Axis Q6215-LE User manual

AXISQ6215-LEPTZNetworkCamera
UserManual

AXISQ6215-LEPTZNetworkCamera
TaleofContents
Productoverview...........................................3
Findthedeviceonthenetwork................................4
Accessthedevice...............................................4
Aboutsecurepasswords..........................................4
Setup.....................................................5
Webpageoverview..............................................5
Imagequality...................................................7
Privacymasks..................................................8
verlays.......................................................8
PTZ(PanTiltZoom)..............................................9
Streamingandstorage...........................................10
Rulesandalerts.................................................11
Applications....................................................14
Troubleshooting............................................15
Resettofactorydefaultsettings...................................15
Checkthecurrentrmware.......................................15
Upgradethermware............................................15
Technicalissues,cluesandsolutions................................16
Performanceconsiderations.......................................17
Specications..............................................18
SDcardslot....................................................18
Buttons.......................................................18
Connectors....................................................18
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Productoverview
Productoverview
1SDcardslot
2Controlbutton
3Groundscrew
4Partnumber(P/N)&Serialnumber(S/N)
5Networkconnector(ighPoE)
6Impactprotectionbracket
7StatusLED
8Wiper
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Findthedeviceonthenetwork
Findthedeviceonthenetwork
TondAxisdevicesonthenetworkandassignthemIPaddressesinWindows®,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManager.Both
applicationsarefreeandcanbedownloadedfromaxis.com/support
FormoreinformationabouthowtondandassignIPaddresses,seethedocumentowtoassignanIPaddressandaccessyour
deviceonthedevicepageataxis.com
Accessthedevce
1.penabrowserandentertheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisdevice.
IfyouhaveaMaccomputer(SX),gotoSafari,clickonBonjourandselectthedevicefromthedrop-downlist.Toadd
Bonjourasabrowserbookmark,gotoSafari>Preferences.
IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddress,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManagertondthedeviceonthenetwork.
2.Entertheusernameandpassword.Ifyouaccessthedeviceforthersttime,youmustsettherootpassword.See
Setasecurepasswordfortherootaccountonpage4.
3.Theliveviewpageopensinyourbrowser.
Aboutsecurepasswords
Important
Axisdevicessendtheinitiallysetpasswordincleartextoverthenetwork.Toprotectyourdeviceaftertherstlogin,set
upasecureandencryptedHTTPSconnectionandthenchangethepassword.
Thedevicepasswordistheprimaryprotectionforyourdataandservices.Axisdevicesdonotimposeapasswordpolicyasthey
maybeusedinvarioustypesofinstallations.
Toprotectyourdatawestronglyrecommendthatyou:
•Useapasswordwithatleast8characters,preferablycreatedbyapasswordgenerator.
•Don’texposethepassword.
•Changethepasswordatarecurringinterval,atleastonceayear.
Setasecurepasswordfortherootaccount
Important
Thedefaultadministratorusernameisroot.Ifthepasswordforrootislost,resetthedevicetofactorydefaultsettings.
1.Typeapassword.Followtheinstructionsaboutsecurepasswords.SeeAboutsecurepasswordsonpage4.
2.Retypethepasswordtoconrmthespelling.
3.ClickCreatelogin.Thepasswordhasnowbeencongured.
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Setup
Setup
Webpageovervew
1Liveviewcontrolbar
2Liveview
3Productname
4Controls
5Videocontrolbar
6Settingstoggle
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Setup
7Settingstabs
Needmorehelp?
Youcanaccessthebuilt-inhelpfromthedevice’swebpage.Thehelpprovidesmoredetailedinformationonthedevice’sfeaturesand
theirsettings.
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Setup
Imagequalty
BenetfromIRlghtnlow-lghtcondtonsusngnghtmode
Yourcamerausesvisiblelighttodelivercolorimagesduringtheday.Astheavailablelightdiminishes,youcansetthecamerato
automaticallyshifttonightmode,inwhichthecamerausesbothvisiblelightandnear-infraredlighttodeliverblack-and-white
images.Sincethecamerausesmoreoftheavailablelightitcandeliverbrighter,moredetailed,images.
1.GotoSettings>Image>Daandnight,andmakesurethattheIRcutlterissettoAuto.
2.Todetermineatwhatlightlevelyouwantthecameratoshifttonightmode,settheDa-nightshiftpriorittoDa,
NightorNone.
3.EnableAllowIRilluminationandSnchronizeIRilluminationtousethecamera’sIRlightwhennightmodeisactivated.
Reducemotonblurnlow-lghtcondtons
Toreducemotionblurinlow-lightconditions,youcanadjustoneormoreofthefollowingsettings:
Note
Imagenoisewillincreaseifyouincreasethegain.
•Increaseshutterspeedandgain.GotoSettings>Image>ExposureandsetMaxshuttertoashortertime,andMaxgain
toahighervalue.
Ifyouarestillexperiencingmotionblur,youcantryoneofthefollowing:
•Increasethelightlevelinthescene.
•Mountthecamerasothatobjectsmovetowarditorawayfromitratherthansideways.
Handlesceneswthstrongbacklght
Dynamicrangeisthedifferenceinlightlevelsinanimage.Insomecasesthedifferencebetweenthedarkestandthebrightest
areascanbesignicant.Theresultisoftenanimagewhereeitherthedarkorthebrightareasarevisible.Widedynamicrange
(WDR)makesbothdarkandbrightareasoftheimagevisible.
1.GotoSettings>Image.
2.Ifrequired,turnonWDRunderWidednamicrange.
ImagewithoutWDR.
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Setup
ImagewithWDR.
Note
WDRmaycauseartifactsintheimage.
FindoutmoreaboutWDRandhowtouseitataxis.com/web-articles/wdr
Removewaterfromthefrontglasswththewper
Thewiperiscontrolledmanually.
1.ClickontheWiperbuttonintheLiveviewcontrolbar.
Prvacymasks
Hdepartsofthemagewthprvacymasks
Whatisaprivacmask?
Aprivacymaskisauser-denedareathatpreventsusersfromviewingapartofthemonitoredarea.Inthevideostream,privacy
masksappearasblocksofsolidcolor.
Theprivacymaskisrelativetothepan,tilt,andzoomcoordinates,soregardlessofwhereyoupointthecamera,theprivacy
maskcoversthesameplaceorobject.
You’llseetheprivacymaskonallsnapshots,recordedvideo,andlivestreams.
YoucanusetheVAPIX®applicationprogramminginterface(API)toturnofftheprivacymasks.
Important
Usingmultipleprivacymasksmayaffecttheproduct’sperformance.
Createaprivacmask
Tocreateaprivacymask,gotoSettings>Privacmask.
Overlays
Aboutoverlays
verlaysaresuperimposedoverthevideostream.Theyareusedtoprovideextrainformationduringrecordings,suchasatimestamp,
orduringproductinstallationandconguration.
Showatextoverlaynthevdeostreamwhenthedevcedetectsmoton
Thisexampleexplainshowtodisplaythetext“Motiondetected”whenthedevicedetectsmotion:
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Setup
MakesuretheAXISVideoMotionDetectionapplicationisrunning:
1.GotoSettings>Apps>AXISVideoMotionDetection.
2.Starttheapplicationifitisnotalreadyrunning.
3.Makesureyouhavesetuptheapplicationaccordingtoyourneeds.
Addtheoverlaytext:
4.GotoSettings>Overla.
5.Enter#Dinthetexteld.
6.Choosetextsizeandappearance.
Createarule:
7.GotoSstem>Events>Rulesandaddarule.
8.Typeanamefortherule.
9.Inthelistofconditions,selectAXISVideoMotionDetection.
10.Inthelistofactions,selectUseoverlatext.
11.Selectaviewarea.
12.Type“Motiondetected”.
13.Settheduration.
14.ClickSave.
Dsplaythepanortltpostonasatextoverlay
Itmaybeusefultoretrieve,forinstancefromarecordedvideo,thepanortiltpositionindegreesinwhichaneventhastakenplace.
Thiscanbeobtainedbyincludingthepositionintheimageasatextoverlay,usingaso-calledmodier.
1.GotoSettings>Overla.
2.Inthetexteld,enter#xtoshowthepanposition.
Enter#ytoshowthetiltposition.
3.Choosealignment,textsizeandappearance.
4.Thecurrentpanandtiltpositionsshowupintheliveviewimageandintherecording.
PTZ(PanTltZoom)
Lmtthepan,tlt,andzoommovements
Asanexample,youmightneedtoprotecttheprivacyofresidentslivinginapartmentbuildingslocatedclosetoaparkinglotthat
youwishtosurveil.Todothis,youcanlimitthepan,tilt,andzoommovements,sothattheviewdoesnotcovertheapartment
buildings.GotoSettings>PTZ>Limits.
Aboutguardtours
Aguardtourdisplaysthevideostreamfromdifferentpresetpositionseitherinapredeterminedorrandomorder,andforcongurable
periodsoftime.ncestarted,aguardtourcontinuestorununtilstopped,evenwhentherearenoclients(webbrowsers)viewingthe
images.
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Setup
Theguardtourfunctioninthisproductincludestourrecording.Thisallowsrecordingacustomtourusinganinputdevice,suchasa
joystick,amouseorakeyboard,orthroughusingtheVAPIX®ApplicationProgrammingInterface(API).Arecordedtourisareplayofa
recordedsequenceofpan/tilt/zoommovements,includingtheirvariablespeedsandlengths.
Createaguardtourwithpresetpositions
1.GotoSettings>PTZ>Guardtours
2.Click+.
3.SelectPresetposition.
4.Toedittheguardtour’sproperties,click
5.Typeanamefortheguardtourandspecifythepauselengthinminutesbetweeneachtour.
6.Ifyouwanttheguardtourtogotothepresetpositionsinarandomorder,turnonShufe.
7.ClickDone.
8.ClickAddtoaddthepresetpositionsthatyouwantinyourguardtour.
9.ClickDonetoexittheguardtoursettings.
10.Toscheduletheguardtour,gotoSstem>Events.
Createarecordedguardtour
1.GotoSettings>PTZ>Guardtours
2.Click+
3.SelectRecorded.
4.Tostartrecordingthepan/tilt/zoommovements,click
5.Whenyou’resatised,click
6.Ifyoure-recordtheguardtouryouwilloverwritetheexistingrecordedguardtour.
7.Toedittheguardtour’sproperties,click
8.Typeanamefortheguardtourandspecifythepauselengthinminutesbetweeneachtour.
9.ClickDonetwicetoexittheguardtoursettings.
10.Toscheduletheguardtour,gotoSstem>Events.
Streamngandstorage
Choosevdeocompressonformat
Decidewhichcompressionmethodtousebasedonyourviewingrequirements,andonthepropertiesofyournetwork.The
availableoptionsare:
H.264orMPEG-4Part10/AVC
Note
H.264isalicensedtechnology.TheAxisproductincludesoneH.264viewingclientlicense.Installingadditionalunlicensed
copiesoftheclientisprohibited.Topurchaseadditionallicenses,contactyourAxisreseller.
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