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TableofContents

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

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

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

Howtochooselens..............................................5

Setup.....................................................6

Abouttheproduct'sbuilt-inhelp...................................6

Aboutlong-distanceconnections...................................6

Imagequality...................................................6

Overlays.......................................................12

PTZ(PanTiltZoom)..............................................13

Streamingandstorage...........................................13

Events........................................................15

Applications....................................................18

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

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

Howtocheckthecurrentrmware.................................19

Howtoupgradethermware.....................................19

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

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

Specications..............................................22

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

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

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

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Aboutthismanual

Aboutthismanual

Thisusermanualdescribesmultipleproducts.Someoftheinstructionsmaynotberelevantforyourproduct.

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Productoverview

Productoverview

Productoverview

1

StatusLEDindicator

2

Lens

3

Networkconnector(PoE)

4

Controlbutton(1)

5

Functionbutton(2)

6

microSDCardslot

7

Audioin

8

Audioout

9

I/Oconnector

10

Irisconnector

11

Powerconnector

12

PowerLEDindicator

13

NetworkLEDindicator

14

RS485/RS422connector

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Productoverview

Howtochooselens

Thereismorethanonelensoptionforyourcamera.Whichlenstochoosedependsonthesurveillancerequirements.Thelenseshave
differentcapabilitieswhenitcomestolightsensitivityandeldofview.Seetheproduct’sdatasheetforlensalternatives.

Aboutdepthofeldandsensorsize

Thedepthofelddependsonthelensaperture,thesizeoftheimagesensorandthedistancetothescene.Thelowerthef-number
andlargerthesensor,theshallowerdepthofeld.Duetothelargesensor,thedepthofeldismoreshallowinthisparticular
productthanintraditionalsurveillancecameras.Depthofeldbecomesshallowerindarkconditions,duetothefactthattheiris
opensuptoprovideenoughlighttothesensor.

Findoutmoreataxis.com/learning/web-articles/lenses-for-network-video-cameras

Aboutfocusandlightsensitivity

Thefocuspointisaffectedbytheaperture(f-stop)ofthelens.Thelowerthef-stopvalue,themorelightreachestheimagesensor.
Thesmallertheaperture,thedeeperdepthofeldwhichmayleadtoanunwantedabsolutefocuspoint.Duringlowlightconditions,
whentheapertureisaslargeaspossible,thedepthofelddecreasesandtheimagemaythereforeappearunfocused.

Examplesofaperturesfordifferentf-numbers.

Tocalculatethedistancebetweenthecameraandtheobjectofinterestinrelationtoscenedimensions,resolution,andfocallength,
usethelenscalculatortool,gotoaxis.com/tools/lens-calculator

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Setup

Abouttheproduct'sbuilt-inhelp

Youcanaccessthebuilt-inhelpfromtheproduct’swebpage.Thehelpprovidesmoredetailedinformationontheproduct’s
featuresandtheirsettings.

Aboutlong-distanceconnections

Thisproductsupportsber-opticcableinstallationsthroughamediaconverter.Fiber-opticcableinstallationsofferanumber
ofbenetssuchas:

•Long-distanceconnection

•Highspeed

•Longlifetime

•Largecapacityofdatatransmission

•Electromagneticinterferenceimmunity

Findoutmoreaboutber-opticcableinstallationsonwww.axis.com/technologies/ber-optics.Forinformationabouthowtoinstall
themediaconverterseetheInstallationGuideforthisproduct.

Imagequality

Aboutcapturemodes

Acapturemodeconsistsofaresolutionandthecorrespondingframerateavailableintheproduct.Thecapturemodesetting
affectsthecamera’seldofviewandaspectratio.

Thelowerresolutioncapturemodeiscroppedoutfromthehighestresolution.

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Theimageshowshowtheeldofviewandaspectratiocanchangebetweentwodifferentcapturemodes.

Howtoselectcapturemode

Whichcapturemodetochoosedependsontherequirementsofframerateandresolutionforthespecicsurveillancesetup.For
specicationsaboutavailablecapturemodes,seetheproduct’sdatasheet.Tondthelatestversionofthedatasheet,gotoaxis.com

Howtoreplacethelens

1.Stopallrecordingsanddisconnectpowerfromtheproduct.

2.Disconnectthelenscableandremovethestandardlens.

3.Attachthenewlensandconnectthelenscable.

4.Reconnectthepower.

5.Logintotheproduct’swebpage,gototheImagetabandthenselecttheP-Irislensyouhaveinstalled.

Note

IfyouuseaDCirislens,selectGenericDCIris.

6.Forthechangestotakeeffect,youneedtorestartthedevice.GotoSystem>MaintenanceandclickRestart.

7.Adjustthezoomandfocus.

Howtohidepartsoftheimagewithprivacymasks

Whatisaprivacymask?

Aprivacymaskisauser-denedareathatpreventsusersfromviewingapartofthemonitoredarea.Inthevideostream,privacy
masksappearasblocksofsolidcolor.

You’llseetheprivacymaskonallsnapshots,recordedvideo,andlivestreams.

YoucanusetheVAPIX®applicationprogramminginterface(API)toturnofftheprivacymasks.

Important

Usingmultipleprivacymasksmayaffecttheproduct’sperformance.

Howtocreateaprivacymask

Tocreateaprivacymask,gotoSettings>Privacymask.

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Howtofocus

Aboutremotefocusandzoom

Theremotefocusandzoomfunctionalityallowsyoutomakefocusandzoomadjustmentstoyourcamerafromacomputer.Itisa
convenientwaytoensurethatthescene’sfocus,viewingangleandresolutionareoptimizedwithouthavingtovisitthecamera’s
installationlocation.

Left:nofocus.Right:remotefocusapplied.

Left:nozoom.Right:remotezoomapplied.

Howtoreducemotionblurinlow-lightconditions

Toreducemotionblurinlow-lightconditions,youcanadjustoneormoreofthefollowingsettings:

Note

Imagenoisewillincreaseifyouincreasethegain.

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

Ifyouarestillexperiencingmotionblur,youcantryoneofthefollowing:

•Increasethelightlevelinthescene.

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•Mountthecamerasothatobjectsmovetowarditorawayfromitratherthansideways.

HowtobenetfromIRlightinlow-lightconditionsusingnightmode

Yourcamerausesvisiblelighttodelivercolorimagesduringtheday.Aslightdiminishes,youcansetthecameratoautomatically
shifttonightmode.Innightmodethecamerausesbothvisiblelightandnear-infraredlighttodeliverblack-and-whiteimages.
Sincethecamerausesmoreoftheavailablelightitcandeliverbrighter,moredetailed,images.

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

Howtoselectexposuremode

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

Howtomaximizedetailsinanimage

Important

Ifyoumaximizedetailsinanimage,bitrateincreasesandmightleadtoreducedframerate.

•Makesuretoselectcapturemodethathasthehighestresolution.

•Setcompressionaslowaspossible.

•SelectMJPEGstreaming.

•TurnofftheZipstreamfunctionality.

HowtostabilizeashakyimagewithElectronicImageStabilization(EIS)

EIScanbeusedinenvironmentswheretheproductismountedinanexposedlocationandsubjecttovibrations,forexample,wind
orpassingtrafc.TurnonEIStogetasmootherandsteadierimagewithoutblur.

EISalsoreducesthelesizeofthecompressedimageandlowersthebitrateofthevideostream.

Note

WhenEISisturnedontheimageiscroppedslightly,loweringthemaximumresolution.

1.GotoSettings>Image.

2.TurnonEIS.

Howtocompensateforbarreldistortion

Barreldistortionisaphenomenonwherestraightlinesappearincreasinglybentclosertotheedgesoftheframe.Awideeldofview
willoftencreatebarreldistortioninanimage.Barreldistortioncorrectionwillcompensateforthisdistortion.

Note

Barreldistortioncorrectionaffectstheimageresolutionandeldofview.

1.GotoSettings>Image.

2.TurnonBarreldistortioncorrection(BDC).

3.Setthelevelofcorrectionthatgivesyouthebestimage.

Howtomonitorlongandnarrowareas

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

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1.Dependingonyourproduct,turnthecameraorthe3-axislensinthecamera90°or270°.

2.Ifyourproductdoesn’trotatetheviewautomatically,logintotheproduct’swebpageandgotoSettings>Stream>
Orientation.Rotatetheview90°or270°.

Findoutmoreataxis.com/axis-corridor-format

Howtoenhancefacialrecognition

Tobetterrecognizethefaceofapersonpassingbythecamera,youcansettheoptimalpixelresolutionwiththecamera’spixel
counter.

1.GotoSettings>System>Orientationandclick.

2.Adjustthesizeandplacementoftherectangleinthecamera’sliveviewaroundtheareaofinterest,forexamplewhere
thefacesofpassingpersonsareexpectedtoappear.Youcanthenseethenumberofpixelsrepresentedbythesidesof
therectangle.

Note

Youcanuseanobjectofaknownsizeintheviewasareferencetodecidehowmuchresolutionisneededforrecognition.

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Howtoenhancelicenseplaterecognition

Tobetterrecognizethelicenseplateofacarpassingbythecamera,youcanapplyandadjustanumberofthings.

Oneoptionistousethepixelcounterinyourcameratosettheoptimalpixelresolution:

1.GotoSettings>System>Orientationandclick

2.Adjustthesizeandplacementoftherectangleinthecamera’sliveviewaroundtheareaofinterest,forexample
wherethelicenseplatesofpassingcarsareexpectedtoappear.Youcanthenseethenumberofpixelsrepresentedby
thesidesoftherectangle.

Note

Youcanuseanobjectofaknownsizeintheviewasareferencetodecidehowmuchresolutionisneededforrecognition.

Inaddition,youcantrytoadjustthefollowingtooptimizelicenseplaterecognition:

•Shutterspeed

•Gain

•Zoom

.

Aboutviewarea

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

Whenyousetupaviewarea,werecommendyoutosetthevideostreamresolutiontothesamesizeasorsmallerthantheviewarea
size.Ifyousetthevideostreamresolutionlargerthantheviewareasizeitimpliesdigitallyscaledupvideoaftersensorcapture,
whichrequiresmorebandwidthwithoutaddingimageinformation.

Howtohandlesceneswithstrongbacklight

Tomakebothdarkandbrightareasoftheimagevisible,turnonWDR.

1.GotoSettings>Image.

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2.TurnonWDRunderWidedynamicrange.

ImagewithoutWDR.

ImagewithWDR.

Note

IfyouuseWDR,youmayexperiencesomeWDRartifactsintheimage.

FindoutmoreaboutWDRandhowtouseitataxis.com/web-articles/wdr

Overlays

Aboutoverlays

Overlaysaresuperimposedoverthevideostream.Theyareusedtoprovideextrainformationduringrecordings,suchasatimestamp,
orduringproductinstallationandconguration.

Howtoshowatextoverlaywhenthecameradetectsmotion

Thisexampleexplainshowtodisplaythetext“Motiondetected”whenthecameradetectsmotion:

MakesuretheAXISVideoMotionDetectionapplicationisrunning:

1.GotoSettings>Apps>AXISVideoMotionDetection.

2.Starttheapplicationifitisnotalreadyrunning.

3.Makesureyouhavesetuptheapplicationaccordingtoyourneeds.

Addtheoverlaytext:

4.GotoSettings>Overlay.

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5.Enter#Dinthetexteld.

6.Choosealignment,textsizeandappearance.

7.Includethetextoverlay.

Createanactionrule:

8.GotoSystem>Events>Actionrules.

9.CreateanactionrulewithAXISVideoMotionDetectionastrigger.

10.Fromthelistofactions,selectOverlaytext.

11.Type“Motiondetected”.

12.Settheduration.

PTZ(PanTiltZoom)

Howtolimitpan,tilt,andzoommovements

Inthisexample,thecameraissurveillingaparkinglotwithnearbyapartmentbuildings.Setpan,tiltandzoomlimitstoensure
privacyforresidents.

Tolimitpan,tiltandzoommovements,gotoSettings>PTZ>Limits.

Aboutguardtours

Aguardtourdisplaysthevideostreamfromdifferentpresetpositionseitherinapredeterminedorrandomorder ,andforcongurable
periodsoftime.Oncestarted,aguardtourcontinuestorununtilstopped,evenwhentherearenoclients(webbrowsers)viewingthe
images.

Howtocreateaguardtourwithpresetpositions

1.GotoSettings>PTZ>Guardtours

2.Click+.

3.SelectPresetposition.

4.Toedittheguardtour’sproperties,click

5.Typeanamefortheguardtourandspecifythepauselengthinminutesbetweeneachtour.

6.Ifyouwanttheguardtourtogotothepresetpositionsinarandomorder,turnonShufe.

7.ClickDone.

8.ClickAddtoaddthepresetpositionsthatyouwantinyourguardtour .

9.ClickDonetoexittheguardtoursettings.

10.Toscheduletheguardtour,gotoSystem>Events.

Streamingandstorage

Howtochoosevideocompressionformat

Decidewhichcompressionmethodtousebasedonyourviewingrequirements,andonthepropertiesofyournetwork.The
availableoptionsare:

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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

Ifyoureducethebandwidthitcanresultinlossofdetailsinthepicture.

1.GotoliveviewandselectH.264.

2.GotoSettings>Stream.

3.Dooneormoreofthefollowing:

-TurnontheZipstreamfunctionalityandselectthedesiredlevel.

-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leandclickModify.

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3.IntheAudiotab,selecttheAudiostreamcheckboxandselectOnfromthedrop-downlist.

4.ClickOk.

Howtorecordandwatchvideo

Torecordvideoyoumustrstsetupnetworkstorage,seeHowtosetupnetworkstorageonpage14,orhaveanSDcardinstalled.

1.Gotothecamera’sliveview.

2.ClickonRecordoncetostartrecordingandonemoretimetostoprecording.

Towatchyourrecording:

1.ClickonStorage>Gotorecordings.

2.Selectyourrecordinginthelistanditwillplayautomatically.

Events

Aboutevents

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

Howtotriggeranaction

1.GotoSettings>System>Eventstosetupanactionrule.Theactionruledeneswhenthecamerawillperformcertain
actions.Actionrulescanbesetupasscheduled,recurring,orforexample,triggeredbymotiondetection.

2.SelectwhatTriggermustbemettotriggertheaction.Ifyouspecifymorethanonetriggerfortheactionrule,all
ofthemmustbemettotriggertheaction.

3.SelectwhichActionthecamerashouldperformwhentheconditionsaremet.

Note

Ifyoumakechangestoanactiveactionrule,theactionruleneedstoberestartedforthechangestotakeeffect.

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.

Howtodirectthecameratoapresetpositionwhenthecameradetectsmotion

Thisexampleexplainshowtosetupthecameratogotoapresetpositionwhenitdetectsmotionintheimage.

MakesuretheAXISVideoMotionDetectionapplicationisrunning:

1.GotoSettings>Apps>AXISVideoMotionDetection.

2.Starttheapplicationifitisnotalreadyrunning.

3.Makesureyouhavesetuptheapplicationaccordingtoyourneeds.

Addapresetposition:

4.GotoSettings>PTZandsetwhereyouwantthecameratobedirectedbycreatingapresetposition.

Createanactionrule:

5.GotoSettings>System>Events>Actionrulesandaddanactionrule.

6.Typeanamefortheactionrule.

7.Fromthelistoftriggers,selectApplicationsandthenselectAXISVideoMotionDetection(VMD).

8.Fromthelistofactions,selectPTZControlandthenselectPresetPosition.

9.Selectthepresetpositionyouwantthecameratogoto.

10.ClickOk.

Howtorecordvideowhenthecameradetectsloudnoises

ThisexampleexplainshowtosetupthecameratostartrecordingtotheSDcardvesecondsbeforeitdetectsloudnoiseandto
stoponeminuteafter.

Makesureaudioturnedon:

1.Setupthestreamproletoincludeaudio,seeHowtoaddaudiotoyourrecordingonpage14.

Makesuretheaudiodetectionissetup:

2.GotoSettings>System>Detectors>Audiodetection.

3.Adjustthealarmlevelaccordingtoyourneeds.

Createanactionrule:

4.GotoSettings>System>Eventsandaddanactionrule.

5.Typeanamefortheactionrule.

6.Fromthelistoftriggers,selectDetectorsandthenselectAudioDetection.

7.Fromthelistofactions,selectRecordvideoandthenselectPresetPosition.

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8.Selectthestreamprolewhereaudiohasbeenturnedonorcreateanewone.

9.Setthepre-triggertimeto5seconds.

10.Setthepost-triggertimeto60seconds.

11.SelectSDcardfromthelistofstorageoptions.

12.ClickOk.

Howtorecordvideowhenthecameradetectsimpact

Shockdetectionallowsthecameratodetecttamperingcausedbyvibrationorshock.Vibrationcausedbytheenvironmentoran
objectcantriggeranactiondependingontheshocksensitivityrange,whichcanbesetfrom0to100.Inthisscenario,someoneis
throwingrocksatthecameraduringafterhoursandyouwouldliketoreceiveavideoclipoftheevent.

1.GotoSettings>System>Detectors.

2.Enableshockdetectionandsetshocksensitivityvalue.

3.ClickSave.

Createanactionrule:

4.GotoSettings>System>Eventsandaddanactionrule.

5.Typeanamefortheactionrule.

6.Fromthelistoftriggers,selectDetectorsandthenselectShockdetection.

7.Fromthelistofschedules,selectAfterHours.

8.Fromthelistofactions,selectSendVideoClip.

9.Selectanexistingstreamproleorcreateanewone.

10.Setthepre-triggertimeto5seconds.

11.Setthepost-triggertimeto60seconds.

12.Selectanexistingrecipientorcreateanewone.

13.ClickOk.

Howtoautomaticallysendanemailifsomeonespraypaintsthelens

1.GotoSystem>Detectors.

2.SelectAlarmfordarkimages.Thiswilltriggeranalarmifthelensissprayed,covered,orrenderedseverelyoutoffocus.

3.SettheMinimumduration.Thevalueindicatesthetimethatmustpassbeforeanemailissent.

4.ClickSave.

Createanactionrule:

5.GotoEvents>Actionrulesandaddanactionrule.

6.Enteranamefortheactionrule.

7.Fromthelistoftriggers,selectDetectorsandthenselectTampering.

8.Fromthelistofactions,selectSendNoticationandthenselectarecipientfromthelistorclickNewRecipient
tocreateanewrecipient.

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9.EnterSubjectandMessagefortheemail.

10.ClickOk.

Applications

Aboutapplications

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

TondtheusermanualsforAxisapplications,gotoaxis.com

Note

•Itisrecommendedtorunoneapplicationatatime.

•Avoidrunningapplicationswhenthebuilt-inmotiondetectionisactive.

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Troubleshooting

Howtoresettofactorydefaultsettings

Important

Resettofactorydefaultshouldbeusedwithcaution.Aresettofactorydefaultresetsallsettings,includingtheIPaddress,to
thefactorydefaultvalues.

Toresettheproducttothefactorydefaultsettings:

1.Disconnectpowerfromtheproduct.

2.Pressandholdthecontrolbuttonwhilereconnectingpower.SeeProductoverviewonpage4.

3.Keepthecontrolbuttonpressedfor15–30secondsuntilthestatusLEDindicatorashesamber.

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

5.UsetheinstallationandmanagementsoftwaretoolstoassignanIPaddress,setthepassword,andaccessthevideostream.

Theinstallationandmanagementsoftwaretoolsareavailablefromthesupportpagesonaxis.com/support

Itisalsopossibletoresetparameterstofactorydefaultthroughthewebinterface.GotoSettings>System>Maintenanceand
clickDefault.

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.

Important

Makesuretheproductremainsconnectedtothepowersourcethroughouttheupgradeprocess.

Note

Whenyouupgradetheproductwiththelatestrmware,theproductreceivesthelatestfunctionalityavailable.Alwaysread
theupgradeinstructionsandreleasenotesavailablewitheachnewreleasebeforeupgradingthermware.Tondthelatest
rmwareandthereleasenotes,gotoaxis.com/support/rmware

1.Downloadthelatestrmwareletoyourcomputer,availablefreeofchargeataxis.com/support/rmware

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2.Logintotheproductasanadministrator.

3.GotoSettings>System>Maintenance.Followtheinstructionsonthepage.Whentheupgradehasnished,the
productrestartsautomatically.

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

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.
SeeHowtoresettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage19.

IPaddressesobtainedfromaDHCPserveraredynamicandmaychange.IftheIPaddresshasbeen
changed,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManagertolocatetheproductonthenetwork.Identify
theproductusingitsmodelorserialnumber,orbytheDNSname(ifthenamehasbeencon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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Troubleshooting

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.

•Logintotheproduct’swebpageandsetacapturemodethatprioritizesframerate.
Changingthecapturemodetoprioritizeframeratemightlowerthemaximum
resolutiondependingontheproductusedandcapturemodesavailable.

•Themaximumframespersecondisdependentontheutilityfrequency(60/50Hz)of
theAxisproduct.

Performanceconsiderations

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

Thefollowingfactorsarethemostimportanttoconsider:

•Highimageresolutionorlowercompressionlevelsresultinimagescontainingmoredatawhichinturnaffectsthe
bandwidth.

•RotatingthelensmanuallywillresultinbetterperformancecomparedtorotatingtheimagefromtheGUI.

•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

•TheStatusLEDcanbeconguredtobeunlitduringnormaloperation.Tocongure,gotoSettings>System>Plain

cong.Seetheonlinehelpformoreinformation.

•TheStatusLEDcanbeconguredtoashwhileaneventisactive.

StatusLED

GreenSteadygreenfornormaloperation.

Amber

Note

TheNetworkLEDcanbedisabledsothatitdoesnotashwhenthereisnetworktrafc.Tocongure,gotoSettings>

System>Plaincong.Seetheonlinehelpformoreinformation.

NetworkLEDIndication

Green

Amber

UnlitNonetworkconnection.

Note

ThePowerLEDcanbeconguredtobeunlitduringnormaloperation.Tocongure,gotoSettings>System>Plain

cong.Seetheonlinehelpformoreinformation.

PowerLEDIndication

Green

Amber

Indication

Steadyduringstartup.Flasheswhenrestoringsettings.

Steadyforconnectiontoa100Mbit/snetwork.Flashesfornetworkactivity.

Steadyforconnectiontoa10Mbit/snetwork.Flashesfornetworkactivity.

Normaloperation.

Flashesgreen/amberduringrmwareupgrade.

StatusLEDbehaviorforfocusassistant

Note

OnlyvalidforoptionalP-iris,DC-irisormanualirislenses.

ThestatusLEDasheswhentheFocusAssistantisactive.

Color

RedTheimageisoutoffocus.

AmberTheimageisclosetofocus.

Green

Indication

Adjustthelens.

Thelensneedsnetuning.

Theimageisinfocus.

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Buzzersignalforfocusassistant

Note

OnlyvalidforoptionalP-iris,DC-irisormanualirislenses.

BuzzerLens

Fastinterval

MediumintervalLessoptimallyadjusted

Slowinterval

StatusLEDbehaviorandbuzzersignalforlevelingassistant

Forinformationonthefunctionbuttonusedforlevelingthecamera,seepage24.

Optimallyadjusted

Poorlyadjusted

Color

Fixedgreen

FlashinggreenFastbeepsAlmostlevel

FlashingorangeMediumbeepsNotlevel

Flashingred

Buzzersignalforfocusassistant

Note

OnlyvalidforoptionalP-iris,DC-irisormanualirislenses.

BuzzerLens

Fastinterval

MediumintervalLessoptimallyadjusted

Slowinterval

StatusLEDbehaviorandbuzzersignalforlevelingassistant

Forinformationonthefunctionbuttonusedforlevelingthecamera,seepage24.

Pressandholdthefunctionbutton(2)formorethantwosecondstolevelthecamera.

•Whenthecameraislevel,bothLEDsaresteadygreen,andthebeepiscontinuous.

Buzzer

Continuousbeep

Slowbeeps

Optimallyadjusted

Poorlyadjusted

Cameraposition

Level

Farfromlevel

•Whenthecameraisnotlevel,theLEDsashacombinationofred,greenandorange,andthebeepoccursatslowintervals.

BothLEDsbrieyashgreentoindicatethatthelevelingisgettingbetter.

SDcardslot

NO

TICE

NO NO

TICE TICE

•RiskofdamagetoSDcard.Donotusesharptools,metalobjects,orexcessiveforcewheninsertingorremovingthe

SDcard.Useyourngerstoinsertandremovethecard.

•Riskofdatalossandcorruptedrecordings.DonotremovetheSDcardwhiletheproductisrunning.UnmounttheSDcard

fromtheproduct’swebpagebeforeremoval.

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Specifications

ThisproductsupportsmicroSD/microSDHC/microSDXCcards.

ForSDcardrecommendations,seeaxis.com

trademarksorregisteredtrademarksofSD-3C,LLCintheUnitedStates,othercountriesorboth.

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

Buttons

Controlbutton

Forlocationofthecontrolbutton,seeProductoverviewonpage4.

Thecontrolbuttonisusedfor:

•Resettingtheproducttofactorydefaultsettings.Seepage19.

•ConnectingtoanAXISVideoHostingSystemservice.See.Toconnect,pressandholdthebuttonforabout3seconds
untiltheStatusLEDashesgreen.

•ConnectingtoAXISInternetDynamicDNSService.See.Toconnect,pressandholdthebuttonforabout3seconds.

Functionbutton

Note

FocusassistantisonlyvalidforoptionalP-iris,DC-irisormanualirislenses.

Thefunctionbuttonhasmultiplefunctions:

•Levelingassistant–Thisfunctionhelpstoensurethecameraislevel.Pressthebuttonforabout3secondstostartthe
levelingassistantandpressagaintostopthelevelingassistant.ThestatusLEDandbuzzersignalassistlevelingof
thecamera,seeStatusLEDbehaviorandbuzzersignalforlevelingassistantonpage23.Thecameraislevelwhenthe
buzzerbeepscontinuously.

•Focusassistant–Thisfunctionisusedforenablingthefocusassistant.Toenablethefocusassistant,pressandvery
quicklyreleasethebutton.Pressagaintostopthefocusassistant.Tondoutmore,seetheInstallationGuide.

Connectors

Networkconnector

RJ45EthernetconnectorwithPoweroverEthernet(PoE).

Audioconnector

TheAxisproducthasthefollowingaudioconnectors:

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

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

3.5mmaudioconnectors

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1

2

3

A

B

D

S

G

Specifications

1Tip2Ring

AudioInput

Balanced:‘Hot’signalMicrophone/Linein

Balanced:‘Cold’signalMicrophone/Line
in

Unbalanced:Microphone/Linein

Unbalanced:Unused

AudioOutput

Lineout,monoLineout,mono

Theinternalmicrophoneisusedbydefault;theexternalmicrophoneisusedwhenconnected.Itispossibletodisabletheinternal
microphonebyconnectingaplugtothemicrophoneinput.

I/Oconnector

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

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

Digitaloutput-ForconnectingexternaldevicessuchasrelaysandLEDs.ConnecteddevicescanbeactivatedbytheVAPIX®
ApplicationProgrammingInterfaceorfromtheproduct’swebpage.

6-pinterminalblock

3Sleeve

Ground

Ground

I/OConnector

1

0VDC(-)

2

DCoutput12V,max50mA
3
A
B

Example:pushbutton

I/Oconguredasinput

I/Oconguredasoutput

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Specifications

FunctionPinNotes

DCground

DCoutput

(InputorOutput)

1

2

3–6

Canbeusedtopowerauxiliaryequipment.
Note:Thispincanonlybeusedaspowerout.

Digitalinput–Connecttopin1toactivate,orleaveoating
(unconnected)todeactivate.

Digitaloutput–Connecttopin1toactivate,orleaveoating
(unconnected)todeactivate.Ifusedwithaninductiveload,e.g.,a
relay,connectadiodeinparallelwiththeload,toprotectagainst
voltagetransients.

Specications

0VDC

12VDC
Maxload=50mA

0tomax30VDC Congurable

0tomax30VDC,opendrain,
100mA

Powerconnector

2-pinterminalblockforDCpowerinput.UseaSafetyExtraLowVoltage(SELV)compliantlimitedpowersource(LPS)witheither
aratedoutputpowerlimitedto≤100Woraratedoutputcurrentlimitedto≤5A.

RS485/RS422connector

Two2-pinterminalblocksforRS485/RS422serialinterfaceusedtocontrolauxiliaryequipmentsuchaspan-tiltdevices.

Theserialportcanbeconguredtosupport:

•Two-wireRS485halfduplex

•Four-wireRS485fullduplex

•Two-wireRS422simplex

•Four-wireRS422fullduplexpointtopointcommunication

FunctionPinNotes

RS485BaltRS485/422RX(B)

RS485AaltRS485/422RX(A)

RS485/RS422TX(B)

RS485/RS422TX(A)

1

2

3

4

RXpairforallmodes(combinedRX/TXfor2-wireRS485)

TXpairforRS422and4-wireRS485

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Specifications

Important

Themaximumcablelengthis30m(98ft).

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Date:April2018

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