Axis Q8685-LE User Manual

AXISQ8685-LEPTZNetworkCamera

UserManual

AXISQ8685-LEPTZNetworkCamera

TableofContents

Productoverview...........................................3

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

Accessthedevice...............................................5

Aboutsecurepasswords..........................................5

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

Productwebpageoverview........................................6

Imagequality...................................................8

Privacymasks..................................................12

Overlays.......................................................13

PTZ(PanTiltZoom)..............................................14

Streamingandstorage...........................................15

Events........................................................17

Applications....................................................22

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

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

Checkthecurrentrmware.......................................23

Upgradethermware............................................23

Technicalissues,cluesandsolutions................................24

Performanceconsiderations.......................................25

Specications..............................................26

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

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

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Productoverview

Productoverview

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Sunshield

2

Topcover

3

Wiper

4

Frontwindow

5

Innercover

6

Lens

7

Lid

8

Baseunit

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Productoverview

1

Factorydefaultswitch

2

SDmemorycardslot

3

Inputpowerconnector

4

I/Oconnector

5

RJ45connector

6

SFPslotforSFPmodule(SFPmodulenotincluded)

1

Illuminator(x2)

2

Illuminatorbracket

3

Illuminatorconnector(x2)

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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:

•Changethedefaultpasswordthatcomeswitheachdevice.

•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

Productwebpageoverview

1

Liveviewcontrolbar

2

Liveview

3

Productname

4

Controls

5

Videocontrolbar

6

Settingstoggle

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Setup

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Settingstabs

Abouttheproduct'sbuilt-inhelp

Youcanaccessthebuilt-inhelpfromtheproduct’swebpage.Thehelpprovidesmoredetailedinformationontheproduct’s
featuresandtheirsettings.

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Setup

Imagequality

Howtouselevelingguide

Toadjusttheviewinrelationtoareferenceareaorobject,usethelevelingguideincombinationwithmechanicaladjustment
ofthecamera.

1.GotoSettings>System>Orientationandclick

2.Adjustthecameramechanicallyuntilthepositionofthereferenceareaorobject,isalignedwiththelevelingguide.

.

Aboutcapturemodes

CapturemodedenesthemaximumresolutionandmaximumframerateavailableintheAxisproduct.Ifusingacapturemodewith
asmallerresolutionthanthemaximumresolution,theangleofviewisreduced.Thecapturemodealsoaffectslightsensitivity.A
capturemodewithahighmaximumframeratehasreducedlightsensitivityandviceversa.

Thelowerresolutioncapturemodeiscroppedoutfromthehighestresolution.

Theimageshowshowtheeldofviewandaspectratiocanchangebetweentwodifferentcapturemodes.

Howtoselectcapturemode

Whichcapturemodetochoosedependsontherequirementsofframerateandresolutionforthespecicsurveillancesetup.For
specicationsaboutavailablecapturemodes,seetheproduct’sdatasheet.Tondthelatestversionofthedatasheet,gotoaxis.com

Howtofocusfasterusingfocusrecallareas

Tosavethefocussettingsataspecicpan/tiltrange,addafocusrecallarea.Eachtimethecameramovesintothatareaitrecallsthe
previouslysavedfocus.It’senoughtocoverhalfofthefocusrecallareaintheliveview.

Werecommendthefocusrecallfeatureinthefollowingscenarios:

•Whenthereisalotofmanualoperationinliveview,forexamplewithajoystick.

•WherePTZpresetpositionswithmanualfocusarenotefcient,forexamplemovementswherethefocussettingchanges
continuously.

•Inlow-lightscenarios,wheretheautofocusischallengedbythelightingconditions.

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Setup

Important

•Thefocusrecalloverridesthecamera’sautofocusatthespecicpan/tiltrange.

•Apresetpositionoverridesthefocussettingsavedinthefocusrecallarea.

•Themaximumamountoffocusrecallareasis20.

Howtoaddafocusrecallarea

1.Pan,tiltandzoomintotheareawhereyouwouldliketohavefocus.

2.Setthefocus,eitherusetheautofocusoradjustmanually.Aslongasthefocusrecallbuttonshowsaplus,youcanadda

focusrecallareainthatposition.

3.Clickonthefocusrecallbutton.

Howtoremoveafocusrecallarea

1.Pan,tiltandzoomintothefocusrecallareayouwanttoremove.Thefocusrecallbuttontogglestominuswhenthe

cameradetectsafocusrecallarea.

2.Clickonthefocusrecallbutton.

Howtoselectexposuremode

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

HowtobenetfromIRlightinlow-lightconditionsusingnightmode

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

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

2.EnableAllowIRilluminationandSynchronizeIRilluminationtousethecamera’sIRlightwhennightmodeisactivated.

Howtoreducenoiseinlow-lightconditions

Toreducenoiseinlow-lightconditions,youcanadjustoneormoreofthefollowingsettings:

Note

Increasingthemaxshuttervaluecanresultinmotionblur.

•Theshutterspeedshouldbeasslowaspossible,whichmeansyoushouldsetmaxshuttertothehighestpossiblevalue.

•Reducesharpnessintheimage.

•Tryloweringthemaxgainvalue.

Reducemotionblurinlow-lightconditions

Toreducemotionblurinlow-lightconditions,youcanadjustoneormoreofthefollowingsettings:

Note

Imagenoisewillincreaseifyouincreasethegain.

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