Axis 0968-001 User Manual

AXISQ1659NetworkCamera

UserManual

AXISQ1659NetworkCamera

TableofContents

Systemoverview............................................3

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

Howtochooselens..............................................4

Aboutnetworkredundancy.......................................5

Aboutpowerredundancy.........................................5

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

Howtoaccesstheproduct........................................6

Abouttheproduct'sbuilt-inhelp...................................7

Aboutcapturemodes............................................7

Howtochoosevideocompressionformat............................8

Howtofocus...................................................8

Howtoreducenoiseinlow-lightconditions..........................8

Howtoselectexposuremode......................................9

Howtomaximizethedetailsintheimage...........................9

Troubleshooting............................................10

Howtocheckthecurrentrmware.................................10

Howtoupgradethermware.....................................10

Howtoresettofactorydefaultsettings.............................10

Technicalissues,cluesandsolutions................................11

Performanceconsiderations.......................................12

Technicalspecications......................................13

LEDindicators..................................................13

SDcardslot....................................................13

Buttons.......................................................13

Connectors....................................................13

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AXISQ1659NetworkCamera

Systemoverview

Systemoverview

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AXISQ1659NetworkCamera

Productoverview

Productoverview

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EFlensmountindex

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EF-Slensmountindex

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EFmount

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Unlockbutton

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Networkconnector(PoE)

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Powerconnector(DCinput)

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microSDcardslot

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StatusLED

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Networkconnector(SFP)

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RS485/RS422connector

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Controlbutton

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I/Oconnector

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Audioin

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Audioout

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Cameramount

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Groundingscrew

Howtochooselens

Thereareseverallensoptionsforthiscamera.Whichlenstochoosedependsonthesurveillancerequirements.Thelenseshave
differentcapabilitieswhenitcomestolightsensitivityandeldofview.Seetheproduct’sdatasheetforlensalternatives.

Aboutdepthofeldandsensorsize

Thedepthofelddependsonthelensaperture,thesizeoftheimagesensorandthedistancetothescene.Thelowerthef-number
andlargerthesensor,theshallowerdepthofeld.Duetothelargesensor,thedepthofeldismoreshallowinthisparticular

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AXISQ1659NetworkCamera

Productoverview

productthanintraditionalsurveillancecameras.Depthofeldbecomesshallowerindarkconditions,duetothefactthattheiris
opensuptoprovideenoughlighttothesensor.

Tolearnmore,gotowww.axis.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,seewww.axis.com/tools/lens-calculator

Aboutlenslters

Youcanuseanylterforstandardopticstoprotectthelensfromdamagesortomodifytheimage.Thiscanbeusefulindifcultlight
conditions,toltercertainwavelengthsortoreducereections.

Aboutnetworkredundancy

Thesoftwarecontrolsthenetworkredundancyandrequiresthatbothnetworkconnectors(RJ45andSFP)areconnected.TheSFP
modulehashigherprioritythantheRJ45connector.IftheconnectionbetweentheSFPmoduleandtheswitchislosttheproduct
switchestotheRJ45connectortoestablishacontinuedconnection.

Aboutpowerredundancy

Thesoftwarecontrolsthepowerredundancy.If,forexample,theDCconnectionfails,thecameraautomaticallyswitchestoPoE.
Dependingonthesetup,thecameramayrestartforthechangetotakeeffect.

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