Axis 01054-001 User Manual

AXISP14NetworkCameraSeries

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UserManual

AXISP14NetworkCameraSeries

Aboutthismanual

Aboutthismanual

ThisUserManualprovidesinformationontheproductregarding:

•Access

•Mainusecases

•Troubleshooting

•Specications

Note

TheUserManualmayincludemorethanoneproduct.Partofthecontent,e.g.someusecasesorspecications,mayonly
applytosomeofthem.Formoreinformationontheexactfeaturesetandspecications,seetheproduct’swebpageand
datasheetatwww.axis.com

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AXISP14NetworkCameraSeries

Solutionoverview

Solutionoverview

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AXISP14NetworkCameraSeries

Productoverview

Productoverview

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I/Oconnector

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Audioconnector

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StatusLEDindicator

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Controlbutton

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microSDcardslot

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Networkconnector

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

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AXISP14NetworkCameraSeries

Howtoaccesstheproduct

Howtoaccesstheproduct

AXISIPUtilityandAXISCameraManagementarerecommendedmethodsforndingAxisproductsonthenetworkandassigning
themIPaddressesinWindows®.Bothapplicationsarefreeandcanbedownloadedfromaxis.com/support

Theproductcanbeusedwiththefollowingbrowsers:

•Chrome

•Chrome

•Chrome

Ifyouneedmoreinformationaboutrecommendedbrowsers,gotoaxis.com/browser-support

TM

(recommended),Firefox

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(recommended)orSafari

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orFirefox

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withotheroperatingsystems.

Howtoaccesstheproductfromabrowser

1.Startawebbrowser.

2.EntertheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisproductinthebrowser’saddresseld.

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,Edge

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,orOpera

withOSX

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withWindows

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ToaccesstheproductfromaMaccomputer(OSX),gotoSafari,clickonBonjourandselecttheproductfromthe
drop-downlist.ToaddBonjourasabrowserbookmark,gotoSafari>Preferences.

IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddress,useAXISIPUtilitytolocatetheproductonthenetwork.Forinformationabout
howtodiscoverandassignanIPaddress,seethedocumentAssignanIPAddressandAccesstheVideoStreamonAxis
Supportwebataxis.com/support

3.Enteryourusernameandpassword.Ifthisisthersttimetheproductisaccessed,therootpasswordmustrstbe
congured.

4.Theproduct’sliveviewpageopensinyourbrowser.

Aboutsecurepasswords

Important

Axisdevicessendtheinitiallysetpasswordincleartextoverthenetwork.Toprotectyourdeviceaftertherstlogin,set
upasecureandencryptedHTTPSconnectionandthenchangethepassword.

Thedevicepasswordistheprimaryprotectionforthedataandservices.Axisdevicesdonotimposeapasswordpolicyastheymaybe
usedinvarioustypesofinstallations.Toprotectyourdatawerecommendthatyou:

•Changethedefaultpasswordthatcomeswiththedevices.

•Useapasswordwithatleast8characters,preferablycreatedbyapasswordgenerator.

•Don’texposethepassword.

•Changepasswordatarecurringinterval,atleastonceayear.

Setasecurepasswordfortherootaccount

Important

Thedefaultadministratorusernamerootcannotbedeleted.Ifthepasswordforrootislost,thedevicemustberesetto
thefactorydefaultsettings.

1.Makesuretofollowtheinstructionsaboutsecurepasswords.SeeAboutsecurepasswordsonpage5.

2.Typeapasswordandthenretypeittoconrmthespelling.

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Howtoaccesstheproduct

3.ClickCreatelogin.Thepasswordhasnowbeencongured.

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AXISP14NetworkCameraSeries

Setup

Setup

Abouttheproduct'sbuilt-inhelp

Youcanaccessthebuilt-inhelpthroughyourproduct’swebpage.Thehelpprovidesmoredetailedinformationontheproduct’s
featuresandtheirsettings.

Imagequality

Howtoselectexposuremode

Therearedifferentexposuremodeoptionsinthecamerathatadjustsaperture,shutterspeed,andgaintoimproveimagequalityfor
specicsurveillancescenes.GotoSettings>Image>Exposureandselectbetweenthefollowingexposuremodes:

•Formostusecases,selectAutomaticexposure.

•Forenvironmentswithcertainarticiallighting,forexampleuorescentlighting,selectFlicker-free.

•Forenvironmentswithcertainarticiallightandbrightlight,forexampleoutdoorswithuorescentlightingatnightand
sunduringdaytime,selectFlicker-reduced.

•Tolockthecurrentexposuresettings,selectHoldcurrent.

Aboutviewarea

Aviewareaisacroppedpartofthefullview.Youcanstreamandstoreviewareasinsteadofthefullviewtominimizebandwidth
andstorageneeds.IfyouenablePTZforaviewarea,youcanpan,tiltandzoomwithinit.Byusingviewareasyoucanremoveparts
ofthefullview,forexample,thesky.

Whenyousetupaviewarea,werecommendyoutosetthevideostreamresolutiontothesamesizeasorsmallerthantheviewarea
size.Ifyousetthevideostreamresolutionlargerthantheviewareasizeitimpliesdigitallyscaledupvideoaftersensorcapture,
whichrequiresmorebandwidthwithoutaddingimageinformation.

Howtohidepartsoftheimagewithprivacymasks

Whatisaprivacymask?

Aprivacymaskisauser-denedareathatpreventsusersfromviewingapartofthemonitoredarea.Inthevideostream,privacy
masksappearasblocksofsolidcolor.

You’llseetheprivacymaskonallsnapshots,recordedvideo,andlivestreams.

YoucanusetheVAPIX®applicationprogramminginterface(API)toturnofftheprivacymasks.

Important

Usingmultipleprivacymasksmayaffecttheproduct’sperformance.

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