Axis 01056-001 User Manual

AXISP33NetworkCameraSeries

AXISP3374–V

AXISP3374–LV

AXISP3375–V

AXISP3375–LV

AXISP3375–VE

AXISP3375–LVE

UserManual

AXISP33NetworkCameraSeries

TableofContents

Aboutthismanual..........................................3

Productoverview...........................................4

P3374-LVandP3375-LV..........................................4

P3374-VandP3375-V...........................................5

P3375-LVE.....................................................6

P3375-VE......................................................8

Howtoaccesstheproduct....................................10

Howtoaccesstheproductfromabrowser...........................10

Aboutsecurepasswords..........................................10

Setup.....................................................12

Abouttheproduct'sbuilt-inhelp...................................12

Adjustfocusandzoom...........................................12

Imagequality...................................................12

Aboutoverlays..................................................14

Streamingandstorage...........................................15

Aboutevents...................................................16

Aboutapplications..............................................18

Troubleshooting............................................19

Howtoresettofactorydefaultsettings.............................19

Howtocheckthecurrentrmware.................................19

Howtoupgradethermware.....................................19

Technicalissues,cluesandsolutions................................20

Performanceconsiderations.......................................21

Specications..............................................22

LEDindicators..................................................22

SDcardslot....................................................22

Buttons.......................................................22

Connectors....................................................22

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Aboutthismanual

Aboutthismanual

Thisusermanualdescribesmultipleproducts.Someoftheinstructionsmaynotberelevantforyourproduct.

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Productoverview

Productoverview

P3374-LVandP3375-LV

1

Cameraunit

2

Domecover

1

Networkconnector(PoE)

2

Audioout

3

LEDindicator

4

Audioin

5

I/Oconnector

6

Controlbutton

7

SDcardslot(microSD/microSDHC)

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Productoverview

P3374-VandP3375-V

1

Cameraunit

2

Viewprotector

3

Domecover

1

Networkconnector(PoE)

2

Audioout

3

LEDindicator

4

Audioin

5

I/Oconnector

6

Controlbutton

7

SDcardslot(microSD/microSDHC)

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Productoverview

P3375-LVE

1

Mountingbracket

2

Unitcasing

3

Domecover

4

Weathershield

5

Cameraunit

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Productoverview

1

Networkconnector(PoE)

2

Audioout

3

LEDindicator

4

Audioin

5

I/Oconnector

6

Controlbutton

7

SDcardslot(microSD/microSDHC)

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Productoverview

P3375-VE

1

Mountingbracket

2

Unitcasing

3

Domecover

4

Weathershield

5

Cameraunit

6

Viewprotector

1

Networkconnector(PoE)

2

Audioout

3

LEDindicator

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Productoverview

4

Audioin

5

I/Oconnector

6

Controlbutton

7

SDcardslot(microSD/microSDHC)

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Howtoaccesstheproduct

Howtoaccesstheproduct

AXISIPUtilityandAXISCameraManagementarerecommendedmethodsforndingAxisproductsonthenetworkandassigning
themIPaddressesinWindows®.Bothapplicationsarefreeandcanbedownloadedfromaxis.com/support

Theproductcanbeusedwiththefollowingbrowsers:

•Chrome

•Chrome

•Chrome

Ifyouneedmoreinformationaboutrecommendedbrowsers,gotoaxis.com/browser-support

TM

(recommended),Firefox

TM

(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.

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

Note

ToshowBonjourasabrowserbookmark,gotoSafari>Preferences.

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

4.Theproduct’sliveviewpageopensinyourbrowser.

Aboutsecurepasswords

Important

Whensettingtheinitialpassword,thepasswordissentincleartextoverthenetwork.Ifthereisariskofnetworksnifng,
rstsetupasecureandencryptedHTTPSconnectionbeforeresettingthepasswords.

Thedevicepasswordistheprimaryprotectionforthedataandservices.Axis’productsdonotimposeapasswordpolicyasproducts
maybeusedinvarioustypesofinstallations,buttoprotectyourdatadothefollowing:

•Don’tusethedefaultpasswordthatcomeswiththeproducts.

•Useapasswordwithatleast8characters,preferablyusingapasswordgenerator.

•Don’texposethepassword.

•Changepasswordatarecurringinterval,atleastonceayear.

Setapasswordfortherootaccount

Important

Thedefaultadministratorusernamerootcannotbedeleted.Ifthepasswordforrootislost,theproductmustberesetto
thefactorydefaultsettings.

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Howtoaccesstheproduct

Thedefaultrootaccounthasfullprivilegesandshouldbereservedforadministrativetasks.Alwayscreateauseraccountwithlimited
privilegesfordailyuse.Thisreducestheexposureoftheadministrativeaccount.

1.Makesuretofollowtheinstructionsaboutsecurepasswords,seeAboutsecurepasswordsonpage10.

2.Typeapasswordandthenretypeittoconrmthespelling.

3.ClickCreatelogin.Thepasswordhasnowbeencongured.

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Setup

Abouttheproduct'sbuilt-inhelp

Youcanaccessthebuilt-inhelpthroughyourproduct’swebpage.Thehelpprovidesmoredetailedinformationontheproduct’s
featuresandtheirsettings.

Adjustfocusandzoom

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Thisisanelectronically-focusedcamera.Adjustingfocusandzoommanuallyonthecameracandamagethelens.

Note

Duetothedome’srefraction,theimagemayappearslightlyoutoffocusoncethedomehasbeenplaced.Tocorrect
thisgotoSettings>Image>FocusandclickAutofocus.

Toadjustfocusandzoom:

1.GotoSettings>Image>Zoomandsetthedesiredzoomlevel.

2.UnderFocus,clickAutofocus.

Imagequality

Howtoreducemotionblurinlow-lightconditions

Toreducemotionblurinlow-lightconditions,youcanadjustoneormoreofthefollowingsettings:

Note

Imagenoisewillincreaseifyouincreasethegain.

•Increaseshutterspeedandgain.GotoSettings>Image>ExposureandsetMaxshuttertoalowervalue,andMaxgain
toahighervalue.

Note

Thedepthofeldwillgetshallowerifyouopentheaperture.

•Opentheaperture.GotoSettings>Image>ExposureandmovetheTargetapertureslidertowardOpen.

Ifyouarestillexperiencingmotionblur,youcantryoneofthefollowing:

•Increasethelightlevelinthescene.

•Mountthecamerasothatobjectsmovetowarditorawayfromitratherthansideways.

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Setup

HowtobenetfromIRlightinlow-lightconditionsusingnightmode

Yourcameradeliverscolorimagesduringtheday.Aslightdiminishes,youcansetthecameratoautomaticallyshifttonightmode.
Withthissettingenabled,thecameradeliversblack-and-whiteimageswiththehelpofIRlight.

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

2.Todetermineatwhatlightlevelyouwantthecameratoshifttonightmode,movetheThresholdslidertowardBright
orDark.

Note

Ifyousettheshifttooccurwhenit’sbrighter,theimageremainssharperastherewillbelesslow-lightnoise.Ifyou
settheshifttooccurwhenit’sdarker,theimagecolorsaremaintainedlongerbuttherewillbemoreimageblurdue
tolow-lightnoise.

3.EnableIRilluminationtousethecamera’sbuilt-inIRlightwhenthenightmodeisactivated.

Howtoselectexposuremode

Thereareseveralexposuremodeoptionsinthecamerathatadjustsaperture,shutterspeed,andgaintoimproveimagequalityfor
specicsurveillancescenes.IntheImagetab,selectbetweenthefollowingoptions:

•Formostusecases,selectAutomaticexposure.

•Forenvironmentswithcertainarticiallighting,forexampleuorescentlighting,selectFlicker-free.

Selectthesamefrequencyasthepowerlinefrequency.

•Forenvironmentswithcertainarticiallightandbrightlight,forexampleoutdoorswithuorescentlightingatnightand
sunduringdaytime,selectFlicker-reduced.

Selectthesamefrequencyasthepowerlinefrequency.

•Tolockthecurrentexposuresettings,selectHoldcurrent.

Howtomonitorlongandnarrowareas

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

1.Dependingonyourproduct,turnthecameraorthe3–axislensinthecamera90°or270°.

2.GotoSettings>Stream>Orientationontheproduct’swebpageandrotatetheview90°or270°.

Findoutmoreataxis.com/axis-corridor-format

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Aboutviewarea

Aviewareaisacroppedpartofthefullview.Youcanstreamandstoretheviewareainsteadofthefullviewtominimizebandwidth
andstorageneeds.IfyouenablePTZfortheviewarea,youcanpan,tiltandzoomwithinit.Byusingaviewareayoucanremove
partsofthefullview,forexample,thesky .

Whenyousetupaviewarea,werecommendyoutosetthevideostreamresolutiontothesamesizeasorsmallerthantheviewarea
size.Ifyousetthevideostreamresolutionlargerthantheviewareasizeitimpliesdigitallyscaledupvideoaftersensorcapture,
whichrequiresmorebandwidthwithoutaddingimageinformation.

Howtohandlesceneswithstrongbacklight

UseWDRtomakebothdarkandbrightareasoftheimagevisible.

1.GotoSettings>Image.

2.TurnonWDRunderWidedynamicrange.

ImagewithoutWDR.

ImagewithWDR.

Note

IfyouuseWDR,youmayexperiencesomeWDRartifactsintheimage.

FindoutmoreaboutWDRandhowtouseitataxis.com/web-articles/wdr

Aboutoverlays

Overlaysaresuperimposedoverthevideostream.Theyareusedtoprovideextrainformationduringrecordings,suchasatimestamp,
orduringproductinstallationandconguration.

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Setup

Howtoshowatextoverlaywhenthecameradetectsmotion

Thisexampleexplainshowtodisplaythetext“Motiondetected”whenthecameradetectsmotion:

1.GotoSettings>Overlay.

2.Enter#Dinthetexteld.

3.Choosealignment,textsizeandappearance.

4.Includethetextoverlay.

5.GotoSystem>Events>Actionrules.

6.CreateanactionrulewithAXISVideoMotionDetectionastrigger.

7.Fromthelistofactions,selectOverlaytext.

8.Type“Motiondetected”.

9.Settheduration.

Streamingandstorage

Howtochoosevideocompressionformat

Decidewhichcompressionmethodtousebasedonyourviewingrequirements,andonthepropertiesofyournetwork.The
availableoptionsare:

MotionJPEG

MotionJPEGorMJPEGisadigitalvideosequencethatismadeupofaseriesofindividualJPEGimages.Theseimagesarethen
displayedandupdatedataratesufcienttocreateastreamthatshowsconstantlyupdatedmotion.Fortheviewertoperceivemotion
videotheratemustbeatleast16imageframespersecond.Fullmotionvideoisperceivedat30(NTSC)or25(PAL)framespersecond.

TheMotionJPEGstreamusesconsiderableamountsofbandwidth,butprovidesexcellentimagequalityandaccesstoeveryimage
containedinthestream.

H.264orMPEG-4Part10/AVC

Note

H.264isalicensedtechnology.TheAxisproductincludesoneH.264viewingclientlicense.Installingadditionalunlicensed
copiesoftheclientisprohibited.Topurchaseadditionallicenses,contactyourAxisreseller.

H.264can,withoutcompromisingimagequality,reducethesizeofadigitalvideolebymorethan80%comparedtotheMotion
JPEGformatandbyasmuchas50%comparedtotheMPEG-4standard.Thismeansthatlessnetworkbandwidthandstoragespace
arerequiredforavideole.Orseenanotherway,highervideoqualitycanbeachievedforagivenbitrate.

Howtoreducebandwidthandstorage

Important

Ifyoureducethebandwidthitcanresultinlessdetailsinthepicture.

1.GotoliveviewandselectH.264.

2.GotoSettings>Stream.

3.Dooneormoreofthefollowing:

-TurnontheZipstreamfunctionalityandselectthedesiredlevel.

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-TurnondynamicGOPandsetahighGOPlengthvalue.

-Increasethecompression.

-TurnondynamicFPS.

Howtosetupnetworkstorage

Tostorerecordingsonthenetwork,youneedtosetupnetworkstorage:

1.GotoSettings>System>Storage.

2.ClickSetupunderNetworkstorage.

3.EntertheIPaddressofthehostserver.

4.Enterthenameofthesharedlocationonthehostserver.

5.Movetheswitchifthesharerequiresalogin,andenterusernameandpassword.

6.ClickConnect.

Howtoaddaudiotoyourrecording

Editthestreamprolewhichisusedfortherecording:

1.GotoSettings>System>Streamproles.

2.Selectthestreamproletomodify.

3.IntheAudiotab,selecttheAudiostreamcheckboxandselectOnfromthedrop-downlist.

4.ClickOk.

Aboutevents

Theeventpagesallowyoutocongureyourproducttoperformactionswhendifferenteventsoccur.Forexample,theproduct
canstartarecordingorsendanemailnoticationwhenmotionisdetected.Thesetofconditionsthatdeneshowandwhen
theactionistriggerediscalledanactionrule.

Howtorecordvideowhenthecameradetectsmotion

ThisexampleexplainshowtosetupthecameratostartrecordingtotheSDcardvesecondsbeforeitdetectsmotionandto
stoponeminuteafter.

MakesuretheAXISVideoMotionDetectionapplicationisrunning:

1.GotoSettings>Apps>AXISVideoMotionDetection.

2.Starttheapplicationifitisnotalreadyrunning.

3.Makesureyouhavesetuptheapplicationaccordingtoyourneeds.

Createanactionrule:

4.GotoSettings>System>Eventsandaddanactionrule.

5.Typeanamefortheactionrule.

6.Fromthelistoftriggers,selectApplicationsandthenselectAXISVideoMotionDetection(VMD).

7.Fromthelistofactions,selectRecordvideo.

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8.Selectanexistingstreamproleorcreateanewone.

9.Setthepre-triggertimeto5seconds.

10.Setthepost-triggertimeto60seconds.

11.SelectSDcardfromthelistofstorageoptions.

12.ClickOk.

HowtorecordvideowhenaPIRdetectorsensesmotion

ThisexampleexplainshowtoconnectanAxisPIRdetectortothecamera,andsetupthecameratostartrecordingwhenthe
detectorsensesmotion.

Requiredhardware

•3–wirecable(ground,power,I/O)

•AxisPIRdetector

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NO NO

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Disconnectthecamerafrompowerbeforeconnectingthewires.Reconnecttopowerafterallconnectionsaredone.

Connectthewirestothecamera’sI/Oconnector

Note

ForinformationontheI/Oconnector,seeConnectorsonpage22

1.Connectthegroundwiretopin1(GND/-).

2.Connectthepowerwiretopin2(12VDCoutput).

3.ConnecttheI/Owiretopin3(I/Oinput).

ConnectthewirestothePIRdetector’sI/Oconnector

1.Connecttheotherendofthegroundwiretopin1(GND/-).

2.Connecttheotherendofthepowerwiretopin2(DCinput/+).

3.ConnecttheotherendoftheI/Owiretopin3(I/Ooutput).

ConguretheI/Oportinthecamera’swebpage

1.GotoSettings>System>I/Oports.

2.Givetheinputmoduleadescriptivename.

3.TomakethePIRdetectorsendasignaltothecamerawhenitsensesmotion,selectClosedcircuitinthedrop-downlist.

TotriggerthecameratostartrecordingwhenitreceivesasignalfromthePIRdetector ,youneedtocreateanactionruleinthe
camera’swebpage.

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Howtodetecttamperingwithinputsignal

Thisexampleexplainshowtotriggeranalarmwhentheinputsignalhasbeencutorshort-circuited.Formoreinformationaboutthe
I/Oconnector,seepage23.

1.GotoSettings>System>I/OPortsandenableSupervisedI/O.

Createanactionrule:

1.GotoSettings>System>Eventsandcreateanactionrule.

2.Typeanamefortheactionrule.

3.Fromthelistoftriggers,selectInputSignalandthenDigitalinputport.SelectInput1andsetTamperedtoYes.

4.Fromthelistofschedules,selectAlways.

5.Fromthelistofactions,selectSendNoticationandthenselectarecipientorcreateanewrecipient.

6.ClickOK.

Aboutapplications

AXISCameraApplicationPlatform(ACAP)isanopenplatformthatenablesthirdpartiestodevelopanalyticsandotherapplications
forAxisproducts.Tondoutmoreaboutavailableapplications,downloads,trialsandlicenses,gotoaxis.com/applications

TondtheusermanualsforAxisapplications,gotoaxis.com

Note

•Severalapplicationscanrunatthesametimebutsomeapplicationsmightnotbecompatiblewitheachother.Certain

combinationsofapplicationsmightrequiretoomuchprocessingpowerormemoryresourceswhenruninparallel.Verify
thattheapplicationsworktogetherbeforedeployment.

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Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting

Howtoresettofactorydefaultsettings

Important

Resettofactorydefaultshouldbeusedwithcaution.Aresettofactorydefaultresetsallsettings,includingtheIPaddress,to
thefactorydefaultvalues.

Toresettheproducttothefactorydefaultsettings:

1.Disconnectpowerfromtheproduct.

2.Pressandholdthecontrolbuttonwhilereconnectingpower.SeeProductoverview.

3.Keepthecontrolbuttonpressedfor15–30secondsuntilthestatusLEDindicatorashesamber.

4.Releasethecontrolbutton.TheprocessiscompletewhenthestatusLEDindicatorturnsgreen.Theproducthasbeenreset
tothefactorydefaultsettings.IfnoDHCPserverisavailableonthenetwork,thedefaultIPaddressis192.168.0.90

5.UsetheinstallationandmanagementsoftwaretoolstoassignanIPaddress,setthepassword,andaccessthevideostream.

Theinstallationandmanagementsoftwaretoolsareavailablefromthesupportpagesonaxis.com/support

Howtocheckthecurrentrmware

Firmwareisthesoftwarethatdeterminesthefunctionalityofnetworkdevices.Oneofyourrstactionswhentroubleshootinga
problemshouldbetocheckthecurrentrmwareversion.Thelatestversionmaycontainacorrectionthatxesyourparticular
problem.

Tocheckthecurrentrmware:

1.Gototheproduct’swebpage.

2.Clickonthehelpmenu.

3.ClickAbout.

Howtoupgradethermware

Important

Preconguredandcustomizedsettingsaresavedwhenthermwareisupgraded(providedthatthefeaturesareavailablein
thenewrmware)althoughthisisnotguaranteedbyAxisCommunicationsAB.

Note

Whenyouupgradetheproductwiththelatestrmware,theproductreceivesthelatestfunctionalityavailable.Alwaysread
theupgradeinstructionsandreleasenotesavailablewitheachnewreleasebeforeupgradingthermware.Tondthelatest
rmwareandthereleasenotes,gotoaxis.com/support/rmware

1.Downloadthelatestrmwareletoyourcomputer,availablefreeofchargeataxis.com/support/rmware

2.Logintotheproductasanadministrator.

Note

Itisimportantthattheproductremainsconnectedtothepowersourcethroughouttheupgradeprocess.

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3.GotoSettings>System>Maintenanceintheproduct’swebpageandfollowtheinstructions.Whentheupgradehas
nished,theproductrestartsautomatically.

AXISCameraManagementcanbeusedformultipleupgrades.Findoutmoreataxis.com/products/axis-camera-management

Technicalissues,cluesandsolutions

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

Problemsupgradingthermware

FirmwareupgradefailureIfthermwareupgradefails,theproductreloadsthepreviousrmware.Themostcommonreason

ProblemssettingtheIPaddress

Theproductislocatedona
differentsubnet

TheIPaddressisbeingused
byanotherdevice

isthatthewrongrmwarelehasbeenuploaded.Checkthatthenameofthermwarele
correspondstoyourproductandtryagain.

IftheIPaddressintendedfortheproductandtheIPaddressofthecomputerusedtoaccessthe
productarelocatedondifferentsubnets,youcannotsettheIPaddress.Contactyournetwork
administratortoobtainanIPaddress.

DisconnecttheAxisproductfromthenetwork.Runthepingcommand(inaCommand/DOS
window,typepingandtheIPaddressoftheproduct):

PossibleIPaddressconict
withanotherdeviceonthe
samesubnet

Theproductcannotbeaccessedfromabrowser

Cannotlogin

TheIPaddresshasbeen
changedbyDHCP

Certicateerrorwhenusing
IEEE802.1X

Theproductisaccessiblelocallybutnotexternally

Routerconguration

Firewallprotection

ThestaticIPaddressintheAxisproductisusedbeforetheDHCPserversetsadynamicaddress.
ThismeansthatifthesamedefaultstaticIPaddressisalsousedbyanotherdevice,theremay
beproblemsaccessingtheproduct.

WhenHTTPSisenabled,ensurethatthecorrectprotocol(HTTPorHTTPS)isusedwhenattempting
tologin.Youmayneedtomanuallytypehttporhttpsinthebrowser’saddresseld.

Ifthepasswordfortheuserrootislost,theproductmustberesettothefactorydefaultsettings.
SeeHowtoresettofactorydefaultsettings.

IPaddressesobtainedfromaDHCPserveraredynamicandmaychange.IftheIPaddresshas
beenchanged,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISCameraManagementtolocatetheproductonthe
network.Identifytheproductusingitsmodelorserialnumber,orbytheDNSname(ifthename
hasbeencongured).

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

Forauthenticationtoworkproperly,thedateandtimesettingsintheAxisproductmustbe
synchronizedwithanNTPserver.GotoSettings>System>Dateandtime

CheckthatyourrouterallowsincomingdatatrafctotheAxisproduct.Theroutermustsupport
UPnP

ChecktheInternetrewallwithyournetworkadministrator.

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

•Ifyoureceive:Requesttimedout,thismeansthattheIPaddressisavailable
forusewiththeAxisproduct.Checkallcablingandreinstalltheproduct.

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Problemswithstreaming

MulticastH.264only
accessiblebylocalclients

NomulticastH.264
displayedintheclient

PoorrenderingofH.264
images

Colorsaturationisdifferent
inH.264andMotionJPEG

Lowerframeratethan
expected

Checkifyourroutersupportsmulticasting,oriftheroutersettingsbetweentheclientandthe
productneedtobecongured.TheTTL(TimeToLive)valuemayneedtobeincreased.

CheckwithyournetworkadministratorthatthemulticastaddressesusedbytheAxisproduct
arevalidforyournetwork.

Checkwithyournetworkadministratortoseeifthereisarewallpreventingviewing.

Ensurethatyourgraphicscardisusingthelatestdriver .Thelatestdriverscanusuallybe
downloadedfromthemanufacturer’swebsite.

Modifythesettingsforyourgraphicsadapter.Gototheadapter’sdocumentationformore
information.

•SeePerformanceconsiderationsonpage21.

•Reducethenumberofapplicationsrunningontheclientcomputer.

•Limitthenumberofsimultaneousviewers.

•Checkwiththenetworkadministratorthatthereisenoughbandwidthavailable.

•Lowertheimageresolution.

•Themaximumframespersecondisdependentontheutilityfrequency(60/50Hz)of
theAxisproduct.

Performanceconsiderations

Whensettingupyoursystem,itisimportanttoconsiderhowvarioussettingsandsituationsaffecttheperformance.Somefactors
affecttheamountofbandwidth(thebitrate)required,otherscanaffecttheframerate,andsomeaffectboth.Iftheloadonthe
CPUreachesitsmaximum,thisalsoaffectstheframerate.

Thefollowingfactorsarethemostimportanttoconsider:

•Highimageresolutionorlowercompressionlevelsresultinimagescontainingmoredatawhichinturnaffectsthe
bandwidth.

•AccessbylargenumbersofMotionJPEGorunicastH.264clientsaffectsthebandwidth.

•Simultaneousviewingofdifferentstreams(resolution,compression)bydifferentclientsaffectsbothframerateand
bandwidth.

Useidenticalstreamswhereverpossibletomaintainahighframerate.Streamprolescanbeusedtoensurethat
streamsareidentical.

•AccessingMotionJPEGandH.264videostreamssimultaneouslyaffectsbothframerateandbandwidth.

•Heavyusageofeventsettingsaffectstheproduct’sCPUloadwhichinturnaffectstheframerate.

•UsingHTTPSmayreduceframerate,inparticularifstreamingMotionJPEG.

•Heavynetworkutilizationduetopoorinfrastructureaffectsthebandwidth.

•Viewingonpoorlyperformingclientcomputerslowersperceivedperformanceandaffectsframerate.

•RunningmultipleAXISCameraApplicationPlatform(ACAP)applicationssimultaneouslymayaffecttheframerateand
thegeneralperformance.

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Specifications

Specifications

Tondthelatestversionoftheproduct’sdatasheet,gototheproductpageonaxis.comandlocateSupport&Documentation.

LEDindicators

Note

StatusLED

Unlit

GreenShowssteadygreenfor10secondsfornormaloperationafterstartupcompleted.

Amber

Amber/RedFlashesamber/redifnetworkconnectionisunavailableorlost.

Indication

Connectionandnormaloperation.

Steadyduringstartup.Flashesduringrmwareupgradeorresettofactorydefault.

SDcardslot

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TICE

NO NO

TICE TICE

•RiskofdamagetoSDcard.Donotusesharptools,metalobjects,orexcessiveforcewheninsertingorremovingthe

SDcard.Useyourngerstoinsertandremovethecard.

•Riskofdatalossandcorruptedrecordings.DonotremovetheSDcardwhiletheproductisrunning.UnmounttheSDcard

fromtheproduct’swebpagebeforeremoval.

ThisproductsupportsmicroSD/microSDHC/microSDXCcards(notincluded).

ForSDcardrecommendations,seeaxis.com

Buttons

Controlbutton

Thecontrolbuttonisusedfor:

•Resettingtheproducttofactorydefaultsettings.SeeHowtoresettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage19.

•ConnectingtoanAXISVideoHostingSystemservice.Toconnect,pressandholdthebuttonforabout3secondsuntilthe
statusLEDashesgreen.

Connectors

Networkconnector

RJ45EthernetconnectorwithPoweroverEthernet(PoE).

Audioconnector

TheAxisproducthasthefollowingaudioconnectors:

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

•Audioout(green)–3.5mmoutputforaudio(linelevel)thatcanbeconnectedtoapublicaddress(PA)systemoran
activespeakerwithabuilt-inamplier.Itisrecommendedtouseastereoconnectorforaudioout.

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Foraudioin,theleftchannelisusedfromastereosignal.

3.5mmaudioconnectors
(stereo)

1Tip2Ring

AudioInput

AudioOutput

Theinternalmicrophoneisusedbydefault;theexternalmicrophoneisusedwhenconnected.Itispossibletodisabletheinternal
microphonebyconnectingaplugtothemicrophoneinput.

Microphone/Linein

Lineout,monoLineout,mono

Microphonebiasvoltage

I/Oconnector

UsetheI/Oconnectorwithexternaldevicesincombinationwith,forexample,motiondetection,eventtriggering,andalarm
notications.Inadditiontothe0VDCreferencepointandpower(DCoutput),theI/Oconnectorprovidestheinterfaceto:

Digitaloutput-ForconnectingexternaldevicessuchasrelaysandLEDs.ConnecteddevicescanbeactivatedbytheVAPIX®
ApplicationProgrammingInterfaceorintheproduct’swebpage.

Digitalinput-Forconnectingdevicesthatcantogglebetweenanopenandclosedcircuit,forexamplePIRsensors,door/window
contacts,andglassbreakdetectors.

Supervisedinput-Enablespossibilitytodetecttamperingonadigitalinput.

4-pinterminalblock

FunctionPinNotes

0VDC(-)

DCoutput

DigitalInputor
SupervisedInput

DigitalOutput

1

2

3

4

DCground0VDC

Canbeusedtopowerauxiliaryequipment.
Note:Thispincanonlybeusedaspowerout.

Connecttopin1toactivate,orleaveoating(unconnected)
todeactivate.Tousesupervisedinput,installend-of-line
resistors.Seeconnectiondiagramforinformationabouthow
toconnecttheresistors.

Connecttopin1toactivate,orleaveoating(unconnected)
todeactivate.Ifusedwithaninductiveload,e.g.,arelay,
connectadiodeinparallelwiththeload,toprotectagainst
voltagetransients.

Specications

12VDC
Maxload=25mA

0tomax30VDC

0tomax30VDC,opendrain,
100mA

3Sleeve

Ground

Ground

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AXISP33NetworkCameraSeries

Specifications

1

0VDC(-)

2

DCoutput12V,max50mA

A

I/Oconguredasinput

B

I/Oconguredassupervisedinput

C

I/Oconguredasoutput

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