Axis V5938 User manual

AXISV5938PTZNetworkCamera
UserManual

AXISV5938PTZNetworkCamera
TableofContents
Getstarted................................................3
Findthedeviceonthenetwork....................................3
Accessthedevice...............................................3
Webpageoverview..............................................4
Additionalsettings..........................................6
Adjusttheimage................................................6
Adjustthecameraview(PTZ......................................7
ControlthecamerawithVISCA....................................7
Viewandrecordvideo............................................8
Setuprulesandalerts...........................................9
Audio.........................................................10
Cleaningrecommendations...................................11
Learnmore................................................12
Capturemodes.................................................12
Overlays.......................................................12
Streamingandstorage...........................................12
Applications....................................................15
Troubleshooting............................................17
Resettofactorydefaultsettings...................................17
Firmwareoptions...............................................17
Checkthecurrentrmware.......................................17
Upgradethermware............................................17
Technicalissues,cluesandsolutions................................18
Performanceconsiderations.......................................20
Contactsupport.................................................20
Specications..............................................21
Productoverview................................................21
LEDindicators..................................................21
SDcardslot....................................................22
Buttons.......................................................22
Connectors....................................................22
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Getstarte
Findthedeviceonthenetwork
TondAxisdevicesonthenetworkandassignthemIPaddressesinWindows®,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManager.Both
applicationsarefreeandcanbedownloadedfromaxis.com/support.
FormoreinformationabouthowtondandassignIPaddresses,gotoHowtoassignanIPaddressandaccessyourdevice.
Browerupport
Youcanusethedevicewiththefollowingbrowsers:
ChromeTMFirefox®Edge®Safari®
Windows®recommendedxx
macOS®recommendedx
Otheroperatingsystemsxx
Ifyouneedmoreinformationaboutrecommendedbrowsers,gotoaxis.com/browser-support.
Accethedevice
1.OpenabrowserandentertheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisdevice.
IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddress,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManagertondthedeviceonthenetwork.
2.Entertheusernameandpassword.Ifyouaccessthedeviceforthersttime,youmustsettherootpassword.SeeSeta
newpasswordfortherootaccountonpage3.
3.Theliveviewpageopensinyourbrowser.
Setanewpawordfortherootaccount
Important
Thedefaultadministratorusernameisroot.Ifthepasswordforrootislost,resetthedevicetofactorydefaultsettings.
Towatchthisvideo,gotothewebversionofthisdocument.
www.axis.com/products/online-manual/5263#t1009905
Supporttip:Passwordsecurityconrmationcheck
1.Typeapassword.Followtheinstructionsaboutsecurepasswords.SeeSecurepasswordsonpage4.
2.Retypethepasswordtoconrmthespelling.
3.ClickCreatelogin.Thepasswordhasnowbeencongured.
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Securepaword
Important
Axisdevicessendtheinitiallysetpasswordincleartextoverthenetwork.Toprotectyourdeviceaftertherstlogin,set
upasecureandencryptedHTTPSconnectionandthenchangethepassword.
Thedevicepasswordistheprimaryprotectionforyourdataandservices.Axisdevicesdonotimposeapasswordpolicyasthey
maybeusedinvarioustypesofinstallations.
Toprotectyourdatawestronglyrecommendthatyou:
•Useapasswordwithatleast8characters,preferablycreatedbyapasswordgenerator.
•Don’texposethepassword.
•Changethepasswordatarecurringinterval,atleastonceayear.
Webpageoverview
1Liveviewcontrolbar
2Liveview
3Productname
4Userinformation,colorthemes,andhelp
5Videocontrolbar
6Settingstoggle
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7Settingstabs
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Aitionalsettings
Aitionalsettings
Adjuttheimage
Thissectionincludesinstructionsabouthowtocongureyourdevice.Ifyouwanttolearnmoreabouthowcertainfeatures
function,gotoLearnmoreonpage12.
Reducenoieinlow-lightcondition
Toreducenoiseinlow-lightconditions,youcanadjustoneormoreofthefollowingsettings:
Note
Ahighmaxshuttervaluecanresultinmotionblur.
•Toslowdowntheshutterspeed,setmaxshuttertothehighestpossiblevalue.
•Reducesharpnessintheimage.
Note
Whenyoureducethemaxgain,theimagecanbecomedarker.
•Setthemaxgaintoalowervalue.
•Opentheaperture.
Reducemotionblurinlow-lightcondition
Toreducemotionblurinlow-lightconditions,adjustoneormoreofthefollowingsettingsinSettings>Image>Exposure:
Note
Whenyouincreasethegain,imagenoisealsoincreases.
•SetMaxshuttertoashortertime,andMaxgaintoahighervalue.
Ifyoustillhaveproblemswithmotionblur:
•Increasethelightlevelinthescene.
•Mountthecamerasothatobjectsmovetowarditorawayfromitratherthansideways.
Maximizethedetailinanimage
Important
Ifyoumaximizethedetailsinanimage,thebitratewillprobablyincreaseandyoumightgetareducedframerate.
•Makesuretoselectthecapturemodethathasthehighestresolution.
•Setthecompressionaslowaspossible.
•SelectMJPEGstreaming.
•TurnoffZipstreamfunctionality.
StabilizeahakyimagewithElectronicImageStabilization(EIS)
ElectronicImageStabilization(EIScanbeusedinenvironmentswheretheproductismountedinanexposedlocationandsubjectto
vibrations,forexample,windorpassingtrafc.TurnonEIStogetasmootherandsteadierimagewithoutblur.
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Aitionalsettings
EISalsoreducesthelesizeofthecompressedimageandlowersthebitrateofthevideostream.
Note
WhenEISisturnedontheimageiscroppedslightly,loweringthemaximumresolution.
1.GotoSettings>Image>Imagecorrection.
2.TurnonEIS.
Showanimageoverlay
Youcanaddanimageasanoverlayinthevideostream.
1.GotoSettings>Oerlay.
2.ClickImagelist.
3.UploadanimageandclickDone.
4.ClickCreateoerlay.
5.SelectImageandclickCreate.
6.Selecttheimagefromthedrop-downlist.
7.Topositiontheimageoverlay,chooseCustomoroneofthepresets.
8.ClickCreate.
Showthepanortiltpoitionaatextoverlay
Youcanshowthepanortiltpositionasanoverlayintheimage.
1.GotoSettings>OerlayandclickCreateoerlay.
2.SelectTextandclickCreate.
3.Inthetexteld,type#xtoshowthepanposition.
Type#ytoshowthetiltposition.
4.Chooseappearance,textsize,andalignment.
5.Thecurrentpanandtiltpositionsshowupintheliveviewimageandintherecording.
Adjutthecameraview(PTZ)
Limitthepan,tilt,andzoommovement
Iftherearepartsofthescenethatyoudon’twantthecameratoreach,youcanlimitthepan,tilt,andzoommovements.For
example,youwanttoprotecttheprivacyofresidentsinanapartmentbuilding,whichislocatedclosetoaparkinglotthatyouintend
tomonitor.Tolimitthemovements,gotoSettings>PTZ>Limits.
ControlthecamerawithVISCA
TherearetwowaystocontrolthiscamerawithVISCA:
VISCAoerIP-SelectthistocommunicateovertheEthernet.
VISCAoerserial-Selectthistocommunicateoverserialconnection.
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ControlthecamerawithVISCAoverIP
Note
UsingtheIPprotocolforPTZcontrolincreasestheriskofunauthorizedaccess.ItenablesUDPonports52380and52381,
whichallowsanyoneonthenetworktochangesettingswithouthavingtologintothecamera.
1.GotoSettings>System>Accessories.
2.TurnonVISCA.
3.SelectVISCAoerIP.
ControlthecamerawithVISCAovererial
1.ConnectaserialcabletotheRS232connector.
2.GotoSettings>System>Accessories.
3.TurnonVISCA.
4.SelectVISCAoerserial.
5.Selectthecamera’sPositioninseries.
-SelectPointtopointifthedeviceisdirectlyconnectedtotheVISCAcontroller.
-SelectEndpointifthedeviceisthelastdeviceinthedaisychain.
-SelectIn-chain(daisychain)ifthedeviceisinthemiddleofthedaisychain.
6.SelectBaudrate.
Viewandrecordvideo
Thissectionincludesinstructionsabouthowtocongureyourdevice.Tolearnmoreabouthowstreamingandstorageworks,goto
Streamingandstorageonpage12.
Reducebandwidthandtorage
Important
Ifyoureducethebandwidthitcanresultinlossofdetailsinthepicture.
1.GotoliveviewandselectH.264.
2.GotoSettings>Stream.
3.Dooneormoreofthefollowing:
Note
ThezipstreamsettingsareusedforbothH.264andH.265.
-TurnondynamicGOPandsetahighGOPlengthvalue.
-Increasethecompression.
-TurnondynamicFPS.
Note
WebbrowsersdonotsupportH.265decoding.UseavideomanagementsystemorapplicationsupportingH.265decoding.
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Viewalivevideotreamonamonitor
Yourcameracantransmitalivevideostreamtoamonitorevenwithoutanetworkconnection.
•ConnectanexternalmonitorusingtheHDMIconnectorortheSDIconnector.
Setupnetworktorage
Tostorerecordingsonthenetwork,youneedtosetupyournetworkstorage.
1.GotoSettings>System>Storage.
2.ClickSetupunderNetworkstorage.
3.EntertheIPaddressofthehostserver.
4.Enterthenameofthesharedlocationonthehostserver.
5.Movetheswitchifthesharerequiresalogin,andenterusernameandpassword.
6.ClickConnect.
Recordandwatchvideo
Torecordvideoyoumustrstsetupnetworkstorage,seeSetupnetworkstorageonpage9,orhaveanSDcardinstalled.
Recordideo
1.Gototheliveview.
2.Tostartarecording,clickRecord.Clickagaintostoptherecording.
Watchideo
1.ClickStorage>Gotorecordings.
2.Selectyourrecordinginthelistanditwillplayautomatically.
Setupruleandalert
Youcancreaterulestomakeyourdeviceperformanactionwhencertaineventsoccur.Aruleconsistsofconditionsandactions.
Theconditionscanbeusedtotriggertheactions.Forexample,thedevicecanstartarecordingorsendanemailwhenitdetects
motion,orshowanoverlaytextwhilethedeviceisrecording.
Triggeranaction
1.GotoSettings>System>Eentstosetuparule.Theruledeneswhenthedevicewillperformcertainactions.Rules
canbesetupasscheduled,recurring,orforexample,triggeredbymotiondetection.
2.SelecttheConditionthatmustbemettotriggertheaction.Ifyouspecifymorethanoneconditionfortherule,allofthe
conditionsmustbemettotriggertheaction.
3.SelectwhichActionthedeviceshouldperformwhentheconditionsaremet.
Note
Ifyoumakechangestoanactiverule,youhavetorestarttheruleforthechangestotakeeffect.
Note
Ifyouchangethedenitionofastreamprolethatisusedinarule,youhavetotorestartalltherulesthatusethat
streamprole.
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Audio
Addaudiotoyourrecording
Turnonaudio:
1.GotoSettings>AudioandturnonAllowaudio.
2.GotoInput>Typeandselectyouraudiosource.
Editthestreamprolewhichisusedfortherecording:
3.GotoSettings>StreamandclickStreamproles.
4.SelectthestreamproleandclickAudio.
5.SelectthecheckboxandselectInclude.
6.ClickSae.
7.ClickClose.
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