Axis 01493-001 User Manual

AXISQ35Series

AXISQ3518-LVENetworkCamera

UserManual

AXISQ35Series

TableofContents

Solutionoverview...........................................3

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

Setup.....................................................5

Howtoaccesstheproduct........................................5

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

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

Overlays.......................................................9

Streamingandstorage...........................................9

Events........................................................11

Applications....................................................12

Troubleshooting............................................14

Howtoresettofactorydefaultsettings.............................14

Howtocheckthecurrentrmware.................................14

Howtoupgradethermware.....................................14

Technicalissues,cluesandsolutions................................15

Performanceconsiderations.......................................16

Specications..............................................17

LEDIndicators..................................................17

SDcardslot....................................................17

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

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

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Solutionoverview

Solutionoverview

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Productoverview

Productoverview

AXISQ3518-LVE

CAUTION

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Networkconnector
Controlbutton
I/Oconnector
Audioout
Audioin
DCconnector
SDcardslot
StatusLED(2x)
Functionbutton
Heater
IRLED(2x)

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Setup

Setup

Howtoaccesstheproduct

AXISIPUtilityandAXISDeviceManagerarerecommendedmethodsforndingAxisproductsonthenetworkandassigningthemIP
addressesinWindows®.Bothapplicationsarefreeandcanbedownloadedfromaxis.com/support

Theproductcanbeusedwiththefollowingbrowsers:

•Windows

•OSX®:Chrome

•Otheroperatingsystems:Chrome

Ifyouneedmoreinformationaboutrecommendedbrowsers,gotoaxis.com/browser-support

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:Chrome

Howtoaccesstheproductfromabrowser

1.Startawebbrowser.

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(recommended),Firefox

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(recommended)orSafari

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orFirefox

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2.EntertheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisproductinthebrowser’saddresseld.

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

IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddress,useAXISIPUtilitytolocatetheproductonthenetwork.Forinformationabout
howtodiscoverandassignanIPaddress,seethedocumentHowtoassignanIPaddressandaccessyourdeviceonthe
productpageataxis.com.

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

4.Theproduct’sliveviewpageopensinyourbrowser.

Aboutsecurepasswords

Important

Axisdevicessendtheinitiallysetpasswordincleartextoverthenetwork.Toprotectyourdeviceaftertherstlogin,set
upasecureandencryptedHTTPSconnectionandthenchangethepassword.

Thedevicepasswordistheprimaryprotectionforthedataandservices.Axisdevicesdonotimposeapasswordpolicyastheymaybe
usedinvarioustypesofinstallations.Toprotectyourdatawerecommendthatyou:

•Changethedefaultpasswordthatcomeswitheachdevice.

•Useapasswordwithatleast8characters,preferablycreatedbyapasswordgenerator.

•Don’texposethepassword.

•Changethepasswordatarecurringinterval,atleastonceayear.

Setasecurepasswordfortherootaccount

Important

Thedefaultadministratorusernameisroot.Ifthepasswordforrootislost,resetthedevicetofactorydefaultsettings.

1.Typeapassword.Followtheinstructionsaboutsecurepasswords.SeeAboutsecurepasswordsonpage5.

2.Retypethepasswordtoconrmthespelling.

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3.ClickCreatelogin.Thepasswordhasnowbeencongured.

Abouttheproduct'sbuilt-inhelp

Youcanaccessthebuilt-inhelpfromtheproduct’swebpage.Thehelpprovidesmoredetailedinformationontheproduct’s
featuresandtheirsettings.

Imagequality

Aboutremotefocusandzoom

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

Left:nofocus.Right:remotefocusapplied.

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