceneswithlowlightor
contrast.Yougetthebestfocusinthecenteroftheimage.
Thefocusperformancedependsontheweatherconditions,thecleannessofthedome,andthereectionvalueoftheobject.
Forexample,amirrororawindowcandistractthelaser.Insituationswithinsufcientobjectreections,thecameraonlyuses
theautofocus.
Withmovingojectsandscenesthatchangequickly,laserfocusndsfocusinstantly,makingitpossiletofocus,forexample,on
thelicenseplateofamovingvehicle.
Thelaserfocusisalwaysenabled.Assoonasthecameraisturnedon,thelaserfocusstartsworking.
Howtoincreaseimagequalityinrainyweatherwithspeery
Thespeeddryfunctionhelpstoprovidesharpimagesinrainyweather.Itcanalsosimplifydomecleaning,allowingformore
efcientmethodssuchashighpressurecleaning.Withthespeeddryfunctionactivated,thedomevibratesathighspeed.It
breaksthesurfacetensionofthewaterandremovesthedrips.
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Snapshotfromacamera’slivevieweforeandafterspeeddryhaseenactivated.
.ClickontheSpeeddrybuttonintheLiveviewcontrolbar.
Privacymasks
Howtohiepartsoftheimagewithprivacymasks
Whatisaprivacymask?
Aprivacymaskisauser-denedareathatpreventsusersfromviewingapartofthemonitoredarea.Inthevideostream,privacy
masksappearasblocksofsolidcolor.
Theprivacymaskisrelativetothepan,tilt,andzoomcoordinates,soregardlessofwhereyoupointthecamera,theprivacy
maskcoversthesameplaceorobject.
You’llseetheprivacymaskonallsnapshots,recordedvideo,andlivestreams.
YoucanusetheVAPIX®applicationprogramminginterface(API)toturnofftheprivacymasks.
Important
Usingmultipleprivacymasksmayaffecttheproduct’sperformance.
Howtocreateaprivacymask
Tocreateaprivacymask,gotoSettings>Privacymask.
Overlays
Aboutoverlays
Overlaysaresuperimposedoverthevideostream.Theyareusedtoprovideextrainformationduringrecordings,suchasatimestamp,
orduringproductinstallationandconguration.
Howtoisplaythepanortiltpositionasatextoverlay
Itmaybeusefultoretrieve,forinstancefromarecordedvideo,thepanortiltpositionindegreesinwhichaneventhastakenplace.
Thiscanbeobtainedbyincludingthepositionintheimageasatextoverlay,usingaso-calledmodier.
.GotoSettings>Overlay.
2.Inthetexteld,enter#xtoshowthepanposition.
Enter#ytoshowthetiltposition.
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