Axis P7304 User Manual

AXISP7304VideoEncoder

UserManual

AXISP7304VideoEncoder

TableofContents

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

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

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

Webpageoverview..............................................4

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

Adjusttheimage................................................6

Adjustthecameraview(PTZ)......................................8

Viewandrecordvideo............................................9

Setuprulesandalerts...........................................10

Addaudio.....................................................13

Learnmore................................................14

Imagequality...................................................14

Pan,tilt,andzoom(PTZ)..........................................14

Streamingandstorage...........................................14

Applications....................................................15

Troubleshooting............................................16

Resettofactorydefaultsettings...................................16

Firmwareoptions...............................................16

Checkthecurrentrmware.......................................

Upgradethermware............................................17

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

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

Needmorehelp?................................................19

Specications..............................................20

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

LEDindicators..................................................

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

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

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

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Getstarted

Findthedeviceonthenetwork

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

FormoreinformationabouthowtondandassignIPaddresses,seethedocumentHowtoassignanIPaddressandaccessyour
deviceonthedevicepageataxis.com

Browsersupport

Youcanusethedevicewiththefollowingbrowsers:

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Chrome

Windows

OSX

Otheroperatingsystems

Ifyouneedmoreinformationaboutrecommendedbrowsers,gotoaxis.com/browser-support

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Accessthedevice

1.OpenabrowserandentertheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisdevice.

IfyouhaveaMaccomputer(OSX),gotoSafari,clickonBonjourandselectthedevicefromthedrop-downlist.Toadd
Bonjourasabrowserbookmark,gotoSafari>Preferences.

IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddress,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManagertondthedeviceonthenetwork.

2.Entertheusernameandpassword.Ifyouaccessthedeviceforthersttime,youmustsettherootpassword.See
Setasecurepasswordfortherootaccountonpage3.

3.Theliveviewpageopensinyourbrowser.

Verifythatnoonehastamperedwiththermware

TomakesurethatthedevicehasitsoriginalAxisrmware,ortotakefullcontrolofthedeviceafterasecurityattack:

1.Resettofactorydefaultsettings.SeeResettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage16

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Safari

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Afterthereset,securebootguaranteesthestateofthedevice.

2.Congureandinstallthedevice.

Setasecurepasswordfortherootaccount

Important

Thedefaultadministratorusernameisroot.Ifthepasswordforrootislost,resetthedevicetofactorydefaultsettings.

1.Typeapassword.Followtheinstructionsaboutsecurepasswords.SeeSecurepasswordsonpage4.

2.Retypethepasswordtoconrmthespelling.

3.ClickCreatelogin.Thepasswordhasnowbeencongured.

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Securepasswords

Important

Axisdevicessendtheinitiallysetpasswordincleartextoverthenetwork.Toprotectyourdeviceaftertherstlogin,set
upasecureandencryptedHTTPSconnectionandthenchangethepassword.

Thedevicepasswordistheprimaryprotectionforyourdataandservices.Axisdevicesdonotimposeapasswordpolicyasthey
maybeusedinvarioustypesofinstallations.

Toprotectyourdatawestronglyrecommendthatyou:

•Useapasswordwithatleast8characters,preferablycreatedbyapasswordgenerator.

•Don’texposethepassword.

•Changethepasswordatarecurringinterval,atleastonceayear.

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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Setup

Adjusttheimage

Tolearnmoreaboutdifferentimagesettings,seeImagequalityonpage14.

Levelthecamera

Toadjusttheviewinrelationtoareferenceareaorobject,usethelevelingguideincombinationwithamechanicaladjustment
ofthecamera.

1.GotoSettings>System>Orientationandclick

2.Adjustthecameramechanicallyuntilthepositionofthereferenceareaorobject,isalignedwiththelevelingguide.

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Handlesceneswithstrongbacklight

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

1.GotoSettings>Image>Widedynamicrange.

2.Ifrequired,turnonWDR.

3.UsetheLocalcontrastslidertoadjusttheamountofWDR.

ImagewithoutWDR.

ImagewithWDR.

Note

WDRmaycauseartifactsintheimage.

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FindoutmoreaboutWDRandhowtouseitataxis.com/web-articles/wdr

Monitorlongandnarrowareas

Usecorridorformattobetterutilizethefulleldofviewinalongandnarrowarea,forexampleastaircase,hallway,road,ortunnel.

1.Dependingonyourdevice,turnthecameraorthe3-axislensinthecamera90°or270°.

2.Ifthedevicedoesn’trotatetheviewautomatically,logintothewebpageandgotoSettings>System>Orientation.

3.Click

4.Rotatetheview90°or270°.

Findoutmoreataxis.com/axis-corridor-format

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Hidepartsoftheimagewithprivacymasks

Createaprivacymasktohideapartoftheimage:

1.GotoSettings>Privacymask.

2.ClickNew.

Showanimageoverlay

Toaddanimageasanoverlayinthevideostream:

1.GotoSettings>Overlay.

2.ClickImagelist.

3.UploadanimageandclickDone.

4.ClickCreateoverlay.

5.SelectImageandclickCreate.

6.Selecttheimagefromthedrop-downlist.

7.Topositiontheimageoverlay,chooseCustomoroneofthepresets.

8.ClickCreate.

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Showatextoverlayinthevideostreamwhenthedevicedetectsmotion

Thisexampleexplainshowtodisplaythetext“Motiondetected”whenthedevicedetectsmotion:

MakesuretheAXISVideoMotionDetectionapplicationisrunning:

1.GotoSettings>Apps>AXISVideoMotionDetection.

2.Starttheapplicationifitisnotalreadyrunning.

3.Makesureyouhavesetuptheapplicationaccordingtoyourneeds.

Addtheoverlaytext:

4.GotoSettings>Overlay.

5.SelectCreateoverlayandselectTextoverlay.

6.Enter#Dinthetexteld.

7.Choosetextsizeandappearance.

8.Topositionthetextoverlay,chooseCustomoroneofthepresets.

Createarule:

9.GotoSystem>Events>Rulesandaddarule.

10.Typeanamefortherule.

11.Inthelistofconditions,selectAXISVideoMotionDetection.

12.Inthelistofactions,selectUseoverlaytext.

13.Selectaviewarea.

14.Type“Motiondetected”.

15.Settheduration.

16.ClickSave.

Note

Ifyouupdatetheoverlaytextitwillbeautomaticallyupdatedonallvideostreamsdynamically.

Adjustthecameraview(PTZ)

Tolearnmoreaboutdifferentpan,tilt,andzoomsettings,seePan,tilt,andzoom(PTZ)onpage14.

InstallthePTZdriver

Thisproductsupportsseveraldevices.Foracompletelistofsupporteddevices,seeaxis.com

1.Gotothecamera’swebpage.

2.Intheinstallationwizard,gotoSelectaPTZmodeandselectPTZdriverfromthedrop-downlist.

3.Onceyou’veaccessedtheliveview,gotoSettings>System>Accessories.

4.Selectoneofthefollowingactions:

4.1IfthePTZdriverisnotuploaded,selectUploaddriver.

4.2IfthePTZdriverisuploaded,gotoSelectdrivertouseandselectPTZdriverfromthedrop-downlist.

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