Axis P3227–LV, P3228–LV, P3227–LVE, P3228–LVE User Manual

AXISP32Series

AXISP3227–LV

AXISP3227–LVE

AXISP3228–LV

AXISP3228–LVE

UserManual

AXISP32Series

TableofContents

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

Setup.....................................................4

Howtoaccesstheproduct........................................4

Abouttheproduct'sbuilt-inhelp...................................5

Aboutapplications..............................................5

Aboutdifcultlightconditions....................................5

Howtoselectexposuremode......................................6

Howtochoosevideocompressionformat............................6

Howtoreducebandwidthandstorage..............................7

Aboutevents...................................................7

Aboutoverlays..................................................8

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

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

Howtocheckthecurrentrmware.................................10

Howtoupgradethermware.....................................10

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

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

Technicalspecications......................................13

Productoverview................................................13

SDcardslot....................................................16

Buttons.......................................................16

Connectors....................................................16

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Systemoverview

Systemoverview

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Surveillancecenter

Thisisanexampleofhowtheproductscanbeinstalledandused.

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Setup

Setup

Howtoaccesstheproduct

AXISIPUtilityandAXISCameraManagementarerecommendedmethodsforndingAxisproductsonthenetworkandassigning
themIPaddressesinWindows®.Bothapplicationsarefreeandcanbedownloadedfromwww.axis.com/support

Theproductcanbeusedwiththefollowingbrowsers:

•Chrome

TM

(recommended),Firefox

®

,Edge

®

,orOpera

®

withWindows

®

•Chrome

TM

(recommended)orSafari

®

withOSX

®

•Chrome

TM

orFirefox

®

withotheroperatingsystems.

Howtoaccesstheproductfromabrowser

1.Startawebbrowser .

2.EntertheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisproductinthebrowser’saddresseld.

ToaccesstheproductfromaMaccomputer(OSX),gotoSafari,clickonBonjourandselecttheproductfromthe
drop-downlist.

IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddress,useAXISIPUtilitytolocatetheproductonthenetwork.Forinformationabout
howtodiscoverandassignanIPaddress,seethedocumentAssignanIPAddressandAccesstheVideoStreamonAxis
Supportwebatwww.axis.com/support

Note

ToshowBonjourasabrowserbookmark,gotoSafari>Preferences.

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

4.Theproduct’sliveviewpageopensinyourbrowser .

Note

Thecontrolsandlayoutoftheliveviewpagemayhavebeencustomizedtomeetspecicinstallationrequirementsand
userpreferences.Consequently,someoftheexamplesandfunctionsfeaturedheremaydifferfromthosedisplayedin
yourownliveviewpage.

Aboutsecurepasswords

Important

Whensettingtheinitialpassword,thepasswordissentincleartextoverthenetwork.Ifthereisariskofnetworksnifng,
rstsetupasecureandencryptedHTTPSconnectionbeforeresettingthepasswords.

Thedevicepasswordistheprimaryprotectionforthedataandservices.Axis’productsdonotimposeapasswordpolicyasproducts
maybeusedinvarioustypesofinstallations,buttoprotectyourdatadothefollowing:

•Don’tusethedefaultpasswordthatcomeswiththeproducts.

•Useapasswordwithatleast8characters,preferablyusingapasswordgenerator.

•Don’texposethepassword.

•Changepasswordatarecurringinterval,atleastonceayear.

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Setapasswordfortherootaccount

Important

Thedefaultadministratorusernamerootispermanentandcannotbedeleted.Ifthepasswordforrootislost,theproduct
mustberesettothefactorydefaultsettings.

Thedefaultrootaccounthasfullprivilegesandshouldbereservedforadministrativetasks.Alwayscreateauseraccountwithlimited
privilegesfordailyuse.Thisreducestheexposureoftheadministrativeaccount.

1.Makesuretofollowtheinstructionsaboutsecurepasswords,seeAboutsecurepasswordsonpage4.

2.Typeapasswordandthenretypeittoconrmthespelling.

3.ClickCreatelogin.Thepasswordhasnowbeencongured.

Abouttheproduct'sbuilt-inhelp

Tosetuptheproduct,youneedtoaccesstheproduct’swebpage.Inthewebpageyoucanalsonddetailedinstructionsinthe
product’sbuilt-inhelp.

Aboutapplications

AXISCameraApplicationPlatform(ACAP)isanopenplatformthatenablesthirdpartiestodevelopanalyticsandotherapplications
forAxisproducts.Forinformationaboutavailableapplications,downloads,trialsandlicenses,gotowww .axis.com/applications

TondtheusermanualsforAxisapplications,gotowww.axis.com

Note

•Severalapplicationscanrunatthesametimebutsomeapplicationsmightnotbecompatiblewitheachother.Certain

combinationsofapplicationsmightrequiretoomuchprocessingpowerormemoryresourceswhenruninparallel.Verify
thattheapplicationsworktogetherbeforedeployment.

Aboutdifcultlightconditions

Dynamicrangeisthedifferenceinlightlevelsinanimage.Insomecasesthedifferencebetweenthedarkestandthebrightest
areascanbesignicant.Theresultisoftenanimagewhereeitherthedarkorthebrightareasarevisible.Usewidedynamicrange
(WDR)tomakebothdarkandbrightareasoftheimagevisible.

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ImagewithoutWDR.

ImagewithWDR.

Note

IfyouuseWDR,youmayexperiencesomeWDRartifactsintheimage.

YoucanndoutmoreaboutWDRandhowtouseitatwww.axis.com

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.

Formoredetailedinstructions,gototheproduct’sbuilt-inhelp.

Howtochoosevideocompressionformat

Decidingwhichcompressionmethodtochoosedependsonyourviewingrequirements,andonthepropertiesofyournetwork.The
availableoptionsare:

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