Axis P9106–V User Manual

AXISP9106-VNetworkCamera

UserManual

AXISP9106-VNetworkCamera

TableofContents

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

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

Findthedeviceonthenetwork................................5

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

Needmorehelp?................................................6

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Resettofactorydefaultsettings...................................13

Checkthecurrentrmware.......................................13

Upgradethermware............................................13

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Solutionoverview

Solutionoverview

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Productoverview

Productoverview

1

StatusLED

2

microSDcardslot

3

Focusring

4

Controlbutton

5

Networkconnector(PoE)

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Findthedeviceonthenetwork

Findthedeviceonthenetwork

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

FormoreinformationabouthowtondandassignIPaddresses,seethedocumentHowtoassignanIPaddressandaccessyour
deviceonthedevicepageataxis.com

Accessthedevice

1.OpenabrowserandentertheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisdevice.

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

IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddress,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManagertondthedeviceonthenetwork.

2.Entertheusernameandpassword.Ifyouaccessthedeviceforthersttime,youmustsettherootpassword.See
Setasecurepasswordfortherootaccountonpage5.

3.Theliveviewpageopensinyourbrowser .

Aboutsecurepasswords

Important

Axisdevicessendtheinitiallysetpasswordincleartextoverthenetwork.Toprotectyourdeviceaftertherstlogin,set
upasecureandencryptedHTTPSconnectionandthenchangethepassword.

Thedevicepasswordistheprimaryprotectionforyourdataandservices.Axisdevicesdonotimposeapasswordpolicyasthey
maybeusedinvarioustypesofinstallations.

Toprotectyourdatawestronglyrecommendthatyou:

•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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Setup

Setup

Needmorehelp?

Youcanaccessthebuilt-inhelpfromthedevice’swebpage.Thehelpprovidesmoredetailedinformationonthedevice’sfeaturesand
theirsettings.

Imagequality

Selectexposuremode

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.

Viewarea

Aviewareaisacroppedpartofthefullview.Youcanstreamandstoreviewareasinsteadofthefullviewtominimizebandwidth
andstorageneeds.IfyouenablePTZforaviewarea,youcanpan,tiltandzoomwithinit.Byusingviewareasyoucanremoveparts
ofthefullview,forexample,thesky.

Whenyousetupaviewarea,werecommendyoutosetthevideostreamresolutiontothesamesizeasorsmallerthantheviewarea
size.Ifyousetthevideostreamresolutionlargerthantheviewareasizeitimpliesdigitallyscaledupvideoaftersensorcapture,
whichrequiresmorebandwidthwithoutaddingimageinformation.

Hidepartsoftheimagewithprivacymasks

Whatisaprivacymask?

Aprivacymaskisauser-denedareathatpreventsusersfromviewingapartofthemonitoredarea.Inthevideostream,privacy
masksappearasblocksofsolidcolor.

You’llseetheprivacymaskonallsnapshots,recordedvideo,andlivestreams.

YoucanusetheVAPIX®applicationprogramminginterface(API)toturnofftheprivacymasks.

Important

Usingmultipleprivacymasksmayaffecttheproduct’sperformance.

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Createaprivacymask

Tocreateaprivacymask,gotoSettings>Privacymask.

Improvefacialrecognition

Tobetterrecognizethefaceofapersonpassingbythecamera,youcansettheoptimalpixelresolutionwiththecamera’spixel
counter.

1.GotoSettings>System>Orientationandclick.

2.Adjustthesizeandplacementoftherectangleinthecamera’sliveviewaroundtheareaofinterest,forexamplewhere
thefacesofpassingpersonsareexpectedtoappear.Youcanthenseethenumberofpixelsrepresentedbythesidesof
therectangle.

Note

Youcanuseanobjectofaknownsizeintheviewasareferencetodecidehowmuchresolutionisneededforrecognition.

Reducenoiseinlow-lightconditions

Toreducenoiseinlow-lightconditions,youcanadjustoneormoreofthefollowingsettings:

•Settheexposuremodetoautomatic.

Note

Ahighmaxshuttervaluecanresultinmotionblur.

•Toslowdowntheshutterspeed,setmaxshuttertothehighestpossiblevalue.

•Reducesharpnessintheimage.

Handlesceneswithstrongbacklight

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

1.GotoSettings>Image.

2.Ifrequired,turnonWDRunderWidedynamicrange.

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ImagewithoutWDR.

ImagewithWDR.

Note

WDRmaycauseartifactsintheimage.

FindoutmoreaboutWDRandhowtouseitataxis.com/web-articles/wdr

Maximizedetailsinanimage

Important

Ifyoumaximizedetailsinanimage,thebitratewillprobablyincreaseandyoumightgetareducedframerate.

•Makesuretoselectthecapturemodethathasthehighestresolution.

•Setthecompressionaslowaspossible.

•SelectMJPEGstreaming.

•TurnoffZipstreamfunctionality.

Overlays

Aboutoverlays

Overlaysaresuperimposedoverthevideostream.Theyareusedtoprovideextrainformationduringrecordings,suchasatimestamp,
orduringproductinstallationandconguration.

Showatextoverlayinthevideostreamwhenthedevicedetectsmotion

Thisexampleexplainshowtodisplaythetext“Motiondetected”whenthedevicedetectsmotion:

MakesuretheAXISVideoMotionDetectionapplicationisrunning:

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1.GotoSettings>Apps>AXISVideoMotionDetection.

2.Starttheapplicationifitisnotalreadyrunning.

3.Makesureyouhavesetuptheapplicationaccordingtoyourneeds.

Addtheoverlaytext:

4.GotoSettings>Overlay.

5.Enter#Dinthetexteld.

6.Choosetextsizeandappearance.

Createarule:

7.GotoSystem>Events>Rulesandaddarule.

8.Typeanamefortherule.

9.Inthelistofconditions,selectAXISVideoMotionDetection.

10.Inthelistofactions,selectUseoverlaytext.

11.Selectaviewarea.

12.Type“Motiondetected”.

13.Settheduration.

14.ClickSave.

Streamingandstorage

Choosevideocompressionformat

Decidewhichcompressionmethodtousebasedonyourviewingrequirements,andonthepropertiesofyournetwork.The
availableoptionsare:

MotionJPEG

MotionJPEGorMJPEGisadigitalvideosequencethatismadeupofaseriesofindividualJPEGimages.Theseimagesarethen
displayedandupdatedataratesufcienttocreateastreamthatshowsconstantlyupdatedmotion.Fortheviewertoperceivemotion
videotheratemustbeatleast16imageframespersecond.Fullmotionvideoisperceivedat30(NTSC)or25(PAL)framespersecond.

TheMotionJPEGstreamusesconsiderableamountsofbandwidth,butprovidesexcellentimagequalityandaccesstoeveryimage
containedinthestream.

H.264orMPEG-4Part10/AVC

Note

H.264isalicensedtechnology.TheAxisproductincludesoneH.264viewingclientlicense.Installingadditionalunlicensed
copiesoftheclientisprohibited.Topurchaseadditionallicenses,contactyourAxisreseller.

H.264can,withoutcompromisingimagequality,reducethesizeofadigitalvideolebymorethan80%comparedtotheMotion
JPEGformatandbyasmuchas50%comparedtotheMPEG-4standard.Thismeansthatlessnetworkbandwidthandstoragespace
arerequiredforavideole.Orseenanotherway,highervideoqualitycanbeachievedforagivenbitrate.

Reducebandwidthandstorage

Important

Ifyoureducethebandwidthitcanresultinlossofdetailsinthepicture.

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1.GotoliveviewandselectH.264.

2.GotoSettings>Stream.

3.Dooneormoreofthefollowing:

-TurnontheZipstreamfunctionalityandselectthedesiredlevel.

-TurnondynamicGOPandsetahighGOPlengthvalue.

-Increasethecompression.

-TurnondynamicFPS.

Setupnetworkstorage

Tostorerecordingsonthenetwork,youneedtosetupnetworkstorage:

1.GotoSettings>System>Storage.

2.ClickSetupunderNetworkstorage.

3.EntertheIPaddressofthehostserver.

4.Enterthenameofthesharedlocationonthehostserver .

5.Movetheswitchifthesharerequiresalogin,andenterusernameandpassword.

6.ClickConnect.

Events

Rulesandalerts

Youcancreaterulestomakeyourdeviceperformanactionwhencertaineventsoccur.Aruleconsistsofconditionsandactions.
Theconditionscanbeusedtotriggertheactions.Forexample,thedevicecanstartarecordingorsendanemailwhenitdetects
motion,orshowanoverlaytextwhenitrecords.

Triggeranaction

1.GotoSettings>System>Eventstosetuparule.Theruledeneswhenthecamerawillperformcertainactions.Rules
canbesetupasscheduled,recurring,orforexample,triggeredbymotiondetection.

2.SelecttheConditionthatmustbemettotriggertheaction.Ifyouspecifymorethanoneconditionfortherule,allofthe
conditionsmustbemettotriggertheaction.

3.SelectwhichActionthecamerashouldperformwhentheconditionsaremet.

Note

Ifyoumakechangestoanactiverule,thentheruleneedstoberestartedforthechangestotakeeffect.

Recordvideowhenthecameradetectsmotion

ThisexampleexplainshowtosetupthecameratostartrecordingtotheSDcardvesecondsbeforeitdetectsmotionandto
stoponeminuteafter.

MakesuretheAXISVideoMotionDetectionapplicationisrunning:

1.GotoSettings>Apps>AXISVideoMotionDetection.

2.Starttheapplicationifitisnotalreadyrunning.

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3.Makesureyouhavesetuptheapplicationaccordingtoyourneeds.

Createarule:

1.GotoSettings>System>Eventsandaddarule.

2.Typeanamefortherule.

3.Inthelistofconditions,underApplication,selectAXISVideoMotionDetection(VMD).

4.Inthelistofactions,underRecordings,selectRecordvideowhiletheruleisactive.

5.Selectanexistingstreamproleorcreateanewone.

6.Settheprebuffertimeto5seconds.

7.Setthepostbuffertimeto60seconds.

8.Inthelistofstorageoptions,selectSDcard.

9.ClickSave.

Applications

Applications

AXISCameraApplicationPlatform(ACAP)isanopenplatformthatenablesthirdpartiestodevelopanalyticsandotherapplications
forAxisproducts.Tondoutmoreaboutavailableapplications,downloads,trialsandlicenses,gotoaxis.com/applications

TondtheusermanualsforAxisapplications,gotoaxis.com

Note

•Severalapplicationscanrunatthesametimebutsomeapplicationsmightnotbecompatiblewitheachother.Certain

combinationsofapplicationsmightrequiretoomuchprocessingpowerormemoryresourceswhenruninparallel.Verify
thattheapplicationsworktogetherbeforedeployment.

Addaudiotoyourproduct

Addaudiocapabilitytoyourproduct

EventhoughyourAxisnetworkvideoproducthasnobuilt-inaudiocapability,itisstillpossibletoaddthisfunctionality,byusinga
productfromtheAXIST61SeriesAudioandI/OInterface(suppliedseparately),whicheffectivelyprovidesmicrophonecapability
whereitdoesnotexist.

ThissetuprequirestheAXIST61Seriesproduct(2)tobeconnectedbetweenyourAxisnetworkvideodevice(1)andthePoE
switch(3)providingpower.

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Oncethevariousdevicesarecorrectlyconnected,therewillbeanaudiotabinthesettingsforyourAxisnetworkvideoproduct.

TheAXIST61Seriesproductcanbeusedtogoodeffectinsituationssuchasinterviewrooms.TheAxisnetworkvideoproductis
mountedonthewallorceilingtogivegoodvisualcoverage,whiletheAXIST61Seriesproductcanbemounted,forexample,onor
abovetheinterviewtable.

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Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting

Ifyoucan’tndwhatyou’relookingforhere,trythetroubleshootingsectionataxis.com/support

Resettofactorydefaultsettings

Important

Resettofactorydefaultshouldbeusedwithcaution.Aresettofactorydefaultresetsallsettings,includingtheIPaddress,to
thefactorydefaultvalues.

Toresettheproducttothefactorydefaultsettings:

1.Disconnectpowerfromtheproduct.

2.Pressandholdthecontrolbuttonwhilereconnectingpower.SeeProductoverviewonpage4.

3.Keepthecontrolbuttonpressedfor15–30secondsuntilthestatusLEDindicatorashesamber.

4.Releasethecontrolbutton.TheprocessiscompletewhenthestatusLEDindicatorturnsgreen.Theproducthasbeenreset
tothefactorydefaultsettings.IfnoDHCPserverisavailableonthenetwork,thedefaultIPaddressis192.168.0.90

5.UsetheinstallationandmanagementsoftwaretoolstoassignanIPaddress,setthepassword,andaccessthevideostream.

Theinstallationandmanagementsoftwaretoolsareavailablefromthesupportpagesonaxis.com/support

Itisalsopossibletoresetparameterstofactorydefaultthroughthewebinterface.GotoSettings>System>Maintenanceand
clickDefault.

Checkthecurrentrmware

Firmwareisthesoftwarethatdeterminesthefunctionalityofnetworkdevices.Oneofyourrstactionswhentroubleshootinga
problemshouldbetocheckthecurrentrmwareversion.Thelatestversionmaycontainacorrectionthatxesyourparticular
problem.

Tocheckthecurrentrmware:

1.Gototheproduct’swebpage.

2.Clickonthehelpmenu.

3.ClickAbout.

Upgradethermware

Important

Preconguredandcustomizedsettingsaresavedwhenthermwareisupgraded(providedthatthefeaturesareavailablein
thenewrmware)althoughthisisnotguaranteedbyAxisCommunicationsAB.

Important

Makesuretheproductremainsconnectedtothepowersourcethroughouttheupgradeprocess.

Note

Whenyouupgradetheproductwiththelatestrmwareintheactivetrack,theproductreceivesthelatestfunctionality
available.Alwaysreadtheupgradeinstructionsandreleasenotesavailablewitheachnewreleasebeforeupgradingthe
rmware.Tondthelatestrmwareandthereleasenotes,gotoaxis.com/support/rmware

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Troubleshooting

1.Downloadthermwareletoyourcomputer,availablefreeofchargeataxis.com/support/rmware

2.Logintotheproductasanadministrator .

3.GotoSettings>System>Maintenance.Followtheinstructionsonthepage.Whentheupgradehasnished,the
productrestartsautomatically.

AXISDeviceManagercanbeusedformultipleupgrades.Findoutmoreataxis.com/products/axis-device-manager

Technicalissues,cluesandsolutions

Ifyoucan’tndwhatyou’relookingforhere,trythetroubleshootingsectionataxis.com/support

Problemsupgradingthermware

FirmwareupgradefailureIfthermwareupgradefails,thedevicereloadsthepreviousrmware.Themostcommonreason

ProblemssettingtheIPaddress

Thedeviceislocatedona
differentsubnet

TheIPaddressisbeingused
byanotherdevice

isthatthewrongrmwarelehasbeenuploaded.Checkthatthenameofthermwarele
correspondstoyourdeviceandtryagain.

IftheIPaddressintendedforthedeviceandtheIPaddressofthecomputerusedtoaccessthe
devicearelocatedondifferentsubnets,youcannotsettheIPaddress.Contactyournetwork
administratortoobtainanIPaddress.

DisconnecttheAxisdevicefromthenetwork.Runthepingcommand(inaCommand/DOSwindow,
typepingandtheIPaddressofthedevice):

•Ifyoureceive:Replyfrom<IPaddress>:bytes=32;time=10...
thismeansthattheIPaddressmayalreadybeinusebyanotherdeviceonthenetwork.
ObtainanewIPaddressfromthenetworkadministratorandreinstallthedevice.

•Ifyoureceive:Requesttimedout,thismeansthattheIPaddressisavailable
forusewiththeAxisdevice.Checkallcablingandreinstallthedevice.

PossibleIPaddressconict
withanotherdeviceonthe
samesubnet

Thedevicecannotbeaccessedfromabrowser

Cannotlogin

TheIPaddresshasbeen
changedbyDHCP

Certicateerrorwhenusing
IEEE802.1X

Thedeviceisaccessiblelocallybutnotexternally

Toaccessthedeviceexternally,werecommendusingoneofthefollowingapplicationsforWindows

ThestaticIPaddressintheAxisdeviceisusedbeforetheDHCPserversetsadynamicaddress.
ThismeansthatifthesamedefaultstaticIPaddressisalsousedbyanotherdevice,theremay
beproblemsaccessingthedevice.

WhenHTTPSisenabled,ensurethatthecorrectprotocol(HTTPorHTTPS)isusedwhenattempting
tologin.Youmayneedtomanuallytypehttporhttpsinthebrowser’saddresseld.

Ifthepasswordfortheuserrootislost,thedevicemustberesettothefactorydefaultsettings.
SeeResettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage13.

IPaddressesobtainedfromaDHCPserveraredynamicandmaychange.IftheIPaddresshasbeen
changed,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManagertolocatethedeviceonthenetwork.Identify
thedeviceusingitsmodelorserialnumber,orbytheDNSname(ifthenamehasbeencongured).

Ifrequired,astaticIPaddresscanbeassignedmanually.Forinstructions,gotoaxis.com/support

Forauthenticationtoworkproperly,thedateandtimesettingsintheAxisdevicemustbe
synchronizedwithanNTPserver.GotoSettings>System>Dateandtime

®

:

•AXISCompanion:freeofcharge,idealforsmallsystemswithbasicsurveillanceneeds.

•AXISCameraStation:30-daytrialversionfreeofcharge,idealforsmalltomid-sizesystems.

Forinstructionsanddownload,gotoaxis.com/products/axis-companion

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Problemswithstreaming

MulticastH.264only
accessiblebylocalclients

NomulticastH.264
displayedintheclient

PoorrenderingofH.264
images

Colorsaturationisdifferent
inH.264andMotionJPEG

Lowerframeratethan
expected

Checkifyourroutersupportsmulticasting,oriftheroutersettingsbetweentheclientandthe
deviceneedtobecongured.TheTTL(TimeToLive)valuemayneedtobeincreased.

CheckwithyournetworkadministratorthatthemulticastaddressesusedbytheAxisdevice
arevalidforyournetwork.

Checkwithyournetworkadministratortoseeifthereisarewallpreventingviewing.

Ensurethatyourgraphicscardisusingthelatestdriver .Thelatestdriverscanusuallybe
downloadedfromthemanufacturer’swebsite.

Modifythesettingsforyourgraphicsadapter.Gototheadapter’sdocumentationformore
information.

•SeePerformanceconsiderationsonpage15.

•Reducethenumberofapplicationsrunningontheclientcomputer.

•Limitthenumberofsimultaneousviewers.

•Checkwiththenetworkadministratorthatthereisenoughbandwidthavailable.

•Lowertheimageresolution.

•Logintothedevice’swebpageandsetacapturemodethatprioritizesframerate.
Changingthecapturemodetoprioritizeframeratemightlowerthemaximum
resolutiondependingonthedeviceusedandcapturemodesavailable.

•Themaximumframespersecondisdependentontheutilityfrequency(60/50Hz)
oftheAxisdevice.

Problemsretrievingadditionalvideostreams

‘VideoError’displayedin
AXISCompanion,or

‘Stream:Error.Something
wentwrong.Maybethere
aretoomanyviewers.’in
Chrome/Firefox,or

‘503serviceunavailable’
errorinQuickTime,or

‘Cameranot
available’displayedin
AXISCameraStation,or

‘Errorreadingvideostream’
messageinbrowserwhen
usingtheJavaapplet

Thiscameraisdesignedtodeliveruptofourdifferentstreams.Ifafthuniquestreamisrequested,
thecamerawillnotbeabletoprovideit,andanerrormessageisdisplayed.Theerrormessage
dependsonthewaythestreamisrequested.Thestreamsareusedonarstcome,rstserved
basis.Examplesofinstancesusingastreamare:

•Liveviewinginawebbrowserorotherapplication

•Whilerecording-continuousormotiontriggeredrecording

•Aneventusingimagesonthecamera,forexampleaneventsendingane-mailwithan
imageeveryhour

•Aninstalledandrunningapplication,suchasAXISVideoMotionDetection,willalways
consumeavideostream,whetheritisusedornot.Astoppedapplicationdoesnot
consumeavideostream.

Thecameracandelivermorethanfoursimultaneousstreamsprovidedthecongurationofany
additionalstreamisidenticaltoanyoftherstfourstreams.Identicalcongurationimpliesexactly
thesameresolution,framerate,compression,videoformat,rotationetc.Formoreinformationsee
thewhitepaper“Maxnumberofuniquevideostreamcongurations”,availableataxis.com

Performanceconsiderations

Whensettingupyoursystem,itisimportanttoconsiderhowvarioussettingsandsituationsaffecttheperformance.Somefactors
affecttheamountofbandwidth(thebitrate)required,otherscanaffecttheframerate,andsomeaffectboth.Iftheloadonthe
CPUreachesitsmaximum,thisalsoaffectstheframerate.

Thefollowingfactorsarethemostimportanttoconsider:

•Highimageresolutionorlowercompressionlevelsresultinimagescontainingmoredatawhichinturnaffectsthe
bandwidth.

•RotatingthelensmanuallywillresultinbetterperformancecomparedtorotatingtheimagefromtheGUI.

•AccessbylargenumbersofMotionJPEGorunicastH.264clientsaffectsthebandwidth.

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•Simultaneousviewingofdifferentstreams(resolution,compression)bydifferentclientsaffectsbothframerateand
bandwidth.

Useidenticalstreamswhereverpossibletomaintainahighframerate.Streamprolescanbeusedtoensurethat
streamsareidentical.

•AccessingMotionJPEGandH.264videostreamssimultaneouslyaffectsbothframerateandbandwidth.

•Heavyusageofeventsettingsaffectstheproduct’sCPUloadwhichinturnaffectstheframerate.

•UsingHTTPSmayreduceframerate,inparticularifstreamingMotionJPEG.

•Heavynetworkutilizationduetopoorinfrastructureaffectsthebandwidth.

•Viewingonpoorlyperformingclientcomputerslowersperceivedperformanceandaffectsframerate.

•RunningmultipleAXISCameraApplicationPlatform(ACAP)applicationssimultaneouslymayaffecttheframerateand
thegeneralperformance.

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Specifications

Specifications

Tondthelatestversionoftheproduct’sdatasheet,gototheproductpageataxis.comandlocateSupport&Documentation.

LEDIndicators

Note

•TheStatusLEDcanbeconguredtoashwhileaneventisactive.

•TheStatusLEDcanbeconguredtoashforidentifyingtheunit.GotoSettings>System>Plaincong.

StatusLED

Unlit

GreenSteadygreenfor10secondsfornormaloperationafterstartupcompleted.

Amber

Amber/RedFlashesamber/redifnetworkconnectionisunavailableorlost.

RedFirmwareupgradefailure.

Note

Amberisacombinationofredandgreen,andcanbeperceivedaseitherofthesecolorsdependingonviewingangle.

Indication

Connectionandnormaloperation.

Steadyduringstartup.Flashesduringrmwareupgradeorresettofactorydefault.

SDcardslot

NO

TICE

NO NO

TICE TICE

•RiskofdamagetoSDcard.Donotusesharptools,metalobjects,orexcessiveforcewheninsertingorremovingthe

SDcard.Useyourngerstoinsertandremovethecard.

•Riskofdatalossandcorruptedrecordings.DonotremovetheSDcardwhiletheproductisrunning.UnmounttheSDcard

fromtheproduct’swebpagebeforeremoval.

ThisproductsupportsmicroSD/microSDHC/microSDXCcards.

ForSDcardrecommendations,seeaxis.com

trademarksorregisteredtrademarksofSD-3C,LLCintheUnitedStates,othercountriesorboth.

microSD,microSDHC,andmicroSDXCLogosaretrademarksofSD-3CLLC.microSD,microSDHC,microSDXCare

Buttons

Controlbutton

Thecontrolbuttonisusedfor:

•Resettingtheproducttofactorydefaultsettings.SeeResettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage13.

•ConnectingtoanAXISVideoHostingSystemservice.Toconnect,pressandholdthebuttonforabout3secondsuntilthe
statusLEDashesgreen.

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Connectors

HDMIConnector

TheHDMI

Networkconnector

RJ45EthernetconnectorwithPoweroverEthernet(PoE).

TM

connectorisnotusedbythisproductanditisnotpossibletogetavideostreamfromit.

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