AXIS P3925-LRE User Manual

AXISP3925-LRENetworkCamera

UserManual

AXISP3925-LRENetworkCamera

TableofContents

Getstarted................................................3

Chooselens....................................................3

Findthedeviceonthenetwork....................................3

Accessthedevice...............................................3

Webpageoverview..............................................5

Additionalsettings..........................................7

Adjusttheimage................................................7

Viewandrecordvideo............................................12

Setuprulesandalerts...........................................13

Cleaningrecommendations...................................18

Learnmore................................................19

Viewarea......................................................19

Capturemodes.................................................19

Privacymasks..................................................19

Overlays.......................................................20

Streamingandstorage...........................................20

Troubleshooting............................................23

Resettofactorydefaultsettings...................................23

Firmwareoptions...............................................

Checkthecurrentrmware.......................................

Upgradethermware............................................23

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

Performanceconsiderations.......................................

Contactsupport.................................................26

Specications..............................................27

Productoverview................................................

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

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

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

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Getstarted

Getstarted

Chooselens

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

Findthedeviceonthenetwork

TondAxisdevicesonthenetworkandassignthemIPaddressesinWindows®,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManager.Both
applicationsarefreeandcanbedownloadedfromaxis.com/support.

FormoreinformationabouthowtondandassignIPaddresses,gotoHowtoassignanIPaddressandaccessyourdevice.

Browsersupport

Youcanusethedevicewiththefollowingbrowsers:

TM

Chrome

Windows

macOS

Otheroperatingsystems

Ifyouneedmoreinformationaboutrecommendedbrowsers,gotoaxis.com/browser-support.

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recommended

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Firefox

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Edge

Safari

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Accessthedevice

1.OpenabrowserandentertheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisdevice.

IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddress,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManagertondthedeviceonthenetwork.

2.Entertheusernameandpassword.Ifyouaccessthedeviceforthersttime,youmustsettherootpassword.SeeSeta
newpasswordfortherootaccountonpage3.

3.Theliveviewpageopensinyourbrowser.

Verifythatnoonehastamperedwiththermware

TomakesurethatthedevicehasitsoriginalAxisrmware,ortotakefullcontrolofthedeviceafterasecurityattack:

1.Resettofactorydefaultsettings.SeeResettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage23.

Afterthereset,securebootguaranteesthestateofthedevice.

2.Congureandinstallthedevice.

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Setanewpasswordfortherootaccount

Important

Thedefaultadministratorusernameisroot.Ifthepasswordforrootislost,resetthedevicetofactorydefaultsettings.

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1.Typeapassword.Followtheinstructionsaboutsecurepasswords.SeeSecurepasswordsonpage4.

2.Retypethepasswordtoconrmthespelling.

3.ClickCreatelogin.Thepasswordhasnowbeencongured.

Securepasswords

Important

Axisdevicessendtheinitiallysetpasswordincleartextoverthenetwork.Toprotectyourdeviceaftertherstlogin,set
upasecureandencryptedHTTPSconnectionandthenchangethepassword.

Towatchthisvideo,gotothewebversionofthisdocument.

www.axis.com/products/online-manual/66917

Supporttip:Passwordsecurityconrmationcheck

Thedevicepasswordistheprimaryprotectionforyourdataandservices.Axisdevicesdonotimposeapasswordpolicyasthey
maybeusedinvarioustypesofinstallations.

Toprotectyourdatawestronglyrecommendthatyou:

•Useapasswordwithatleast8characters,preferablycreatedbyapasswordgenerator.

•Don’texposethepassword.

•Changethepasswordatarecurringinterval,atleastonceayear.

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Webpageoverview

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Liveviewcontrolbar

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Liveview

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Productname

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Userinformation,colorthemes,andhelp

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Videocontrolbar

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Settingstoggle

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Settingstabs

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Additionalsettings

Additionalsettings

Adjusttheimage

Thissectionincludesinstructionsabouthowtocongureyourdevice.Ifyouwanttolearnmoreabouthowcertainfeatures
function,gotoLearnmoreonpage19.

Levelthecamera

Toadjusttheviewinrelationtoareferenceareaorobject,usethelevelingguideincombinationwithamechanicaladjustment
ofthecamera.

1.GotoSettings>System>Orientationandclick

2.Adjustthecameramechanicallyuntilthepositionofthereferenceareaorobject,isalignedwiththelevelingguide.

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Selectsceneprole

Asceneproleisasetofpredenedimageappearancesettingsincludingcolorlevel,brightness,sharpness,contrastandlocal
contrast.Sceneprolesarepreconguredintheproductforquicksetuptoaspecicscenario,forexampleForensicwhichis

optimizedforsurveillanceconditions.Foradescriptionofeachavailablesetting,gotothehelpmenu

Youcanselectasceneproleduringtheinitialsetupofthecamera.Youcanalsoselectorchangesceneprolelater.

1.GotoSettings>System.

2.GotoPlaincong>Imagesourceandselectasceneprole.

3.ClickSave.

andclickHelp.

Reduceimageprocessingtimewithlowlatencymode

Youcanoptimizetheimageprocessingtimeofyourlivestreambyturningonlowlatencymode.Thelatencyinyourlivestreamis
reducedtoaminimum.

1.GotoSettings>System.

2.GotoPlaincong>Imagesource.

3.GotoLowlatencymodeandselectOn.

4.ClickSave.

Selectexposuremode

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

•Formostusecases,selectAutomaticexposure.

•Forenvironmentswithcertainarticiallighting,forexampleuorescentlighting,selectFlicker-free.

Selectthesamefrequencyasthepowerlinefrequency.

•Forenvironmentswithcertainarticiallightandbrightlight,forexampleoutdoorswithuorescentlightingatnightand
sunduringdaytime,selectFlicker-reduced.

Selectthesamefrequencyasthepowerlinefrequency.

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Additionalsettings

•Tolockthecurrentexposuresettings,selectHoldcurrent.

OptimizeIRillumination

Inmostcases,theexposureoftheimageisautomaticallyadjustedtoobtainoptimalimagequality.Ifthecameraisplacedclosetoa
walloracorner,itcansometimesresultinsaturationofpartsoftheimage.Whenthishappens,theLED’sclosesttothewallor
cornerareautomaticallydimmedtoavoidsaturatingtheimage.

Dependingontheinstallationenvironmentandtheconditionsaroundthecamera,forexampleexternallightsourcesinthescene,
youcansometimesimprovetheIRilluminationifyoumanuallyadjusttheintensityoftheLED’s.

1.GotoSettings>Image>Dayandnight,andturnonAllowillumination.

2.TurnonLiveviewcontrol.

3.MinimizeSettings.

4.Intheliveviewcontrolbar,clicktheIlluminationbutton,turnonIRlightandselectManual.

5.Adjusttheintensity.

BenetfromIRlightinlow-lightconditionsusingnightmode

Yourcamerausesvisiblelighttodelivercolorimagesduringtheday.Astheavailablelightdiminishes,youcansetthecamerato
automaticallyshifttonightmode,inwhichthecamerausesbothvisiblelightandnear-infraredlighttodeliverblack-and-white
images.Sincethecamerausesmoreoftheavailablelightitcandeliverbrighter,moredetailed,images.

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

2.Todetermineatwhatlightlevelyouwantthecameratoshifttonightmode,movetheThresholdslidertowardBright
orDark.

Note

Ifyousettheshifttonightmodetooccurwhenit’sbrighter,theimageremainssharperastherewillbelesslow-light
noise.Ifyousettheshifttooccurwhenit’sdarker,theimagecolorsaremaintainedforlonger,buttherewillbemore
imageblurduetolow-lightnoise.

Reducenoiseinlow-lightconditions

Toreducenoiseinlow-lightconditions,youcanadjustoneormoreofthefollowingsettings:

•Adjustthetrade-offbetweennoiseandmotionblur.GotoSettings>Image>ExposureandmovetheBlur-noise
trade-offslidertowardLownoise.

•Settheexposuremodetoautomatic.

Note

Ahighmaxshuttervaluecanresultinmotionblur.

•Toslowdowntheshutterspeed,setmaxshuttertothehighestpossiblevalue.

•Reducesharpnessintheimage.

Note

Whenyoureducethemaxgain,theimagecanbecomedarker.

•Setthemaxgaintoalowervalue.

•Opentheaperture.

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Additionalsettings

Reducemotionblurinlow-lightconditions

Toreducemotionblurinlow-lightconditions,adjustoneormoreofthefollowingsettingsinSettings>Image>Exposure:

•MovetheBlur-noisetrade-offslidertowardLowmotionblur.

Note

Whenyouincreasethegain,imagenoisealsoincreases.

•SetMaxshuttertoashortertime,andMaxgaintoahighervalue.

Ifyoustillhaveproblemswithmotionblur:

•Increasethelightlevelinthescene.

•Mountthecamerasothatobjectsmovetowarditorawayfromitratherthansideways.

Note

Ifyouusealenswithalargeraperture,thedepthofeldgetsshallower.

•Changetoalenswithalargeraperture.

Handlesceneswithstrongbacklight

Dynamicrangeisthedifferenceinlightlevelsinanimage.Insomecasesthedifferencebetweenthedarkestandthebrightest
areascanbesignicant.Theresultisoftenanimagewhereeitherthedarkorthebrightareasarevisible.Widedynamicrange
(WDR)makesbothdarkandbrightareasoftheimagevisible.

ImagewithoutWDR.

Note

•WDRcancauseartifactsintheimage.

•WDRmaynotbeavailableforallcapturemodes.

ImagewithWDR.

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