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User Manual

This is the main product document for model P3265-LV. Series: P32 Serie
Additionally, the document applies to other Axis models: P3265-LVE

The file format is pdf, 57 pages, you can download this manual here .

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TableofContents
Solutionoverview...........................................3
Getstarted................................................4
Findthedeviceonthenetwork....................................4
Openthedevice'swebpage.......................................4
Webpageoverview..............................................5
Congureyourdevice........................................6
Adjusttheimage................................................6
Viewandrecordvideo............................................10
Setuprulesforevents...........................................1 1
Audio.........................................................14
Thedeviceinterface.........................................15
Status........................................................15
Video.........................................................15
Audio.........................................................25
Recordings.....................................................26
Apps..........................................................26
System........................................................27
Maintenance...................................................43
Learnmore................................................44
Viewarea......................................................
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Capturemodes.................................................44
Remotefocusandzoom..........................................
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Privacymasks..................................................
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Overlays.......................................................
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Streamingandstorage...........................................45
Applications....................................................48
Specications..............................................49
Productoverview................................................
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LEDindicators..................................................
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SDcardslot....................................................
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Buttons.......................................................
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Connectors....................................................
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Troubleshooting............................................53
Resettofactorydefaultsettings...................................53
Firmwareoptions...............................................53
Checkthecurrentrmwareversion.................................
53
Upgradethermware............................................53
Technicalissues,clues,andsolutions................................
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Performanceconsiderations.......................................
55
Contactsupport.................................................56
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Solutionoverview
Solutionoverview
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Getstarted
Getstarted
Findthedeviceonthenetwork
TondAxisdevicesonthenetworkandassignthemIPaddressesinWindows®,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManager.Both
applicationsarefreeandcanbedownloadedfromaxis.com/support.
FormoreinformationabouthowtondandassignIPaddresses,gotoHowtoassignanIPaddressandaccessyourdevice.
Browsersupport
Youcanusethedevicewiththefollowingbrowsers:
Chrome
TM
Firefox
®
Edge
TM
Safari
®
Windows
®
recommended
recommended
macOS
®
recommendedrecommended
Linux
®
recommendedrecommended
Otheroperatingsystems*
*TouseAXISOSwebinterfacewithiOS15oriPadOS15,gotoSettings Settings
Settings
> >
>
Safari Safari
Safari
> >
>
Advanced Advanced
Advanced
> >
>
Experimental Experimental
Experimental
Features Features
Features
anddisable
NSURLSessionWebsocket.
Ifyouneedmoreinformationaboutrecommendedbrowsers,gotoAXISOSPortal.
Openthedevice'swebpage
1.OpenabrowserandentertheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisdevice.
IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddress,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManagertondthedeviceonthenetwork.
2.Entertheusernameandpassword.Ifyouaccessthedeviceforthersttime,youmustsettherootpassword.SeeSeta
newpasswordfortherootaccountonpage4.
Verifythatnoonehastamperedwiththermware
TomakesurethatthedevicehasitsoriginalAxisrmware,ortotakefullcontrolofthedeviceafterasecurityattack:
1.Resettofactorydefaultsettings.SeeResettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage53.
Afterthereset,securebootguaranteesthestateofthedevice.
2.Congureandinstallthedevice.
Setanewpasswordfortherootaccount
Thedefaultadministratorusernameisroot.There’snodefaultpasswordfortherootaccount.Yousetapasswordtherst
timeyoulogintothedevice.
1.Typeapassword.Followtheinstructionsaboutsecurepasswords.SeeSecurepasswordsonpage5.
2.Retypethepasswordtoconrmthespelling.
3.ClickAdduser.Thepasswordhasnowbeencongured.
Important
Ifyoulosethepasswordfortherootaccount,gotoResettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage53andfollowtheinstructions.
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Securepasswords
Important
Axisdevicessendtheinitiallysetpasswordincleartextoverthenetwork.Toprotectyourdeviceaftertherstlogin,set
upasecureandencryptedHTTPSconnectionandthenchangethepassword.
Thedevicepasswordistheprimaryprotectionforyourdataandservices.Axisdevicesdonotimposeapasswordpolicyasthey
maybeusedinvarioustypesofinstallations.
Toprotectyourdatawestronglyrecommendthatyou:
Useapasswordwithatleast8characters,preferablycreatedbyapasswordgenerator.
Don’texposethepassword.
Changethepasswordatarecurringinterval,atleastonceayear.
Webpageoverview
Thisvideogivesyouanoverviewofthedeviceinterface.
Towatchthisvideo,gotothewebversionofthisdocument.
www.axis.com/products/online-manual/#t10157625
Axisdevicewebinterface
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Configureyourdevice
Configureyourdevice
Adjusttheimage
Thissectionincludesinstructionsaboutconguringyourdevice.Ifyouwanttolearnmoreabouthowcertainfeatureswork,go
toLearnmoreonpage44.
Selectexposuremode
Toimproveimagequalityforspecicsurveillancescenes,useexposuremodes.Exposuremodesletsyoucontrolaperture,shutter
speed,andgain.GotoVideo>Image>Exposureandselectbetweenthefollowingexposuremodes:
Formostusecases,selectAutomaticexposure.
Forenvironmentswithcertainarticiallighting,forexampleuorescentlighting,selectFlicker-free.
Selectthesamefrequencyasthepowerlinefrequency.
Forenvironmentswithcertainarticiallightandbrightlight,forexampleoutdoorswithuorescentlightingatnightand
sunduringdaytime,selectFlicker-reduced.
Selectthesamefrequencyasthepowerlinefrequency.
Tolockthecurrentexposuresettings,selectHoldcurrent.
BenetfromIRlightinlow-lightconditionsbyusingnightmode
Yourcamerausesvisiblelighttodelivercolorimagesduringtheday.Astheavailablelightdiminishes,youcansetthecamerato
automaticallyshifttonightmode,inwhichthecamerausesbothvisiblelightandnear-infraredlighttodeliverblack-and-white
images.Sincethecamerausesmoreoftheavailablelight,itcandeliverbrighter,moredetailedimages.
1.GotoVideo>Image>Day-nightmode,andmakesurethattheIR-cutlterissettoAuto.
2.Tosetthelightlevelatwhichthecamerawillshifttonightmode,movetheThresholdslidertowardBrightorDark.
3.Tousethecamera’sIRlightwhennightmodeisactivated,turnonAllowIRilluminationandSynchronizeIRillumination.
Note
Ifyousettheshifttonightmodetooccurwhenit’sbrighter,theimageremainssharperastherewillbelesslow-light
noise.Ifyousettheshifttooccurwhenit’sdarker,theimagecolorsaremaintainedforlonger,buttherewillbemore
imageblurduetolow-lightnoise.
Reducenoiseinlow-lightconditions
Toreducenoiseinlow-lightconditions,youcanadjustoneormoreofthefollowingsettings:
Adjustthetrade-offbetweennoiseandmotionblur.GotoVideo>Image>ExposureandmovetheBlur-noisetrade-off
slidertowardLownoise.
Settheexposuremodetoautomatic.
Note
Ahighmaxshuttervaluecanresultinmotionblur.
Toslowdowntheshutterspeed,setmaxshuttertothehighestpossiblevalue.
Note
Whenyoureducethemaxgain,theimagecanbecomedarker.
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Setthemaxgaintoalowervalue.
Opentheaperture.
Reducesharpnessintheimage,underAppearance.
Handlesceneswithstrongbacklight
Dynamicrangeisthedifferenceinlightlevelsinanimage.Insomecasesthedifferencebetweenthedarkestandthebrightest
areascanbesignicant.Theresultisoftenanimagewhereeitherthedarkorthebrightareasarevisible.Widedynamicrange
(WDR)makesbothdarkandbrightareasoftheimagevisible.
ImagewithoutWDR.
ImagewithWDR.
Note
WDRcancauseartifactsintheimage.
WDRmaynotbeavailableforallcapturemodes.
1.GotoVideo>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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Note
Barreldistortioncorrectionaffectstheimageresolutionandeldofview.
1.GotoVideo>Image>Imagecorrection.
2.TurnonBarreldistortioncorrection(BDC).
3.Usetheslidertoimprovetheimage.
Monitorlongandnarrowareas
Usecorridorformattobetterutilizethefulleldofviewinalongandnarrowarea,forexampleastaircase,hallway,road,ortunnel.
1.Dependingonyourdevice,turnthecameraorthe3-axislensinthecamera90°or270°.
Note
MakesuretoaimIRLEDsawayfromwallsorweathershields.
2.Ifthedevicedoesn’thaveautomaticrotationoftheview,gotoVideo>Installation.
3.Rotatetheview90°or270°.
Findoutmoreataxis.com/axis-corridor-format.
Verifythepixelresolution
Toverifythatadenedpartoftheimagecontainsenoughpixelsto,forexample,recognizethefaceofaperson,youcanusethe
pixelcounter.
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1.GotoVideo>Imageandclick.
2.Click
forPixelcounter.
3.Inthecamera’sliveview,adjustthesizeandpositionoftherectanglearoundtheareaofinterest,forexamplewhere
youexpectfacestoappear.
Youcanseethenumberofpixelsforeachoftherectangle’ssides,anddecideifthevaluesareenoughforyourneeds.
Hidepartsoftheimagewithprivacymasks
Youcancreateoneorseveralprivacymaskstohidepartsoftheimage.
1.GotoVideo>Privacymasks.
2.Click
.
3.Clickthenewmaskandtypeaname.
4.Adjustthesizeandplacementoftheprivacymaskaccordingtoyourneeds.
5.Tochangethecolorforallprivacymasks,expandPrivacymasksandselectacolor.
SeealsoPrivacymasksonpage25
Showanimageoverlay
Youcanaddanimageasanoverlayinthevideostream.
1.GotoVideo>Overlays.
2.SelectImageandclick
.
3.GototheImagestab.
4.Draganddropanimage.
5.ClickUpload.
6.GototheManageoverlaytab.
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7.Selecttheimageandaposition.Youcanalsodragtheoverlayimageintheliveviewtochangetheposition.
Viewandrecordvideo
Thissectionincludesinstructionsaboutconguringyourdevice.Tolearnmoreabouthowstreamingandstorageworks,goto
Streamingandstorageonpage45.
Reducebandwidthandstorage
Important
Reducingthebandwidthcanresultinlossofdetailsintheimage.
1.GotoVideo>Stream.
2.Click
intheliveview.
3.SelectVideoformatH.264.
4.GotoVideo>Stream>GeneralandincreaseCompression.
5.GotoVideo>Stream>H.264andH.265encodinganddooneormoreofthefollowing:
-SelecttheZipstreamlevelthatyouwanttouse.
Note
TheZipstreamsettingsareusedforbothH.264andH.265.
-TurnonDynamicFPS.
-TurnonDynamicGOPandsetahighUpperlimitGOPlengthvalue.
Note
Mostwebbrowsersdon’tsupportH.265decodingandbecauseofthisthecameradoesn’tsupportitinitswebinterface.
InsteadyoucanuseavideomanagementsystemorapplicationthatsupportsH.265decoding.
Setupnetworkstorage
Tostorerecordingsonthenetwork,youneedtosetupyournetworkstorage.
1.GotoSystem>Storage.
2.Click
AddnetworkstorageunderNetworkstorage.
3.TypetheIPaddressofthehostserver.
4.TypethenameofthesharedlocationonthehostserverunderNetworkshare.
5.Typetheusernameandpassword.
6.SelecttheSMBversionorleaveitonAuto.
7.SelectAddshareevenifconnectionfailsifyouexperiencetemporaryconnectionissues,oriftheshareisnotyet
congured.
8.ClickAdd.
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Recordandwatchvideo
Recordvideodirectlyfromthecamera
1.GotoVideo>Image.
2.Tostartarecording,click
.
Ifyouhaven’tsetupanystorage,clickSetup.Forinstructionsonhowtosetupnetworkstorage,seeSetupnetwork
storageonpage10
3.Tostoprecording,click
again.
Watchvideo
1.GotoRecordings.
2.Click
foryourrecordinginthelist.
Setuprulesforevents
Youcancreaterulestomakeyourdeviceperformanactionwhencertaineventsoccur.Aruleconsistsofconditionsandactions.
Theconditionscanbeusedtotriggertheactions.Forexample,thedevicecanstartarecordingorsendanemailwhenitdetects
motion,orshowanoverlaytextwhilethedeviceisrecording.
Tolearnmore,checkoutourguideGetstartedwithrulesforevents.
Recordvideowhenthecameradetectsanobject
ThisexampleexplainshowtosetupthecameratostartrecordingtotheSDcardvesecondsbeforeitdetectsanobjectandto
stoponeminuteafter.
MakesurethatAXISObjectAnalyticsisrunning:
1.GotoApps>AXISObjectAnalytics.
2.Starttheapplicationifitisnotalreadyrunning.
3.Makesureyouhavesetuptheapplicationaccordingtoyourneeds.
Createarule:
1.GotoSystem>Eventsandaddarule.
2.Typeanamefortherule.
3.Inthelistofconditions,underApplication,selectObjectAnalytics.
4.Inthelistofactions,underRecordings,selectRecordvideowhiletheruleisactive.
5.Inthelistofstorageoptions,selectSD_DISK.
6.Selectacameraandastreamprole.
7.Settheprebuffertimeto5seconds.
8.Setthepostbuffertimeto1minute.
9.ClickSave.
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Showatextoverlayinthevideostreamwhenthedevicedetectsanobject
Thisexampleexplainshowtodisplaythetext“Motiondetected”whenthedevicedetectsanobject.
MakesurethatAXISObjectAnalyticsisrunning:
1.GotoApps>AXISObjectAnalytics.
2.Starttheapplicationifitisnotalreadyrunning.
3.Makesureyouhavesetuptheapplicationaccordingtoyourneeds.
Addtheoverlaytext:
1.GotoVideo>Overlays.
2.UnderOverlays,selectTextandclick
.
3.Enter#Dinthetexteld.
4.Choosetextsizeandappearance.
5.Topositionthetextoverlay,click
andselectanoption.
Createarule:
1.GotoSystem>Eventsandaddarule.
2.Typeanamefortherule.
3.Inthelistofconditions,underApplication,selectObjectAnalytics.
4.Inthelistofactions,underOverlaytext,selectUseoverlaytext.
5.Selectavideochannel.
6.InText,type“Motiondetected”.
7.Settheduration.
8.ClickSave.
Note
Ifyouupdatetheoverlaytextitwillbeautomaticallyupdatedonallvideostreamsdynamically.
Recordvideowhenthecameradetectsloudnoises
ThisexampleexplainshowtosetupthecameratostartrecordingtotheSDcardvesecondsbeforeitdetectsloudnoiseand
tostoptwominutesafter.
Turnonaudio:
1.Setupthestreamproletoincludeaudio,seeAddaudiotoyourrecordingonpage14.
Turnonaudiodetection:
1.GotoSystem>Detectors>Audiodetection.
2.Adjustthesoundlevelaccordingtoyourneeds.
Createarule:
1.GotoSystem>Eventsandaddarule.
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2.Typeanamefortherule.
3.Inthelistofconditions,underAudio,selectAudioDetection.
4.Inthelistofactions,underRecordings,selectRecordvideo.
5.Inthelistofstorageoptions,selectSD_DISK.
6.Selectthestreamprolewhereaudiohasbeenturnedon.
7.Settheprebuffertimeto5seconds.
8.Setthepostbuffertimeto2minutes.
9.ClickSave.
Detecttamperingwithinputsignal
Thisexampleexplainshowtosendanemailwhentheinputsignaliscutorshort-circuited.Formoreinformationaboutthe
I/Oconnector,seepage51.
1.GotoSystem>AccessoriesandturnonSupervised.
Addanemailrecipient:
1.GotoSystem>Events>Recipientsandaddarecipient.
2.Typeanamefortherecipient.
3.SelectEmail.
4.Typeanemailaddresstosendtheemailto.
5.Thecameradoesn’thaveit’sownemailserver,soithastologintoanotheremailservertosendmails.Fillintherestofthe
informationaccordingtoyouremailprovider.
6.Tosendatestemail,clickTest.
7.ClickSave.
Createarule:
1.GotoSystem>Events>Rulesandaddarule.
2.Typeanamefortherule.
3.Inthelistofconditions,underI/O,selectDigitalinput.
4.Selecttherelevantport.
5.Inthelistofactions,underNotications,selectSendnoticationtoemailandthenselecttherecipientfromthelist.
6.Typeasubjectandamessagefortheemail.
7.ClickSave.
Sendanemailautomaticallyifsomeonespraypaintsthelens
Activatethetamperingdetection:
1.GotoSystem>Detectors>Cameratampering.
2.SetadurationforTriggerafter.Thevalueindicatesthetimethatmustpassbeforeanemailissent.
3.TurnonTriggerondarkimagestodetectifthelensissprayed,covered,orrenderedseverelyoutoffocus.
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Addanemailrecipient:
4.GotoSystem>Events>Recipientsandaddarecipient.
5.Typeanamefortherecipient.
6.SelectEmail.
7.Typeanemailaddresstosendtheemailto.
8.Thecameradoesn’thaveit’sownemailserver,soithastologintoanotheremailservertosendmails.Fillintherestofthe
informationaccordingtoyouremailprovider.
9.Tosendatestemail,clickTest.
10.ClickSave.
Createarule:
11.GotoSystem>Events>Rulesandaddarule.
12.Typeanamefortherule.
13.Inthelistofconditions,underVideo,selectTampering.
14.Inthelistofactions,underNotications,selectSendnoticationtoemailandthenselecttherecipientfromthelist.
15.Typeasubjectandamessagefortheemail.
16.ClickSave.
Audio
Addaudiotoyourrecording
1.GotoVideo>Stream>Audioandincludeaudio.
2.Ifthedevicehasmorethanoneinputsource,selectthecorrectoneinSource.
3.GotoAudio>Devicesettingsandturnonthecorrectinputsource.
4.Ifyoumakeanychangestotheinputsource,clickActivatechanges.
5.Editthestreamprolethatisusedfortherecording:
5.1GotoSystem>Streamprolesandselectthestreamprole.
5.2SelectIncludeaudioandturniton.
5.3ClickSave.
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Thedeviceinterface
Note
Supportforthefeaturesandsettingsdescribedinthissectionvariesbetweendevices.
Showorhidethemainmenu.
Accesstheproducthelp.
Changethelanguage.
Setlightthemeordarktheme.
Seeinformationabouttheuserwhoisloggedin.
Thecontextmenucontains:
Analyticsdata:Accepttosharenon-personalbrowserdata.
Feedback:Shareanyfeedbacktohelpusimproveyouruserexperience.
Legal:Viewinformationaboutcookiesandlicenses.
About:Viewdeviceinformation,includingrmwareversionandserialnumber.
Status
NTPsync
ShowsNTPsynchronizationinformation,includingifthedeviceisinsyncwithanNTPserverandthetimeremaininguntil
thenextsync.
NTPsettings:ClicktogototheDateandtimepagewhereyoucanchangetheNTPsettings.
Deviceinfo
Showsdeviceinformation,includingrmwareversionandserialnumber.
Upgradermware:ClicktogototheMaintenancepagewhereyoucandoarmwareupgrade.
Video
Clicktoplaythelivevideostream.
Clicktofreezethelivevideostream.
Clicktotakeasnapshotofthelivevideostream.Theleissavedinthe‘Downloads’folderonyourcomputer.Theimage
lenameis[snapshot_YYYY_MM_DD_HH_MM_SS.jpg].Thesizeofthesnapshotdependsonthecompressionthatisapplied
fromthespecicweb-browserenginewherethesnapshotisreceived,therefore,thesnapshotsizemayvaryfromtheactual
compressionsettingthatisconguredinthedevice.
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ClicktoshowI/Ooutputports.Usetheswitchtoopenorclosethecircuitofaport,forexampletotestexternaldevices.
ClicktomanuallyturnonorturnofftheIRillumination.
Clicktoturnonorturnofftheavailableon-screencontrols.
Clicktomanuallyturnontheheaterforaselectedperiodoftime.
Clicktostartacontinuousrecordingofthelivevideostream.Clickagaintostoptherecording.Ifarecordingisongoing,it
willresumeautomaticallyafterareboot.
Clicktoshowthestoragethatisconguredforthedevice.Tocongurethestorageyouneedtobeloggedinasan
administrator.
Clicktoaccessmoresettings:
Videoformat:Selecttheencodingformattouseintheliveview.Ifyouselectaformatwithvideocompression,it
resultsinahigherCPUandmemoryusage.
Clientstreaminformation:Turnontoshowdynamicinformationaboutthevideostreamusedbythebrowserthat
showsthelivevideostream.Thebitrateinformationdiffersfromtheinformationshowninatextoverlay,becauseof
differentinformationsources.Thebitrateintheclientstreaminformationisthebitrateofthelastsecond,andit
comesfromtheencodingdriverofthedevice.Thebitrateintheoverlayistheaveragebitrateofthelast5seconds,
anditcomesfromthebrowser.Bothvaluescoveronlytherawvideostreamandnottheadditionalbandwidth
generatedwhenit’stransportedoverthenetworkthroughUDP/TCP/HTTP.
Adaptivestream:Turnontoadapttheimageresolutiontotheviewingclient’sactualdisplayresolution,toincrease
theuserexperienceandhelppreventapossibleoverloadoftheclient’shardware.Theadaptivestreamisonly
appliedwhenyouviewthelivevideostreaminthewebinterfaceinabrowser.Whenadaptivestreamisturnedon,
themaximumframerateis30fps.Ifyoutakeasnapshotwhileadaptivestreamisturnedon,itwillusetheimage
resolutionselectedbytheadaptivestream.
Levelgrid:Click
toshowthelevelgrid.Thegridhelpsyoudecideiftheimageishorizontallyaligned.Click
tohideit.
Pixelcounter:Click
toshowthepixelcounter.Dragandresizetheboxtocontainyourareaofinterest.Youcan
alsodenethepixelsizeoftheboxintheWidthandHeightelds.
Refresh:Click
torefreshthestillimageintheliveview.
Clicktoshowtheliveviewatfullresolution.Ifthefullresolutionislargerthanyourscreensize,usethesmallerimageto
navigateintheimage.
Clicktoshowthelivevideostreaminfullscreen.PressESCtoexitfullscreenmode.
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Installation
Capturemode:Acapturemodeisapresetcongurationthatdeneshowthecameracapturesimages.Whenyouchange
thecapturemode,itcanaffectmanyothersettings,suchasviewareasandprivacymasks.
Mountingposition
:Theorientationoftheimagecanchangedependingonhowthecameraismounted.
Powerlinefrequency:Selectthefrequencythatisusedinyourregiontominimizeimageicker.TheAmericanregions
usuallyuse60Hz.Therestoftheworldmostlyuses50Hz.Ifyou'renotsureofyourregion'spowerlinefrequency,check
withthelocalauthorities.
Rotate:Selectthepreferredimageorientation.
Zoom:Usetheslidertoadjustthezoomlevel.
Autofocusarea:Click
toshowtheautofocusarea.Thisareashouldincludetheareaofinterest.
Autofocus:Clicktomakethecamerafocusontheselectedarea.Ifyoudon’tselectanautofocusarea,thecamerafocuses
ontheentirescene.
Resetfocus:Clicktomakethefocusreturntoitsoriginalposition.
Focus:Usetheslidertosetthefocusmanually.
Image
Appearance
Saturation:Usetheslidertoadjustthecolorintensity.Youcanforexamplegetagrayscaleimage.
Contrast:Usetheslidertoadjustthedifferencebetweenlightanddark.
Brightness:Usetheslidertoadjustthelightintensity.Thiscanmakeobjectseasiertosee.Brightnessisappliedafterimage
capture,anddoesn’taffecttheinformationintheimage.Togetmoredetailsfromadarkarea,it’susuallybettertoincrease
gainorexposuretime.
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Sharpness:Usetheslidertomakeobjectsintheimageappearsharperbyadjustingtheedgecontrast.Ifyouincreasethe
sharpness,itmayincreasethebitrateandtheamountofstoragespaceneededaswell.
Widedynamicrange
WDR:Turnontomakebothbrightanddarkareasoftheimagevisible.
Localcontrast:Usetheslidertoadjustthecontrastoftheimage.Ahighervaluemakesthecontrasthigherbetweendark
andlightareas.
Tonemapping:Usetheslidertoadjusttheamountoftonemappingthatisappliedtotheimage.Ifthevalueissettozeroonly
thestandardgammacorrectionisapplied,whileahighervalueincreasesthevisibilityintheimage.
Whitebalance
Whenthecameradetectsthecolortemperatureoftheincominglight,itcanadjusttheimagetomakethecolorslookmore
natural.Ifthisisnotsufcient,youcanselectasuitablelightsourcefromthelist.
Theautomaticwhitebalancesettingreducestheriskofcolorickerbyadaptingtochangesgradually.Ifthelightingchanges,or
whenthecameraisrststarted,itcantakeupto30secondstoadapttothenewlightsource.Ifthereismorethanonetype
oflightsourceinascene,thatistheydifferincolortemperature,thedominatinglightsourceactsasareferenceforthe
automaticwhitebalancealgorithm.Thisbehaviorcanbeoverriddenbychoosingaxedwhitebalancesettingthatmatches
thelightsourceyouwanttouseasareference.
Lightenvironment:
Automatic:Automaticidenticationandcompensationforthelightsourcecolor.Thisistherecommendedsetting
whichcanbeusedinmostsituations.
Automaticoutdoors:Automaticidenticationandcompensationforthelightsourcecolor.Thisistherecommended
settingwhichcanbeusedinmostoutdoorsituations.
Customindoors:Fixedcoloradjustmentforaroomwithsomearticiallightotherthanuorescentlightingand
goodforanormalcolortemperaturearound2800K.
Customoutdoors:Fixedcoloradjustmentforsunnyweatherconditionswithacolortemperaturearound5500K.
Fixeduorescent1:Fixedcoloradjustmentforuorescentlightingwithacolortemperaturearound4000K.
Fixeduorescent2:Fixedcoloradjustmentforuorescentlightingwithacolortemperaturearound3000K.
Fixedindoors:Fixedcoloradjustmentforaroomwithsomearticiallightotherthanuorescentlightingand
goodforanormalcolortemperaturearound2800K.
Fixedoutdoors1:Fixedcoloradjustmentforsunnyweatherconditionswithacolortemperaturearound5500K.
Fixedoutdoors2:Fixedcoloradjustmentforcloudyweatherconditionwithacolortemperaturearound6500K.
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Streetlightmercury:Fixedcoloradjustmentforultravioletemissioninmercuryvaporlightscommon
instreetlighting.
Streetlightsodium
:Fixedcoloradjustmentthatcompensatesfortheyelloworangecolorofsodiumvapor
lightscommoninstreetlighting.
Holdcurrent:Keepthecurrentsettingsanddonotcompensateforlightchanges.
Manual:Fixthewhitebalancewiththehelpofawhiteobject.Dragthecircletoanobjectthatyouwantthe
cameratointerpretaswhiteintheliveviewimage.UsetheRedbalanceandBluebalancesliderstoadjustthe
whitebalancemanually.
Day-nightmode
IR-cutlter:
Auto:SelecttoautomaticallyturnonandofftheIR-cutlter.Whenthecameraisindaymode,theIR-cutlter
isturnedonandblocksincominginfraredlight,andwheninnightmode,theIR-cutlteristurnedoffandthe
camera’slightsensitivityincreases.
On:SelecttoturnontheIR-cutlter.Theimageisincolor,butwithreducedlightsensitivity.
Off:SelecttoturnofftheIR-cutlter.Theimageisinblackandwhiteforincreasedlightsensitivity.
Threshold:Usetheslidertoadjustthelightthresholdwherethecamerachangesfromdaymodetonightmode.
MovetheslidertowardsBrighttodecreasethethresholdfortheIR-cutlter.Thecamerachangestonightmode
earlier.
MovetheslidertowardsDarktoincreasethethresholdfortheIR-cutlter.Thecamerachangestonightmodelater.
IRlight
Ifyourdevicedoesn’thavebuilt-inillumination,thesecontrolsareonlyavailablewhenyouhaveconnectedasupportingAxis
accessory.
Allowillumination:Turnontoletthecamerausethebuilt-inlightinnightmode.
Synchronizeillumination:Turnontoautomaticallysynchronizetheilluminationwiththesurroundinglight.Thesynchronization
betweendayandnightonlyworksiftheIR-cutlterissettoAutoorOff.
Automaticilluminationangle:Turnontousetheautomaticilluminationangle.
Illuminationangle
:Usetheslidertomanuallysettheilluminationangle,forexampleiftheangleneedstobedifferent
fromthecamera’sangleofview.Ifthecamerahasawideangleofview,youcansettheilluminationangletoanarrowerangle,
whichequalsagreaterteleposition.Thiswillresultindarkcornersintheimage.
IRwavelength
:SelectthedesiredwavelengthfortheIRlight.
Whitelight
Allowillumination:Turnontoletthecamerausewhitelightinnightmode.
Synchronizeillumination
:Turnontoautomaticallysynchronizethewhitelightwiththesurroundinglight.
Exposure
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Exposuremode:Selectanexposuremodetoreducerapidlychangingirregulareffectsintheimage,forexampleickerproduced
bydifferenttypesoflightsources.Werecommendyoutousetheautomaticexposuremode,orthesamefrequencyasyour
powernetwork.
Automatic:Thecameraadjuststheaperture,gainandshutterautomatically.
Automaticaperture
:Thecameraadjuststheapertureandgainautomatically.Theshutterisxed.
Automaticshutter
:Thecameraadjuststheshutterandgainautomatically.Theapertureisxed.
Holdcurrent:Locksthecurrentexposuresettings.
Flicker-free
:Thecameraadjuststheapertureandgainautomatically,andusesonlythefollowingshutter
speeds:1/50s(50Hz)and1/60s(60Hz).
Flicker-free50Hz
:Thecameraadjuststheapertureandgainautomatically,andusestheshutterspeed1/50s.
Flicker-free60Hz
:Thecameraadjuststheapertureandgainautomatically,andusestheshutterspeed1/60s.
Flicker-reduced
:Thisisthesameasicker-free,butthecameramightuseshutterspeedsfasterthan
1/100s(50Hz)and1/120s(60Hz)forbrighterscenes.
Flicker-reduced50Hz
:Thisisthesameasicker-free,butthecameramightuseshutterspeedsfaster
than1/100sforbrighterscenes.
Flicker-reduced60Hz
:Thisisthesameasicker-free,butthecameramightuseshutterspeedsfaster
than1/120sforbrighterscenes.
Manual
:Theaperture,gainandshutterarexed.
Exposurezone:Theexposurezonetellsthecameratoprioritizeimagequalityinthemostimportantpartofthescene.Selectthe
partofthesceneofgreatestinteresttocalculatetheautomaticexposurelevels,forexampletheareainfrontofanentrancedoor.
Note
Theexposurezonesarerelatedtotheoriginalimage(un-rotated),andthenamesofthezonesapplytotheoriginalimage.
Thismeans,forexample,thatifthevideostreamisrotated90°,thentheUpperzonebecomestheRightzoneinthe
stream,andLeftbecomesLower.
Automatic:Suitableformostsituations.
Center:Usesaxedareainthecenteroftheimagetocalculatetheexposure.Theareahasaxedsizeand
positionintheliveview.
Full
:Usestheentireliveviewtocalculatetheexposure.
Upper
:Usesanareawithaxedsizeandpositionintheupperpartoftheimagetocalculatetheexposure.
Lower
:Usesanareawithaxedsizeandpositioninthelowerpartoftheimagetocalculatetheexposure.
Left
:Usesanareawithaxedsizeandpositionintheleftpartoftheimagetocalculatetheexposure.
Right
:Usesanareawithaxedsizeandpositionintherightpartoftheimagetocalculatetheexposure.
Spot:Usesanareawithaxedsizeandpositionintheliveviewtocalculatetheexposure.
Custom:Usesanareaintheliveviewtocalculatetheexposure.Youcanadjustthesizeandpositionofthearea.
Maxshutter:Selecttheshutterspeedtoprovidethebestimage.Lowshutterspeeds(longerexposure)mightcausemotionblur
whenthereismovement,andatoohighshutterspeedmightaffecttheimagequality.Maxshutterworkswithmaxgainto
improvetheimage.
Maxgain:Selectthesuitablemaxgain.Ifyouincreasethemaxgain,itimprovesthevisiblelevelofdetailindarkimages,but
alsoincreasesthenoiselevel.Morenoisecanalsoresultinincreaseduseofbandwidthandstorage.Ifyousetthemaxgain
toahighvalue,imagescandifferalotifthelightconditionsareverydifferentfromdaytonight.Maxgainworkswithmax
shuttertoimprovetheimage.
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Motion-adaptiveexposure:Selecttoreducemotionblurinlow-lightconditions.
P-Irisupload
:Selecttheinstalledandsupportedlens.Restartthecameraforthechangestotakeeffect.
Blur-noisetrade-off:Usetheslidertoadjusttheprioritybetweenmotionblurandnoise.Ifyouwanttoprioritizelowbandwidth
andhavelessnoiseattheexpenseofdetailsinmovingobjects,movetheslidertowardsLownoise.Ifyouwanttoprioritizethe
preservationofdetailsinmovingobjectsattheexpenseofnoiseandbandwidth,movetheslidertowardsLowmotionblur.
Note
Youcanchangetheexposureeitherbyadjustingtheexposureorbyadjustingthegain.Ifyouincreasetheexposuretime,
itresultsinmoremotionblur,andifyouincreasethegainitresultsinmorenoise.IfyouadjusttheBlur-noisetrade-off
towardsLownoise,theexposurewillpreferlongerexposuretimesoversensorgainwhentheexposureisincreased,and
theoppositeifyouadjustthetrade-offtowardsLowmotionblur.Boththegainandexposuretimewilleventuallyreach
theirmaximumvaluesinlow-lightconditions,regardlessofthepriorityset.
Lockaperture:TurnontokeeptheaperturesizesetbytheApertureslider.Turnofftoallowthecameratoautomaticallyadjust
theaperturesize.Youcan,forexample,locktheapertureforsceneswithpermanentlightconditions.
Aperture:Usetheslidertoadjusttheaperturesize,thatis,howmuchlightpassesthroughthelens.Toallowmorelighttoenter
thesensorandtherebyproduceabrighterimageinlow-lightconditions,movetheslidertowardsOpen.Anopenaperturealso
reducesthedepthofeld,whichmeansthatobjectsclosetoorfarfromthecameracanappearunfocused.Toallowmoreof
theimagetobeinfocus,movetheslidertowardsClosed.
Exposurelevel:Usetheslidertoadjusttheimageexposure.
Defog
:Turnontodetecttheeffectsoffoggyweatherandautomaticallyremovethemforaclearerimage.
Note
WerecommendyounottoturnonDefoginsceneswithlowcontrast,largelightlevelvariations,orwhentheautofocusis
slightlyoff.Thiscanaffecttheimagequality,forexample,byincreasingthecontrast.Furthermore,toomuchlightcan
negativelyimpacttheimagequalitywhendefogisactive.
Imagecorrection
Important
Werecommendyounottousemultipleimagecorrectionfeaturesatthesametime,sinceitcanleadtoperformanceissues.
Barreldistortioncorrection(BDC):Turnontogetastraighterimageifitsuffersfrombarreldistortion.Barreldistortion
isalenseffectthatmakestheimageappearcurvedandbentoutwards.Theconditionisseenmoreclearlywhentheimageis
zoomedout.
Crop
:Usetheslidertoadjustthecorrectionlevel.Alowerlevelmeansthattheimagewidthiskeptattheexpenseof
imageheightandresolution.Ahigherlevelmeansthatimageheightandresolutionarekeptattheexpenseofimagewidth.
Removedistortion:Usetheslidertoadjustthecorrectionlevel.Puckermeansthattheimagewidthiskeptattheexpense
ofimageheightandresolution.Bloatmeansthatimageheightandresolutionarekeptattheexpenseofimagewidth.
Electronicimagestabilization(EIS)
:Turnontogetasmootherandsteadierimagewithlessblur.Werecommendyou
touseEISinenvironmentswherethedeviceismountedinanexposedlocationandsubjecttovibrationsdueto,forexample,
windorpassingtrafc.
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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.
Theimagebeforeandafterithasbeenstraightened.
Stream
General
Resolution:Selecttheimageresolutionsuitableforthesurveillancescene.Ahigherresolutionincreasesbandwidthandstorage.
Framerate:Toavoidbandwidthproblemsonthenetworkorreducestoragesize,youcanlimittheframeratetoaxedamount.
Ifyouleavetheframerateatzero,theframerateiskeptatthehighestpossiblerateunderthecurrentconditions.Ahigher
frameraterequiresmorebandwidthandstoragecapacity.
Compression:Usetheslidertoadjusttheimagecompression.Highcompressionresultsinalowerbitrateandlowerimagequality.
Lowcompressionimprovestheimagequality,butusesmorebandwidthandstoragewhenyourecord.
H.26xencoding
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Zipstream:Abitratereductiontechnology,optimizedforvideosurveillance,thatreducestheaveragebitrateinanH.264orH.265
streaminrealtime.AxisZipstreamappliesahighbitrateinsceneswheretherearemultipleregionsofinterest,forexamplein
sceneswithmovingobjects.Whenthesceneismorestatic,Zipstreamappliesalowerbitrate,andtherebyreducestherequired
storage.Tolearnmore,seeReducingthebitratewithAxisZipstream
Selectthedesiredlevelofbitratereduction:
Off:Nobitratereduction.
Low:Novisiblequalitydegradationinmostscenes.Thisisthedefaultoptionanditcanbeusedinalltypes
ofscenestoreducethebitrate.
Medium:Visibleeffectsinsomescenesthroughlessnoiseandaslightlylowerlevelofdetailinregionsoflower
interest,forexamplewherethere’snomovement.
High:Visibleeffectsinsomescenesthroughlessnoiseandalowerlevelofdetailinregionsoflowerinterest,
forexamplewherethere’snomovement.Werecommendthislevelforcloud-connecteddevicesanddevicesthat
uselocalstorage.
Higher:Visibleeffectsinsomescenesthroughlessnoiseandalowerlevelofdetailinregionsoflowerinterest,
forexamplewherethere’snomovement.
Extreme:Visibleeffectsinmostscenes.Thebitrateisoptimizedforsmallestpossiblestorage.
DynamicFPS(framespersecond):Turnontoallowthebandwidthtovarybasedonthelevelofactivityinthescene.More
activityrequiresmorebandwidth.
Lowerlimit:Enteravaluetoadjusttheframeratebetweenminimalfpsandthestreamdefaultfpsbasedonscenemotion.We
recommendyoutouselowerlimitinsceneswithverylittlemotion,wherethefpscoulddropto1orlower.
DynamicGOP(GroupofPictures):TurnontodynamicallyadjusttheintervalbetweenI-framesbasedonthelevelofactivity
inthescene.
Upperlimit:EnteramaximumGOPlength,thatis,themaximumnumberofP-framesbetweentwoI-frames.
P-frames:EnterthedesirednumberofP-frames.Thehigherthenumber,thelessbandwidthisrequired.However,ifthereare
networkcongestion,therecouldbeanoticeabledeteriorationinthevideoquality.
H.264prole:
Baseline:Useifthevideomanagementclientdoesn’tsupportCABACentropycoding.
Main:UseifthevideomanagementclientsupportsCABACentropycoding,toachievehighercompressionwith
maintainedvideoquality.Itrequiresmoreprocessingpowertodecodecomparedtothebaselineprole.
High:UseifthevideomanagementclientsupportsCABACentropycoding,toachieveevenhighercompressionthan
withthemainprole.Itrequiresmoreprocessingpowertodecodecomparedtothemainprole.
Bitratecontrol:
Average:Selecttoautomaticallyadjustthebitrateoveralongertimeperiodandprovidethebestpossibleimage
qualitybasedontheavailablestorage.
-
Clicktocalculatethetargetbitratebasedonavailablestorage,retentiontime,andbitratelimit.
-Targetbitrate:Enterdesiredtargetbitrate.
-Retentiontime:Enterthenumberofdaystokeeptherecordings.
-Storage:Showstheestimatedstoragethatcanbeusedforthestream.
-Maximumbitrate:Turnontosetabitratelimit.
-Bitratelimit:Enterabitratelimitthatishigherthanthetargetbitrate.
Maximum:Selecttosetamaximuminstantbitrateofthestreambasedonyournetworkbandwidth.
-Maximum:Enterthemaximumbitrate.
Variable:Selecttoallowthebitratetovarybasedonthelevelofactivityinthescene.Moreactivityrequiresmore
bandwidth.Werecommendthisoptionformostsituations.
Orientation
Rotate:Rotatetheimagetomatchyourrequirements.
Mirror:Turnontomirrortheimage.
Audio
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Include:Turnontouseaudiointhevideostream.
Source
:Selectwhataudiosourcetouse.
Stereo:Turnontoincludebuilt-inaudioaswellasaudiofromanexternalmicrophone.
Overlays
:Clicktoaddanoverlay.Selectthetypeofoverlayfromthedropdownlist:
Text:Selecttoshowatextthatisintegratedintheliveviewimageandvisibleinallviews,recordingsandsnapshots.
Youcanenteryourowntext,andyoucanalsoincludepre-conguredmodierstoautomaticallyshowforexample
time,date,framerate.
-
:Clicktoaddthedatemodier%Ftoshowyyyy-mm-dd.
-
:Clicktoaddthetimemodier%Xtoshowhh:mm:ss(24-hourclock).
-
:Clicktoselectanyofthemodiersshowninthelisttoaddthemtothetextbox.Forexample,
%ashowsthedayoftheweek.
-Size:Selectthedesiredfontsize.
-Appearance:Selectthetextcolorandbackgroundcolor,forexample,whitetextonablackbackground
(default).
-:Selectthepositionoftheoverlayintheimage.
Image:Selecttoshowastaticimagesuperimposedoverthevideostream.Youcanuse.bmp,.png,.jpeg,or.svgles.
Touploadanimage,clickImages.Beforeyouuploadanimage,youcanchooseto:
-Scalewithresolution:Selecttoautomaticallyscaletheoverlayimagetotthevideoresolution.
-Usetransparency:SelectandentertheRGBhexadecimalvalueforthatcolor.UsetheformatRRGGBB.
Examplesofhexadecimalvalues:FFFFFFforwhite,000000forblack,FF00000forred,6633FFforblue,and
669900forgreen.Onlyfor.bmpimages.
Streamingindicator:Selecttoshowananimationsuperimposedoverthevideostream.Theanimationindicates
thatthevideostreamislive,evenifthescenedoesn’tcontainanymotion.
-Appearance:Selecttheanimationcolorandbackgroundcolor,forexample,redanimationonatransparent
background(default).
-Size:Selectthedesiredfontsize.
-
:Selectthepositionoftheoverlayintheimage.
Viewareas
:Clicktocreateaviewarea.
Clicktheviewareatoaccesssettings.
Name:Enteranamefortheviewarea.Themaximumlengthis64characters.
Aspectratio:Selectdesiredaspectratio.Theresolutionadjustsautomatically.
PTZ:Turnontousepan,tilt,andzoomfunctionalityintheviewarea.
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Privacymasks
:Clicktocreateanewprivacymask.Themaximumnumberofmasksdependonthecomplexityofallmaskscombined.
Eachmaskcanhavemaximum10anchorpoints.
Privacymasks:Clicktochangethecolorofallprivacymasks,ortodeleteallprivacymaskspermanently.
Maskx:Clicktorename,disable,orpermanentlydeletethemask.
Audio
Devicesettings
Input:Showsthetypeofinput.
Allowstreamextraction:Turnontoallowstreamextraction.
Inputtype:Selectthetypeofinput,forinstanceifit’samicrophoneorline-in.
Powertype:Selectpowertypeforyourinput.
Activatechanges:Clicktoactivateyourselection.
Separategaincontrols:Turnontoadjustthegainseparatelyforthedifferentinputtypes.
Automaticgaincontrol:Turnontodynamicallyadaptthegaintochangesinthesound.
Gain:Usetheslidertochangethegain.Clickthemicrophoneicontomuteorunmute.
Output:Showsthetypeofoutput.
Gain:Usetheslidertochangethegain.Clickthespeakericontomuteorunmute.
Stream
Encoding:Selecttheencodingtousefortheinputsourcestreaming.Youcanonlychooseencodingifaudioinputisturnedon.If
audioinputistunedoff,clickEnableaudioinputtoturniton.
Audioclips
Addclip:Clicktoaddanewaudioclip.
Clicktoplaytheaudioclip.
Clicktostopplayingtheaudioclip.
Thecontextmenucontains:
Rename:Changethenameoftheaudioclip.
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Createlink:CreateaURLwhich,whenused,playstheaudiocliponthedevice.Specifythevolumeandnumber
oftimestoplaytheclip.
Download:Downloadtheaudiocliptoyourcomputer.
Delete:Deletetheaudioclipfromthedevice.
Audiomixer
Input
TenBandGraphicAudioEqualizer:Turnontoadjustthelevelofdifferentfrequencybandswithinanaudiosignal.
Voiceenhancement:Turnontoadjustthevoicecontentinrelationtoothersounds.
Recordings
Clicktoltertherecordings.
From:Showrecordingsdoneafteracertainpointintime.
To:Showrecordingsupuntilacertainpointintime.
Source
:Showrecordingsbasedonsource.
Event:Showrecordingsbasedonevents.
Storage:Showrecordingsbasedonstoragetype.
Clicktoplaytherecording.
Clicktostoptherecording.
Clicktoshowmoreinformationandoptionsabouttherecording.
Setexportrange:Ifyouonlywanttoexportpartoftherecording,enterfromwhentowhen.
Clicktodeletetherecording.
Export:Clicktoexport(partof)therecording.
Apps
Addapp:Clicktoinstallanewapp.
Findmoreapps:ClicktogotoanoverviewpageofAxisapps.
Thecontextmenucontains:
Applog:Clicktoviewalogoftheappevents.Thelogishelpfulwhenyoucontactsupport.
Activatelicensewithakey:Iftheapprequiresalicense,youneedtoactivateit.Usethisoptionifyourdevice
doesn’thaveinternetaccess.
Ifyoudon’thavealicensekey,gotoaxis.com/applications.YouneedalicensecodeandtheAxisproductserial
numbertogeneratealicensekey.
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Activatelicenseautomatically:Iftheapprequiresalicense,youneedtoactivateit.Usethisoptionifyourdevicehas
internetaccess.Youneedalicensecodetoactivatethelicense.
Deactivatethelicense:Deactivatethelicensetouseitinanotherdevice.Ifyoudeactivatethelicense,youalso
removeitfromthedevice.Todeactivatethelicenserequiresinternetaccess.
Delete:Deletetheapppermanentlyfromthedevice.Ifyoudon’tdeactivatethelicenserst,itremainsactive.
Note
Thedevice’sperformancemightbeaffectedifyourunseveralappsatthesametime.
Start:Startorstoptheapp.
Open:Clicktoaccesstheapp’ssettings.Theavailablesettingsdependontheapplication.Someapplicationsdon’thaveany
settings.
System
Dateandtime
Thetimeformatdependsonthewebbrowser’slanguagesettings.
Note
Werecommendyoutosynchronizethedevice’sdateandtimewithanNTPserver.
Synchronization:Selectanoptionforsynchronizingthedevice’sdateandtime.
Automaticdateandtime(NTPserverusingDHCP):SynchronizewiththeNTPserverconnectedtotheDHCPserver.
Automaticdateandtime(manualNTPserver):SynchronizewithNTPserversofyourchoice.
-PrimaryNTPserverandSecondaryNTPserver:EntertheIPaddressofoneortwoNTPservers.Whenyouuse
twoNTPservers,thedevicesynchronizesandadaptsitstimebasedoninputfromboth.
Customdateandtime:Manuallysetthedateandtime.ClickGetfromsystemtofetchthedateandtimesettings
oncefromyourcomputerormobiledevice.
Timezone:Selectwhichtimezonetouse.Timewillbeautomaticallyadjustedfordaylightsavingtimeandstandardtime.
Note
Thesystemusesthedateandtimesettingsinallrecordings,logsandsystemsettings.
Network
IPv4andIPv6
IPv4
AutomaticIP(DHCP)andDNS(DHCP):Therecommendedsettingformostnetworks.Thecurrentsettingsare
updatedautomatically.
AutomaticIP(DHCP)andmanualDNS:Contactyournetworkadministratortocongurethemanualsettings.The
currentautomaticsettingsareupdatedautomatically.
ManualIPandDNS:Contactyournetworkadministratortocongurethesettings.
IPaddress:EnterauniqueIPaddressforthedevice.StaticIPaddressescanbeassignedatrandomwithinisolatednetworks,
providedthateachaddressisunique.Toavoidconicts,werecommendyoutocontactyournetworkadministratorbeforeyou
assignastaticIPaddress.
Subnetmask:Enterthesubnetmask.
Router:EntertheIPaddressofthedefaultrouter(gateway)usedtoconnectdevicesthatareattachedtodifferentnetworksand
networksegments.
Hostname:Enterthehostname.
Searchdomains:Whenyouuseahostnamethatisnotfullyqualied,clickAddsearchdomainandenteradomaininwhichto
searchforthehostnameusedbythedevice.
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DNSservers:ClickAddDNSserverandentertheIPaddressoftheprimaryDNSserver.Thisprovidesthetranslationofhostnames
toIPaddressesonyournetwork.
IPv6
AssignIPv6automatically:SelecttoletthenetworkrouterassignanIPaddresstothedeviceautomatically.
HTTPandHTTPS
Allowaccessthrough:SelectifauserisallowedtoconnecttothedevicethroughtheHTTP,HTTPS,orbothHTTPandHTTPS
protocols.
HTTPSisaprotocolthatprovidesencryptionforpagerequestsfromusersandforthepagesreturnedbythewebserver.The
encryptedexchangeofinformationisgovernedbytheuseofanHTTPScerticate,whichguaranteestheauthenticityoftheserver.
TouseHTTPSonthedevice,youmustinstallanHTTPScerticate.GotoSystem>Securitytocreateandinstallcerticates.
Note
IfyouviewencryptedwebpagesthroughHTTPS,youmightexperienceadropinperformance,especiallywhenyou
requestapageforthersttime.
HTTPport:EntertheHTTPporttouse.Port80oranyportintherange1024-65535areallowed.Ifyouareloggedinasan
administrator,youcanalsoenteranyportintherange1-1023.Ifyouuseaportinthisrange,yougetawarning.
HTTPSport:EntertheHTTPSporttouse.Port443oranyportintherange1024-65535areallowed.Ifyouareloggedinasan
administrator,youcanalsoenteranyportintherange1-1023.Ifyouuseaportinthisrange,yougetawarning.
Certicate:SelectacerticatetoenableHTTPSforthedevice.
Friendlyname
Bonjour
®
:Turnontoallowautomaticdiscoveryonthenetwork.
Bonjourname:Enterafriendlynametobevisibleonthenetwork.ThedefaultnameisthedevicenameandMACaddress.
UseUPnP
®
:Turnontoallowautomaticdiscoveryonthenetwork.
UPnPname:Enterafriendlynametobevisibleonthenetwork.ThedefaultnameisthedevicenameandMACaddress.
One-clickcloudconnection
One-clickcloudconnection(O3C)togetherwithanO3Cserviceprovideseasyandsecureinternetaccesstoliveandrecordedvideo
fromanylocation.Formoreinformation,seeaxis.com/end-to-end-solutions/hosted-services.
AllowO3C:
One-click:Thedefaultsetting.PressandholdthecontrolbuttononthedevicetoconnecttoanO3Cserviceoverthe
internet.YouneedtoregisterthedevicewiththeO3Cservicewithin24hoursafteryoupressthecontrolbutton.
Otherwise,thedevicedisconnectsfromtheO3Cservice.Onceyouhaveregisteredthedevice,Alwaysisenabledand
thedevicestaysconnectedtotheO3Cservice.
Always:ThedeviceconstantlyattemptstoconnecttoanO3Cserviceovertheinternet.Onceyouhaveregisteredthe
device,itstaysconnectedtotheO3Cservice.Usethisoptionifthecontrolbuttononthedeviceisoutofreach.
No:DisablestheO3Cservice.
Proxysettings:Ifneeded,entertheproxysettingstoconnecttotheHTTPserver.
Host:Entertheproxyserver’saddress.
Port:Entertheportnumberusedforaccess.
LoginandPassword:Ifneeded,enterusernameandpasswordfortheproxyserver.
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Authenticationmethod:
Basic:ThismethodisthemostcompatibleauthenticationschemeforHTTP.It’slesssecurethantheDigestmethod
becauseitsendstheusernameandpasswordunencryptedtotheserver.
Digest:Thismethodismoresecurebecauseitalwaystransfersthepasswordencryptedacrossthenetwork.
Auto:Thisoptionletsthedeviceselecttheauthenticationmethoddependingonthesupportedmethods.Itprioritizes
theDigestmethodovertheBasicmethod.
Ownerauthenticationkey(OAK):ClickGetkeytofetchtheownerauthenticationkey.Thisisonlypossibleifthedeviceis
connectedtotheinternetwithoutarewallorproxy.
SNMP
TheSimpleNetworkManagementProtocol(SNMP)allowsremotemanagementofnetworkdevices.
SNMP:SelecttheversionofSNMPtouse.
v1andv2c:
-Readcommunity:Enterthecommunitynamethathasread-onlyaccesstoallsupportedSNMPobjects.The
defaultvalueispublic.
-Writecommunity:Enterthecommunitynamethathasread/writeaccesstoallsupportedSNMPobjects
(exceptread-onlyobjects).Thedefaultvalueiswrite.
-Activatetraps:Turnontoactivatetrapreporting.Thedeviceusestrapstosendmessagesforimportant
eventsorstatuschangestoamanagementsystem.Inthedeviceinterface,youcansetuptrapsforSNMPv1
andv2c.TrapsareautomaticallyturnedoffifyouchangetoSNMPv3orturnoffSNMP.IfyouuseSNMPv3,
youcansetuptrapsthroughtheSNMPv3managementapplication.
-Trapaddress:EntertheIPaddressorhostnameofthemanagementserver.
-Trapcommunity:Enterthecommunitytousewhenthedevicesendsatrapmessagetothemanagement
system.
-Traps:
-Coldstart:Sendsatrapmessagewhenthedevicestarts.
-Warmstart:SendsatrapmessagewhenyouchangeanSNMPsetting.
-Linkup:Sendsatrapmessagewhenalinkchangesfromdowntoup.
-Authenticationfailed:Sendsatrapmessagewhenanauthenticationattemptfails.
Note
AllAxisVideoMIBtrapsareenabledwhenyouturnonSNMPv1andv2ctraps.Formoreinformation,see
AXISOSPortal>SNMP.
v3:SNMPv3isamoresecureversion,whichprovidesencryptionandsecurepasswords.TouseSNMPv3,we
recommendyoutoactivateHTTPS,asthepasswordisthensentthroughHTTPS.Thisalsopreventsunauthorized
partiestoaccessunencryptedSNMPv1andv2ctraps.IfyouuseSNMPv3,youcansetuptrapsthroughtheSNMPv3
managementapplication.
-Passwordfortheaccount“initial”:EntertheSNMPpasswordfortheaccountnamed“initial”.Althoughthe
passwordcanbesentwithoutactivatingHTTPS,wedon’trecommendit.TheSNMPv3passwordcanonly
besetonce,andpreferablyonlywhenHTTPSisenabled.Oncethepasswordisset,thepasswordeldisno
longerdisplayed.Tosetthepasswordagain,youmustresetthedevicetofactorydefaultsettings.
Connectedclients
Thelistshowsallclientsthatareconnectedtothedevice.
Update:Clicktorefreshthelist.
Security
Certicates
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Certicatesareusedtoauthenticatedevicesonanetwork.Thedevicesupportstwotypesofcerticates:
Client/servercerticates
Aclient/servercerticatevalidatesthedevice’sidentity,andcanbeself-signedorissuedbyaCerticateAuthority(CA).
Aself-signedcerticateofferslimitedprotectionandcanbeusedbeforeaCA-issuedcerticatehasbeenobtained.
CAcerticates
YoucanuseaCAcerticatetoauthenticateapeercerticate,forexampletovalidatetheidentityofanauthentication
serverwhenthedeviceconnectstoanetworkprotectedbyIEEE802.1X.Thedevicehasseveralpre-installedCA
certicates.
Theseformatsaresupported:
Certicateformats:.PEM,.CER,and.PFX
Privatekeyformats:PKCS#1andPKCS#12
Important
Ifyouresetthedevicetofactorydefault,allcerticatesaredeleted.Anypre-installedCAcerticatesarereinstalled.
Filterthecerticatesinthelist.
Addcerticate:Clicktoaddacerticate.
Thecontextmenucontains:
Certicateinformation:Viewaninstalledcerticate’sproperties.
Deletecerticate:Deletethecerticate.
Createcerticatesigningrequest:Createacerticatesigningrequesttosendtoaregistrationauthoritytoapply
foradigitalidentitycerticate.
IEEE802.1x
IEEE802.1xisanIEEEstandardforport-basednetworkadmissioncontrolprovidingsecureauthenticationofwiredandwireless
networkdevices.IEEE802.1xisbasedonEAP(ExtensibleAuthenticationProtocol).
ToaccessanetworkprotectedbyIEEE802.1x,networkdevicesmustauthenticatethemselves.Theauthenticationisperformedby
anauthenticationserver,typicallyaRADIUSserver(forexampleFreeRADIUSandMicrosoftInternetAuthenticationServer).
Certicates
WhenconguredwithoutaCAcerticate,servercerticatevalidationisdisabledandthedevicetriestoauthenticateitself
regardlessofwhatnetworkitisconnectedto.
Whenusingacerticate,inAxis'implementation,thedeviceandtheauthenticationserverauthenticatethemselveswithdigital
certicatesusingEAP-TLS(ExtensibleAuthenticationProtocol-TransportLayerSecurity).
Toallowthedevicetoaccessanetworkprotectedthroughcerticates,asignedclientcerticatemustbeinstalledonthedevice.
Clientcerticate:SelectaclientcerticatetouseIEEE802.1x.Theauthenticationserverusesthecerticatetovalidatethe
client’sidentity.
CAcerticate:SelectaCAcerticatetovalidatetheauthenticationserver’sidentity.Whennocerticateisselected,thedevice
triestoauthenticateitselfregardlessofwhatnetworkitisconnectedto.
EAPidentity:Entertheuseridentityassociatedwiththeclientcerticate.
EAPOLversion:SelecttheEAPOLversionthatisusedinthenetworkswitch.
UseIEEE802.1x:SelecttousetheIEEE802.1xprotocol.
Preventbrute-forceattacks
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Blocking:Turnontoblockbrute-forceattacks.Abrute-forceattackusestrial-and-errortoguesslogininfoorencryptionkeys.
Blockingperiod:Enterthenumberofsecondstoblockabrute-forceattack.
Blockingconditions:Enterthenumberofauthenticationfailuresallowedpersecondbeforetheblockstarts.Youcansetthe
numberoffailuresallowedbothonpagelevelanddevicelevel.
IPaddresslter
Uselter:SelecttolterwhichIPaddressesthatareallowedtoaccessthedevice.
Policy:ChoosewhethertoAllowaccessorDenyaccessforcertainIPaddresses.
Addresses:EntertheIPnumbersthatareeitherallowedordeniedaccesstothedevice.YoucanalsousetheCIDRformat.
Custom-signedrmwarecerticate
ToinstalltestrmwareorothercustomrmwarefromAxisonthedevice,youneedacustom-signedrmwarecerticate.The
certicateveriesthatthermwareisapprovedbyboththedeviceownerandAxis.Thermwarecanonlyrunonaspecic
devicewhichisidentiedbyitsuniqueserialnumberandchipID.Custom-signedrmwarecerticatescanonlybecreated
byAxis,sinceAxisholdsthekeytosignthem.
ClickInstalltoinstallthecerticate.Youneedtoinstallthecerticatebeforeyouinstallthermware.
Users
Adduser:Clicktoaddanewuser.Youcanaddupto100users.
Username:Enterauniqueusername.
Newpassword:Enterapasswordfortheuser.Passwordsmustbe1to64characterslong.OnlyASCIIprintablecharacters(code
32to126)areallowedinthepassword,forexampleletters,numbers,punctuation,andsomesymbols.
Repeatpassword:Enterthesamepasswordagain.
Role:
Administrator:Hasfullaccesstoallsettings.Administratorscanalsoadd,update,andremoveotherusers.
Operator:Hasaccesstoallsettingsexcept:
-AllSystemsettings.
-Addingapps.
Viewer:Hasaccessto:
-Watchandtakesnapshotsofavideostream.
-Watchandexportrecordings.
-WithPTZuseraccess:pan,tilt,andzoom.
Thecontextmenucontains:
Updateuser:Edittheuser’sproperties.
Deleteuser:Deletetheuser.Youcan’tdeletetherootuser.
Anonymoususers
Allowanonymousviewers:Turnontoallowanyonetoaccessthedeviceasaviewerwithouthavingtologinwithauseraccount.
AllowanonymousPTZoperators:Turnontoallowanonymoususerstopan,tilt,andzoomtheimage.
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Events
Rules
Aruledenestheconditionsthatmustbemetfortheproducttoperformanaction.Thelistshowsallthecurrentlycongured
rulesintheproduct.
Note
Youcancreateupto256actionrules.
Addarule:Clicktocreatearule.
Name:Enteranamefortherule.
Waitbetweenactions:Entertheminimumtime(hh:mm:ss)thatmustpassbetweenruleactivations.Itisusefuliftheruleis
activatedbyforexampleday-nightmodeconditions,toavoidthatsmalllightchangesduringsunriseandsunsetactivate
therulerepeatedly.
Condition:Selectaconditionfromthelist.Aconditionmustbemetforthedevicetoperformanaction.Ifmultiple
conditionsaredened,allofthemmustbemettotriggertheaction.Forinformationaboutspecicconditions,see
Getstartedwithrulesforevents.
Usethisconditionasatrigger:Selecttomakethisrstconditionfunctiononlyasastartingtrigger.Itmeansthatoncetherule
isactivateditremainsactiveforaslongasalltheotherconditionsaremet,nomatterthestateoftherstcondition.Ifyoudon’t
selectthisoption,therulewillsimplybeactivewheneveralltheconditionsaremet.
Invertthiscondition:Selectifyouwanttheconditiontobetheoppositeofyourselection.
Addacondition:Clicktoaddanadditionalcondition.
Action:Selectanactionfromthelistandenteritsrequiredinformation.Forinformationaboutspecicactions,see
Getstartedwithrulesforevents.
Recipients
Youcansetupyourdevicetonotifyrecipientsabouteventsorsendles.Thelistshowsalltherecipientscurrentlyconguredin
theproduct,alongwithinformationabouttheirconguration.
Note
Youcancreateupto20recipients.
Addarecipient:Clicktoaddarecipient.
Name:Enteranamefortherecipient.
Type:Selectfromthelist:
FTP
-Host:Entertheserver'sIPaddressorhostname.Ifyouenterahostname,makesurethataDNSserveris
speciedunderSystem>Network>IPv4andIPv6.
-Port:EntertheportnumberusedbytheFTPserver.Thedefaultis21.
-Folder:Enterthepathtothedirectorywhereyouwanttostoreles.Ifthisdirectorydoesn’talreadyexist
ontheFTPserver,youwillgetanerrormessagewhenuploadingles.
-Username:Entertheusernameforthelogin.
-Password:Enterthepasswordforthelogin.
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-Usetemporarylename:Selecttouploadleswithtemporary,automaticallygeneratedlenames.The
lesgetrenamedtothedesirednameswhentheuploadcompletes.Iftheuploadisaborted/interrupted,
youdon’tgetanycorruptles.However,youprobablystillgetthetemporaryles.Thiswayyouknowthat
alllesthathavethedesiredname,arecorrect.
-UsepassiveFTP:UndernormalcircumstancestheproductsimplyrequeststhetargetFTPservertoopenthe
dataconnection.ThedeviceactivelyinitiatesboththeFTPcontrolanddataconnectionstothetargetserver.
ThisisnormallyneededifthereisarewallbetweenthedeviceandthetargetFTPserver.
HTTP
-URL:EnterthenetworkaddresstotheHTTPserverandthescriptthatwillhandletherequest.Forexample:
http://192.168.254.10/cgi-bin/notify.cgi.
-Username:Entertheusernameforthelogin.
-Password:Enterthepasswordforthelogin.
-Proxy:TurnonandentertherequiredinformationifaproxyservermustbepassedtoconnecttotheHTTP
server.
HTTPS
-URL:EnterthenetworkaddresstotheHTTPSserverandthescriptthatwillhandletherequest.Forexample:
https://192.168.254.10/cgi-bin/notify.cgi.
-Validateservercerticate:SelecttovalidatethecerticatethatwascreatedbyHTTPSserver.
-Username:Entertheusernameforthelogin.
-Password:Enterthepasswordforthelogin.
-Proxy:TurnonandentertherequiredinformationifaproxyservermustbepassedtoconnecttotheHTTPS
server.
Networkstorage
YoucanaddnetworkstoragesuchasaNAS(NetworkAttachedStorage)anduseitasarecipienttostoreles.
ThelesarestoredintheMatroska(MKV)leformat.
-Host:EntertheIPaddressorhostnameforthenetworkstorage.
-Share:Enterthenameoftheshareonthehost.
-Folder:Enterthepathtothedirectorywhereyouwanttostoreles.
-Username:Entertheusernameforthelogin.
-Password:Enterthepasswordforthelogin.
SFTP
-Host:Entertheserver'sIPaddressorhostname.Ifyouenterahostname,makesurethataDNSserveris
speciedunderSystem>Network>IPv4andIPv6.
-Port:EntertheportnumberusedbytheSFTPserver.Thedefaultis22.
-Folder:Enterthepathtothedirectorywhereyouwanttostoreles.Ifthisdirectorydoesn’talreadyexiston
theSFTPserver,youwillgetanerrormessagewhenuploadingles.
-Username:Entertheusernameforthelogin.
-Password:Enterthepasswordforthelogin.
-SSHhostpublickey(MD5):Enterthengerprintoftheremotehost’spublickey(a32hexadecimaldigits
string).TheSFTPclientsupportsSFTPserversusingSSH-2withRSA,DSA,ECDSA,andED25519hostkey
types.RSAisthepreferredmethodduringnegotiation,followedbyECDSA,ED25519,andDSA.Makesureto
entertherightMD5hostkeythatisusedbyyourSFTPserver.
-Usetemporarylename:Selecttouploadleswithtemporary,automaticallygeneratedlenames.The
lesgetrenamedtothedesirednameswhentheuploadcompletes.Iftheuploadisaborted/interrupted,
youdon’tgetanycorruptles.However,youprobablystillgetthetemporaryles.Thiswayyouknowthat
alllesthathavethedesiredname,arecorrect.
Email
-Sendemailto:Entertheemailaddresstosendemailsto.Toentermultipleaddresses,usecommasto
separatethem.
-Sendemailfrom:Entertheemailaddressofthesendingserver.
-Username:Entertheusernameforthemailserver.Leavethiseldemptyifthemailserverdoesnot
requireauthentication.
-Password:Enterthepasswordforthemailserver.Leavethiseldemptyifthemailserverdoesnotrequire
authentication.
-Emailserver(SMTP):EnterthenameoftheSMTPserver,forexamplesmtp.gmail.com,smtp.mail.yahoo.com.
-Port:EntertheportnumberfortheSMTPserver,usingvaluesintherange0-65535.Thedefaultvalueis587.
-Encryption:Touseencryption,selecteitherSSLorTLS.
-Validateservercerticate:Ifyouuseencryption,selecttovalidatetheidentityofthedevice.Thecerticate
canbeself-signedorissuedbyaCerticateAuthority(CA).
-POPauthentication:TurnontoenterthenameofthePOPserver,forexamplepop.gmail.com.
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Note
Someemailprovidershavesecurityltersthatpreventusersfromreceivingorviewinglargeamountof
attachments,fromreceivingscheduledemailsandsimilar.Checktheemailprovider'ssecuritypolicytoavoid
youremailaccountbeinglockedormissingoutonyourexpectedemails.
TCP
-Host:Entertheserver'sIPaddressorhostname.Ifyouenterahostname,makesurethataDNSserveris
speciedunderSystem>Network>IPv4andIPv6.
-Port:Entertheportnumberusedtoaccesstheserver.
Test:Clicktotestthesetup.
Thecontextmenucontains:
Viewrecipient:Clicktoviewalltherecipientdetails.
Copyrecipient:Clicktocopyarecipient.Whenyoucopy,youcanmakechangestothenewrecipient.
Deleterecipient:Clicktodeletetherecipientpermanently.
Schedules
Schedulesandpulsescanbeusedasconditionsinrules.Thelistshowsalltheschedulesandpulsescurrentlyconguredinthe
product,alongwithinformationabouttheirconguration.
Addschedule:Clicktocreateascheduleorpulse.
Manualtrigger
Themanualtriggerisusedtomanuallytriggerarule.Themanualtriggercanforexamplebeusedtovalidateactionsduring
productinstallationandconguration.
MQTT
MQTT(MessageQueuingTelemetryTransport)isastandardmessagingprotocolfortheInternetofThings(IoT).Itwasdesignedfor
simpliedIoTintegrationandisusedinawidevarietyofindustriestoconnectremotedeviceswithasmallcodefootprintand
minimalnetworkbandwidth.TheMQTTclientinAxisdevicermwarecansimplifyintegrationofdataandeventsproducedinthe
devicetosystemswhicharenotvideomanagementsystems(VMS).
SetupthedeviceasanMQTTclient.MQTTcommunicationisbasedontwoentities,theclientsandthebroker.Theclientscan
sendandreceivemessages.Thebrokerisresponsibleforroutingmessagesbetweenclients.
YoucanlearnmoreaboutMQTTinAXISOSPortal.
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Connect:TurnonorofftheMQTTclient.
Status:ShowsthecurrentstatusoftheMQTTclient.
Broker
Host:EnterthehostnameorIPaddressoftheMQTTserver.
Protocol:Selectwhichprotocoltouse.
Port:Entertheportnumber.
1883isthedefaultvalueforMQTToverTCP
8883isthedefaultvalueforMQTToverSSL
80isthedefaultvalueforMQTToverWebSocket
443isthedefaultvalueforMQTToverWebSocketSecure
Username:Entertheusernamethattheclientwillusetoaccesstheserver.
Password:Enterapasswordfortheusername.
ClientID:EnteraclientID.Theclientidentierissenttotheserverwhentheclientconnectstoit.
Cleansession:Controlsthebehavioratconnectionanddisconnectiontime.Whenselected,thestateinformationisdiscarded
atconnectanddisconnect.
Keepaliveinterval:Thekeepaliveintervalenablestheclienttodetectwhentheserverisnolongeravailablewithouthaving
towaitforthelongTCP/IPtimeout.
Timeout:Thetimeintervalinsecondstoallowaconnecttocomplete.Defaultvalue:60
Devicetopicprex:UsedinthedefaultvaluesforthetopicintheconnectmessageandLWTmessageontheMQTTclienttab,
andinthepublicationconditionsontheMQTTpublicationtab.
Reconnectautomatically:Specieswhethertheclientshouldreconnectautomaticallyafteradisconnect.
Connectmessage
Speciesifamessageshouldbesentoutwhenaconnectionisestablished.
Sendmessage:Turnontosendmessages.
Usedefault:Turnofftoenteryourowndefaultmessage.
Topic:Enterthetopicforthedefaultmessage.
Payload:Enterthecontentforthedefaultmessage.
Retain:SelecttokeepthestateofclientonthisTopic
QoS:ChangetheQoSlayerforthepacketow.
LastWillandTestamentmessage
TheLastWillTestament(LWT)letsaclientprovideatestamentalongwithitscredentialswhenconnectingtothebroker.Ifthe
clientdisconnectsungracefullyatsomepointlater(maybebecausehispowersourcedied),itcanletthebrokerdeliveramessage
tootherclients.ThisLWTmessagehasthesameformasanordinarymessageandgetsroutedviathesamemechanics.
Sendmessage:Turnontosendmessages.
Usedefault:Turnofftoenteryourowndefaultmessage.
Topic:Enterthetopicforthedefaultmessage.
Payload:Enterthecontentforthedefaultmessage.
Retain:SelecttokeepthestateofclientonthisTopic
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QoS:ChangetheQoSlayerforthepacketow.
MQTTpublication
Usedefaultconditionprex:Selecttousethedefaultconditionprex,thatisdenedusingthedevicetopicprexinthe
MQTTclienttab.
Includeconditionname:SelecttoincludethetopicsthatdescribetheconditionintheMQTTtopic.
Includeconditionnamespaces:SelecttoincludeONVIFtopicnamespacesintheMQTTtopic.
Includeserialnumber:Selecttoincludethedevice’sserialnumberintheMQTTpayload.
Addcondition:Clicktoaddacondition.
Retain:DeneswhichMQTTmessagesaresentasretained.
None:Sendallmessagesasnon-retained.
Property:Sendonlystatefulmessagesasretained.
All:Sendbothstatefulandstatelessmessagesasretained.
QoS:SelectthedesiredlevelfortheMQTTpublication.
MQTTsubscriptions
Addsubscription:ClicktoaddanewMQTTsubscription.
Subscriptionlter:EntertheMQTTtopicthatyouwanttosubscribeto.
Usedevicetopicprex:AddthesubscriptionlterasprextotheMQTTtopic.
Subscriptiontype:
Stateless:SelecttoconvertMQTTmessagesintoastatelessmessage.
Stateful:SelecttoconvertMQTTmessagesintoacondition.Thepayloadisusedasthestate.
QoS:SelectthedesiredlevelfortheMQTTsubscription.
SIP
SIPsettings
SessionInitiationProtocol(SIP)isusedforinteractivecommunicationsessionsbetweenusers.Thesessionscanincludeaudio
andvideo.
EnableSIP:CheckthisoptiontomakeitpossibletoinitiateandreceiveSIPcalls.
Allowincomingcalls:CheckthisoptiontoallowincomingcallsfromotherSIPdevices.
Callhandling
Calltimeout:Setthemaximumtimeacallcanlastbeforeitendsifthereisnoanswer(max10min).
Incomingcallduration:Setthemaximumtimeanincomingcallcanlast(max10min).
Endcallsafter:Setthemaximumtimethatacallcanlast(max60min).SelectInnitecalldurationifyoudon’t
wanttolimitthelengthofacall.
Ports
Aportnumbermustbebetween1024and65535.
SIPport:ThenetworkportusedforSIPcommunication.Thesignalingtrafcthroughthisportisnon-encrypted.
Thedefaultportnumberis5060.Enteradifferentportnumberifrequired.
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TLSport:ThenetworkportusedforencryptedSIPcommunication.Thesignalingtrafcthroughthisportisencrypted
withTransportLayerSecurity(TLS).Thedefaultportnumberis5061.Enteradifferentportnumberifrequired.
RTPstartport:ThenetworkportusedfortherstRTPmediastreaminaSIPcall.Thedefaultstartportnumberis
4000.SomerewallsblockRTPtrafconcertainportnumbers.
NATtraversal
UseNAT(NetworkAddressTranslation)traversalwhenthedeviceislocatedonanprivatenetwork(LAN)andyouwantto
makeitavailablefromoutsideofthatnetwork.
Note
ForNATtraversaltowork,theroutermustsupportit.TheroutermustalsosupportUPnP®.
EachNATtraversalprotocolcanbeusedseparatelyorindifferentcombinationsdependingonthenetworkenvironment.
ICE:TheICE(InteractiveConnectivityEstablishment)protocolincreasesthechancesofndingthemostefcient
pathtosuccessfulcommunicationbetweenpeerdevices.IfyoualsoenableSTUNandTURN,youimprovetheICE
protocol’schances.
STUN:STUN(SessionTraversalUtilitiesforNAT)isaclient-servernetworkprotocolthatletsthedevicedetermineif
itislocatedbehindaNATorrewall,andifsoobtainthemappedpublicIPaddressandportnumberallocatedfor
connectionstoremotehosts.EntertheSTUNserveraddress,forexample,anIPaddress.
TURN:TURN(TraversalUsingRelaysaroundNAT)isaprotocolthatletsadevicebehindaNATrouterorrewallreceive
incomingdatafromotherhostsoverTCPorUDP.EntertheTURNserveraddressandthelogininformation.
Audioandvideo
Audiocodecpriority:SelectatleastoneaudiocodecwiththedesiredaudioqualityforSIPcalls.Drag-and-dropto
changethepriority.
Note
Theselectedcodecsmustmatchthecallrecipientcodec,sincetherecipientcodecisdecisivewhenacallismade.
Audiodirection:Selectallowedaudiodirections.
Videodirection:Selectallowedvideodirections.
Additional
UDP-to-TCPswitching:SelecttoallowcallstoswitchtransportprotocolsfromUDP(UserDatagramProtocol)toTCP
(TransmissionControlProtocol)temporarily.Thereasonforswitchingistoavoidfragmentation,andtheswitchcan
takeplaceifarequestiswithin200bytesofthemaximumtransmissionunit(MTU)orlargerthan1300bytes.
Allowviarewrite:SelecttosendthelocalIPaddressinsteadoftherouter'spublicIPaddress.
Allowcontactrewrite:SelecttosendthelocalIPaddressinsteadoftherouter'spublicIPaddress.
Registerwithserverevery:SethowoftenyouwantthedevicetoregisterwiththeSIPserverfortheexisting
SIPaccounts.
DTMFpayloadtype:ChangesthedefaultpayloadtypeforDTMF.
SIPaccounts
AllcurrentSIPaccountsarelistedunderSIPaccounts.Forregisteredaccounts,thecoloredcircleletsyouknowthestatus.
TheaccountissuccessfullyregisteredwiththeSIPserver.
Thereisaproblemwiththeaccount.Possiblereasonscanbeauthorizationfailure,thattheaccountcredentialsarewrong,
orthattheSIPservercan’tndtheaccount.
Thepeertopeer(default)accountisanautomaticallycreatedaccount.Youcandeleteitifyoucreateatleastoneotheraccount
andsetthataccountasdefault.ThedefaultaccountisalwaysusedwhenaVAPIX®ApplicationProgrammingInterface(API)call
ismadewithoutspecifyingwhichSIPaccounttocallfrom.
Account:ClicktocreateanewSIPaccount.
Active:Selecttobeabletousetheaccount.
Makedefault:Selecttomakethisthedefaultaccount.Theremustbeadefaultaccount,andtherecanonly
beonedefaultaccount.
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Name:Enteradescriptivename.Thiscan,forexample,bearstandlastname,arole,oralocation.Thenameis
notunique.
UserID:Entertheuniqueextensionorphonenumberassignedtothedevice.
Peer-to-peer:UsefordirectcallstoanotherSIPdeviceonthelocalnetwork.
Registered:UseforcallstoSIPdevicesoutsidethelocalnetwork,throughaSIPserver.
Domain:Ifavailable,enterthepublicdomainname.ItwillbeshownaspartoftheSIPaddresswhencallingother
accounts.
Password:EnterthepasswordassociatedwiththeSIPaccountforauthenticatingagainsttheSIPserver.
AuthenticationID:EntertheauthenticationIDusedforauthenticatingagainsttheSIPserver.Ifitisthesameasthe
userID,youdon’tneedtoentertheauthenticationID.
CallerID:Thenamewhichispresentedtotherecipientofcallsfromthedevice.
Registrar:EntertheIPaddressfortheregistrar.
Transportmode:SelecttheSIPtransportmodefortheaccount:UPD,TCP,orTLS.WhenyouselectTLS,yougetthe
optiontousemediaencryption.
Mediaencryption(onlywithtransportmodeTLS):Selectthetypeofencryptionformedia(audioandvideo)inSIPcalls.
Certicate(onlywithtransportmodeTLS):Selectacerticate.
Verifyservercerticate(onlywithtransportmodeTLS):Checktoverifytheservercerticate.
SecondarySIPserver:TurnonifyouwantthedevicetotrytoregisteronasecondarySIPserverifregistration
ontheprimarySIPserverfails.
Answerautomatically:Selecttoautomaticallyansweranincomingcall.
SIPsecure:SelecttouseSecureSessionInitiationProtocol(SIPS).SIPSusestheTLStransportmodetoencrypttrafc.
Proxies
-
Proxy:Clicktoaddaproxy.
-Prioritize:Ifyouhaveaddedtwoormoreproxies,clicktoprioritizethem.
-Serveraddress:EntertheIPaddressoftheSIPproxyserver.
-Username:Ifrequired,entertheusernamefortheSIPproxyserver.
-Password:Ifrequired,enterthepasswordfortheSIPproxyserver.
Video
-Viewarea:Selecttheviewareatouseforvideocalls.Ifyouselectnone,thenativeviewisused.
-Resolution:Selecttheresolutiontouseforvideocalls.Theresolutionaffectstherequiredbandwidth.
-Framerate:Selectthenumberofframespersecondforvideocalls.Theframerateaffectstherequired
bandwidth.
DTMF
-UseRTP(RFC2833):Selecttoallowdual-tonemultifrequency(DTMF)signaling,othertonesignalsand
telephonyeventsinRTPpackets.
-UseSIPINFO(RFC2976):SelecttoincludetheINFOmethodtotheSIPprotocol.TheINFOmethodadds
optionalapplicationlayerinformation,generallyrelatedtothesession.
-
DTMFsequence:Clicktoaddanactionruletriggeredbytouch-tone.Youmustactivatetheaction
ruleintheEventstab.
-Sequence:Enterthecharacterstotriggertheactionrule.Allowedcharacters:0–9,A-D,#,and*.
-Description:Enteradescriptionoftheactiontobetriggered.
SIPtestcall
SIPaccount:Selectwhichaccounttomakethetestcallfrom.
SIPaddress:EnteraSIPaddressandclick
tomakeatestcallandverifythattheaccountworks.
Storage
Networkstorage
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Addnetworkstorage:Clicktoaddanetworksharewhereyoucansaverecordings.
Address:EntertheIPaddressorhostnameofthehostserver,typicallyaNAS(NetworkAttachedStorage).We
recommendyoutocongurethehosttouseaxedIPaddress(notDHCPsinceadynamicIPaddresscanchange)or
thatyouuseDNS.WindowsSMB/CIFSnamesarenotsupported.
Networkshare:Enterthenameofthesharedlocationonthehostserver.SeveralAxisdevicescanusethesame
networkshare,sinceeachdevicegetsitsownfolder.
User:Iftheserverrequiresalogin,entertheusername.Tologintoaspecicdomainserver,type
DOMAIN\username.
Password:Iftheserverrequiresalogin,enterthepassword.
SMBversion:SelecttheSMBstorageprotocolversiontoconnecttotheNAS.IfyouselectAuto,thedevicetries
tonegotiateoneofthesecureversionsSMB:3.02,3.0,or2.1.Select1.0or2.0toconnecttoolderNASthatdon’t
supporthigherversions.YoucanreadmoreaboutSMBsupportinAxisdeviceshere.
Addshareevenifconnectiontestfails:Selecttoaddthenetworkshareevenifanerrorisdiscoveredduringthe
connectiontest.Theerrorcanbe,forexample,thatyoudidn’tenterapasswordeventhoughtheserverrequiresone.
Removenetworkstorage:Clicktoremovetheconnectiontothenetworkshare.Thisremovesallsettingsforthenetworkshare.
Writeprotect:Turnontostopwritingtothenetworkshareandprotectrecordingsfrombeingremoved.Youcan’tformata
write-protectednetworkshare.
Ignore:Turnontostopstoringrecordingsonthenetworkshare.
Retentiontime:Selecthowlongtokeeprecordings,tolimittheamountofoldrecordingsortocomplywithregulationsregarding
datastorage.Ifthenetworkstoragebecomesfull,oldrecordingsareremovedbeforetheselectedtimeperiodhaspassed.
Tools
Testconnection:Testtheconnectiontothenetworkshare.
Format:Formatthenetworkshare,forexamplewhenyouneedtoquicklyerasealldata.cifsistheavailablele
systemoption.
ClickUsetooltoactivatetheselectedtool.
Onboardstorage
Important
Riskofdatalossandcorruptedrecordings.DonotremovetheSDcardwhilethedeviceisrunning.UnmounttheSD
cardbeforeyouremoveit.
Unmount:ClicktosafelyremovetheSDcard.
Writeprotect:TurnontostopwritingtotheSDcardandprotectrecordingsfrombeingremoved.Youcan’tformata
write-protectedSDcard.
Autoformat:TurnontoautomaticallyformatanewlyinsertedSDcard.Itformatsthelesystemintoext4.
Ignore:TurnontostopstoringrecordingsontheSDcard.WhenyouignoretheSDcard,thedevicenolongerrecognizesthatthe
cardexists.Thesettingisonlyavailableforadministrators.
Retentiontime:Selecthowlongtokeeprecordings,tolimittheamountofoldrecordingsortocomplywithregulationsregarding
datastorage.IftheSDcardbecomesfull,oldrecordingsareremovedbeforetheselectedtimeperiodhaspassed.
Tools
Check:CheckforerrorsontheSDcard.Thisonlyworksfortheext4lesystem.
Repair:Repairerrorsintheext4lesystem.TorepairanSDcardwiththeVFATlesystem,ejecttheSDcard,insertit
inacomputerandperformadiskrepair.
Format:FormattheSDcard,forexamplewhenyouneedtochangethelesystemorquicklyerasealldata.VFAT
andext4arethetwoavailablelesystemoptions.Therecommendedformatisext4,duetoitsresilienceagainst
datalossifthecardisejectedorifthereisanabruptpowerloss.However,youneedathird-partyext4driveror
applicationtoaccessthelesystemfromWindows®.
Encrypt:Encryptdatathatisstored.
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Decrypt:Decryptdatathatisstored.
Changepassword:ChangethepasswordrequiredtoencrypttheSDcard.
ClickUsetooltoactivatetheselectedtool.
Streamproles
Clicktocreateandsavegroupsofvideostreamsettings.Youcanusethesettingsindifferentsituations,forexamplein
continuousrecordingorwhenyouuseactionrulestorecord.
ONVIF
ONVIFusers
ONVIF(OpenNetworkVideoInterfaceForum)isaglobalinterfacestandardthatmakesiteasierforend-users,integrators,
consultants,andmanufacturerstotakeadvantageofthepossibilitiesofferedbynetworkvideotechnology.ONVIFenables
interoperabilitybetweendifferentvendorproducts,increasedexibility,reducedcostandfuture-proofsystems.
Adduser:ClicktoaddanewONVIFuser.
Username:Enterauniqueusername.
Newpassword:Enterapasswordfortheuser.Passwordsmustbe1to64characterslong.OnlyASCIIprintablecharacters(code
32to126)areallowedinthepassword,forexampleletters,numbers,punctuation,andsomesymbols.
Repeatpassword:Enterthesamepasswordagain
Role:
Administrator:Hasfullaccesstoallsettings.Administratorscanalsoadd,update,andremoveotherusers.
Operator:Hasaccesstoallsettingsexcept:
-AllSystemsettings.
-Addingapps.
Mediauser:Allowsaccesstothevideostreamonly.
Thecontextmenucontains:
Updateuser:Edittheuser’sproperties.
Deleteuser:Deletetheuser.Youcan’tdeletetherootuser.
BycreatinganONVIFuser,youautomaticallyenableONVIFcommunication.UsetheusernameandpasswordforallONVIF
communicationwiththedevice.FormoreinformationseetheAxisDeveloperCommunityataxis.com.
ONVIFmediaproles
AnONVIFmediaproleconsistsofasetofcongurationsthatyoucanusetochangemediastreamsettings.
Addmediaprole:ClicktoaddanewONVIFmediaprole.
prole_x:Clickaproletoedit.
Detectors
Cameratampering
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Thecameratamperingdetectorgeneratesanalarmwhenthescenechanges,forexamplebecausethelensiscovered,sprayed
orseverelyputoutoffocus,andthetimeinTriggerafterhaspassed.Thetamperingdetectoronlyactivateswhenthecamera
hasnotmovedforatleast10seconds.Duringthisperiodthedetectorsetsupascenemodeltouseasacomparisontodetect
tamperingincurrentimages.Forthescenemodeltobesetupproperly,makesurethatthecameraisinfocus,thelighting
conditionsarecorrect,andthecameradoesn’tpointatascenethatlackscontours,forexampleablankwall.Cameratampering
canbeusedasaconditiontotriggeractions.
Triggerafter:Entertheminimumtimethatthetamperingconditionsmustbeactivebeforethealarmtriggers.Thiscanhelp
preventfalsealarmsforknownconditionsthataffecttheimage.
Triggerondarkimages:Itisverydifculttogeneratealarmswhenthecameralensissprayed,sinceitisimpossibletodistinguish
thateventfromothersituationswheretheimageturnsdarkinasimilarway,forexamplewhenthelightingconditionschange.
Turnonthisparametertogeneratealarmsforallcaseswheretheimageturnsdark.Whenit’sturnedoff,thedevicedoesn’t
generateanyalarmwhentheimageturnsdark.
Audiodetection
Thesesettingsareavailableforeachaudioinput.
Soundlevel:Adjustthesoundleveltoavaluefrom0–100,where0isthemostsensitiveand100theleastsensitive.Usethe
activityindicatorasaguidewhenyousetthesoundlevel.Whenyoucreateevents,youcanusethesoundlevelasacondition.
Youcanchoosetotriggeranactionifthesoundlevelrisesabove,fallsbeloworpassesthesetvalue.
Accessories
I/Oports
Usedigitalinputtoconnectexternaldevicesthatcantogglebetweenanopenandclosedcircuit,forexamplePIRsensors,dooror
windowcontacts,andglassbreakdetectors.
UsedigitaloutputtoconnectexternaldevicessuchasrelaysandLEDs.YoucanactivateconnecteddevicesthroughtheVAPIX®
ApplicationProgrammingInterfaceorinthedeviceinterface.
Port
Name:Editthetexttorenametheport.
Direction:
indicatesthattheportisaninputport.indicatesthatit’sanoutputport.Iftheportiscongurable,
youcanclicktheiconstochangebetweeninputandoutput.
Normalposition:Clickifthenormalpositionshouldbeopencircuit,andifitshouldbeclosedcircuit.
Activeposition:Showsthecurrentstateoftheport.Theinputoroutputisactivatedwhentheactivepositionisdifferentfrom
thenormalposition.Aninputonthedevicehasanopencircuitwhenit’sdisconnectedorwhenthereisavoltageabove1VDC.
Note
Duringrestarttheoutputcircuitisopen.Whentherestartiscomplete,thecircuitgoesbacktothenormalposition.Ifyou
changeanysettingsonthispage,theoutputcircuitsgobacktotheirnormalpositionsregardlessofanyactivetriggers.
Supervised:TurnontomakeitpossibletodetectandtriggeractionsifsomeonetamperswiththeconnectiontodigitalI/Odevices.
Inadditiontodetectingifaninputisopenorclosed,youcanalsodetectifsomeonehastamperedwithit(thatis,cutorshorted).
Tosupervisetheconnectionrequiresadditionalhardware(end-of-lineresistors)intheexternalI/Oloop.
Logs
Reportsandlogs
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Reports
Viewthedeviceserverreport:Clicktoshowinformationabouttheproductstatusinapop-upwindow.TheAccess
LogisautomaticallyincludedintheServerReport.
Downloadthedeviceserverreport:Clicktodownloadtheserverreport.Itcreatesa.ziplethatcontainsacomplete
serverreporttextleinUTF–8format,aswellasasnapshotofthecurrentliveviewimage.Alwaysincludetheserver
report.ziplewhenyoucontactsupport.
Downloadthecrashreport:Clicktodownloadanarchivewithdetailedinformationabouttheserver'sstatus.The
crashreportcontainsinformationthatisintheserverreportaswellasdetaileddebuginformation.Thisreportmight
containsensitiveinformationsuchasnetworktraces.Itcantakeseveralminutestogeneratethereport.
Logs
Viewthesystemlog:Clicktoshowinformationaboutsystemeventssuchasdevicestartup,warningsandcritical
messages.
Viewtheaccesslog:Clicktoshowallfailedattemptstoaccessthedevice,forexamplewhenawronglogin
passwordisused.
Networktrace
Important
Anetworktracelemightcontainsensitiveinformation,forexamplecerticatesorpasswords.
Anetworktracelecanhelpyoutroubleshootproblemsbyrecordingactivityonthenetwork.Selectthedurationofthetracein
secondsorminutes,andclickDownload.
Remotesystemlog
Syslogisastandardformessagelogging.Itallowsseparationofthesoftwarethatgeneratesmessages,thesystemthatstores
them,andthesoftwarethatreportsandanalyzesthem.Eachmessageislabeledwithafacilitycode,whichindicatesthesoftware
typegeneratingthemessage,andassignedaseveritylevel.
Server:Clicktoaddanewserver.
Host:EnterthehostnameorIPaddressoftheserver.
Format:Selectwhichsyslogmessageformattouse.
RFC3164
RFC5424
Protocol:Selecttheprotocolandporttouse:
UDP(Defaultportis514)
TCP(Defaultportis601)
TLS(Defaultportis6514)
Severity:Selectwhichmessagestosendwhentriggered.
CAcerticateset:Seethecurrentsettingsoraddacerticate.
Plaincong
PlaincongisforadvanceduserswithexperienceofAxisdeviceconguration.Mostparameterscanbesetandeditedfrom
thispage.
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Maintenance
Restart:Restartthedevice.Thisdoesnotaffectanyofthecurrentsettings.Runningapplicationsrestartautomatically.
Restore:Returnmostsettingstothefactorydefaultvalues.Afterwardsyoumustrecongurethedeviceandapps,reinstallany
appsthatdidn’tcomepreinstalled,andrecreateanyeventsandPTZpresets.
Important
Theonlysettingssavedafterrestoreare:
Bootprotocol(DHCPorstatic)
StaticIPaddress
Defaultrouter
Subnetmask
802.1Xsettings
O3Csettings
Factorydefault:Returnallsettingstothefactorydefaultvalues.AfterwardsyoumustresettheIPaddresstomakethedevice
accessible.
Note
AllAxisdevicermwareisdigitallysignedtoensurethatyouonlyinstallveriedrmwareonyourdevice.Thisfurther
increasestheoverallminimumcybersecuritylevelofAxisdevices.Formoreinformation,seethewhitepaper“Signed
rmware,secureboot,andsecurityofprivatekeys”ataxis.com.
Firmwareupgrade:Upgradetoanewrmwareversion.Newrmwarereleasescancontainimprovedfunctionality,bug
xes,andcompletelynewfeatures.Werecommendyoutoalwaysusethelatestrelease.Todownloadthelatestrelease,go
toaxis.com/support.
Whenyouupgrade,youcanchoosebetweenthreeoptions:
Standardupgrade:Upgradetothenewrmwareversion.
Factorydefault:Upgradeandreturnallsettingstothefactorydefaultvalues.Whenyouchoosethisoption,youcan’t
reverttothepreviousrmwareversionaftertheupgrade.
Autorollback:Upgradeandconrmtheupgradewithinthesettime.Ifyoudon’tconrm,thedevicerevertstothe
previousrmwareversion.
Firmwarerollback:Reverttothepreviouslyinstalledrmwareversion.
Calibrate:Clicktoresettheopticstothefactorydefaultposition.Youneedtodothisiftheopticshavelostcalibrationduring
transport,orifthedevicehasbeenexposedtoextremevibrations.Whenyouresettheoptics,thefocusandzoomsettings
arealsoresettodefaultpositions.
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Viewarea
Aviewareaisacroppedpartofthefullview.Youcanstreamandstoreviewareasinsteadofthefullviewtominimizebandwidth
andstorageneeds.IfyouenablePTZforaviewarea,youcanpan,tiltandzoomwithinit.Byusingviewareasyoucanremoveparts
ofthefullview,forexample,thesky.
Whenyousetupaviewarea,werecommendyoutosetthevideostreamresolutiontothesamesizeasorsmallerthantheviewarea
size.Ifyousetthevideostreamresolutionlargerthantheviewareasizeitimpliesdigitallyscaledupvideoaftersensorcapture,
whichrequiresmorebandwidthwithoutaddingimageinformation.
Capturemodes
Acapturemodeisapresetcongurationthatdeneshowthecamerawillcaptureimages.Theselectedmodecanaffectthe
maximumresolutionandmaximumframerateavailableintheAxisproduct.Ifusingacapturemodewithalowerresolutionthan
themaximum,theeldofviewmightbereduced.Thecapturemodealsoaffectstheshutterspeed,whichinturnaffectsthelight
sensitivityacapturemodewithahighmaximumframeratewillhavereducedlightsensitivity,andviceversa.Notethatwhen
usingcertaincapturemodesyoumightnotbeabletouseWDR.
Thelowerresolutioncapturemodemaybesampledfromtheoriginalresolution,oritmaybecroppedoutfromtheoriginal,in
whichcasetheeldofviewmayalsobeaffected.
Theimageshowshowtheeldofviewandaspectratiocanchangebetweentwodifferentcapturemodes.
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Thecapturemodetochoosedependsontherequirementsfortheframerateandresolutionforthespecicsurveillancesetup.For
specicationsaboutavailablecapturemodes,seetheproduct’sdatasheetataxis.com.
Remotefocusandzoom
Theremotefocusandzoomfunctionalityallowsyoutomakefocusandzoomadjustmentstoyourcamerafromacomputer.Itisa
convenientwaytoensurethatthescene’sfocus,viewingangleandresolutionareoptimizedwithouthavingtovisitthecamera’s
installationlocation.
Privacymasks
Aprivacymaskisauser-denedareathatpreventsusersfromviewingapartofthemonitoredarea.Inthevideostream,privacy
masksappearasblocksofsolidcolor.
You’llseetheprivacymaskonallsnapshots,recordedvideo,andlivestreams.
YoucanusetheVAPIX®applicationprogramminginterface(API)toturnofftheprivacymasks.
Important
Ifyouusemultipleprivacymasksitmayaffecttheproduct’sperformance.
Important
Setthezoomandfocusbeforeyoucreateaprivacymask.
Overlays
Note
OverlaysarenotincludedinthevideostreamwhenusingSIPcalls.
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
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H.264isalicensedtechnology.TheAxisproductincludesoneH.264viewingclientlicense.Toinstalladditionalunlicensed
copiesoftheclientisprohibited.Topurchaseadditionallicenses,contactyourAxisreseller.
H.264can,withoutcompromisingimagequality,reducethesizeofadigitalvideolebymorethan80%comparedtotheMotion
JPEGformatandbyasmuchas50%comparedtoolderMPEGformats.Thismeansthatlessnetworkbandwidthandstoragespace
arerequiredforavideole.Orseenanotherway,highervideoqualitycanbeachievedforagivenbitrate.
H.265orMPEG-HPart2/HEVC
H.265can,withoutcompromisingimagequality,reducethesizeofadigitalvideolebymorethan25%comparedtoH.264.
Note
H.265islicensedtechnology.TheAxisproductincludesoneH.265viewingclientlicense.Installingadditionalunlicensed
copiesoftheclientisprohibited.Topurchaseadditionallicenses,contactyourAxisreseller.
Mostwebbrowsersdon’tsupportH.265decodingandbecauseofthisthecameradoesn’tsupportitinitswebinterface.
InsteadyoucanuseavideomanagementsystemorapplicationsupportingH.265decoding.
HowdoImage,Stream,andStreamprolesettingsrelatetoeachother?
TheImagetabcontainscamerasettingsthataffectallvideostreamsfromtheproduct.Ifyouchangesomethinginthistab,it
immediatelyaffectsallvideostreamsandrecordings.
TheStreamtabcontainssettingsforvideostreams.Yougetthesesettingsifyourequestavideostreamfromtheproductanddon’t
specifyforexampleresolution,orframerate.WhenyouchangethesettingsintheStreamtab,itdoesn’taffectongoingstreams,but
itwilltakeeffectwhenyoustartanewstream.
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.
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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.
kbit/s
s
1
2
1
Targetbitrate
2
Actualaveragebitrate
Youcanalsoturnonmaximumbitrateandspecifyatargetbitratewithintheaveragebitrateoption.
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kbit/s
s
1
2
1
Targetbitrate
2
Actualaveragebitrate
Applications
AXISCameraApplicationPlatform(ACAP)isanopenplatformthatenablesthirdpartiestodevelopanalyticsandotherapplications
forAxisproducts.Tondoutmoreaboutavailableapplications,downloads,trialsandlicenses,gotoaxis.com/applications.
TondtheusermanualsforAxisapplications,gotoaxis.com.
Note
Severalapplicationscanrunatthesametimebutsomeapplicationsmightnotbecompatiblewitheachother.Certain
combinationsofapplicationsmightrequiretoomuchprocessingpowerormemoryresourceswhenruninparallel.Verify
thattheapplicationsworktogetherbeforedeployment.
AXISObjectAnalytics
AXISObjectAnalyticsisananalyticapplicationthatcomespreinstalledonthecamera.Itdetectsobjectsthatmoveinthesceneand
classiesthemas,forexample,humansorvehicles.Youcansetuptheapplicationtosendalarmsfordifferenttypesofobjects.To
ndoutmoreabouthowtheapplicationworks,seetheusermanual.
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Specifications
Productoverview
P3265-LV
1
Domecover
2
Lid
3
Dome
4
Cameraunit
5
Mountingbracket
6
SDcardmemoryslot
7
Networkconnector(PoE)
8
StatusLEDindicator
9
IRLED
10
Audioconnector
11
Controlbutton
12
I/Oconnector
P3265-LVE
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Domecover
2
Lid
3
Dome
4
Cameraunit
5
Mountingbracket
6
Weathershield
7
SDcardmemoryslot
8
Networkconnector(PoE)
9
StatusLEDindicator
10
IRLED
11
Audioconnector
12
Controlbutton
13
I/Oconnector
LEDindicators
StatusLED
Indication
Unlit
Connectionandnormaloperation.
GreenShowssteadygreenfor10secondsfornormaloperationafterstartupcompleted.
Amber
Steadyduringstartup.Flashesduringrmwareupgradeorresettofactorydefault.
Amber/RedFlashesamber/redifnetworkconnectionisunavailableorlost.
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SDcardslot
NO 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.SeeResettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage53.
Connectors
Networkconnector
RJ45EthernetconnectorwithPoweroverEthernet(PoE).
Audioconnector
4-pinterminalblockforaudioinputandoutput.
FunctionPinNotes
GND
1
Ground
Ringpower
2
12Vforexternalsource
Microphone/Linein
3
Microphone(analogordigital)orlinein(mono).5Vmicrophonebiasisavailable.
Lineout
4
Linelevelaudiooutput(mono).Canbeconnectedtoapublicaddress(PA)systemoran
activespeakerwithabuilt-inamplier.
I/Oconnector
UsetheI/Oconnectorwithexternaldevicesincombinationwith,forexample,motiondetection,eventtriggering,andalarm
notications.Inadditiontothe0VDCreferencepointandpower(DCoutput),theI/Oconnectorprovidestheinterfaceto:
Digitalinput-Forconnectingdevicesthatcantogglebetweenanopenandclosedcircuit,forexamplePIRsensors,door/window
contacts,andglassbreakdetectors.
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Supervisedinput-Enablespossibilitytodetecttamperingonadigitalinput.
Digitaloutput-ForconnectingexternaldevicessuchasrelaysandLEDs.ConnecteddevicescanbeactivatedbytheVAPIX®
ApplicationProgrammingInterface,troughaneventorfromtheproduct’swebpage.
4-pinterminalblock
FunctionPinNotes
Specications
DCground
1
0VDC
DCoutput
2
Canbeusedtopowerauxiliaryequipment.
Note:Thispincanonlybeusedaspowerout.
12VDC
Maxload=25mA
DigitalInputor
SupervisedInput
3
Connecttopin1toactivate,orleaveoating(unconnected)
todeactivate.Tousesupervisedinput,installend-of-line
resistors.Seeconnectiondiagramforinformationabouthow
toconnecttheresistors.
0tomax30VDC
DigitalOutput
4
Internallyconnectedtopin1(DCground)whenactive,
andoating(unconnected)wheninactive.Ifusedwithan
inductiveload,e.g.,arelay,connectadiodeinparallelwith
theload,toprotectagainstvoltagetransients.
0tomax30VDC,opendrain,
100mA
Example
1
DCground
2
DCoutput12V,max25mA
3
Supervisedinput
4
Digitaloutput
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Troubleshooting
Resettofactorydefaultsettings
WARNING
Possiblyhazardousopticalradiationisemittedfromthisproduct.Itcanbeharmfultotheeyes.Donotstareat
theoperatinglamp.
Important
Resettofactorydefaultshouldbeusedwithcaution.Aresettofactorydefaultresetsallsettings,includingtheIPaddress,to
thefactorydefaultvalues.
Toresettheproducttothefactorydefaultsettings:
1.Disconnectpowerfromtheproduct.
2.Pressandholdthecontrolbuttonwhilereconnectingpower.SeeProductoverviewonpage49.
3.Keepthecontrolbuttonpressedfor15–30secondsuntilthestatusLEDindicatorashesamber.
4.Releasethecontrolbutton.TheprocessiscompletewhenthestatusLEDindicatorturnsgreen.Theproducthasbeenreset
tothefactorydefaultsettings.IfnoDHCPserverisavailableonthenetwork,thedefaultIPaddressis192.168.0.90.
5.UsetheinstallationandmanagementsoftwaretoolstoassignanIPaddress,setthepassword,andaccessthedevice.
Theinstallationandmanagementsoftwaretoolsareavailablefromthesupportpagesonaxis.com/support.
Youcanalsoresetparameterstofactorydefaultthroughthedevice’swebpage.GotoMaintenance>Factorydefaultandclick
Default.
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rmwareversion
Firmwareisthesoftwarethatdeterminesthefunctionalityofnetworkdevices.Whenyoutroubleshootaproblem,werecommend
youtostartbycheckingthecurrentrmwareversion.Thelatestrmwareversionmightcontainacorrectionthatxesyour
particularproblem.
Tocheckthecurrentrmware:
1.Gotothedeviceinterface>Status.
2.SeethermwareversionunderDeviceinfo.
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Upgradethermware
Important
Preconguredandcustomizedsettingsaresavedwhenyouupgradethermware(providedthatthefeaturesareavailablein
thenewrmware)althoughthisisnotguaranteedbyAxisCommunicationsAB.
Important
Makesurethedeviceremainsconnectedtothepowersourcethroughouttheupgradeprocess.
Note
Whenyouupgradethedevicewiththelatestrmwareintheactivetrack,theproductreceivesthelatestfunctionality
available.Alwaysreadtheupgradeinstructionsandreleasenotesavailablewitheachnewreleasebeforeyouupgradethe
rmware.Tondthelatestrmwareandthereleasenotes,gotoaxis.com/support/rmware.
1.Downloadthermwareletoyourcomputer,availablefreeofchargeataxis.com/support/rmware.
2.Logintothedeviceasanadministrator.
3.GotoMaintenance>FirmwareupgradeandclickUpgrade.
Whentheupgradehasnished,theproductrestartsautomatically.
YoucanuseAXISDeviceManagertoupgrademultipledevicesatthesametime.Findoutmoreat
axis.com/products/axis-device-manager.
Technicalissues,clues,andsolutions
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.
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.
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Thedevicecan’tbeaccessedfromabrowser
Can’tlogin
WhenHTTPSisenabled,ensurethatthecorrectprotocol(HTTPorHTTPS)isusedwhenattempting
tologin.Youmayneedtomanuallytypehttporhttpsinthebrowser’saddresseld.
Ifthepasswordfortheuserrootislost,thedevicemustberesettothefactorydefaultsettings.
SeeResettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage53.
TheIPaddresshasbeen
changedbyDHCP
IPaddressesobtainedfromaDHCPserveraredynamicandmaychange.IftheIPaddresshasbeen
changed,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManagertolocatethedeviceonthenetwork.Identify
thedeviceusingitsmodelorserialnumber,orbytheDNSname(ifthenamehasbeencongured).
Ifrequired,astaticIPaddresscanbeassignedmanually.Forinstructions,gotoaxis.com/support.
Certicateerrorwhenusing
IEEE802.1X
Forauthenticationtoworkproperly,thedateandtimesettingsintheAxisdevicemustbe
synchronizedwithanNTPserver.GotoSystem>Dateandtime.
Thedeviceisaccessiblelocallybutnotexternally
Toaccessthedeviceexternally,werecommendyoutouseoneofthefollowingapplicationsforWindows
®
:
AXISCompanion:freeofcharge,idealforsmallsystemswithbasicsurveillanceneeds.
AXISCameraStation:30-daytrialversionfreeofcharge,idealforsmalltomid-sizesystems.
Forinstructionsanddownload,gotoaxis.com/vms.
Problemswithstreaming
MulticastH.264only
accessiblebylocalclients
Checkifyourroutersupportsmulticasting,orifyouneedtoconguretheroutersettingsbetween
theclientandthedevice.YoumightneedtoincreasetheTTL(TimeToLive)value.
NomulticastH.264
displayedintheclient
CheckwithyournetworkadministratorthatthemulticastaddressesusedbytheAxisdevice
arevalidforyournetwork.
Checkwithyournetworkadministratortoseeifthereisarewallthatpreventsviewing.
PoorrenderingofH.264
images
Ensurethatyourgraphicscardusesthelatestdriver.Youcanusuallydownloadthelatestdrivers
fromthemanufacturer’swebsite.
Colorsaturationisdifferent
inH.264andMotionJPEG
Modifythesettingsforyourgraphicsadapter.Gototheadapter’sdocumentationformore
information.
Lowerframeratethan
expected
SeePerformanceconsiderationsonpage55.
Reducethenumberofapplicationsrunningontheclientcomputer.
Limitthenumberofsimultaneousviewers.
Checkwiththenetworkadministratorthatthereisenoughbandwidthavailable.
Lowertheimageresolution.
Logintothedevice’swebpageandsetacapturemodethatprioritizesframerate.If
youchangethecapturemodetoprioritizeframerateitmightlowerthemaximum
resolution,dependingonthedeviceusedandcapturemodesavailable.
Can'tselectH.265encoding
inliveview
Webbrowsersdon’tsupportH.265decoding.Useavideomanagementsystemorapplication
thatsupportsH.265decoding.
Performanceconsiderations
Whensettingupyoursystem,itisimportanttoconsiderhowvarioussettingsandsituationsaffecttheperformance.Somefactors
affecttheamountofbandwidth(thebitrate)required,otherscanaffecttheframerate,andsomeaffectboth.Iftheloadonthe
CPUreachesitsmaximum,thisalsoaffectstheframerate.
Thefollowingfactorsarethemostimportanttoconsider:
Highimageresolutionorlowercompressionlevelsresultinimagescontainingmoredatawhichinturnaffectsthe
bandwidth.
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RotatingtheimageintheGUIwillincreasetheproduct'sCPUload.
AccessbylargenumbersofMotionJPEGorunicastH.264clientsaffectsthebandwidth.
AccessbylargenumbersofMotionJPEGorunicastH.265clientsaffectsthebandwidth.
Simultaneousviewingofdifferentstreams(resolution,compression)bydifferentclientsaffectsbothframerateand
bandwidth.
Useidenticalstreamswhereverpossibletomaintainahighframerate.Streamprolescanbeusedtoensurethat
streamsareidentical.
AccessingMotionJPEGandH.264videostreamssimultaneouslyaffectsbothframerateandbandwidth.
AccessingMotionJPEGandH.265videostreamssimultaneouslyaffectsbothframerateandbandwidth.
Heavyusageofeventsettingsaffectstheproduct’sCPUloadwhichinturnaffectstheframerate.
UsingHTTPSmayreduceframerate,inparticularifstreamingMotionJPEG.
Heavynetworkutilizationduetopoorinfrastructureaffectsthebandwidth.
Viewingonpoorlyperformingclientcomputerslowersperceivedperformanceandaffectsframerate.
RunningmultipleAXISCameraApplicationPlatform(ACAP)applicationssimultaneouslymayaffecttheframerateand
thegeneralperformance.
Contactsupport
Contactsupportataxis.com/support.
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