Axis P1455-LE 2MP Network Bullet Camera 29mm User Manual

AXISP1455-LENetworkCamera

UserManual

AXISP1455-LENetworkCamera

TableofContents

Getstarted................................................3

Findthedeviceonthenetwork....................................3

Accessthedevice...............................................3

Webpageoverview..............................................5

Additionalsettings..........................................7

Adjusttheimage................................................7

Viewandrecordvideo............................................12

Setuprulesandalerts...........................................13

Audio.........................................................19

Cleaningrecommendations...................................20

Learnmore................................................21

Viewarea......................................................21

Capturemodes.................................................21

Remotefocusandzoom..........................................21

Privacymasks..................................................21

Overlays.......................................................22

Streamingandstorage...........................................22

Security.......................................................24

Troubleshooting............................................25

Resettofactorydefaultsettings...................................25

Firmwareoptions...............................................25

Checkthecurrentrmware.......................................

Upgradethermware............................................26

Technicalissues,cluesandsolutions................................

Performanceconsiderations.......................................

Contactsupport.................................................28

Specications..............................................29

Productoverview................................................

LEDindicators..................................................

SDcardslot....................................................

Buttons.......................................................

Connectors....................................................

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Getstarted

Findthedeviceonthenetwork

TondAxisdevicesonthenetworkandassignthemIPaddressesinWindows®,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManager.Both

applicationsarefreeandcanbedownloadedfromaxis.com/support.

FormoreinformationabouthowtondandassignIPaddresses,gotoHowtoassignanIPaddressandaccessyourdevice.

Browsersupport

Youcanusethedevicewiththefollowingbrowsers:

Chrome

Firefox

Edge

Safari

Windows

recommended

macOS

recommended

Otheroperatingsystems

Ifyouneedmoreinformationaboutrecommendedbrowsers,gotoaxis.com/browser-support.

Accessthedevice

1.OpenabrowserandentertheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisdevice.

IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddress,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManagertondthedeviceonthenetwork.

2.Entertheusernameandpassword.Ifyouaccessthedeviceforthersttime,youmustsettherootpassword.SeeSeta

newpasswordfortherootaccountonpage3.

3.Theliveviewpageopensinyourbrowser.

Verifythatnoonehastamperedwiththermware

TomakesurethatthedevicehasitsoriginalAxisrmware,ortotakefullcontrolofthedeviceafterasecurityattack:

1.Resettofactorydefaultsettings.SeeResettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage25.

Afterthereset,securebootguaranteesthestateofthedevice.

2.Congureandinstallthedevice.

Setanewpasswordfortherootaccount

Important

Thedefaultadministratorusernameisroot.Ifthepasswordforrootislost,resetthedevicetofactorydefaultsettings.

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Getstarted

Towatchthisvideo,gotothewebversionofthisdocument.

www.axis.com/products/online-manual/61505#t10098905

Supporttip:Passwordsecurityconrmationcheck

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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Getstarted

Webpageoverview

Liveviewcontrolbar

Liveview

Productname

Userinformation,colorthemes,andhelp

Videocontrolbar

Settingstoggle

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Getstarted

Settingstabs

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Additionalsettings

Adjusttheimage

Thissectionincludesinstructionsabouthowtocongureyourdevice.Ifyouwanttolearnmoreabouthowcertainfeatures

function,gotoLearnmoreonpage21.

Levelthecamera

Toadjusttheviewinrelationtoareferenceareaoranobject,usethelevelingguideincombinationwithamechanicaladjustment

ofthecamera.

1.GotoSettings>System>Orientationandclick

2.Adjustthecameramechanicallyuntilthepositionofthereferenceareaortheobjectisalignedwiththelevelingguide.

Adjustthezoomandfocus

Toadjustthezoom:

1.GotoSettings>Image>Zoomandusetheslidertoadjustthezoom.

Toadjustthefocus:

1.GotoSettings>Image>FocusandclickShowAFarea.

2.Adjusttheautofocusareatocoverthepartoftheimagethatyouwanttobeinfocus.

Ifyoudon’tselectanautofocusarea,thecamerafocusesontheentirescene.Werecommendthatyoufocusona

staticobject.

3.ClickAutofocus.

4.Tonetunethefocus,usethefocusslider.

Selectexposuremode

Therearedifferentexposuremodeoptionsinthecamerathatadjustsaperture,shutterspeed,andgaintoimproveimagequalityfor

specicsurveillancescenes.GotoSettings>Image>Exposureandselectbetweenthefollowingexposuremodes:

•Formostusecases,selectAutomaticexposure.

•Forenvironmentswithcertainarticiallighting,forexampleuorescentlighting,selectFlicker-free.

Selectthesamefrequencyasthepowerlinefrequency.

•Forenvironmentswithcertainarticiallightandbrightlight,forexampleoutdoorswithuorescentlightingatnightand

sunduringdaytime,selectFlicker-reduced.

Selectthesamefrequencyasthepowerlinefrequency.

•Tolockthecurrentexposuresettings,selectHoldcurrent.

OptimizeIRillumination

Dependingontheinstallationenvironmentandtheconditionsaroundthecamera,forexampleexternallightsourcesinthescene,

youcansometimesimprovetheIRilluminationifyoumanuallyadjusttheintensityoftheLED’s.

1.GotoSettings>Image>Dayandnight,andturnonAllowillumination.

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Additionalsettings

2.TurnonLiveviewcontrol.

3.MinimizeSettings.

4.Intheliveviewcontrolbar,clicktheIlluminationbutton,turnonIRlightandselectManual.

5.Adjusttheintensity.

BenetfromIRlightinlow-lightconditionsusingnightmode

Yourcamerausesvisiblelighttodelivercolorimagesduringtheday.Astheavailablelightdiminishes,youcansetthecamerato

automaticallyshifttonightmode,inwhichthecamerausesbothvisiblelightandnear-infraredlighttodeliverblack-and-white

images.Sincethecamerausesmoreoftheavailablelightitcandeliverbrighter,moredetailed,images.

1.GotoSettings>Image>Dayandnight,andmakesurethattheIRcutlterissettoAuto.

2.Todetermineatwhatlightlevelyouwantthecameratoshifttonightmode,settheDay-nightshiftprioritytoDay,

NightorNone.

3.EnableAllowIRilluminationandSynchronizeIRilluminationtousethecamera’sIRlightwhennightmodeisactivated.

Reducenoiseinlow-lightconditions

Toreducenoiseinlow-lightconditions,youcanadjustoneormoreofthefollowingsettings:

•Adjustthetrade-offbetweennoiseandmotionblur.GotoSettings>Image>ExposureandmovetheBlur-noise

trade-offslidertowardLownoise.

•Settheexposuremodetoautomatic.

Note

Ahighmaxshuttervaluecanresultinmotionblur.

•Toslowdowntheshutterspeed,setmaxshuttertothehighestpossiblevalue.

•Reducesharpnessintheimage.

Note

Whenyoureducethemaxgain,theimagecanbecomedarker.

•Setthemaxgaintoalowervalue.

•Opentheaperture.

Reducemotionblurinlow-lightconditions

Toreducemotionblurinlow-lightconditions,adjustoneormoreofthefollowingsettingsinSettings>Image>Exposure:

•SetExposuremodetoAutomaticandturnonMotion-adaptiveexposure.

Note

Motion-adaptiveexposureworksbestwhenyoumovetheBlur-noisetrade-offsliderfullytowardLownoise.

•MovetheBlur-noisetrade-offslidertowardLowmotionblur.

Note

Whenyouincreasethegain,imagenoisealsoincreases.

•SetMaxshuttertoashortertime,andMaxgaintoahighervalue.

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Ifyoustillhaveproblemswithmotionblur:

•Increasethelightlevelinthescene.

•Mountthecamerasothatobjectsmovetowarditorawayfromitratherthansideways.

Handlesceneswithstrongbacklight

Dynamicrangeisthedifferenceinlightlevelsinanimage.Insomecasesthedifferencebetweenthedarkestandthebrightest

areascanbesignicant.Theresultisoftenanimagewhereeitherthedarkorthebrightareasarevisible.Widedynamicrange

(WDR)makesbothdarkandbrightareasoftheimagevisible.

ImagewithoutWDR.

ImagewithWDR.

Note

•WDRcancauseartifactsintheimage.

•WDRmaynotbeavailableforallcapturemodes.

1.GotoSettings>Image>Widedynamicrange.

2.TurnonWDR.

3.UsetheLocalcontrastslidertoadjusttheamountofWDR.

4.UsetheTonemappingslidertoadjusttheamountofWDR.

5.Ifyoustillhaveproblems,gotoExposureandadjusttheExposurezonetocovertheareaofinterest.

FindoutmoreaboutWDRandhowtouseitataxis.com/web-articles/wdr.

Compensateforbarreldistortion

Barreldistortionisaphenomenonwherestraightlinesappearincreasinglybentclosertotheedgesoftheframe.Awideeldofview

oftencreatesbarreldistortioninanimage.Barreldistortioncorrectioncompensatesforthisdistortion.

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Additionalsettings

Note

Barreldistortioncorrectionaffectstheimageresolutionandeldofview.

1.GotoSettings>Image>Imagecorrection.

2.TurnonBarreldistortioncorrection(BDC).

3.Usetheslidertoimprovetheimage.

Monitorlongandnarrowareas

Usecorridorformattobetterutilizethefulleldofviewinalongandnarrowarea,forexampleastaircase,hallway,road,ortunnel.

1.Dependingonyourdevice,turnthecameraorthe3-axislensinthecamera90°or270°.

Note

MakesuretoaimIRLEDsawayfromwallsorweathershields.

2.Ifthedevicedoesn’thaveautomaticrotationoftheview,logintothewebpageandgotoSettings>System>Orientation.

3.Click

4.Rotatetheview90°or270°.

Findoutmoreataxis.com/axis-corridor-format.

Verifythepixelresolution

Toverifythatadenedpartoftheimagecontainsenoughpixelsto,forexample,recognizelicenseplates,youcanusethepixel

counter.

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ABC 123

1.GotoSettings>System>Orientation.

2.Click

3.Inthecamera’sliveview,adjustthesizeandpositionoftherectanglearoundtheareaofinterest,forexamplewhereyou

expectlicenseplatestoappear.

Youcanseethenumberofpixelsforeachoftherectangle’ssides(XandY),anddecideifthevaluesareenoughfor

yourneeds.

Hidepartsoftheimagewithprivacymasks

Youcancreateoneorseveralprivacymaskstohidepartsoftheimage.

Towatchthisvideo,gotothewebversionofthisdocument.

www.axis.com/products/online-manual/61505#t10106902

Howtocreateaprivacymask

1.GotoSettings>Privacymask.

2.ClickNew.

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3.Adjustthesize,color,andnameoftheprivacymaskaccordingtoyourneeds.

Towatchthisvideo,gotothewebversionofthisdocument.

www.axis.com/products/online-manual/61505#t10106902

Howtochangetheappearanceofthemask

Showanimageoverlay

Youcanaddanimageasanoverlayinthevideostream.

1.GotoSettings>Overlay.

2.ClickImagelist.

3.UploadanimageandclickDone.

4.ClickCreateoverlay.

5.SelectImageandclickCreate.

6.SelectImageandclickOk.

7.SelectImportanduploadanimage.

8.Selecttheimagefromthedrop-downlist.

9.Topositiontheimageoverlay,chooseCustomoroneofthepresets.

10.ClickCreate.

Viewandrecordvideo

Thissectionincludesinstructionsabouthowtocongureyourdevice.Tolearnmoreabouthowstreamingandstorageworks,goto

Streamingandstorageonpage22.

Reducebandwidthandstorage

Important

Ifyoureducethebandwidthitcanresultinlossofdetailsinthepicture.

1.GotoliveviewandselectH.264.

2.GotoSettings>Stream.

3.Dooneormoreofthefollowing:

Note

ThezipstreamsettingsareusedforbothH.264andH.265.

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-TurnondynamicGOPandsetahighGOPlengthvalue.

-Increasethecompression.

-TurnondynamicFPS.

Note

WebbrowsersdonotsupportH.265decoding.UseavideomanagementsystemorapplicationsupportingH.265decoding.

Setupnetworkstorage

Tostorerecordingsonthenetwork,youneedtosetupyournetworkstorage.

1.GotoSettings>System>Storage.

2.ClickSetupunderNetworkstorage.

3.EntertheIPaddressofthehostserver.

4.Enterthenameofthesharedlocationonthehostserver.

5.Movetheswitchifthesharerequiresalogin,andenterusernameandpassword.

6.ClickConnect.

Recordandwatchvideo

Torecordvideoyoumustrstsetupnetworkstorage,seeSetupnetworkstorageonpage13,orhaveanSDcardinstalled.

Recordvideo

1.Gototheliveview.

2.Tostartarecording,clickRecord.Clickagaintostoptherecording.

Watchvideo

1.ClickStorage>Gotorecordings.

2.Selectyourrecordinginthelistanditwillplayautomatically.

Setuprulesandalerts

Youcancreaterulestomakeyourdeviceperformanactionwhencertaineventsoccur.Aruleconsistsofconditionsandactions.

Theconditionscanbeusedtotriggertheactions.Forexample,thedevicecanstartarecordingorsendanemailwhenitdetects

motion,orshowanoverlaytextwhilethedeviceisrecording.

Triggeranaction

1.GotoSettings>System>Eventstosetuparule.Theruledeneswhenthedevicewillperformcertainactions.Rules

canbesetupasscheduled,recurring,orforexample,triggeredbymotiondetection.

2.SelecttheConditionthatmustbemettotriggertheaction.Ifyouspecifymorethanoneconditionfortherule,allofthe

conditionsmustbemettotriggertheaction.

3.SelectwhichActionthedeviceshouldperformwhentheconditionsaremet.

Note

Ifyoumakechangestoanactiverule,youhavetorestarttheruleforthechangestotakeeffect.

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Note

Ifyouchangethedenitionofastreamprolethatisusedinarule,youhavetotorestartalltherulesthatusethat

streamprole.

Recordvideowhenthecameradetectsmotion

ThisexampleexplainshowtosetupthecameratostartrecordingtotheSDcardvesecondsbeforeitdetectsmotionandto

stoponeminuteafter.

Towatchthisvideo,gotothewebversionofthisdocument.

www.axis.com/products/online-manual/61505#t10106619

Howtorecordavideostreamwhenthecameradetectsmotion

MakesurethatAXISVideoMotionDetectionisrunning:

1.GotoSettings>Apps>AXISVideoMotionDetection.

2.Starttheapplicationifitisnotalreadyrunning.

3.Makesureyouhavesetuptheapplicationaccordingtoyourneeds.Ifyouneedhelp,seethe

usermanualforAXISVideoMotionDetection4.

Createarule:

1.GotoSettings>System>Eventsandaddarule.

2.Typeanamefortherule.

3.Inthelistofconditions,underApplication,selectAXISVideoMotionDetection(VMD).

4.Inthelistofactions,underRecordings,selectRecordvideowhiletheruleisactive.

5.Selectanexistingstreamproleorcreateanewone.

6.Settheprebuffertimeto5seconds.

7.Setthepostbuffertimeto60seconds.

8.Inthelistofstorageoptions,selectSDcard.

9.ClickSave.

Showatextoverlayinthevideostreamwhenthedevicedetectsmotion

Thisexampleexplainshowtodisplaythetext“Motiondetected”whenthedevicedetectsmotion.

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Towatchthisvideo,gotothewebversionofthisdocument.

www.axis.com/products/online-manual/61505#t10103832

Howtoshowtextoverlaywhenthecameradetectsmotion

MakesurethatAXISVideoMotionDetectionisrunning:

1.GotoSettings>Apps>AXISVideoMotionDetection.

2.Starttheapplicationifitisnotalreadyrunning.

3.Makesureyouhavesetuptheapplicationaccordingtoyourneeds.

Addtheoverlaytext:

4.GotoSettings>Overlay.

5.SelectCreateoverlayandselectTextoverlay.

6.Enter#Dinthetexteld.

7.Choosetextsizeandappearance.

8.Topositionthetextoverlay,chooseCustomoroneofthepresets.

Createarule:

9.GotoSystem>Events>Rulesandaddarule.

10.Typeanamefortherule.

11.Inthelistofconditions,selectAXISVideoMotionDetection.

12.Inthelistofactions,selectUseoverlaytext.

13.Selectaviewarea.

14.Type“Motiondetected”.

15.Settheduration.

16.ClickSave.

Note

Ifyouupdatetheoverlaytextitwillbeautomaticallyupdatedonallvideostreamsdynamically.

Recordvideowhenthecameradetectsloudnoises

ThisexampleexplainshowtosetupthecameratostartrecordingtotheSDcardvesecondsbeforeitdetectsloudnoiseandto

stoponeminuteafter.

Note

Thefollowinginstructionsrequirethatamicrophoneisconnectedtoaudio-in.

Turnonaudio:

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1.Setupthestreamproletoincludeaudio,seeAddaudiotoyourrecordingonpage19.

Turnonaudiodetection:

1.GotoSettings>System>Detectors>Audiodetection.

2.Adjustthealarmlevelaccordingtoyourneeds.

Createarule:

1.GotoSettings>System>Eventsandaddarule.

2.Typeanamefortherule.

3.Inthelistofconditions,underAudio,selectAudioDetection.

4.Inthelistofactions,underRecordings,selectRecordvideo.

5.Selectthestreamprolewhereaudiohasbeenturnedon.

6.Settheprebuffertimeto5seconds.

7.Setthepostbuffertimeto60seconds.

8.Inthelistofstorageoptions,selectSDcard.

9.ClickSave.

Recordvideowhenthecameradetectsimpact

Shockdetectionallowsthecameratodetecttamperingcausedbyvibrationsorshock.Vibrationsduetotheenvironmentortoan

objectcantriggeranactiondependingontheshocksensitivityrange,whichcanbesetfrom0to100.Inthisscenario,someoneis

throwingrocksatthecameraafterhoursandyouwouldliketogetavideoclipoftheevent.

Turnonshockdetection:

1.GotoSettings>System>Detectors.

2.Turnonshockdetection,andsetavaluefortheshocksensitivity.

Createarule:

1.GotoSettings>System>Eventsandaddarule.

2.Typeanamefortherule.

3.Inthelistofconditions,underDevicestatus,selectShockdetected.

4.Click+toaddasecondcondition.

5.Inthelistofconditions,underScheduledandrecurring,selectScheduledevent.

6.Inthelistofschedules,selectAfterhours.

7.Inthelistofactions,underRecordings,selectRecordvideowhiletheruleisactive.

8.SelectaCamera.

9.Settheprebuffertimeto5seconds.

10.Setthepostbuffertimeto60seconds.

11.Selectwheretosavetherecordings.

12.ClickSave.

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Providevisualindicationofanongoingevent

YouhavetheoptiontoconnecttheAXISI/OIndicationLEDtoyournetworkcamera.ThisLEDcanbeconguredtoturnonwhenever

certaineventsoccurinthecamera.Forexample,toletpeopleknowthatvideorecordingisinprogress.

Requiredhardware

•AXISI/OIndicationLED

•AnAxisnetworkvideocamera

Note

AXISI/OIndicationLEDshouldbeconnectedtoanoutputport.

Note

ForinstructionsonhowtoconnecttheAXISI/OIndicationLED,seetheinstallationguideprovidedwiththeproduct.

ThefollowingexampleshowshowtocongurearulethatturnsontheAXISI/OIndicationLEDtoindicatethatcameraisrecording.

1.GotoSettings>System>I/OPorts.

2.MakesurethattheportyouconnectedtheAXISI/OIndicationLEDtoissettoOutput.SetthenormalstatetoOpen

circuit(NO).

3.GotoSettings>System>Events.

4.Createanewrule.

5.SelecttheConditionthatmustbemettotriggerthecameratostartrecording.Itcan,forexample,beatimescheduleor

motiondetection.

6.Inthelistofactions,selectRecordvideo.Selectastreamproleorcreateanew.AlsosetthePrebufferandPostbuffer

asrequired.

7.Savetherule.

8.CreateasecondruleandselectthesameConditionasintherstrule.

9.Inthelistofactions,selectToggleI/Owhiletheruleisactive,andthenselecttheporttheAXISI/OIndicationLEDis

connectedto.SetthestatetoActive.

10.Savetherule.

OtherscenarioswhereAXISI/OIndicationLEDcanbeusedareforexample:

•ConguretheLEDtoturnonwhenthecamerastarts,toindicatethepresenceofthecamera.SelectSystemreadyas

acondition.

•ConguretheLEDtoturnonwhenlivestreamisactivetoindicatethatapersonoraprogramisaccessingastreamfrom

thecamera.SelectLivestreamaccessedasacondition.

Setuptheintrusionalarm

Beforeyoustart

•Connecttheintrusionalarmswitchtopin1(ground)andpin3(digitalinput)ofthecamera’sI/Oconnector.

Conguretheinputport

1.GotoSettings>System>I/Oports.

2.ForPort1:

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2.1SelectClosedcircuit(NC)inthedrop-downmenu.

Createarule

1.GotoSettings>System>Eventsandaddarule.

2.Typeanamefortherule.

3.Inthelistofconditions,underI/O,selectDigitalinput.

4.Inthelistofports,selectInput1.

5.Inthelistofactions,underNotications,selectSendnoticationtoemail.

6.SelectarecipientfromthelistorgotoRecipientstocreateanewrecipient.

Tocreateanewrecipient,click

.Tocopyanexistingrecipient,click.

7.Typeasubjectandamessagefortheemail.

8.ClickSave.

Sendanemailautomaticallyifsomeonespraypaintsthelens

Towatchthisvideo,gotothewebversionofthisdocument.

www.axis.com/products/online-manual/61505#t10106687

Howtosendanemailnoticationifsomeonespraypaintthelens

1.GotoSettings>System>Detectors.

2.TurnonTriggerondarkimages.Thiswilltriggeranalarmifthelensissprayed,covered,orrenderedseverelyoutoffocus.

3.SetadurationforTriggerafter.Thevalueindicatesthetimethatmustpassbeforeanemailissent.

Createarule:

1.GotoSettings>System>Events>Rulesandaddarule.

2.Typeanamefortherule.

3.Inthelistofconditions,selectTampering.

4.Inthelistofactions,selectSendnoticationtoemail.

5.SelectarecipientfromthelistorgotoRecipientstocreateanewrecipient.

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Tocreateanewrecipient,click.Tocopyanexistingrecipient,click.

6.Typeasubjectandamessagefortheemail.

7.ClickSave.

Audio

Addaudiotoyourrecording

Turnonaudio:

1.GotoSettings>AudioandturnonAllowaudio.

2.GotoInput>Typeandselectyouraudiosource.

Editthestreamprolewhichisusedfortherecording:

3.GotoSettings>StreamandclickStreamproles.

4.SelectthestreamproleandclickAudio.

5.SelectthecheckboxandselectInclude.

6.ClickSave.

7.ClickClose.

Connecttoanetworkspeaker

NetworkspeakerpairingallowsyoutouseacompatibleAxisnetworkspeakerasifitisconnecteddirectlytothecamera.Once

paired,thespeakeractsasanaudiooutdevicewhereyoucanplayaudioclipsandtransmitsoundthroughthecamera.

Important

Forthisfeaturetoworkwithavideomanagementsoftware(VMS),youmustrstpairthecamerawiththenetworkspeaker,

thenaddthecameratoyourVMS.

Paircamerawithnetworkspeaker

1.GotoSettings>System>Accessories>Networkspeakerpairing.

2.Typethenetworkspeaker’sIPaddress,usernameandpassword.

3.ClickConnect.AconrmationmessageappearsandUsespeakerpairingisturnedon.

4.GotoSettings>Audio.

5.TurnonAllowaudio.

6.MakesurethataudiomodeissettoHalfduplexorSimplex-NetworkCameraspeakeronly.Otherwise,thecamerawill

notcommunicatewiththenetworkspeaker.

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Cleaningrecommendations

NO NO

TICE TICE

TICE

Neveruseharshdetergent,forexamplegasoline,benzene,oracetone.

1.Useacanofcompressedairtoremoveanydustorloosedirtfromthedevice.

2.Ifnecessary,cleanthelenswithasoftclothdampenedwithlukewarmwater.

Note

Avoidcleaningindirectsunlightoratelevatedtemperatures,asthismaycausestainswhenthewaterdropletsdry.

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Viewarea

Aviewareaisacroppedpartofthefullview.Youcanstreamandstoreviewareasinsteadofthefullviewtominimizebandwidth

andstorageneeds.IfyouenablePTZforaviewarea,youcanpan,tiltandzoomwithinit.Byusingviewareasyoucanremoveparts

ofthefullview,forexample,thesky.

Whenyousetupaviewarea,werecommendyoutosetthevideostreamresolutiontothesamesizeasorsmallerthantheviewarea

size.Ifyousetthevideostreamresolutionlargerthantheviewareasizeitimpliesdigitallyscaledupvideoaftersensorcapture,

whichrequiresmorebandwidthwithoutaddingimageinformation.

Capturemodes

CapturemodedenesthemaximumresolutionandmaximumframerateavailableintheAxisproduct.Ifusingacapturemodewith

asmallerresolutionthanthemaximumresolution,theangleofviewisreduced.Thecapturemodealsoaffectslightsensitivity.A

capturemodewithahighmaximumframeratehasreducedlightsensitivityandviceversa.

Thelowerresolutioncapturemodeiscroppedoutfromthehighestresolution.

Theimageshowshowtheeldofviewandaspectratiocanchangebetweentwodifferentcapturemodes.

Whichcapturemodetochoosedependsontherequirementsofframerateandresolutionforthespecicsurveillancesetup.For

specicationsaboutavailablecapturemodes,seetheproduct’sdatasheetataxis.com.

Remotefocusandzoom

Theremotefocusandzoomfunctionalityallowsyoutomakefocusandzoomadjustmentstoyourcamerafromacomputer.Itisa

convenientwaytoensurethatthescene’sfocus,viewingangleandresolutionareoptimizedwithouthavingtovisitthecamera’s

installationlocation.

Privacymasks

Aprivacymaskisauser-denedareathatcoversapartofthemonitoredarea.Inthevideostream,privacymasksappeareitheras

blocksofsolidcolororwithamosaicpattern.

You’llseetheprivacymaskonallsnapshots,recordedvideo,andlivestreams.

YoucanusetheVAPIX®applicationprogramminginterface(API)toturnofftheprivacymasks.

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Important

Ifyouusemultipleprivacymasksitmayaffecttheproduct’sperformance.

Important

Setthezoomandfocusbeforeyoucreateaprivacymask.

Overlays

Overlaysaresuperimposedoverthevideostream.Theyareusedtoprovideextrainformationduringrecordings,suchasatimestamp,

orduringproductinstallationandconguration.Youcanaddeithertextoranimage.

Thevideostreamingindicatorisanothertypeofoverlay.Itshowsyouthattheliveviewvideostreamislive.

Streamingandstorage

Videocompressionformats

Decidewhichcompressionmethodtousebasedonyourviewingrequirements,andonthepropertiesofyournetwork.The

availableoptionsare:

MotionJPEG

Note

ToensuresupportfortheOpusaudiocodec,theMotionJPEGstreamisalwayssentoverRTP.

MotionJPEG,orMJPEG,isadigitalvideosequencethatismadeupofaseriesofindividualJPEGimages.Theseimagesarethen

displayedandupdatedataratesufcienttocreateastreamthatshowsconstantlyupdatedmotion.Fortheviewertoperceivemotion

videotheratemustbeatleast16imageframespersecond.Fullmotionvideoisperceivedat30(NTSC)or25(PAL)framespersecond.

TheMotionJPEGstreamusesconsiderableamountsofbandwidth,butprovidesexcellentimagequalityandaccesstoeveryimage

containedinthestream.

H.264orMPEG-4Part10/AVC

Note

H.264isalicensedtechnology.TheAxisproductincludesoneH.264viewingclientlicense.Toinstalladditionalunlicensed

copiesoftheclientisprohibited.Topurchaseadditionallicenses,contactyourAxisreseller.

H.264can,withoutcompromisingimagequality,reducethesizeofadigitalvideolebymorethan80%comparedtotheMotion

JPEGformatandbyasmuchas50%comparedtotheMPEG-4standard.Thismeansthatlessnetworkbandwidthandstoragespace

arerequiredforavideole.Orseenanotherway,highervideoqualitycanbeachievedforagivenbitrate.

H.265orMPEG-HPart2/HEVC

Note

H.265islicensedtechnology.TheAxisproductincludesoneH.265viewingclientlicense.Toinstalladditionalunlicensed

copiesoftheclientisprohibited.Topurchaseadditionallicenses,contactyourAxisreseller.

HowdoImage,Stream,andStreamprolesettingsrelatetoeachother?

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.

Bitratecontrol

Withbitratecontrol,youcanmanagethebandwidthconsumptionofyourvideostream.

Variablebitrate(VBR)

Withvariablebitrate,thebandwidthconsumptionvariesbasedonthelevelofactivityinthescene.Themoreactivityinthescene,

themorebandwidthyouneed.Youareguaranteedconstantimagequalitybutitrequiresstoragemargins.

Maximumbitrate(MBR)

Withmaximumbitrate,youcansetatargetbitratetohandlebitratelimitationsinyoursystem.Youmayseeadeclineinimage

qualityorframeratewhentheinstantaneousbitrateiskeptbelowthespeciedtargetbitrate.Youcanchoosetoeitherprioritize

imagequalityorframerate.Werecommendthatyoucongurethetargetbitratetoahighervaluethantheexpectedbitrate.This

givesyouamarginforadditionalcomplexitythatneedstobecaptured.

Targetbitrate

Averagebitrate(ABR)

Withaveragebitrate,thebitrateisautomaticallyadjustedoveralongertimescale.Thisissoyoucanmeetthespeciedtargetand

providethebestvideoqualitybasedonyouravailablestorage.Bitrateishigherinsceneswithalotofactivity,comparedtostatic

scenes.Youaremorelikelytogetbetterimagequalitywhenneededwhenusingtheaveragebitrateoption.Youcandenethetotal

storagerequiredtostorethevideostreamforaspeciedamountoftime(retentiontime)whenimagequalityisadjustedtomeetthe

speciedtargetbitrate.Specifytheaveragebitratesettingsinoneofthefollowingways:

•Tocalculatetheestimatedstorageneed,setthetargetbitrateandtheretentiontime.

•Tocalculatetheaveragebitrate,basedonavailablestorageandrequiredretentiontime,usethetargetbitratecalculator.

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kbit/s

Targetbitrate

Actualaveragebitrate

Youcanalsoturnonmaximumbitrateandspecifyatargetbitratewithintheaveragebitrateoption.

kbit/s

Targetbitrate

Actualaveragebitrate

Security

AxisEdgeVault

AxisEdgeVaultisahardwarecomponentthatprovidescryptographicstorageandcryptographicfeaturestoprotecttheinstalledAxis

deviceIDfromunauthorizeduseoraccess.Thisidentityisuniqueforeachproductandisdesignedtoprovetheoriginofthedevice.

AxisdeviceIDisusedtoimplementsecuredeviceidenticationaccordingtoIEEE802.1AR.

AxisEdgeVaultisalwaysactivatedandtherearenosettingsyoucanchange.

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Troubleshooting

Resettofactorydefaultsettings

WARNING

IRemittedfromthisproduct.Donotlookatoperatinglamp.

Important

Resettofactorydefaultshouldbeusedwithcaution.Aresettofactorydefaultresetsallsettings,includingtheIPaddress,to

thefactorydefaultvalues.

Toresettheproducttothefactorydefaultsettings:

1.Disconnectpowerfromtheproduct.

2.Pressandholdthecontrolbuttonwhilereconnectingpower.SeeProductoverviewonpage29.

3.Keepthecontrolbuttonpressedfor15–30secondsuntilthestatusLEDindicatorashesamber.

4.Releasethecontrolbutton.TheprocessiscompletewhenthestatusLEDindicatorturnsgreen.Theproducthasbeenreset

tothefactorydefaultsettings.IfnoDHCPserverisavailableonthenetwork,thedefaultIPaddressis192.168.0.90.

5.UsetheinstallationandmanagementsoftwaretoolstoassignanIPaddress,setthepassword,andaccessthevideostream.

Theinstallationandmanagementsoftwaretoolsareavailablefromthesupportpagesonaxis.com/support.

Itisalsopossibletoresetparameterstofactorydefaultthroughthewebinterface.GotoSettings>System>Maintenanceand

clickDefault.

Firmwareoptions

Axisoffersproductrmwaremanagementaccordingtoeithertheactivetrackorthelong-termsupport(LTS)tracks.Beingonthe

activetrackmeanscontinuouslygettingaccesstoallthelatestproductfeatures,whiletheLTStracksprovideaxedplatformwith

periodicreleasesfocusedmainlyonbugxesandsecurityupdates.

Usingrmwarefromtheactivetrackisrecommendedifyouwanttoaccessthenewestfeatures,orifyouuseAxisend-to-endsystem

offerings.TheLTStracksarerecommendedifyouusethird-partyintegrations,whicharenotcontinuouslyvalidatedagainstthelatest

activetrack.WithLTS,theproductscanmaintaincybersecuritywithoutintroducinganysignicantfunctionalchangesoraffecting

anyexistingintegrations.FormoredetailedinformationaboutAxisproductrmwarestrategy,gotoaxis.com/support/rmware.

Checkthecurrentrmware

Firmwareisthesoftwarethatdeterminesthefunctionalityofnetworkdevices.Oneofyourrstactionswhentroubleshootinga

problemshouldbetocheckthecurrentrmwareversion.Thelatestversionmaycontainacorrectionthatxesyourparticular

problem.

Tocheckthecurrentrmware:

1.Gototheproduct’swebpage.

2.Clickonthehelpmenu

3.ClickAbout.

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Upgradethermware

Important

Preconguredandcustomizedsettingsaresavedwhenthermwareisupgraded(providedthatthefeaturesareavailablein

thenewrmware)althoughthisisnotguaranteedbyAxisCommunicationsAB.

Important

Makesuretheproductremainsconnectedtothepowersourcethroughouttheupgradeprocess.

Note

Whenyouupgradetheproductwiththelatestrmwareintheactivetrack,theproductreceivesthelatestfunctionality

available.Alwaysreadtheupgradeinstructionsandreleasenotesavailablewitheachnewreleasebeforeupgradingthe

rmware.Tondthelatestrmwareandthereleasenotes,gotoaxis.com/support/rmware.

AXISDeviceManagercanbeusedformultipleupgrades.Findoutmoreataxis.com/products/axis-device-manager.

Towatchthisvideo,gotothewebversionofthisdocument.

www.axis.com/products/online-manual/61505#t10095327

Howtoupgradethermware

1.Downloadthermwareletoyourcomputer,availablefreeofchargeataxis.com/support/rmware.

2.Logintotheproductasanadministrator.

3.GotoSettings>System>Maintenance.Followtheinstructionsonthepage.Whentheupgradehasnished,the

productrestartsautomatically.

Technicalissues,cluesandsolutions

Ifyoucan’tndwhatyou’relookingforhere,trythetroubleshootingsectionataxis.com/support.

Problemsupgradingthermware

FirmwareupgradefailureIfthermwareupgradefails,thedevicereloadsthepreviousrmware.Themostcommonreason

isthatthewrongrmwarelehasbeenuploaded.Checkthatthenameofthermwarele

correspondstoyourdeviceandtryagain.

Problemsafterrmware

upgrade

Ifyouexperienceproblemsafterarmwareupgrade,rollbacktothepreviouslyinstalledversion

fromtheMaintenancepage.

ProblemssettingtheIPaddress

Thedeviceislocatedona

differentsubnet

IftheIPaddressintendedforthedeviceandtheIPaddressofthecomputerusedtoaccessthe

devicearelocatedondifferentsubnets,youcannotsettheIPaddress.Contactyournetwork

administratortoobtainanIPaddress.

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TheIPaddressisbeingused

byanotherdevice

DisconnecttheAxisdevicefromthenetwork.Runthepingcommand(inaCommand/DOSwindow,

typepingandtheIPaddressofthedevice):

•Ifyoureceive:Replyfrom<IPaddress>:bytes=32;time=10...

thismeansthattheIPaddressmayalreadybeinusebyanotherdeviceonthenetwork.

ObtainanewIPaddressfromthenetworkadministratorandreinstallthedevice.

•Ifyoureceive:Requesttimedout,thismeansthattheIPaddressisavailable

forusewiththeAxisdevice.Checkallcablingandreinstallthedevice.

PossibleIPaddressconict

withanotherdeviceonthe

samesubnet

ThestaticIPaddressintheAxisdeviceisusedbeforetheDHCPserversetsadynamicaddress.

ThismeansthatifthesamedefaultstaticIPaddressisalsousedbyanotherdevice,theremay

beproblemsaccessingthedevice.

Thedevicecannotbeaccessedfromabrowser

Cannotlogin

WhenHTTPSisenabled,ensurethatthecorrectprotocol(HTTPorHTTPS)isusedwhenattempting

tologin.Youmayneedtomanuallytypehttporhttpsinthebrowser’saddresseld.

Ifthepasswordfortheuserrootislost,thedevicemustberesettothefactorydefaultsettings.

SeeResettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage25.

TheIPaddresshasbeen

changedbyDHCP

IPaddressesobtainedfromaDHCPserveraredynamicandmaychange.IftheIPaddresshasbeen

changed,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManagertolocatethedeviceonthenetwork.Identify

thedeviceusingitsmodelorserialnumber,orbytheDNSname(ifthenamehasbeencongured).

Ifrequired,astaticIPaddresscanbeassignedmanually.Forinstructions,gotoaxis.com/support.

Certicateerrorwhenusing

IEEE802.1X

Forauthenticationtoworkproperly,thedateandtimesettingsintheAxisdevicemustbe

synchronizedwithanNTPserver.GotoSettings>System>Dateandtime.

Thedeviceisaccessiblelocallybutnotexternally

Toaccessthedeviceexternally,werecommendusingoneofthefollowingapplicationsforWindows

•AXISCompanion:freeofcharge,idealforsmallsystemswithbasicsurveillanceneeds.

•AXISCameraStation:30-daytrialversionfreeofcharge,idealforsmalltomid-sizesystems.

Forinstructionsanddownload,gotoaxis.com/vms.

Problemswithstreaming

MulticastH.264only

accessiblebylocalclients

Checkifyourroutersupportsmulticasting,oriftheroutersettingsbetweentheclientandthe

deviceneedtobecongured.TheTTL(TimeToLive)valuemayneedtobeincreased.

NomulticastH.264

displayedintheclient

CheckwithyournetworkadministratorthatthemulticastaddressesusedbytheAxisdevice

arevalidforyournetwork.

Checkwithyournetworkadministratortoseeifthereisarewallpreventingviewing.

PoorrenderingofH.264

images

Ensurethatyourgraphicscardisusingthelatestdriver.Thelatestdriverscanusuallybe

downloadedfromthemanufacturer’swebsite.

Colorsaturationisdifferent

inH.264andMotionJPEG

Modifythesettingsforyourgraphicsadapter.Gototheadapter’sdocumentationformore

information.

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Lowerframeratethan

expected

•SeePerformanceconsiderationsonpage28.

•Reducethenumberofapplicationsrunningontheclientcomputer.

•Limitthenumberofsimultaneousviewers.

•Checkwiththenetworkadministratorthatthereisenoughbandwidthavailable.

•Lowertheimageresolution.

•Logintothedevice’swebpageandsetacapturemodethatprioritizesframerate.

Changingthecapturemodetoprioritizeframeratemightlowerthemaximum

resolutiondependingonthedeviceusedandcapturemodesavailable.

•Themaximumframespersecondisdependentontheutilityfrequency(60/50Hz)

oftheAxisdevice.

Can'tselectH.265encoding

inliveview

WebbrowsersdonotsupportH.265decoding.Useavideomanagementsystemorapplication

supportingH.265decoding.

Performanceconsiderations

Whensettingupyoursystem,itisimportanttoconsiderhowvarioussettingsandsituationsaffecttheperformance.Somefactors

affecttheamountofbandwidth(thebitrate)required,otherscanaffecttheframerate,andsomeaffectboth.Iftheloadonthe

CPUreachesitsmaximum,thisalsoaffectstheframerate.

Thefollowingfactorsarethemostimportanttoconsider:

•Highimageresolutionorlowercompressionlevelsresultinimagescontainingmoredatawhichinturnaffectsthe

bandwidth.

•RotatingtheimageintheGUIwillincreasetheproduct'sCPUload.

•AccessbylargenumbersofMotionJPEGorunicastH.264clientsaffectsthebandwidth.

•Simultaneousviewingofdifferentstreams(resolution,compression)bydifferentclientsaffectsbothframerateand

bandwidth.

Useidenticalstreamswhereverpossibletomaintainahighframerate.Streamprolescanbeusedtoensurethat

streamsareidentical.

•AccessingMotionJPEGandH.264videostreamssimultaneouslyaffectsbothframerateandbandwidth.

•Heavyusageofeventsettingsaffectstheproduct’sCPUloadwhichinturnaffectstheframerate.

•UsingHTTPSmayreduceframerate,inparticularifstreamingMotionJPEG.

•Heavynetworkutilizationduetopoorinfrastructureaffectsthebandwidth.

•Viewingonpoorlyperformingclientcomputerslowersperceivedperformanceandaffectsframerate.

•RunningmultipleAXISCameraApplicationPlatform(ACAP)applicationssimultaneouslymayaffecttheframerateand

thegeneralperformance.

Contactsupport

Contactsupportataxis.com/support.

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Speciﬁcations

Productoverview

Audioconnector

I/Oconnector

microSDcardslot

Networkconnector

StatusLEDindicator

Partnumber(P/N)&Serialnumber(S/N)

Controlbutton

LEDindicators

StatusLED

Indication

Unlit

Connectionandnormaloperation.

GreenShowssteadygreenfor10secondsfornormaloperationafterstartupcompleted.

Amber

Steadyduringstartup.Flashesduringrmwareupgradeorresettofactorydefault.

Amber/RedFlashesamber/redifnetworkconnectionisunavailableorlost.

RedFirmwareupgradefailure.

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SDcardslot

NO NO

TICE TICE

TICE

•RiskofdamagetoSDcard.Donotusesharptools,metalobjects,orexcessiveforcewheninsertingorremovingthe

SDcard.Useyourngerstoinsertandremovethecard.

•Riskofdatalossandcorruptedrecordings.DonotremovetheSDcardwhiletheproductisrunning.UnmounttheSDcard

fromtheproduct’swebpagebeforeremoval.

ThisproductsupportsmicroSD/microSDHC/microSDXCcards.

ForSDcardrecommendations,seeaxis.com.

microSD,microSDHC,andmicroSDXCLogosaretrademarksofSD-3CLLC.microSD,microSDHC,microSDXCare

trademarksorregisteredtrademarksofSD-3C,LLCintheUnitedStates,othercountriesorboth.

Buttons

Controlbutton

Thecontrolbuttonisusedfor:

•Resettingtheproducttofactorydefaultsettings.SeeResettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage25.

•ConnectingtoanAXISVideoHostingSystemservice.Toconnect,pressandholdthebuttonforabout3secondsuntilthe

statusLEDashesgreen.

Connectors

Networkconnector

RJ45EthernetconnectorwithPoweroverEthernet(PoE).

Audioconnector

•Audioin–3.5mminputforamonomicrophone,oraline-inmonosignal(leftchannelisusedfromastereosignal).

•Audioin–3.5mminputforadigitalmicrophone,ananalogmonomicrophone,oraline-inmonosignal(leftchannelis

usedfromastereosignal).

Audioinput

1Tip2Ring

3Sleeve

Unbalancedmicrophone(withorwithoutelectret

power)orline

Electretpowerifselected

Ground

DigitalsignalRingpowerifselected

Ground

Foraudioin,theleftchannelisusedfromastereosignal.

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I/Oconnector

UsetheI/Oconnectorwithexternaldevicesincombinationwith,forexample,motiondetection,eventtriggering,andalarm

notications.Inadditiontothe0VDCreferencepointandpower(DCoutput),theI/Oconnectorprovidestheinterfaceto:

Digitalinput-Forconnectingdevicesthatcantogglebetweenanopenandclosedcircuit,forexamplePIRsensors,door/window

contacts,andglassbreakdetectors.

Digitaloutput-ForconnectingexternaldevicessuchasrelaysandLEDs.ConnecteddevicescanbeactivatedbytheVAPIX®

ApplicationProgrammingInterface,troughaneventorfromtheproduct’swebpage.

4-pinterminalblock

FunctionPinNotes

Specications

DCground

0VDC

DCoutput

Canbeusedtopowerauxiliaryequipment.

Note:Thispincanonlybeusedaspowerout.

12VDC

Maxload=25mA

DigitalInputor

SupervisedInput

Connecttopin1toactivate,orleaveoating(unconnected)

todeactivate.Tousesupervisedinput,installend-of-line

resistors.Seeconnectiondiagramforinformationabouthow

toconnecttheresistors.

0tomax30VDC

DigitalOutput

Internallyconnectedtopin1(DCground)whenactive,

andoating(unconnected)wheninactive.Ifusedwithan

inductiveload,e.g.,arelay,connectadiodeinparallelwith

theload,toprotectagainstvoltagetransients.

0tomax30VDC,opendrain,

100mA

Example

DCground

DCoutput12V,max25mA

Supervisedinput

Digitaloutput

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