Axis Q6318-LE User manual

AXISQ6318-LEPTZCamera
UserManual

AXISQ6318-LEPTZCamera
TableofContents
Getstarted................................................3
Findthedeviceonthenetwork....................................3
Accessthedevice...............................................3
Webpageoverview..............................................4
Additionalsettings..........................................7
Adjusttheimage................................................7
Adjustthecameraview(PTZ......................................11
Viewandrecordvideo............................................12
Setuprulesforevents...........................................13
Cleaningrecommendations...................................17
Learnmore................................................18
Long-distanceconnections........................................18
Privacymasks..................................................18
Overlays.......................................................18
Pan,tilt,andzoom(PTZ..........................................18
Streamingandstorage...........................................18
Applications....................................................20
Security.......................................................22
Troubleshooting............................................23
Resettofactorydefaultsettings...................................23
Firmwareoptions...............................................23
Checkthecurrentrmware.......................................23
Upgradethermware............................................23
Technicalissues,cluesandsolutions................................24
Performanceconsiderations.......................................26
Contactsupport.................................................26
Specications..............................................27
Productoverview................................................27
LEDindicators..................................................27
SDcardslot....................................................27
Buttons.......................................................28
Connectors....................................................28
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Getstarte
Findthedeviceonthenetwor
TondAxisdevicesonthenetworkandassignthemIPaddressesinWindows®,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManager.Both
applicationsarefreeandcanbedownloadedfromaxis.com/support.
FormoreinformationabouthowtondandassignIPaddresses,gotoHowtoassignanIPaddressandaccessyourdevice.
Browsersupport
Youcanusethedevicewiththefollowingbrowsers:
ChromeTMFirefox®EdgeTMSafari®
Windows®recommendedrecommended
macOS®recommendedrecommended
Linux®recommendedrecommended
Otheroperatingsystems*
*TouseAXISOSwebinterfacewitiOS15oriPadOS15,gotoSettings Settings
Settings> > >Safari Safari Safari> > >Advanced Advanced Advanced> > >Experimental Experimental ExperimentalFeatures Features Featuresanddisable
NSURLSessionWebsocket.
Ifyouneedmoreinformationaboutrecommendedbrowsers,gotoAXISOSPortal.
Accessthedevice
1.OpenabrowserandentertheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisdevice.
IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddress,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManagertondthedeviceonthenetwork.
2.Entertheusernameandpassword.Ifyouaccessthedeviceforthersttime,youmustsettherootpassword.SeeSeta
newpasswordforterootaccountonpage3.
3.Theliveviewpageopensinyourbrowser.
Verifythatnoonehastamperedwiththermware
TomakesurethatthedevicehasitsoriginalAxisrmware,ortotakefullcontrolofthedeviceafterasecurityattack:
1.Resettofactorydefaultsettings.SeeResettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage23.
Afterthereset,securebootguaranteesthestateofthedevice.
2.Congureandinstallthedevice.
Setanewpasswordfortherootaccount
Important
Thedefaultadministratorusernameisroot.Ifthepasswordforrootislost,resetthedevicetofactorydefaultsettings.See
Resettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage23
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Towatchthisvideo,gotothewebversionofthisdocument.
elp.axis.com/?&piaId=78193&section=set-a-new-password-for-te-root-account
Supporttip:Passwordsecurityconrmationceck
1.Typeapassword.Followtheinstructionsaboutsecurepasswords.SeeSecurepasswordsonpage4.
2.Retypethepasswordtoconrmthespelling.
3.ClickCreatelogin.Thepasswordhasnowbeencongured.
Securepasswords
Important
Axisdevicessendtheinitiallysetpasswordincleartextoverthenetwork.Toprotectyourdeviceaftertherstlogin,set
upasecureandencryptedHTTPSconnectionandthenchangethepassword.
Thedevicepasswordistheprimaryprotectionforyourdataandservices.Axisdevicesdonotimposeapasswordpolicyasthey
maybeusedinvarioustypesofinstallations.
Toprotectyourdatawestronglyrecommendthatyou:
•Useapasswordwithatleast8characters,preferablycreatedbyapasswordgenerator.
•Don’texposethepassword.
•Changethepasswordatarecurringinterval,atleastonceayear.
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Webpageoverview
1Liveviewcontrolbar
2Liveview
3Productname
4Userinformation,colortemes,andelp
5Videocontrolbar
6Settingstoggle
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7Settingstabs
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Aitionalsettings
Aitionalsettings
Adjusttheimage
Thissectionincludesinstructionsaboutconguringyourdevice.Ifyouwanttolearnmoreabouthowcertainfeatureswork,go
toLearnmoreonpage18.
BenetfromIRlightinlow-lightconditionsusingnightmode
Yourcamerausesvisiblelighttodelivercolorimagesduringtheday.Astheavailablelightdiminishes,youcansetthecamerato
automaticallyshifttonightmode,inwhichthecamerausesbothvisiblelightandnear-infraredlighttodeliverblack-and-white
images.Sincethecamerausesmoreoftheavailablelightitcandeliverbrighter,moredetailed,images.
1.GotoSettings>Image>Dayandnight,andmakesurethattheIRcutlterissettoAuto.
2.Todetermineatwhatlightlevelyouwantthecameratoshifttonightmode,movetheThresholdslidertowardBright
orDar.
3.EnableAllowIRilluminationandSynchronizeIRilluminationtousethecamera’sIRlightwhennightmodeisactivated.
Note
Ifyousettheshifttonightmodetooccurwhenit’sbrighter,theimageremainssharperastherewillbelesslow-light
noise.Ifyousettheshifttooccurwhenit’sdarker,theimagecolorsaremaintainedforlonger,buttherewillbemore
imageblurduetolow-lightnoise.
Reducenoiseinlow-lightconditions
Toreducenoiseinlow-lightconditions,youcanadjustoneormoreofthefollowingsettings:
•Adjustthetrade-offbetweennoiseandmotionblur.GotoSettings>Image>ExposureandmovetheBlur-noise
trade-offslidertowardLownoise.
Note
Ahighmaxshuttervaluecanresultinmotionblur.
•Toslowdowntheshutterspeed,setmaxshuttertothehighestpossiblevalue.
•Opentheaperture.
Handlesceneswithstrongbaclight
Dynamicrangeisthedifferenceinlightlevelsinanimage.Insomecasesthedifferencebetweenthedarkestandthebrightest
areascanbesignicant.Theresultisoftenanimagewhereeitherthedarkorthebrightareasarevisible.Widedynamicrange
(WDRmakesbothdarkandbrightareasoftheimagevisible.
ImagewitoutWDR.
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ImagewitWDR.
Note
•WDRcancauseartifactsintheimage.
•WDRmaynotbeavailableforallcapturemodes.
1.GotoSettings>Image>Widedynamicrange.
2.TurnonWDR.
3.UsetheLocalcontrastslidertoadjusttheamountofWDR.
4.UsetheTonemappingslidertoadjusttheamountofWDR.
5.Ifyoustillhaveproblems,gotoExposureandadjusttheExposurezonetocovertheareaofinterest.
FindoutmoreaboutWDRandhowtouseitataxis.com/web-articles/wdr.
Verifythepixelresolution
Toverifythatadenedpartoftheimagecontainsenoughpixelsto,forexample,recognizelicenseplates,youcanusethepixel
counter.
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Aitionalsettings
1.GotoSettings>System>Orientation.
2.Click.
3.Inthecamera’sliveview,adjustthesizeandpositionoftherectanglearoundtheareaofinterest,forexamplewhereyou
expectlicenseplatestoappear.
Youcanseethenumberofpixelsforeachoftherectangle’ssides(XandY,anddecideifthevaluesareenoughfor
yourneeds.
Hidepartsoftheimagewithprivacymass
Youcancreateoneorseveralprivacymaskstohidepartsoftheimage.
Towatchthisvideo,gotothewebversionofthisdocument.
elp.axis.com/?&piaId=78193&section=ide-parts-of-te-image-wit-privacy-masks
Howtocreateaprivacymask
1.GotoSettings>Privacymas.
2.ClickNew.
3.Adjustthesize,color,andnameoftheprivacymaskaccordingtoyourneeds.
Towatchthisvideo,gotothewebversionofthisdocument.
elp.axis.com/?&piaId=78193&section=ide-parts-of-te-image-wit-privacy-masks
Howtocangeteappearanceoftemask
Showanimageoverlay
Youcanaddanimageasanoverlayinthevideostream.
1.GotoSettings>Overlay.
2.ClickCreateoverlay.
3.SelectImageandclickO.
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4.SelectImportanduploadanimage.
5.Selecttheimagefromthedrop-downlist.
6.Topositiontheimageoverlay,chooseCustomoroneofthepresets.
Showatextoverlayinthevideostreamwhenthedevicedetectsmotion
Thisexampleexplainshowtodisplaythetext“Motiondetected”whenthedevicedetectsmotion.
Towatchthisvideo,gotothewebversionofthisdocument.
elp.axis.com/?&piaId=78193&section=sow-a-text-overlay-in-te-video-stream-wen-te-device-detects-motion
Howtosowtextoverlaywentecameradetectsmotion
MakesurethatAXISVideoMotionDetectionisrunning:
1.GotoSettings>Apps>AXISVideoMotionDetection.
2.Starttheapplicationifitisnotalreadyrunning.
3.Makesureyouhavesetuptheapplicationaccordingtoyourneeds.
Addtheoverlaytext:
4.GotoSettings>Overlay.
5.Enter#Dinthetexteld.
6.Choosetextsizeandappearance.
Createarule:
7.GotoSystem>Events>Rulesandaddarule.
8.Typeanamefortherule.
9.Inthelistofconditions,selectAXISVideoMotionDetection.
10.Inthelistofactions,selectUseoverlaytext.
11.SelectCamera1.
12.Type“Motiondetected”.
13.Settheduration.
14.ClickSave.
Showthepanortiltpositionasatextoverlay
Youcanshowthepanortiltpositionasanoverlayintheimage.
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