Axis Q8685-E User manual

AXISQ8685–EPTZNetworkCamera
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AXISQ8685–EPTZNetworkCamera
TableofContents
Productoverview...........................................3
Findthedeviceonthenetwork................................5
Accessthedevice...............................................5
Aboutsecurepasswords..........................................5
Setup.....................................................6
Productwebpageoverview........................................6
Imagequality...................................................8
Privacymasks..................................................12
verlays.......................................................13
PTZ(PanTiltZoom)..............................................14
Streamingandstorage...........................................15
Events........................................................17
Applications....................................................22
Troubleshooting............................................23
Howtoresettofactorydefaultsettings.............................23
Howtocheckthecurrentrmware.................................23
Howtoupgradethermware.....................................23
Technicalissues,cluesandsolutions................................24
Performanceconsiderations.......................................25
Specications..............................................26
SDcardslot....................................................26
Connectors....................................................26
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Prouctoverview
Prouctoverview
1Sunshield
2Topcover
3Wiper
4Frontwindow
5Innercover
6Lens
7Lid
8Baseunit
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Prouctoverview
1Factordefaultswitch
2SDmemorcardslot
3Inputpowerconnector
4I/Oconnector
5RJ45connector
6SFPslotforSFPmodule(SFPmodulenotincluded)
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Fintheeviceonthenetwork
Fintheeviceonthenetwork
TondAxisdevicesonthenetworkandassignthemIPaddressesinWindows®,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManager.Both
applicationsarefreeandcanbedownloadedfromaxis.com/support
FormoreinformationabouthowtondandassignIPaddresses,seethedocumentHowtoassignanIPaddressandaccessour
deviceonthedevicepageataxis.com
Accessthedevce
1.penabrowserandentertheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisdevice.
IfyouhaveaMaccomputer(SX),gotoSafari,clickonBonjourandselectthedevicefromthedrop-downlist.Toadd
Bonjourasabrowserbookmark,gotoSafari>Preferences.
IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddress,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManagertondthedeviceonthenetwork.
2.Entertheusernameandpassword.Ifyouaccessthedeviceforthersttime,youmustsettherootpassword.See
Setasecurepasswordfortherootaccountonpage5.
3.Theliveviewpageopensinyourbrowser.
Aboutsecurepasswords
Important
Axisdevicessendtheinitiallysetpasswordincleartextoverthenetwork.Toprotectyourdeviceaftertherstlogin,set
upasecureandencryptedHTTPSconnectionandthenchangethepassword.
Thedevicepasswordistheprimaryprotectionforyourdataandservices.Axisdevicesdonotimposeapasswordpolicyasthey
maybeusedinvarioustypesofinstallations.
Toprotectyourdatawestronglyrecommendthatyou:
•Changethedefaultpasswordthatcomeswitheachdevice.
•Useapasswordwithatleast8characters,preferablycreatedbyapasswordgenerator.
•Don’texposethepassword.
•Changethepasswordatarecurringinterval,atleastonceayear.
Setasecurepasswordfortherootaccount
Important
Thedefaultadministratorusernameisroot.Ifthepasswordforrootislost,resetthedevicetofactorydefaultsettings.
1.Typeapassword.Followtheinstructionsaboutsecurepasswords.SeeAboutsecurepasswordsonpage5.
2.Retypethepasswordtoconrmthespelling.
3.ClickCreatelogin.Thepasswordhasnowbeencongured.
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Setup
Productwebpageovervew
1Liveviewcontrolbar
2Liveview
3Productname
4Controls
5Videocontrolbar
6Settingstoggle
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7Settingstabs
Abouttheproduct'sbult-nhelp
Youcanaccessthebuilt-inhelpfromtheproduct’swebpage.Thehelpprovidesmoredetailedinformationontheproduct’s
featuresandtheirsettings.
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Imagequalty
Howtouselevelnggude
Toadjusttheviewinrelationtoareferenceareaorobject,usethelevelingguideincombinationwithmechanicaladjustment
ofthecamera.
1.GotoSettings>System>Orientationandclick.
2.Adjustthecameramechanicallyuntilthepositionofthereferenceareaorobject,isalignedwiththelevelingguide.
Aboutcapturemodes
CapturemodedenesthemaximumresolutionandmaximumframerateavailableintheAxisproduct.Ifusingacapturemodewith
asmallerresolutionthanthemaximumresolution,theangleofviewisreduced.Thecapturemodealsoaffectslightsensitivity.A
capturemodewithahighmaximumframeratehasreducedlightsensitivityandviceversa.
Thelowerresolutioncapturemodeiscroppedoutfromthehighestresolution.
Theimageshowshowtheeldofviewandaspectratiocanchangebetweentwodifferentcapturemodes.
Howtoselectcapturemode
Whichcapturemodetochoosedependsontherequirementsofframerateandresolutionforthespecicsurveillancesetup.For
specicationsaboutavailablecapturemodes,seetheproduct’sdatasheet.Tondthelatestversionofthedatasheet,gotoaxis.com
Howtofocusfasterusngfocusrecallareas
Tosavethefocussettingsataspecicpan/tiltrange,addafocusrecallarea.Eachtimethecameramovesintothatareaitrecallsthe
previouslysavedfocus.It’senoughtocoverhalfofthefocusrecallareaintheliveview.
Werecommendthefocusrecallfeatureinthefollowingscenarios:
•Whenthereisalotofmanualoperationinliveview,forexamplewithajoystick.
•WherePTZpresetpositionswithmanualfocusarenotefcient,forexamplemovementswherethefocussettingchanges
continuously.
•Inlow-lightscenarios,wheretheautofocusischallengedbythelightingconditions.
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Important
•Thefocusrecalloverridesthecamera’sautofocusatthespecicpan/tiltrange.
•Apresetpositionoverridesthefocussettingsavedinthefocusrecallarea.
•Themaximumamountoffocusrecallareasis20.
owtoaddafocusrecallarea
1.Pan,tiltandzoomintotheareawhereyouwouldliketohavefocus.
2.Setthefocus,eitherusetheautofocusoradjustmanually.Aslongasthefocusrecallbuttonshowsaplus,youcanadda
focusrecallareainthatposition.
3.Clickonthefocusrecallbutton.
owtoremoveafocusrecallarea
1.Pan,tiltandzoomintothefocusrecallareayouwanttoremove.Thefocusrecallbuttontogglestominuswhenthe
cameradetectsafocusrecallarea.
2.Clickonthefocusrecallbutton.
Howtoselectexposuremode
Therearedifferentexposuremodeoptionsinthecamerathatadjustsaperture,shutterspeed,andgaintoimproveimagequalityfor
specicsurveillancescenes.GotoSettings>Image>Exposureandselectbetweenthefollowingexposuremodes:
HowtobenetfromIRlghtnlow-lghtcondtonsusngnghtmode
Yourcamerausesvisiblelighttodelivercolorimagesduringtheday.Astheavailablelightdiminishes,youcansetthecamerato
automaticallyshifttonightmode,inwhichthecamerausesbothvisiblelightandnear-infraredlighttodeliverblack-and-white
images.Sincethecamerausesmoreoftheavailablelightitcandeliverbrighter,moredetailed,images.
1.GotoSettings>Image>Dayandnight,andmakesurethattheIRcutlterissettoAuto.
2.IfusinganaccessoryIRilluminator,enableAllowIRilluminationandSynchronizeIRilluminationtouseIRlightwhen
nightmodeisactivated.
Howtoreducenosenlow-lghtcondtons
Toreducenoiseinlow-lightconditions,youcanadjustoneormoreofthefollowingsettings:
Note
Increasingthemaxshuttervaluecanresultinmotionblur.
•Theshutterspeedshouldbeasslowaspossible,whichmeansyoushouldsetmaxshuttertothehighestpossiblevalue.
•Reducesharpnessintheimage.
•Tryloweringthemaxgainvalue.
Howtoreducemotonblurnlow-lghtcondtons
Toreducemotionblurinlow-lightconditions,youcanadjustoneormoreofthefollowingsettings:
Note
Imagenoisewillincreaseifyouincreasethegain.
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•Increaseshutterspeedandgain.GotoSettings>Image>ExposureandsetMaxshuttertoashortertime,andMaxgain
toahighervalue.
Note
Thedepthofeldwillgetshallowerifyouopentheaperture.
•pentheaperture.GotoSettings>Image>ExposureandmovetheTargetapertureslidertowardOpen.
Ifyouarestillexperiencingmotionblur,youcantryoneofthefollowing:
•Increasethelightlevelinthescene.
•Mountthecamerasothatobjectsmovetowarditorawayfromitratherthansideways.
Howtomaxmzedetalsnanmage
Important
Ifyoumaximizedetailsinanimage,thebitratewillprobablyincreaseandyoumightgetareducedframerate.
•Makesuretoselectthecapturemodethathasthehighestresolution.
•Setthecompressionaslowaspossible.
•SelectMJPEGstreaming.
•TurnoffZipstreamfunctionality.
Howtohandlesceneswthstrongbacklght
Dynamicrangeisthedifferenceinlightlevelsinanimage.Insomecasesthedifferencebetweenthedarkestandthebrightest
areascanbesignicant.Theresultisoftenanimagewhereeitherthedarkorthebrightareasarevisible.Widedynamicrange
(WDR)makesbothdarkandbrightareasoftheimagevisible.
1.GotoSettings>Image.
2.Ifrequired,turnonWDRunderWidedynamicrange.
3.UsetheLocalcontrastslidertoadjusttheamountofWDR.
ImagewithoutWDR.
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ImagewithWDR.
Note
WDRmaycauseartifactsintheimage.
FindoutmoreaboutWDRandhowtouseitataxis.com/web-articles/wdr
HowtostablzeashakymagewthElectroncImageStablzaton(EIS)
EIScanbeusedinenvironmentswheretheproductismountedinanexposedlocationandsubjecttovibrations,forexample,wind
orpassingtrafc.TurnonEIStogetasmootherandsteadierimagewithoutblur.
EISalsoreducesthelesizeofthecompressedimageandlowersthebitrateofthevideostream.
Note
WhenEISisturnedontheimageiscroppedslightly,loweringthemaximumresolution.
1.GotoSettings>Image.
2.TurnonEIS.
Howtoenhancefacalrecognton
Tobetterrecognizethefaceofapersonpassingbythecamera,youcansettheoptimalpixelresolutionwiththecamera’spixel
counter.
1.GotoSettings>System>Orientationandclick.
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2.Adjustthesizeandplacementoftherectangleinthecamera’sliveviewaroundtheareaofinterest,forexamplewhere
thefacesofpassingpersonsareexpectedtoappear.Youcanthenseethenumberofpixelsrepresentedbythesidesof
therectangle.
Note
Youcanuseanobjectofaknownsizeintheviewasareferencetodecidehowmuchresolutionisneededforrecognition.
Howtoenhancelcenseplaterecognton
Tobetterrecognizethelicenseplateofacarpassingbythecamera,youcanapplyandadjustanumberofthings.
neoptionistousethepixelcounterinyourcameratosettheoptimalpixelresolution:
1.GotoSettings>System>Orientationandclick.
2.Adjustthesizeandplacementoftherectangleinthecamera’sliveviewaroundtheareaofinterest,forexample
wherethelicenseplatesofpassingcarsareexpectedtoappear.Youcanthenseethenumberofpixelsrepresentedby
thesidesoftherectangle.
Note
Youcanuseanobjectofaknownsizeintheviewasareferencetodecidehowmuchresolutionisneededforrecognition.
Inaddition,youcantrytoadjustthefollowingtooptimizelicenseplaterecognition:
•Shutterspeed
•Gain
•Zoom
Prvacymasks
Howtohdepartsofthemagewthprvacymasks
Whatisaprivacymask?
Aprivacymaskisauser-denedareathatpreventsusersfromviewingapartofthemonitoredarea.Inthevideostream,privacy
masksappearasblocksofsolidcolororblurredimageelements.
Theprivacymaskisrelativetothepan,tilt,andzoomcoordinates,soregardlessofwhereyoupointthecamera,theprivacy
maskcoversthesameplaceorobject.
You’llseetheprivacymaskonallsnapshots,recordedvideo,andlivestreams.
YoucanusetheVAPIX®applicationprogramminginterface(API)toturnofftheprivacymasks.
Important
Usingmultipleprivacymasksmayaffecttheproduct’sperformance.
owtocreateaprivacymask
Tocreateaprivacymask,gotoSettings>Privacymask.
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Overlays
Aboutoverlays
verlaysaresuperimposedoverthevideostream.Theyareusedtoprovideextrainformationduringrecordings,suchasatimestamp,
orduringproductinstallationandconguration.
Howtoshowanmageoverlay
1.GotoSettings>Overlay.
2.SelectCreateoverlayandselectImageoverlay.
3.ChooseImport.
4.Uploadownoverlayimage.
5.Choosetheimagefromthelistofimages.
6.Topositiontheimageoverlay,chooseCustomoroneofthepresets.
Howtoshowatextoverlaywhenthecameradetectsmoton
Thisexampleexplainshowtodisplaythetext“Motiondetected”whenthecameradetectsmotion:
MakesuretheAXISVideoMotionDetectionapplicationisrunning:
1.GotoSettings>Apps>AXISVideoMotionDetection.
2.Starttheapplicationifitisnotalreadyrunning.
3.Makesureyouhavesetuptheapplicationaccordingtoyourneeds.
Addtheoverlaytext:
4.GotoSettings>Overlay.
5.Enter#Dinthetexteld.
6.Choosetextsizeandappearance.
Createanactionrule:
7.GotoSystem>Events>Actionrules.
8.CreateanactionrulewithAXISVideoMotionDetectionastrigger.
9.Fromthelistofactions,selectOverlaytext.
10.Type“Motiondetected”.
11.Settheduration.
Howtodsplaythepanortltpostonasatextoverlay
Itmaybeusefultoretrieve,forinstancefromarecordedvideo,thepanortiltpositionindegreesinwhichaneventhastakenplace.
Thiscanbeobtainedbyincludingthepositionintheimageasatextoverlay,usingaso-calledmodier.
1.GotoSettings>Overlay.
2.Inthetexteld,enter#xtoshowthepanposition.
Enter#ytoshowthetiltposition.
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3.Choosealignment,textsizeandappearance.
4.Includethetextoverlay.
5.Thecurrentpanandtiltpositionsshowupintheliveviewimageandintherecording.
PTZ(PanTltZoom)
Howtolmtpan,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.
owtocreateaguardtourwithpresetpositions
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,gotoSystem>Events.
Aboutautotrackng
Autotrackingdetectsmovementinthecamera'seldofview,forexampleamovingvehicleorperson,andfollowsthemovingobject
untilitstopsordisappearsfromthemonitoredarea.Incasethereismuchsimultaneousmovement,theproductselectstheareawith
themostamountofmotion.Whentherearenomovingobjectsintheeldofview,thecamerareturnstothehomeposition.
Important
•Theautotrackingfeatureisdesignedforareaswherethereisalimitedamountofmovement.
•Ifbothautotrackingandguardtourareenabled,werecommendusingthePTZcontrolqueue.Inthecontrolqueue,
guardtourhaslowerprioritythanautotracking,preventingtheproductfromstoppingautotrackingtomaintainorstart
aguardtour.
•Autotrackingdoesnotfollowobjectbehindprivacymasksorobjectsinexcludeareas.Youcanalsosetupmaximumlimits
sothattheautotrackingonlytriggerswithinacertainrangeintheliveview.
Howtosetupthewper
1.GotoSettings>System>Accessories.
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2.Tosetthedurationofthewipersequenceinseconds,enteravaluefortheWiperdwelltime.
Note
Thesetvalueappliesonlytothewipersequenceandhasnoeffectonhowlongthewiperoperatesaspartofthewasher
sequence,iftheoptionalwasherisbeingused.
Howtosetupthewasher
Note
Thewasherisoptional.
1.GotoSettings>System>I/OPorts.
2.Fortheportusedwiththewasher—setOutputasthedirection.
3.NowgototheLiveView.
4.Usethejoystick(ormouse)topositionthewashernozzleinthecenteroftheimage.
5.GotoSettings>System>Accessories.
6.SetNozzlePositiontoON.
7.Selectthepin(I/port)thewasherisconnectedto.
8.Tosetthedurationofthethewashersequenceinseconds,enteravaluefortheWasherpumptime.Thewiperstartswhen
thereis5secondsleftofthistime.
9.Tosetthedurationofthewipersequenceinseconds,enteravaluefortheWasherwipertime.
Thebelowtableprovidessomeexamplesofdifferentwasher-wipersequencesetups.
Timeelapsed(seconds)Washerpumptime:10s
Washerwipertime:10s
Washerpumptime:20s
Washerwipertime:12s
0WasherstartsWasherstarts
5Wiperstarts—
10Washerstops—
15WiperstopsWiperstarts
20—Washerstops
22—Wiperstops
Congureconnectedllumnators
TheAxisproductsupportstheconnectionofInfrared(IR)illuminatorsandwhitelightilluminators.
1.GotoSettings>System>Accessories.
2.SelectthetypeofilluminatorconnectedtoIL1andIL2.
Streamngandstorage
Howtochoosevdeocompressonformat
Decidewhichcompressionmethodtousebasedonyourviewingrequirements,andonthepropertiesofyournetwork.The
availableoptionsare:
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MotionJPEG
MotionJPEGorMJPEGisadigitalvideosequencethatismadeupofaseriesofindividualJPEGimages.Theseimagesarethen
displayedandupdatedataratesufcienttocreateastreamthatshowsconstantlyupdatedmotion.Fortheviewertoperceivemotion
videotheratemustbeatleast16imageframespersecond.Fullmotionvideoisperceivedat30(NTSC)or25(PAL)framespersecond.
TheMotionJPEGstreamusesconsiderableamountsofbandwidth,butprovidesexcellentimagequalityandaccesstoeveryimage
containedinthestream.
.264orMPEG-4Part10/AVC
Note
H.264isalicensedtechnology.TheAxisproductincludesoneH.264viewingclientlicense.Installingadditionalunlicensed
copiesoftheclientisprohibited.Topurchaseadditionallicenses,contactyourAxisreseller.
H.264can,withoutcompromisingimagequality,reducethesizeofadigitalvideolebymorethan80%comparedtotheMotion
JPEGformatandbyasmuchas50%comparedtotheMPEG-4standard.Thismeansthatlessnetworkbandwidthandstoragespace
arerequiredforavideole.rseenanotherway,highervideoqualitycanbeachievedforagivenbitrate.
Howtoreducebandwdthandstorage
Important
Ifyoureducethebandwidthitcanresultinlossofdetailsinthepicture.
1.Gotoliveviewandselect.264.
2.GotoSettings>Stream.
3.Dooneormoreofthefollowing:
-TurnontheZipstreamfunctionalityandselectthedesiredlevel.
-TurnondynamicGPandsetahighGPlengthvalue.
-Increasethecompression.
-TurnondynamicFPS.
Howtosetupnetworkstorage
Tostorerecordingsonthenetwork,youneedtosetupnetworkstorage:
1.GotoSettings>System>Storage.
2.ClickSetupunderNetworkstorage.
3.EntertheIPaddressofthehostserver.
4.Enterthenameofthesharedlocationonthehostserver.
5.Movetheswitchifthesharerequiresalogin,andenterusernameandpassword.
6.ClickConnect.
HowdoImage,Stream,andStreamprolesettngsrelatetoeachother?
TheImagetabcontainscamerasettingsthataffectallvideostreamsfromtheproduct.Ifyouchangesomethinginthistab,it
immediatelyaffectsallvideostreamsandrecordings.
TheStreamtabcontainssettingsforvideostreams.Yougetthesesettingsifyourequestavideostreamfromtheproductanddon’t
specifyforexampleresolution,orframerate.WhenyouchangethesettingsintheStreamtab,itdoesn’taffectongoingstreams,but
itwilltakeeffectwhenyoustartanewstream.
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TheStreamprolessettingsoverridethesettingsfromtheStreamtab.Ifyourequestastreamwithaspecicstreamprole,the
streamcontainsthesettingsofthatprole.Ifyourequestastreamwithoutspecifyingastreamprole,orrequestastreamprole
thatdoesn'texistintheproduct,thestreamcontainsthesettingsfromtheStreamtab.
Howtorecordandwatchvdeo
Torecordvideoyoumustrstsetupnetworkstorage,seeHowtosetupnetworkstorageonpage16,orhaveanSDcardinstalled.
1.Gotothecamera’sliveview.
2.ClickonRecordoncetostartrecordingandonemoretimetostoprecording.
Towatchyourrecording:
1.ClickonStorage>Gotorecordings.
2.Selectyourrecordinginthelistanditwillplayautomatically.
Events
Aboutevents
Theeventpagesallowyoutocongureyourproducttoperformactionswhendifferenteventsoccur.Forexample,theproduct
canstartarecordingorsendanemailnoticationwhenmotionisdetected.Thesetofconditionsthatdeneshowandwhen
theactionistriggerediscalledanactionrule.
Howtotrggeranacton
1.GotoSettings>System>Eventstosetupanactionrule.Theactionruledeneswhenthecamerawillperformcertain
actions.Actionrulescanbesetupasscheduled,recurring,orforexample,triggeredbymotiondetection.
2.SelectwhatTriggermustbemettotriggertheaction.Ifyouspecifymorethanonetriggerfortheactionrule,all
ofthemmustbemettotriggertheaction.
3.SelectwhichActionthecamerashouldperformwhentheconditionsaremet.
Note
Ifyoumakechangestoanactiveactionrule,theactionruleneedstoberestartedforthechangestotakeeffect.
Howtorecordvdeowhenthecameradetectsmoton
ThisexampleexplainshowtosetupthecameratostartrecordingtotheSDcardvesecondsbeforeitdetectsmotionandto
stoponeminuteafter.
MakesuretheAXISVideoMotionDetectionapplicationisrunning:
1.GotoSettings>Apps>AXISVideoMotionDetection.
2.Starttheapplicationifitisnotalreadyrunning.
3.Makesureyouhavesetuptheapplicationaccordingtoyourneeds.
Createanactionrule:
4.GotoSettings>System>Eventsandaddanactionrule.
5.Typeanamefortheactionrule.
6.Fromthelistoftriggers,selectApplicationsandthenselectAXISVideoMotionDetection(VMD).
7.Fromthelistofactions,selectRecordvideo.
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8.Selectanexistingstreamproleorcreateanewone.
9.Enableandsetthepre-triggertimeto5seconds.
10.EnableWhiletheruleisactive.
11.Enableandsetthepost-triggertimeto60seconds.
12.SelectSDcardfromthelistofstorageoptions.
13.ClickOk.
HowtorecordvdeowhenaPIRdetectorsensesmoton
ThisexampleexplainshowtoconnectanAxisPIRdetectortothecamera,andsetupthecameratostartrecordingwhenthe
detectorsensesmotion.
Requiredhardware
•3-wirecable(ground,power,I/)
•AxisPIRdetector
NO NO
NOTICE TICE TICE
Disconnectthecamerafrompowerbeforeconnectingthewires.Reconnecttopowerafterallconnectionsaredone.
Connectthewirestothecamera’sI/Oconnector
Note
ForinformationontheI/connector,seeConnectorsonpage26
1.Connectthegroundwiretopin1(GND/-).
2.Connectthepowerwiretopin2(12VDCoutput).
3.ConnecttheI/wiretopin3(I/input).
ConnectthewirestothePIRdetector’sI/Oconnector
1.Connecttheotherendofthegroundwiretopin1(GND/-).
2.Connecttheotherendofthepowerwiretopin2(DCinput/+).
3.ConnecttheotherendoftheI/wiretopin3(I/output).
ConguretheI/Oportinthecamera’swebpage
1.GotoSettings>System>I/Oports.
2.SelectInputinthePort1drop-downlist.
3.Givetheinputmoduleadescriptivename.
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4.TomakethePIRdetectorsendasignaltothecamerawhenitsensesmotion,selectClosedcircuitinthedrop-downlist.
TotriggerthecameratostartrecordingwhenitreceivesasignalfromthePIRdetector,youneedtocreateanactionrulein
thecamera’swebpage.
Howtodrectthecameratoapresetpostonwhenthecameradetectsmoton
Thisexampleexplainshowtosetupthecameratogotoapresetpositionwhenitdetectsmotionintheimage.
MakesuretheAXISVideoMotionDetectionapplicationisrunning:
1.GotoSettings>Apps>AXISVideoMotionDetection.
2.Starttheapplicationifitisnotalreadyrunning.
3.Makesureyouhavesetuptheapplicationaccordingtoyourneeds.
Addapresetposition:
4.GotoSettings>PTZandsetwhereyouwantthecameratobedirectedbycreatingapresetposition.
Createanactionrule:
5.GotoSettings>System>Events>Actionrulesandaddanactionrule.
6.Typeanamefortheactionrule.
7.Fromthelistoftriggers,selectApplicationsandthenselectAXISVideoMotionDetection(VMD).
8.Fromthelistofactions,selectPTZControlandthenselectPresetPosition.
9.Selectthepresetpositionyouwantthecameratogoto.
10.ClickOk.
Howtoautomatcallyzoomnonaspeccareawthgatekeeper
Thisexampleexplainshowtousethegatekeeperfunctionalitytomakethecamerazoominautomaticallyonthelicenseplateofa
carthatpassesthroughagate.Whenthecarhaspassed,thecamerazoomsouttothehomeposition.
Createthepresetpositions:
1.GotoSettings>PTZ>Presetpositions.
2.Createthehomepositionthatincludestheentranceofthegate.
3.Createthezoomed-inpresetpositionsothatitcoverstheareaintheimagewhereyouassumethatthelicenseplate
willappear.
Createamotiondetectionprole:
4.GotoSettings>AppsandopenAXISVideoMotionDetection.
5.Createaprolethatcoverstheentranceofthegateandthensavetheprole.
Createanactionrule:
6.GotoSettings>System>Eventsandaddanactionrule.
7.NametheactionruleGatekeeper.
8.Fromthetriggerlist,selectApplicationsandthenselectthepreviouslycreatedmotiondetectionprole.
9.Fromtheactionlist,selectthepreviouslycreatedpresetposition.
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10.ClickOK.
Howtorecordvdeowhenthecameradetectsmpact
Shockdetectionallowsthecameratodetecttamperingcausedbyvibrationsorshock.Vibrationsduetotheenvironmentortoan
objectcantriggeranactiondependingontheshocksensitivityrange,whichcanbesetfrom0to100.Inthisscenario,someoneis
throwingrocksatthecameraafterhoursandyouwouldliketogetavideoclipoftheevent.
1.GotoSettings>System>Detectors.
2.Setshockdetectiontoon,andsetavaluefortheshocksensitivity.
Createanactionrule:
3.GotoSettings>System>Eventsandaddanactionrule.
4.Typeanamefortheactionrule.
5.Fromthelistoftriggers,selectDetectorsandthenselectShockdetection.
6.Fromthelistofschedules,selectAfterours.
7.Fromthelistofactions,selectSendVideoClip.
8.Selectanexistingstreamproleorcreateanewone.
9.Enableandsetthepre-triggertimeto5seconds.
10.EnableWhiletheruleisactive.
11.Enableandsetthepost-triggertimeto60seconds.
12.Selectanexistingrecipientorcreateanewone.
13.ClickOK.
Howtodrectthecameraandopenthelocktoagatewhensomeonesnearby
Thisexampleexplainshowtodirectthecameraandopenagatewhensomeonewantstoenterduringdaytime.Thisisdoneby
connectingaPIRdetectortotheproduct’sinputportandaswitchrelaytotheproduct’soutputport.
Requiredhardware
•MountedPIRdetector
•Switchrelayconnectedtothegatelock,inthiscasetheswitchisnormallyclosed(NC)
•Connectingwires
Physicalconnection
1.ConnectthewiresfromthePIRdetectortotheinputpin,seeI/Oconnectoronpage26.
2.Connectthewiresfromtheswitchtotheoutputpin,seeI/Oconnectoronpage26
CongureI/Oports
Youneedtoconnecttheswitchrelaytothecamerafromthecamera’swebpage.First,conguretheI/ports:
SetthePIRdetectortoaninputport
1.GotoSystem>I/Oports.
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