Axis Q6055 User Manual

AXISQ6055PTZDomeNetworkCamera

UserManual

AXISQ6055PTZDomeNetworkCamera

Productoverview

Productoverview

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Partnumber(P/N)&Serialnumber(S/N)

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Networkconnector(PoE+)

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Multi-connector

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Dome

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StatusLEDindicator

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Controlbutton

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Setup

Howtoaccesstheproduct

AXISIPUtilityandAXISCameraManagementarerecommendedmethodsforndingAxisproductsonthenetworkandassigning
themIPaddressesinWindows®.Bothapplicationsarefreeandcanbedownloadedfromaxis.com/support

Theproductcanbeusedwiththefollowingbrowsers:

•Chrome

•Chrome

•Chrome

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(recommended),Firefox

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(recommended)orSafari

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withotheroperatingsystems.

Howtoaccesstheproductfromabrowser

1.Startawebbrowser.

2.EntertheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisproductinthebrowser’saddresseld.

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withOSX

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withWindows

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

IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddress,useAXISIPUtilitytolocatetheproductonthenetwork.Forinformationabout
howtodiscoverandassignanIPaddress,seethedocumentAssignanIPAddressandAccesstheVideoStreamonAxis
Supportwebataxis.com/support

Note

ToshowBonjourasabrowserbookmark,gotoSafari>Preferences.

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

4.Theproduct’sliveviewpageopensinyourbrowser.

Aboutsecurepasswords

Important

Whensettingtheinitialpassword,thepasswordissentincleartextoverthenetwork.Ifthereisariskofnetworksnifng,
rstsetupasecureandencryptedHTTPSconnectionbeforeresettingthepasswords.

Thedevicepasswordistheprimaryprotectionforthedataandservices.Axis’productsdonotimposeapasswordpolicyasproducts
maybeusedinvarioustypesofinstallations,buttoprotectyourdatadothefollowing:

•Don’tusethedefaultpasswordthatcomeswiththeproducts.

•Useapasswordwithatleast8characters,preferablyusingapasswordgenerator.

•Don’texposethepassword.

•Changepasswordatarecurringinterval,atleastonceayear.

Setapasswordfortherootaccount

Important

Thedefaultadministratorusernamerootcannotbedeleted.Ifthepasswordforrootislost,theproductmustberesetto
thefactorydefaultsettings.

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Thedefaultrootaccounthasfullprivilegesandshouldbereservedforadministrativetasks.Alwayscreateauseraccountwithlimited
privilegesfordailyuse.Thisreducestheexposureoftheadministrativeaccount.

1.Makesuretofollowtheinstructionsaboutsecurepasswords,seeAboutsecurepasswordsonpage3.

2.Typeapasswordandthenretypeittoconrmthespelling.

3.ClickCreatelogin.Thepasswordhasnowbeencongured.

Abouttheproduct'sbuilt-inhelp

Youcanaccessthebuilt-inhelpthroughyourproduct’swebpage.Thehelpprovidesmoredetailedinformationontheproduct’s
featuresandtheirsettings.

Imagequality

Aboutcapturemodes

Acapturemodeconsistsofaresolutionandthecorrespondingframerateavailableintheproduct.Thecapturemodesetting
affectsthecamera’seldofviewandaspectratio.

Thelowerresolutioncapturemodeiscroppedoutfromthehighestresolution.

Theimageshowshowtheeldofviewandaspectratiocanchangebetweentwodifferentcapturemodes.

Howtoselectcapturemode

Whatcapturemodetochoosedependsontherequirementsofframerateandresolutionforthespecicsurveillancesetup.For
specicationsaboutavailablecapturemodes,seetheproduct’sdatasheet.Tondthelatestversionofthedatasheet,gotoaxis.com

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Setup

Howtoreducenoiseinlow-lightconditions

Toreducenoiseinlow-lightconditions,youcanadjustoneormoreofthefollowingsettings:

•Makesurethattheexposuremodeisautomatic.

Note

Increasingthemaxshuttervaluecanresultinmotionblur.

•Theshutterspeedshouldbeasslowaspossible,whichmeansyoushouldsetmaxshuttertothehighestpossiblevalue.

•Reducesharpnessintheimage.

•Tryloweringthemaxgainvalue.

HowtobenetfromIRlightinlow-lightconditionsusingnightmode

Yourcameradeliverscolorimagesduringtheday.Aslightdiminishes,youcansetthecameratoautomaticallyshifttonightmode.
Thisenablesdeliveringblack-and-whiteimageswiththehelpofIRlight.

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

2.Todetermineatwhatlightlevelyouwantthecameratoshifttonightmode,settheDay-nightshiftprioritytoDay,
NightorNone.

Howtoselectexposuremode

Thereareseveralexposuremodeoptionsinthecamerathatadjustsaperture,shutterspeed,andgaintoimproveimagequalityfor
specicsurveillancescenes.IntheImagetab,selectbetweenthefollowingoptions:

•Formostusecases,selectAutomaticexposure.

•Ifyouneedfullcontrolofallparameters,mostlyusefulforsceneswithlittlechangeinlighting,selectManual.

Howtomaximizedetailsinanimage

Important

Ifyoumaximizedetailsinanimage,bitrateincreasesandmightleadtoreducedframerate.

•Makesuretoselectcapturemodethathasthehighestresolution.

•Setcompressionaslowaspossible.

•SelectMJPEGstreaming.

•TurnofftheZipstreamfunctionality.

HowtostabilizeashakyimagewithElectronicImageStabilization(EIS)

EIScanbeusedinenvironmentswheretheproductismountedinanexposedlocationandsubjecttovibrations,forexample,wind
orpassingtrafc.TurnonEIStogetasmootherandsteadierimagewithoutblur.

EISalsoreducesthelesizeofthecompressedimageandlowersthebitrateofthevideostream.

1.GotoSettings>Image.

2.TurnonEIS.

Howtohandlesceneswithstrongbacklight

UseWDRtomakebothdarkandbrightareasoftheimagevisible.

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1.GotoSettings>Image.

2.TurnonWDRunderWidedynamicrange.

ImagewithoutWDR.

ImagewithWDR.

Note

IfyouuseWDR,youmayexperiencesomeWDRartifactsintheimage.

FindoutmoreaboutWDRandhowtouseitataxis.com/web-articles/wdr

Overlays

Aboutoverlays

Overlaysaresuperimposedoverthevideostream.Theyareusedtoprovideextrainformationduringrecordings,suchasatimestamp,
orduringproductinstallationandconguration.

Howtoshowatextoverlaywhenthecameradetectsmotion

Thisexampleexplainshowtodisplaythetext“Motiondetected”whenthecameradetectsmotion:

1.GotoSettings>Overlay.

2.Enter#Dinthetexteld.

3.Choosealignment,textsizeandappearance.

4.Includethetextoverlay .

5.GotoSystem>Events>Actionrules.

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6.CreateanactionrulewithAXISVideoMotionDetectionastrigger .

7.Fromthelistofactions,selectOverlaytext.

8.Type“Motiondetected”.

9.Settheduration.

PTZ(PanTiltZoom)

Howtolimitpan,tilt,andzoommovements

Inthisexample,thecameraissurveillingaparkinglotwithnearbyapartmentbuildings.Setpan,tiltandzoomlimitstoensure
privacyforresidents.

Tolimitpanandtilt:

1.GotoSettings>PTZ>Advanced>Limits.

2.Setlimitsforpanandtilt.

3.ClickSave.

Tolimitzoom:

1.GotoSettings>PTZ>Basic.

2.SetZoomtelelimit.

Howtodisplaythepanortiltpositionasatextoverlay

Itmaybeusefultoretrieve,forinstancefromarecordedvideo,thepanortiltpositionindegreesinwhichaneventhastakenplace.
Thiscanbeobtainedbyincludingthepositionintheimageasatextoverlay,usingaso-calledmodier .

1.GotoSettings>Overlay.

2.Inthetexteld,enter#xtoshowthepanposition.

Enter#ytoshowthetiltposition.

3.Choosealignment,textsizeandappearance.

4.Includethetextoverlay .

5.Thecurrentpanandtiltpositionsshowupintheliveviewimageandintherecording.

Streamingandstorage

Howtochoosevideocompressionformat

Decidingwhichcompressionmethodtochoosedependsonyourviewingrequirements,andonthepropertiesofyournetwork.The
availableoptionsare:

MotionJPEG

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

TheMotionJPEGstreamusesconsiderableamountsofbandwidth,butprovidesexcellentimagequalityandaccesstoeveryimage
containedinthestream.

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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.

Findoutmoreataxis.com/compression-formats

Howtoreducebandwidthandstorage

Important

Ifyoureducethebandwidthitcanresultinlessdetailsinthepicture.

1.GotoliveviewandselectH.264.

2.GototheStreamtab.

3.Dooneormoreofthefollowing:

-TurnontheZipstreamfunctionalityandselectthedesiredlevel.

-TurnondynamicGOPandsetahighGOPlengthvalue.

-Increasethecompression.

-TurnondynamicFPS.

Howtosetupnetworkstorage

Tostorerecordingsonthenetwork,youneedtosetupnetworkstorage:

1.GotoSettings>System>Storage.

2.ClickSetupunderNetworkstorage.

3.EntertheIPaddressofthehostserver.

4.Enterthenameofthesharedlocationonthehostserver.

5.Movetheswitchifthesharerequiresalogin,andenterusernameandpassword.

6.ClickConnect.

Howtoaddaudiotoyourrecording

Note

Toconnecttheaudiodevice,thisproductrequiresamulticable.

Editthestreamprolewhichisusedfortherecording:

1.GotoSettings>System>Streamproles.

2.Selectthestreamproletomodify.

3.IntheAudiotab,selecttheAudiostreamcheckboxandselectOnfromthedrop-downlist.

4.ClickOk.

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Howtorecordandwatchvideo

Torecordvideoyoumustrstsetupnetworkstorage,seeHowtosetupnetworkstorage,orhaveanSDcardinstalled.

1.Gotothecamera’sliveview.

2.ClickonRecordoncetostartrecordingandonemoretimetostoprecording.

Towatchyourrecording:

1.ClickonStorage>Gotorecordings.

2.Selectyourrecordinginthelistanditwillplayautomatically.

Events

Aboutevents

Theeventpagesallowyoutocongureyourproducttoperformactionswhendifferenteventsoccur.Forexample,theproduct
canstartarecordingorsendanemailnoticationwhenmotionisdetected.Thesetofconditionsthatdeneshowandwhen
theactionistriggerediscalledanactionrule.

Howtotriggeranaction

1.GotoSettings>System>Eventstosetupanactionrule.Theactionruledeneswhentheproductwillperformcertain
actions.Actionrulescanbesetupasscheduled,recurring,orforexample,triggeredbymotiondetection.

2.SelectwhatTriggermustbemettotriggertheaction.Ifyouspecifymorethanonetriggerfortheactionrule,all
ofthemmustbemettotriggertheaction.

3.SelectwhichActionthecamerashouldperformwhentheconditionsaremet.

Note

Ifyoumakechangestoanactiveactionrule,theactionruleneedstoberestartedforthechangestotakeeffect.

Howtorecordvideowhenthecameradetectsmotion

ThisexampleexplainshowtosetupthecameratostartrecordingtotheSDcardvesecondsbeforeitdetectsmotionandto
stoponeminuteafter.

MakesuretheAXISVideoMotionDetectionapplicationisrunning:

1.GotoSettings>Apps>AXISVideoMotionDetection.

2.Starttheapplicationifitisnotalreadyrunning.

3.Makesureyouhavesetuptheapplicationaccordingtoyourneeds.

Createanactionrule:

4.GotoSettings>System>Eventsandaddanactionrule.

5.Typeanamefortheactionrule.

6.Fromthelistoftriggers,selectApplicationsandthenselectAXISVideoMotionDetection(VMD).

7.Fromthelistofactions,selectRecordvideo.

8.Selectanexistingstreamproleorcreateanewone.

9.Setthepre-triggertimeto5seconds.

10.Setthepost-triggertimeto60seconds.

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11.SelectSDcardfromthelistofstorageoptions.

12.ClickOk.

Howtodirectthecameratoapresetpositionwhenthecameradetectsmotion

Thisexampleexplainshowtosetupthecameratogotoapresetpositionwhenitdetectsmotionintheimage.

MakesuretheAXISVideoMotionDetectionapplicationisrunning:

1.GotoSettings>Apps>AXISVideoMotionDetection.

2.Starttheapplicationifitisnotalreadyrunning.

3.Makesureyouhavesetuptheapplicationaccordingtoyourneeds.

Addapresetposition:

4.GotoSettings>PTZandsetwhereyouwantthecameratobedirectedbycreatingapresetposition.

Createanactionrule:

5.GotoSettings>System>Events>Actionrulesandaddanactionrule.

6.Typeanamefortheactionrule.

7.Fromthelistoftriggers,selectApplicationsandthenselectAXISVideoMotionDetection(VMD).

8.Fromthelistofactions,selectPTZControlandthenselectPresetPosition.

9.Selectthepresetpositionyouwantthecameratogoto.

10.ClickOk.

Howtorecordvideowhenthecameradetectsloudnoises

ThisexampleexplainshowtosetupthecameratostartrecordingtotheSDcardvesecondsbeforeitdetectsloudnoiseandto
stoponeminuteafter.

Makesureaudioturnedon:

1.Setupthestreamproletoincludeaudio,seeHowtoaddaudiotoyourrecording.

Makesuretheaudiodetectionissetup:

2.GotoSettings>System>Detectors>Audiodetection.

3.Adjustthealarmlevelaccordingtoyourneeds.

Createanactionrule:

4.GotoSettings>System>Eventsandaddanactionrule.

5.Typeanamefortheactionrule.

6.Fromthelistoftriggers,selectDetectorsandthenselectAudioDetection.

7.Fromthelistofactions,selectRecordvideoandthenselectPresetPosition.

8.Selectthestreamprolewhereaudiohasbeenturnedonorcreateanewone.

9.Setthepre-triggertimeto5seconds.

10.Setthepost-triggertimeto60seconds.

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11.SelectSDcardfromthelistofstorageoptions.

12.ClickOk.

Howtoautomaticallyzoominonaspecicareawithgatekeeper

Thisexampleexplainshowtousethegatekeeperfunctionalitytomakethecamerazoominautomaticallyonthelicenseplateofa
carthatpassesthroughagate.Whenthecarhaspassed,thecamerazoomsouttothehomeposition.

Createthepresetpositions:

1.GotoSettings>PTZ>Presetpositions.

2.Createthehomepositionthatincludestheentranceofthegate.

3.Createthezoomed-inpresetpositionsothatitcoverstheareaintheimagewhereyouassumethatthelicenseplate
willappear.

Createamotiondetectionprole:

4.GotoSettings>AppsandopenAXISVideoMotionDetection.

5.Createaprolethatcoverstheentranceofthegateandthensavetheprole.

Createanactionrule:

6.GotoSettings>System>Eventsandaddanactionrule.

7.NametheactionruleGatekeeper.

8.Fromthetriggerlist,selectApplicationsandthenselectthepreviouslycreatedmotiondetectionprole.

9.Fromtheactionlist,selectthepreviouslycreatedpresetposition.

10.ClickOK.

Howtorecordvideowhenthecameradetectsimpact

Shockdetectionallowsthecameratodetecttamperingcausedbyvibrationorshock.Vibrationcausedbytheenvironmentoran
objectcantriggeranactiondependingontheshocksensitivityrange,whichcanbesetfrom0to100.Inthisscenario,someoneis
throwingrocksatthecameraduringafterhoursandyouwouldliketoreceiveavideoclipoftheevent.

1.GotoSettings>System>Detectors.

2.Enableshockdetectionandsetshocksensitivityvalue.

3.ClickSave.

Createanactionrule:

4.GotoSettings>System>Eventsandaddanactionrule.

5.Typeanamefortheactionrule.

6.Fromthelistoftriggers,selectDetectorsandthenselectShockdetection.

7.Fromthelistofschedules,selectAfterHours.

8.Fromthelistofactions,selectSendVideoClip.

9.Selectanexistingstreamproleorcreateanewone.

10.Setthepre-triggertimeto5seconds.

11.Setthepost-triggertimeto60seconds.

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12.Selectanexistingrecipientorcreateanewone.

13.ClickOk.

Applications

Aboutapplications

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

TondtheusermanualsforAxisapplications,gotoaxis.com

Note

•Severalapplicationscanrunatthesametimebutsomeapplicationsmightnotbecompatiblewitheachother.Certain

combinationsofapplicationsmightrequiretoomuchprocessingpowerormemoryresourceswhenruninparallel.Verify
thattheapplicationsworktogetherbeforedeployment.

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Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting

Howtoresettofactorydefaultsettings

Important

Resettofactorydefaultshouldbeusedwithcaution.Aresettofactorydefaultresetsallsettings,includingtheIPaddress,to
thefactorydefaultvalues.

Toresettheproducttothefactorydefaultsettings:

1.Pressandholdthecontrolbuttonandthepowerbuttonfor15–30secondsuntilthestatusLEDindicatorashesamber.
SeeProductoverview.

2.ReleasethecontrolbuttonbutcontinuetoholddownthepowerbuttonuntilthestatusLEDindicatorturnsgreen.

3.Releasethepowerbuttonandassembletheproduct.

4.Theprocessisnowcomplete.Theproducthasbeenresettothefactorydefaultsettings.IfnoDHCPserverisavailableon
thenetwork,thedefaultIPaddressis192.168.0.90

5.UsingtheinstallationandmanagementsoftwaretoolstoassignanIPaddress,setthepasswordandaccessthevideo
stream.

Howtocheckthecurrentrmware

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

Tocheckthecurrentrmware:

1.Gototheproduct’swebpage.

2.Clickonthehelpmenu.

3.ClickAbout.

Howtoupgradethermware

Important

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

Note

Whenyouupgradetheproductwiththelatestrmware,theproductreceivesthelatestfunctionalityavailable.Alwaysread
theupgradeinstructionsandreleasenotesavailablewitheachnewreleasebeforeupgradingthermware.Tondthelatest
rmwareandthereleasenotes,gotoaxis.com/support/rmware

1.Downloadthelatestrmwareletoyourcomputer ,availablefreeofchargeataxis.com/support/rmware

2.Logintotheproductasanadministrator.

3.GotoSettings>System>Maintenanceintheproduct’swebpageandfollowtheinstructions.

4.Theupgradetakesawhile,don'tbreakthepowertotheproduct.Whentheupgradeisnished,theproductrestarts
automatically.

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Troubleshooting

AXISCameraManagementcanbeusedformultipleupgrades.Findoutmoreataxis.com/products/axis-camera-management

Technicalissues,cluesandsolutions

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

Problemsupgradingthermware

FirmwareupgradefailureIfthermwareupgradefails,theproductreloadsthepreviousrmware.Themostcommonreason

ProblemssettingtheIPaddress

Theproductislocatedona
differentsubnet

TheIPaddressisbeingused
byanotherdevice

isthatthewrongrmwarelehasbeenuploaded.Checkthatthenameofthermwarele
correspondstoyourproductandtryagain.

IftheIPaddressintendedfortheproductandtheIPaddressofthecomputerusedtoaccessthe
productarelocatedondifferentsubnets,youcannotsettheIPaddress.Contactyournetwork
administratortoobtainanIPaddress.

DisconnecttheAxisproductfromthenetwork.Runthepingcommand(inaCommand/DOS
window,typepingandtheIPaddressoftheproduct):

PossibleIPaddressconict
withanotherdeviceonthe
samesubnet

Theproductcannotbeaccessedfromabrowser

Cannotlogin

TheIPaddresshasbeen
changedbyDHCP

Certicateerrorwhenusing
IEEE802.1X

Theproductisaccessiblelocallybutnotexternally

Routerconguration

Firewallprotection

ThestaticIPaddressintheAxisproductisusedbeforetheDHCPserversetsadynamicaddress.
ThismeansthatifthesamedefaultstaticIPaddressisalsousedbyanotherdevice,theremay
beproblemsaccessingtheproduct.

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

Ifthepasswordfortheuserrootislost,theproductmustberesettothefactorydefaultsettings.
SeeHowtoresettofactorydefaultsettings.

IPaddressesobtainedfromaDHCPserveraredynamicandmaychange.IftheIPaddresshas
beenchanged,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISCameraManagementtolocatetheproductonthe
network.Identifytheproductusingitsmodelorserialnumber,orbytheDNSname(ifthename
hasbeencongured).

Ifrequired,astaticIPaddresscanbeassignedmanually .Forinstructions,gotoaxis.com/support.

Forauthenticationtoworkproperly,thedateandtimesettingsintheAxisproductmustbe
synchronizedwithanNTPserver.GotoSettings>System>Dateandtime

CheckthatyourrouterallowsincomingdatatrafctotheAxisproduct.Theroutermustsupport
UPnP

ChecktheInternetrewallwithyournetworkadministrator.

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

•Ifyoureceive:Requesttimedout,thismeansthattheIPaddressisavailable
forusewiththeAxisproduct.Checkallcablingandreinstalltheproduct.

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Problemswithstreaming

MulticastH.264only
accessiblebylocalclients

Checkifyourroutersupportsmulticasting,oriftheroutersettingsbetweentheclientandthe
productneedtobecongured.TheTTL(TimeToLive)valuemayneedtobeincreased.

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NomulticastH.264
displayedintheclient

PoorrenderingofH.264
images

Colorsaturationisdifferent
inH.264andMotionJPEG

Lowerframeratethan
expected

CheckwithyournetworkadministratorthatthemulticastaddressesusedbytheAxisproduct
arevalidforyournetwork.

Checkwithyournetworkadministratortoseeifthereisarewallpreventingviewing.

Ensurethatyourgraphicscardisusingthelatestdriver.Thelatestdriverscanusuallybe
downloadedfromthemanufacturer’swebsite.

Modifythesettingsforyourgraphicsadapter.Gototheadapter’sdocumentationformore
information.

•SeePerformanceconsiderationsonpage15.

•Reducethenumberofapplicationsrunningontheclientcomputer.

•Limitthenumberofsimultaneousviewers.

•Checkwiththenetworkadministratorthatthereisenoughbandwidthavailable.

•Lowertheimageresolution.

•Intheproduct’swebpage,setacapturemodethatprioritizesframerate.Changingthe
capturemodetoprioritizeframeratemightlowerthemaximumresolutiondepending
ontheproductusedandcapturemodesavailable.

•Themaximumframespersecondisdependentontheutilityfrequency(60/50Hz)of
theAxisproduct.

Performanceconsiderations

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

Thefollowingfactorsarethemostimportanttoconsider:

•Highimageresolutionorlowercompressionlevelsresultinimagescontainingmoredatawhichinturnaffectsthe
bandwidth.

•AccessbylargenumbersofMotionJPEGorunicastH.264clientsaffectsthebandwidth.

•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,gotoaxis.com>[product]>Support&Documentation.

LEDIndicators

StatusLED

Unlit

GreenShowssteadygreenfor10secondsfornormaloperationafterstartupcompleted.

Amber

Amber/RedFlashesamber/redifnetworkconnectionisunavailableorlost.

Indication

Connectionandnormaloperation.

Steadyduringstartup.Flashesduringrmwareupgradeorresettofactorydefault.

SDcardslot

NO

TICE

NO NO

TICE TICE

•RiskofdamagetoSDcard.Donotusesharptools,metalobjects,orexcessiveforcewheninsertingorremovingthe

SDcard.Useyourngerstoinsertandremovethecard.

•Riskofdatalossandcorruptedrecordings.DonotremovetheSDcardwhiletheproductisrunning.UnmounttheSDcard

fromtheproduct’swebpagebeforeremoval.

ThisproductsupportsSD/SDHC/SDXCcards(notincluded).

ForSDcardrecommendations,seeaxis.com

Buttons

Controlbutton

Thecontrolbuttonisusedfor:

•Resettingtheproducttofactorydefaultsettings.SeeHowtoresettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage13.

•ConnectingtoanAXISVideoHostingSystemservice.Toconnect,pressandholdthebuttonforabout3secondsuntilthe
statusLEDashesgreen.

Powerbutton

Pressandholdthepowerbuttontotemporarilypowertheproductwhenthedomecoverisremoved.Thepowerbuttonisalsoused
withthecontrolbuttontoresetthecameratofactorydefaultsettings.Seepage13.

Connectors

Networkconnector

RJ45EthernetconnectorwithPoweroverEthernetPlus(PoE+).

NO

TICE

NO NO

TICE TICE

Usethesuppliedmidspan.

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NO

TICE

NO NO

TICE TICE

Multicableconnectors

WhenconnectingexternalequipmenttotheAxisproduct,anAxismulticableisrequiredinordertomaintaintheproduct’sIPrating.
TheAxismulticablecanbepurchasedfromyourAxisreseller.Tolocatethemulti-connector,seeProductoverviewonpage2.

Themulticableprovidesthefollowingconnectors:

Powerconnector-3-pinterminalblockusedforpowerinput.UseaSafetyExtraLowVoltage(SELV)compliantlimitedpowersource
(LPS)witheitheraratedoutputpowerlimitedto≤100Woraratedoutputcurrentlimitedto≤5A.

Audioin(pink)-3.5mminputforamonomicrophone,oraline-inmonosignal(leftchannelisusedfromastereosignal).

Audioout(green)-3.5mmoutputforaudio(linelevel)thatcanbeconnectedtoapublicaddress(PA)systemoranactivespeaker

withabuilt-inamplier.Astereoconnectormustbeusedfortheaudioout.

I/Oterminalconnector-Usewithexternaldevicesincombinationwith,forexample,tamperingalarms,motiondetection,event
triggering,andalarmnotications.Inadditiontothe0VDCreferencepointandpower(DCoutput),theI/Oconnectorprovidesthe
interfaceto:

•Digitaloutput—ForconnectingexternaldevicessuchasrelaysandLEDs.Connecteddevicescanbeactivatedby
theVAPIX®ApplicationProgrammingInterfaceorintheproduct’swebpage.

•Digitalinput—Forconnectingexternaldevicesthatcantogglebetweenanopenandclosedcircuit,forexample
PIRdetectors,door/windowcontacts,andglassbreakdetectors.

I/Oconnector

FunctionPinNotes

0VDC(-)

DCoutput

Congurable(Input
orOutput)

1

2

3–6

DCpowerinputACpowerinput

Canbeusedtopowerauxiliaryequipment.
Note:Thispincanonlybeusedaspowerout.

Digitalinput–Connecttopin1toactivate,orleave
oating(unconnected)todeactivate.

Digitaloutput–Connectedtopin1whenactivated,
oating(unconnected)whendeactivated.Ifusedwith
aninductiveload,e.g.arelay,adiodemustbeconnected
inparallelwiththeload,forprotectionagainstvoltage
transients.

Specications

3.3VDC
Maxload=250mA

0tomax40VDC

0tomax40VDC,open
drain,100mA

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1

0VDC(-)

2

DCoutput3.3V,max250mA

A

I/Oconguredasinput

B

I/Oconguredasoutput

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Date:July2017

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