Axis 01553-001 User Manual

AXISP9106-VNetworkCamera

UserManual

AXISP9106-VNetworkCamera

TableofContents

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

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

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

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

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

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

Overlays.......................................................8

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

Events........................................................10

Applications....................................................11

Addaudiotoyourproduct........................................11

Troubleshooting............................................13

Howtoresettofactorydefaultsettings.............................13

Howtocheckthecurrentrmware.................................13

Howtoupgradethermware.....................................13

Technicalissues,cluesandsolutions................................14

Performanceconsiderations.......................................15

Specications..............................................17

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

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

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

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

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AXISP9106-VNetworkCamera

Solutionoverview

Solutionoverview

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AXISP9106-VNetworkCamera

Productoverview

Productoverview

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StatusLED

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microSDcardslot

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Focusring

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Controlbutton

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Networkconnector(PoE)

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AXISP9106-VNetworkCamera

Howtoaccesstheproduct

Howtoaccesstheproduct

AXISIPUtilityandAXISDeviceManagerarerecommendedmethodsforndingAxisproductsonthenetworkandassigningthemIP
addressesinWindows®.Bothapplicationsarefreeandcanbedownloadedfromaxis.com/support

Theproductcanbeusedwiththefollowingbrowsers:

•Windows

®

:Chrome

•OSX®:Chrome

•Otheroperatingsystems:Chrome

Ifyouneedmoreinformationaboutrecommendedbrowsers,gotoaxis.com/browser-support

Howtoaccessthedevicefromabrowser

1.Startawebbrowser.

2.EntertheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisdeviceinthebrowser’saddresseld.

TM

(recommended),Firefox

TM

(recommended)orSafari

®

®

,Edge

,orOpera

®

TM

orFirefox

®

.

®

ToaccessthedevicefromaMaccomputer(OSX),gotoSafari,clickonBonjourandselectthedevicefromthedrop-down
list.ToaddBonjourasabrowserbookmark,gotoSafari>Preferences.

IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddress,useAXISIPUtilitytolocatethedeviceonthenetwork.Forinformationabouthow
todiscoverandassignanIPaddress,seethedocumentHowtoassignanIPaddressandaccessyourdeviceonthe
devicepageataxis.com.

3.Enteryourusernameandpassword.Ifthisisthersttimethedeviceisaccessed,therootpasswordmustrstbe
congured,gotoSetasecurepasswordfortherootaccountonpage5.

4.Thedevice’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.

3.ClickCreatelogin.Thepasswordhasnowbeencongured.

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AXISP9106-VNetworkCamera

Setup

Setup

Abouttheproduct'sbuilt-inhelp

Youcanaccessthebuilt-inhelpfromtheproduct’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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