Axis Q8752-E User manual

AXISQ8752-EBispectralPTZNetworkCamera
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AXISQ8752-EBispectralPTZNetworCamera
TableofContents
Solutionoverview...........................................3
Getstarted................................................4
Findthedeviceonthenetwork....................................4
Openthedevice'swebinterface....................................4
Createanadministratoraccount...................................4
Securepasswords...............................................4
Verifythatnoonehastamperedwiththermware....................5
ebinterfaceoverview..........................................5
Congureyourdevice........................................6
Basicsettings..................................................6
Adjusttheimage................................................6
Adjustthecameraview(PTZ)......................................10
Viewandrecordvideo............................................1 1
Setuprulesforevents...........................................12
Setupwasher..................................................14
Thewebinterface...........................................15
Status........................................................15
Video.........................................................16
PTZ...........................................................26
Audio.........................................................30
Recordings.....................................................31
Apps..........................................................32
System........................................................33
Maintenance...................................................48
Learnmore................................................50
Colorpalettes..................................................50
Privacymasks..................................................50
Overlays.......................................................50
Pan,tilt,andzoom(PTZ)..........................................50
Streamingandstorage...........................................50
Applications....................................................52
Cybersecurity...................................................52
Specications..............................................54
Productoverview................................................54
LEDindicators..................................................55
SDcardslot....................................................56
InsertanSDcard................................................56
Buttons.......................................................57
Connectors....................................................57
Cleaningrecommendations...................................60
Troubleshooting............................................61
Resettofactorydefaultsettings...................................61
Firmwareoptions...............................................61
Checkthecurrentrmwareversion.................................62
Upgradethermware............................................62
Technicalissues,clues,andsolutions................................62
Performanceconsiderations.......................................63
Contactsupport.................................................64
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Solutionoverview
Solutionoverview
TheAXISQ87BispectralPTZNetworkCameraisintendedformission-criticalsurveillancethatdemands24-hourmonitoring
ofrestrictedareas,suchasairports.
Indifcultlightingconditions,thethermalchannelcandetectobjects(1)thatthevisualchannelcan’t.Totakeadvantageof
this,youcansetupthethermalchanneltoautomaticallydetectmotion,andsendasignaltothevisualchanneltozoominand
record.Tondoutmore,gotopage13.
Thecamera(2)isofteninstalledininaccessiblelocations.iththebuilt-inwiperandoptionalwasheryoucanremove,forexample,
seasaltfromthefrontwindowwithoutphysicallyaccessingthecamera.Tondoutmore,goto.
Thankstothewidetiltrangeyoucan,forexample,detectvariousyingobjects(3).
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Getstarted
indthedeviceonthenetwork
TondAxisdevicesonthenetworkandassignthemIPaddressesinindows®,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManager.Both
applicationsarefreeandcanbedownloadedfromaxis.com/support.
FormoreinformationabouthowtondandassignIPaddresses,gotoHowtoassignanIPaddressandaccessyourdevice.
Browsersupport
Youcanusethedevicewiththefollowingbrowsers:
ChromeTMFirefox®EdgeTMSafari®
indows®recommendedrecommended
macOS®recommendedrecommended
Linux®recommendedrecommended
Otheroperatingsystems*
*TouseAXISOSweinterfacewithiOS15oriPadOS15,gotoSettings Settings
Settings> > >Safari Safari Safari> > >Advanced Advanced Advanced> > >Experimental Experimental ExperimentalFeatures Features Featuresanddisale
NSURLSessionWesocket.
Ifyouneedmoreinformationaboutrecommendedbrowsers,gotoAXISOSPortal.
Openthedevice'swebinterface
1.OpenabrowserandtypetheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisdevice.
IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddress,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManagertondthedeviceonthenetwork.
2.Typetheusernameandpassword.Ifyouaccessthedeviceforthersttime,youmustcreateanadministratoraccount.See
Createanadministratoraccountonpage4.
Createanadministratoraccount
Thersttimeyoulogintoyourdevice,youmustcreateanadministratoraccount.
1.Enterausername.
2.Enterapassword.SeeSecurepasswordsonpage4.
3.Re-enterthepassword.
4.ClickAdduser.
Important
Thedevicehasnodefaultaccount.Ifyoulosethepasswordforyouradministratoraccount,youmustresetthedevice.See
Resettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage61.
Securepasswords
Important
Axisdevicessendtheinitiallysetpasswordincleartextoverthenetwork.Toprotectyourdeviceaftertherstlogin,set
upasecureandencryptedHTTPSconnectionandthenchangethepassword.
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Thedevicepasswordistheprimaryprotectionforyourdataandservices.Axisdevicesdonotimposeapasswordpolicyasthey
maybeusedinvarioustypesofinstallations.
Toprotectyourdatawestronglyrecommendthatyou:
•Useapasswordwithatleast8characters,preferablycreatedbyapasswordgenerator.
•Don’texposethepassword.
•Changethepasswordatarecurringinterval,atleastonceayear.
Verifythatnoonehastamperedwiththermware
TomakesurethatthedevicehasitsoriginalAxisrmware,ortotakefullcontrolofthedeviceafterasecurityattack:
1.Resettofactorydefaultsettings.SeeResettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage61.
Afterthereset,securebootguaranteesthestateofthedevice.
2.Congureandinstallthedevice.
Webinterfaceoverview
Thisvideogivesyouanoverviewofthedevice’swebinterface.
Towatchthisvideo,gotothewebversionofthisdocument.
help.axis.com/?&piaId=53779&section=we-interface-overview
Axisdeviceweinterface
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Configureyourdevice
Configureyourdevice
Basicsettings
Setthecapturemode
1.GotoVideo>nstallation>Capturemode.
2.ClickChange.
3.SelectacapturemodeandclickSaveandrestart.
Seealso.
Setthepowerlinefrequency
1.GotoVideo>nstallation>Powerlinefrequency.
2.ClickChange.
3.SelectapowerlinefrequencyandclickSaveandrestart.
Adjusttheimage
Thissectionincludesinstructionsaboutconguringyourdevice.Ifyouwanttolearnmoreabouthowcertainfeatureswork,go
toLearnmoreonpage50.
Levelthecamera
Toadjusttheviewinrelationtoareferenceareaoranobject,usethelevelgridincombinationwithamechanicaladjustment
ofthecamera.
1.GotoVideo>mage>andclick.
2.Clicktoshowthelevelgrid.
3.Adjustthecameramechanicallyuntilthepositionofthereferenceareaortheobjectisalignedwiththelevelgrid.
Adjustthefocusfasterwithfocusrecallareas
Tosavethefocussettingsataspecicpan/tiltrange,addafocusrecallarea.Eachtimethecameramovesintothatareaitrecallsthe
previouslysavedfocus.It’senoughtocoverhalfofthefocusrecallareaintheliveview.
erecommendthefocusrecallfeatureinthefollowingscenarios:
•henthereisalotofmanualoperationinliveview,forexamplewithajoystick.
•herePTZpresetpositionswithmanualfocusarenotefcient,forexamplemovementswherethefocussettingchanges
continuously.
•Inlow-lightscenarios,wheretheautofocusischallengedbythelightingconditions.
Important
•Thefocusrecalloverridesthecamera’sautofocusatthespecicpan/tiltrange.
•Apresetpositionoverridesthefocussettingsavedinthefocusrecallarea.
•Themaximumnumberoffocusrecallareasis20.
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Createafocusrecallarea
1.Pan,tilt,andzoomintotheareawhereyouwouldliketohavefocus.
Aslongasthefocusrecallbuttonshowsaplus,youcanaddafocusrecallareainthatposition.
2.Adjustthefocus.
3.Clickthefocusrecallbutton.
Deleteafocusrecallarea
1.Pan,tilt,andzoomintothefocusrecallareayouwanttodelete.
Thefocusrecallbuttontogglestominuswhenthecameradetectsafocusrecallarea:.
2.Clickthefocusrecallbutton.
Selectsceneprole
Asceneproleisasetofpredenedimageappearancesettingsincludingcolorlevel,brightness,sharpness,contrastandlocal
contrast.Sceneprolesarepreconguredintheproductforquicksetuptoaspecicscenario,forexampleForensicwhichis
optimizedforsurveillanceconditions.Foradescriptionofeachavailablesetting,seeTheweinterfaceonpage15.
Youcanselectasceneproleduringtheinitialsetupofthecamera.Youcanalsoselectorchangesceneprolelater.
1.GotoVideo>mage>Appearance.
2.GotoSceneproleandselectaprole.
Reduceimageprocessingtimewithlowlatencymode
Youcanoptimizetheimageprocessingtimeofyourlivestreambyturningonlowlatencymode.Thelatencyinyourlivestreamis
reducedtoaminimum.
1.GotoSystem>Plaincong.
2.SelectmageSourcefromthedrop-downlist.
3.GotomageSource/0/Sensor>LowlatencymodeandselectOn.
4.ClickSave.
Selectexposuremode
Note
Exposuremodesareonlyavailableforthevisualchannel.
Toimproveimagequalityforspecicsurveillancescenes,useexposuremodes.Exposuremodesletsyoucontrolaperture,shutter
speed,andgain.GotoVideo>mage>Exposureandselectbetweenthefollowingexposuremodes:
•Formostusecases,selectAutomaticexposure.
•Forenvironmentswithcertainarticiallighting,forexampleuorescentlighting,selectFlicker-free.
Selectthesamefrequencyasthepowerlinefrequency.
•Forenvironmentswithcertainarticiallightandbrightlight,forexampleoutdoorswithuorescentlightingatnightand
sunduringdaytime,selectFlicker-reduced.
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Selectthesamefrequencyasthepowerlinefrequency.
Reducenoiseinlow-lightconditions
Note
Low-lightsettingsareonlyavailableforthevisualchannel.
Toreducenoiseinlow-lightconditions,youcanadjustoneormoreofthefollowingsettings:
•Adjustthetrade-offbetweennoiseandmotionblur.GotoVideo>mage>ExposureandmovetheBlur-noisetrade-off
slidertowardLownoise.
•Settheexposuremodetoautomatic.
Note
Ahighmaxshuttervaluecanresultinmotionblur.
•Toslowdowntheshutterspeed,setmaxshuttertothehighestpossiblevalue.
•Ifpossible,opentheaperture.
Maximizethedetailsinanimage
Important
Ifyoumaximizethedetailsinanimage,thebitratewillprobablyincreaseandyoumightgetareducedframerate.
•GotoVideo>Stream>Generalandsetthecompressionaslowaspossible.
•Belowtheliveviewimage,clickandinVideoformat,selectMJPEG.
•GotoVideo>Stream>ZipstreamandselectOff.
Handlesceneswithstrongbacklight
Dynamicrangeisthedifferenceinlightlevelsinanimage.Insomecasesthedifferencebetweenthedarkestandthebrightest
areascanbesignicant.Theresultisoftenanimagewhereeitherthedarkorthebrightareasarevisible.idedynamicrange
(DR)makesbothdarkandbrightareasoftheimagevisible.
1.GotoVideo>mage>Widedynamicrange.
2.Ifyoustillhaveproblems,gotoExposureandadjusttheExposurezonetocovertheareaofinterest.
FindoutmoreaboutDRandhowtouseitataxis.com/we-articles/wdr.
Stabilizeashakyimagewithelectronicimagestabilization(EIS)
ElectronicImageStabilization(EIS)canbeusedinenvironmentswheretheproductismountedinanexposedlocationandsubjectto
vibrations,forexample,windorpassingtrafc.
EISmakestheimagesmoother,steadierandlessblurry.Italsoreducesthelesizeofthecompressedimageandlowersthe
bitrateofthevideostream.
Note
TheimageiscroppedslightlywhenEISisenabled,loweringthemaximumresolution.
1.GotoVideo>nstallation>magecorrection.
2.Turnonmagestabilization.
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Hidepartsoftheimagewithprivacymasks
Youcancreateoneorseveralprivacymaskstohidepartsoftheimage.
1.GotoVideo>Privacymasks.
2.Click.
3.Clickthenewmaskandtypeaname.
4.Adjustthesizeandplacementoftheprivacymaskaccordingtoyourneeds.
5.Tochangethecolorforallprivacymasks,clickPrivacymasksandselectacolor.
SeealsoPrivacymasksonpage50
Showanimageoverlay
Youcanaddanimageasanoverlayinthevideostream.
1.GotoVideo>Overlays.
2.Selectmageandclick.
3.Clickmages.
4.Draganddropanimage.
5.ClickUpload.
6.ClickManageoverlay.
7.Selecttheimageandaposition.Youcanalsodragtheoverlayimageintheliveviewtochangetheposition.
Showatextoverlay
Youcanaddatexteldasanoverlayinthevideostream.Thisisusefulforexamplewhenyouwanttodisplaythedate,timeora
companynameinthevideostream.
1.GotoVideo>Overlays.
2.SelectTextandclick.
3.Typethetextyouwanttodisplayinthevideostream.
4.Selectaposition.Youcanalsodragtheoverlaytexteldintheliveviewtochangetheposition.
Showthepanortiltpositionasatextoverlay
Youcanshowthepanortiltpositionasanoverlayintheimage.
1.GotoVideo>Overlaysandclick.
2.Inthetexteld,type#xtoshowthepanposition.
Type#ytoshowthetiltposition.
3.Chooseappearance,textsize,andalignment.
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4.Thecurrentpanandtiltpositionsshowupintheliveviewimageandintherecording.
Addstreetnamesandcompassdirectiontotheimage
Note
Thepresetpositionsandcompassdirectionwillbevisibleinthecompasseldinallvideostreamsandrecordings.
Toactivatethecompass:
1.GotoPTZ>Orientationaid.
2.TurnonOrientationaid.
3.Positionthecameraviewatnorthwiththecrosshair.ClickSetnorth.
Toaddapresetpositiontoshowinthecompasseld:
1.GotoPTZ>Presetpositions.
2.Usethecrosshairtopositiontheviewwhereyouwanttoaddapresetposition.
3.ClickAddpresetpositiontocreateanewpresetposition.
Useexternalilluminationwhenit'sdark
Thevisualchannelusesvisiblelighttodelivercolorimagesduringtheday.ithexternalilluminators,thevisualchannelcanbeused
alsoduringthenight.Toturnontheilluminatorswhenitgetsdarkandturnthemoffwhenitgetslight:
1.GotoSettings>System>Accessories.
2.UnderExternalilluminators,selectthetypeoflightcomingfromeachoftheilluminators.
3.TurnonUseilluminators.
4.Gotomage>DayandnightandmakesurethattheR-cutlterissettoAuto.
5.Todetermineatwhatlightlevelyouwanttheilluminatorstoturnonandoff,movetheThresholdslidertowardBright
orDark.
6.TurnonAllowilluminationandSynchronizeillumination.
Adjustthecameraview(PTZ)
Limitthepan,tilt,andzoommovements
Iftherearepartsofthescenethatyoudon’twantthecameratoreach,youcanlimitthepan,tilt,andzoommovements.For
example,youwanttoprotecttheprivacyofresidentsinanapartmentbuilding,whichislocatedclosetoaparkinglotthatyou
intendtomonitor.
Tolimitthemovements:
1.GotoPTZ>Limits.
2.Setthelimitsasneeded.
Createaguardtourwithpresetpositions
Aguardtourdisplaysthevideostreamfromdifferentpresetpositionseitherinapredeterminedorrandomorder,andforcongurable
periodsoftime.
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1.GotoPTZ>Guardtours.
2.ClickGuardtour.
3.SelectPresetpositionandclickCreate.
4.UnderGeneralsettings:
-Enteranamefortheguardtourandspecifythepauselengthbetweeneachtour.
-Ifyouwanttheguardtourtogotothepresetpositionsinarandomorder,turnonPlayguardtourinrandom
order.
5.UnderStepsettings:
-Setthedurationforthepreset.
-Setthemovespeed,whichcontrolshowfasttomovetothenextpreset.
6.GotoPresetpositions.
6.1Selectthepresetpositionsthatyouwantinyourguardtour.
6.2DragthemtotheVieworderarea,andclickDone.
7.Toscheduletheguardtour,gotoSystem>Events.
Viewandrecordvideo
Thissectionincludesinstructionsaboutconguringyourdevice.Tolearnmoreabouthowstreamingandstorageworks,goto
Streamingandstorageonpage50.
Reducebandwidthandstorage
Important
Reducingthebandwidthcanleadtolossofdetailintheimage.
1.GotoVideo>Stream.
2.Clickintheliveview.
3.SelectVideoformatH.264.
4.GotoVideo>Stream>GeneralandincreaseCompression.
5.GotoVideo>Stream>Zipstreamanddooneormoreofthefollowing:
Note
TheZipstreamsettingsareusedforbothH.264andH.265.
-SelecttheZipstreamStrengththatyouwanttouse.
-TurnonOptimizeforstorage.ThiscanonlybeusediftheVMSsupportsB-frames.
-TurnonDynamicFPS.
-TurnonDynamicGOPandsetahighUpperlimitGOPlengthvalue.
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Note
Mostwebbrowsersdon’tsupportH.265decodingandbecauseofthisthedevicedoesn’tsupportitinitswebinterface.
InsteadyoucanuseavideomanagementsystemorapplicationthatsupportsH.265decoding.
Setupnetworkstorage
Tostorerecordingsonthenetwork,youneedtosetupyournetworkstorage.
1.GotoSystem>Storage.
2.ClickAddnetworkstorageunderNetworkstorage.
3.TypetheIPaddressofthehostserver.
4.TypethenameofthesharedlocationonthehostserverunderNetworkshare.
5.Typetheusernameandpassword.
6.SelecttheSMBversionorleaveitonAuto.
7.SelectAddshareevenifconnectionfailsifyouexperiencetemporaryconnectionissues,oriftheshareisnotyet
congured.
8.ClickAdd.
Recordandwatchvideo
Recordvideodirectlyfromthecamera
1.GotoVideo>mage.
2.Tostartarecording,click.
Ifyouhaven’tsetupanystorage,clickand.Forinstructionsonhowtosetupnetworkstorage,seeSetup
networkstorageonpage12
3.Tostoprecording,clickagain.
Watchvideo
1.GotoRecordings.
2.Clickforyourrecordinginthelist.
Setuprulesforevents
Youcancreaterulestomakeyourdeviceperformanactionwhencertaineventsoccur.Aruleconsistsofconditionsandactions.
Theconditionscanbeusedtotriggertheactions.Forexample,thedevicecanstartarecordingorsendanemailwhenitdetects
motion,orshowanoverlaytextwhilethedeviceisrecording.
Tolearnmore,checkoutourguideGetstartedwithrulesforevents.
Triggeranaction
1.GotoSystem>Eventsandaddarule.Theruledeneswhenthedevicewillperformcertainactions.Youcanset
uprulesasscheduled,recurring,ormanuallytriggered.
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2.EnteraName.
3.SelecttheConditionthatmustbemettotriggertheaction.Ifyouspecifymorethanoneconditionfortherule,allofthe
conditionsmustbemettotriggertheaction.
4.SelectwhichActionthedeviceshouldperformwhentheconditionsaremet.
Note
Ifyoumakechangestoanactiverule,therulemustbeturnedonagainforthechangestotakeeffect.
Detectmotionwiththethermalchannelandzoominandrecordwiththevisualchannel
Indifcultlightingconditionsthethermalchannelcandetectobjectsthatthevisualsensorcan’t.Thisexampleexplainshowto
usethethermalchanneltodetectmotion,andthenusethevisualchanneltozoominandrecord.Intheexample,thecamera
monitorsagate.
Createamotiondetectionprole:
Note
IfyourunAXISMotionGuardonbothchannelssimultaneously,itcanaffecttheframerateandthegeneralperformance.
Therefore,werecommendyoutoremoveallAXISMotionGuardprolesonthevisualchannel.
1.GotoSettings>AppsandopenAXISVideoMotionDetection.
2.SelectThermal.
3.CreateaprolenamedGateprofilethatcoverstheareaofinterest.Findoutmoreintheusermanualfor
AXISMotionGuardataxis.com/products/online-manual/.
Createthepresetpositions:
1.GotoSettings>PTZ>Presetpositions.
Bothchannelssharethesamepresetcongurations.
2.Createthehomepositionthatincludestheareaofinterest.
3.Createazoomed-inpresetposition,calledGateposition,thatcoverstheareaintheimagewhereyoupredict
thatthemovingobjectwillappear.
Createaruletozoominwiththevisualchannelwhenthethermalchanneldetectsmotion:
1.GotoSettings>System>Eventsandaddarule.
2.NametheruleGatekeeper.
3.Inthelistofconditions,underApplications,selectMotionGuard:Gateprole(Thermal).
4.Inthelistofactions,underPresetpositions,selectGotopresetposition.
5.UnderVideochannel,selectCamera1.
6.UnderPresetposition,selectGateposition.
7.SelectHometimeoutandsetthedurationforthecameratostayinthegateposition(waitatleast30secondsbefore
returningtohomeposition).
8.ClickSave.
CreatearuletorecordvideototheSDcard:
1.CreatearuleandnameitRecordvideo.
2.Inthelistofconditions,underPTZ,selectPTZpresetpositionreached:Camera1.
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3.UnderPresetposition,selectGateposition.
4.Inthelistofactions,underRecordings,selectRecordvideowhiletheruleisactive.
5.UnderCamera,selectCamera1.
6.UnderStorage,selectSDcard.
7.ClickSave.
Setupwasher
Note
Thewasherisoptional.
1.GotoSystem>Accessories>/OPorts.
2.Fortheportusedwiththewasher—setOutputasthedirection.
3.Gototheliveviewandusethejoystick(ormouse)topositionthewashernozzleinthecenteroftheimage.
4.GotoSystem>Accessories>Washer.
5.TurnonLocknozzleposition.
6.UnderPumpconnection,selectthepin(I/Oport)thewasherisconnectedto.
7.Tosetthedurationofthewashersequenceinseconds,enteravalueunderPumptime.Thewiperstartswhenthereis5
secondsleftofthistime.
8.Tosetthedurationofthewipersequenceinseconds,enteravalueunderWipertime.
Thebelowtableprovidessomeexamplesofdifferentwasher-wipersequencesetups.
Timeelapsed(seconds)Washerpumptime:10s
Washerwipertime:10s
Washerpumptime:20s
Washerwipertime:12s
0asherstartsasherstarts
10asherstops—
20—asherstops
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Thewebinterface
Toreachthedevice’swebinterface,typethedevice’sIPaddressinawebbrowser.
Note
Supportforthefeaturesandsettingsdescribedinthissectionvariesbetweendevices.Thisiconindicatesthat
thefeatureorsettingisonlyavailableinsomedevices.
Showorhidethemainmenu.
Accessthereleasenotes.
Accesstheproducthelp.
Changethelanguage.
Setlightthemeordarktheme.
Theusermenucontains:
•Informationabouttheuserwhoisloggedin.
•Changeaccount:Logoutfromthecurrentaccountandlogintoanewaccount.
•Logout:Logoutfromthecurrentaccount.
Thecontextmenucontains:
•Analyticsdata:Accepttosharenon-personalbrowserdata.
•Feedback:Shareanyfeedbacktohelpusimproveyouruserexperience.
•Legal:Viewinformationaboutcookiesandlicenses.
•About:Viewdeviceinformation,includingrmwareversionandserialnumber.
•Legacydeviceinterface:Changethedevice’swebinterfacetothelegacyversion.
Status
Deviceinfo
Showsthedeviceinformation,includingrmwareversionandserialnumber.
Upgradermware:Upgradethermwareonyourdevice.TakesyoutotheMaintenancepagewhereyoucandoarmware
upgrade.
Timesyncstatus
ShowsNTPsynchronizationinformation,includingifthedeviceisinsyncwithanNTPserverandthetimeremaininguntil
thenextsync.
NTPsettings:ViewandupdatetheNTPsettings.TakesyoutotheDateandtimepagewhereyoucanchangetheNTPsettings.
Security
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Showswhatkindofaccesstothedevicethatisactive,andwhatencryptionprotocolsareinuse.Recommendationstothesettings
arebasedontheAXISOSHardeningGuide.
Hardeningguide:LinktoAXISOSHardeningguidewhereyoucanlearnmoreaboutcybersecurityonAxisdevicesandbest
practices.
PTZ
ShowsthePTZstatusandthetimeofthelasttest.
Test:StartatestofthePTZmechanics.Duringthetest,therearenovideostreamsavailable.henthetestisnished,the
devicerestorestoitshomeposition.
Connectedclients
Showsthenumberofconnectionsandconnectedclients.
Viewdetails:Viewandupdatethelistoftheconnectedclients.ThelistshowsIPaddress,protocol,port,andPID/Process
ofeachclient.
Ongoingrecordings
Showsongoingrecordingsandtheirdesignatedstoragespace.
Recordings:Viewongoingandlteredrecordingsandtheirsource.Formoreinformation,seeRecordingsonpage31
Showsthestoragespacewheretherecordingissaved.
Video
Click-and-dragtopanandtiltintheliveview.
ZoomUsetheslidertozoominandout.
FocusUsethissettingtosetfocusintheshownarea.Dependingonthedevice,differentfocusmodesareavailable.
•Auto:Thecameraautomaticallyadjustsfocusbasedontheentireimage.
•Manual:Setthefocusmanuallyataxeddistance.
•Area:Thecameraautomaticallyadjustsfocusforaselectedareaoftheimage.
•Spot:Thecameraautomaticallyadjustsfocusforthecenteroftheimage.
BrightnessUsethissettingtoadjustthelightintensityintheimage,forexample,tomakeobjectseasiertosee.Brightnessis
appliedafterimagecapture,anddoesnotaffecttheinformationintheimage.Togetmoredetailsinadarkarea,itissometimes
bettertotrytoincreasegainorincreaseexposuretime.
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Clicktoplaythelivevideostream.
Clicktofreezethelivevideostream.
Clicktotakeasnapshotofthelivevideostream.Theleissavedinthe‘Downloads’folderonyourcomputer.Theimage
lenameis[snapshot_YYYY_MM_DD_HH_MM_SS.jpg].Thesizeofthesnapshotdependsonthecompressionthatthespecic
web-browserenginewherethesnapshotisreceivedapplies,therefore,thesnapshotsizemayvaryfromtheactualcompression
settingthatisconguredinthedevice.
ClicktoshowI/Ooutputports.Usetheswitchtoopenorclosethecircuitofaport,forexample,totestexternal
devices.
ClicktomanuallyturnonorturnofftheIRillumination.
Clicktomanuallyturnonorturnoffthewhitelight.
Clicktoaccessonscreencontrols:
•Predenedcontrols:Turnontousetheavailableonscreencontrols.
•Customcontrols:ClickAddcustomcontroltoaddanonscreencontrol.
Startsthewasher.henthesequencestarts,thecameramovestotheconguredpositiontoreceivethewash
spray.henthewholewashsequenceiscompleted,thecamerareturnstoitspreviousposition.Thisiconisonlyvisiblewhenthe
washerisconnectedandcongured.
Startsthewiper.
Clickandselectapresetpositiontogotothatpresetpositionintheliveview.Or,clickSetuptogotothepreset
positionpage.
Addsorremovesafocusrecallarea.henyouaddafocusrecallarea,thecamerasavesthefocussettingsat
thatspecicpan/tiltrange.henyouhavesetafocusrecallareaandthecameraentersthatareaintheliveview,thecamera
recallsthepreviouslysavedfocus.It’senoughtocoverhalfoftheareaforthecameratorecallthefocus.
Clicktoselectaguardtour,thenclickStarttoplaytheguardtour.Or,clickSetuptogototheguardtourspage.
Clicktomanuallyturnontheheaterforaselectedperiodoftime.
Clicktostartacontinuousrecordingofthelivevideostream.Clickagaintostoptherecording.Ifarecordingisongoing,it
willresumeautomaticallyafterareboot.
Clicktoshowthestoragethatisconguredforthedevice.Tocongurethestorage,youneedtobeloggedinasan
administrator.
Clicktoaccessmoresettings:
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•Videoformat:Selecttheencodingformattouseintheliveview.
•Clientstreaminformation:Turnontoshowdynamicinformationaboutthevideostreamusedbythebrowserthat
showsthelivevideostream.Thebitrateinformationdiffersfromtheinformationshowninatextoverlay,becauseof
differentinformationsources.Thebitrateintheclientstreaminformationisthebitrateofthelastsecond,andit
comesfromtheencodingdriverofthedevice.Thebitrateintheoverlayistheaveragebitrateofthelast5seconds,
anditcomesfromthebrowser.Bothvaluescoveronlytherawvideostreamandnottheadditionalbandwidth
generatedwhenit’stransportedoverthenetworkthroughUDP/TCP/HTTP.
•Adaptivestream:Turnontoadapttheimageresolutiontotheviewingclient’sactualdisplayresolution,toimprove
theuserexperienceandhelppreventapossibleoverloadoftheclient’shardware.Theadaptivestreamisonly
appliedwhenyouviewthelivevideostreaminthewebinterfaceinabrowser.henadaptivestreamisturnedon,
themaximumframerateis30fps.Ifyoutakeasnapshotwhileadaptivestreamisturnedon,itwillusetheimage
resolutionselectedbytheadaptivestream.
•Levelgrid:Clicktoshowthelevelgrid.Thegridhelpsyoudecideiftheimageishorizontallyaligned.Click
tohideit.
•Pixelcounter:Clicktoshowthepixelcounter.Dragandresizetheboxtocontainyourareaofinterest.Youcan
alsodenethepixelsizeoftheboxintheWidthandHeightelds.
•Refresh:Clicktorefreshthestillimageintheliveview.
•PTZcontrols:TurnontodisplayPTZcontrolsintheliveview.
Clicktoshowtheliveviewatfullresolution.Ifthefullresolutionislargerthanyourscreensize,usethesmallerimageto
navigateintheimage.
Clicktoshowthelivevideostreaminfullscreen.PressESCtoexitfullscreenmode.
Installation
Capturemode:Acapturemodeisapresetcongurationthatdeneshowthecameracapturesimages.henyouchange
thecapturemode,itcanaffectmanyothersettings,suchasviewareasandprivacymasks.
Mountingposition:Theorientationoftheimagecanchangedependingonhowyoumountthecamera.
Powerlinefrequency:Tominimizeimageicker,selectthefrequencyyourregionuses.TheAmericanregionsusuallyuse60Hz.
Therestoftheworldmostlyuses50Hz.Ifyou'renotsureofyourregion'spowerlinefrequency,checkwiththelocalauthorities.
magecorrection
Important
erecommendyounottousemultipleimagecorrectionfeaturesatthesametime,sinceitcanleadtoperformanceissues.
Barreldistortioncorrection(BDC):Turnontogetastraighterimageifitsuffersfrombarreldistortion.Barreldistortion
isalenseffectthatmakestheimageappearcurvedandbentoutwards.Theconditionisseenmoreclearlywhentheimageis
zoomedout.
Crop:Usetheslidertoadjustthecorrectionlevel.Alowerlevelmeansthattheimagewidthiskeptattheexpenseof
imageheightandresolution.Ahigherlevelmeansthatimageheightandresolutionarekeptattheexpenseofimagewidth.
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Removedistortion:Usetheslidertoadjustthecorrectionlevel.Puckermeansthattheimagewidthiskeptattheexpense
ofimageheightandresolution.Bloatmeansthatimageheightandresolutionarekeptattheexpenseofimagewidth.
magestabilization:Turnontogetasmootherandsteadierimagewithlessblur.erecommendthatyouuseimage
stabilizationinenvironmentswherethedeviceismountedinanexposedlocationandsubjecttovibrationsdueto,forexample,
windorpassingtrafc.
Focallength:Usetheslidertoadjustthefocallength.Ahighervalueleadstohighermagnicationandanarrowerangle
ofview,whilealowervalueleadstoalowermagnicationandawiderangleofview.
Stabilizermargin:Usetheslidertoadjustthesizeofthestabilizermargin,whichdeterminesthelevelofvibrationto
stabilize.Iftheproductismountedinanenvironmentwithalotofvibration,movetheslidertowardsMax.Asaresult,asmaller
sceneiscaptured.Iftheenvironmenthaslessvibration,movetheslidertowardsMin.
Straightenimage:Turnonandusetheslidertostraightentheimagehorizontallybyrotatingandcroppingitdigitally.The
functionalityisusefulwhenit’snotpossibletomountthecameraexactlylevel.Ideally,straightentheimageduringinstallation.
:Clicktoshowasupportinggridintheimage.
:Clicktohidethegrid.
Theimageeforeandafterithaseenstraightened.
Image
Appearance
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Sceneprole:Selectasceneprolethatsuitsyoursurveillancescenario.Asceneproleoptimizesimagesettings,
includingcolorlevel,brightness,sharpness,contrast,andlocalcontrast,foraspecicenvironmentorpurpose.
•Forensic:Suitableforsurveillancepurposes.
•ndoor:Suitableforindoorenvironments.
•Outdoor:Suitableforoutdoorenvironments.
•Vivid:Usefulfordemonstrationpurposes.
•Trafcoverview:Suitableforvehicletrafcmonitoring.
Saturation:Usetheslidertoadjustthecolorintensity.Youcan,forexample,getagrayscaleimage.
Contrast:Usetheslidertoadjustthedifferencebetweenlightanddark.
Brightness:Usetheslidertoadjustthelightintensity.Thiscanmakeobjectseasiertosee.Brightnessisappliedafterimage
capture,anddoesn’taffecttheinformationintheimage.Togetmoredetailsfromadarkarea,it’susuallybettertoincrease
gainorexposuretime.
Sharpness:Usetheslidertomakeobjectsintheimageappearsharperbyadjustingtheedgecontrast.Ifyouincreasethe
sharpness,itmayincreasethebitrateandtheamountofstoragespaceneededaswell.
Widedynamicrange
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