Axis Communications 0436-001 User manual

USER MANUAL

AXIS M1144–L

About this Document

This manual is intended for administrato rs and users of the AXIS M1144–L Network Camera, and is applicable to ﬁrmware 5.40 and later. It inclu d es instructions for using and managing the product on your network. Previous experience of networking will be of use when using this product. Some knowledge of UNIX or Linux-based systems may also be beneﬁcial, for developing shell scripts and applications. Laterversionsofthisdocumentwill be posted to the Axis website, as requ ired. See also the product’s online help, availa ble via the web-based interface.

Liability

Every care has been taken in the preparation of this manual. Please inform your local Axis ofﬁce of any inaccuracies or omissions. Axis Communications AB cannot be held responsible for any technical or typographical errors and reserves the right to make changes to the product and manuals without prior notice. Axis Communications AB makes no warranty of any kind with regard to the material contained within this document, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and ﬁtness for a particular purpose. Axis Communications AB shall not be liable nor responsible for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance or use of this material. This product is only to be used for its intended purpose.

Intellectual Property Rights

Axis AB has intellectual property rights relating to technology embodied in the product described in this document. In particular, and without limitation, these intellectual property r ights may include one or more of the patents listed at http://www.axis.com/patent.htm and one or more additional patents or pending patent applications in the US and other countries.

This product contains licensed t hird-party software. See the menu item “About” in the product’s user interface for more information.

This product contains source code copyright Apple Computer, Inc.,underthetermsofApplePublicSourceLicense2.0(see http://www.opensource.apple.com/apsl). The source code is available from http://developer.apple.com/darwin/pro jects/ bon jour/

Equipment Modiﬁcations

This equipment must be installed and used in strict accordance with th e instructions given in the user documentation. This equipment contains no user-serviceabl e components. Unauthorized equipment changes or modiﬁcations will invalidate all applicable regulatory certiﬁcations and approvals.

Trademark Acknowledgments

Apple, Boa, Bonjour, Ethernet, Internet Explorer, Linux, Microso Mozilla, Real, SMPTE, QuickTime, UNIX, Windows, Windows V is ta and WWW are registered trademarks of the respective holders. Java and all Java-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registe trademarks of Oracle and/or its afﬁliates. UPnP mark of the UPnP

Implementers Corporation.

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Support

Should you require any technical assistance, please contact your Axis reseller. If your questions cannot be answered immediately, your reseller will forward your queries throu ensure a rapid response. If you are connected to the Internet, you can:

• download user documentation and software updates

• ﬁnd answers to resolved problems in the FAQ database. Search

by product, category, or phrase

• report problems to Axis support staff by logging in to your private

support are a

• chat with Axis support staff (selected countries only)

gh the appropriate channels to

• visit Axis Support at www.axis.com/techsup/

Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC)

This equipment has been designed and tested to fulﬁll applicable standards for:

• Radio frequency emiss

instructions and used in its intended environment.

• Immunity to electrical and electromagnetic phen omena when

installed accor environment.

ion when installed according to the

ding to the instructions and used in its intended

USA

This equipment has been tested using a shielded network cable (STP) and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. The se limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interfe rence in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmfu l interference to radio or television reception , which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

• Connect the equ ipm ent into an outlet on a circuit different from

that to which the receiver is connected.

• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for h elp.

Canada

This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.

Europe

This digital equipment fulﬁlls the requirements for RF emission

according to the Class B limit of E N 55022. This p roduct fulﬁlls the requirements for immunity according

to EN 61000-6-1 residential, commercial and light-industrial environments.

This product fulﬁlls the requirements for immunity according to EN 61000-6-2 industrial environments.

This product fulﬁlls the requirements for immunity according to EN 55024 ofﬁce and commercial environments.

Australia/New Zealand

This digital equipment fulﬁlls the requirements for RF emission according to the Class B limit of AS/NZS CISPR 22.

Japan

この装置は、クラスB 情報技術装置です。この装置は、家庭環境で使用することを目的としていますが、この装置がラジオやテレビジョン受信機に近接して使用されると、受信障害を引き起こすことがあります。取扱説明書に従って正しい取り扱いをして下さい。

Photobiological Safety

This product fulﬁlls the requirements for photobiological safety according to EN 62471.

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Table of Contents

HardwareOverview .......................................... 4

Connectors .................................................... 4

LEDIndicators .................................................. 5

AccessingtheProduct ....................................... 6

AccessfromaBrowser ........................................... 6

AccessfromtheInternet .......................................... 7

SettheRootPassword ........................................... 7

TheLiveViewPage .............................................. 8

MediaStreams ............................................. 10

HowtoStreamH.264 ............................................ 10

MJPEG ........................................................ 10

AXISMediaControl(AMC) ........................................ 10

AlternativeMethodsofAccessingtheVideoStream .................... 11

SettingUptheProduct ...................................... 13

BasicSetup .................................................... 13

Video ......................................................... 14

VideoStream ................................................... 14

Stream Proﬁles ................................................. 15

CameraSettings ................................................ 16

ViewArea ..................................................... 17

Overlay ........................................................ 17

PrivacyMask ................................................... 18

Live View Conﬁg ............................................ 19

PTZ(PanTiltZoom) ......................................... 22

PresetPositions ................................................. 22

GuardTour ..................................................... 22

Advanced ...................................................... 23

Detectors .................................................. 24

CameraTampering .............................................. 24

MotionDetection ............................................... 24

Events .................................................... 27

SettingUpanActionRule ........................................ 28

Recipients ..................................................... 29

Schedules ...................................................... 29

Recurrences .................................................... 29

Recordings ................................................. 31

RecordingList .................................................. 31

ContinuousRecording ............................................ 31

SystemOptions ............................................. 33

Security ....................................................... 33

Date&Time .................................................... 36

work .......................................................

Net

Storage ....................................................... 41

Ports&Devices ................................................. 42

Maintenance ................................................... 42

Support ....................................................... 43

Advanced ...................................................... 44

ResettoFactoryDefaultSettings ................................... 44

Troubleshooting ............................................ 45

CheckingtheFirmware ........................................... 45

UpgradingtheFirmware .......................................... 45

EmergencyRecoveryProcedure .................................... 45

Symptoms,PossibleCausesandRemedialActions ..................... 46

Technical Speciﬁcations ...................................... 50

Connectors .................................................... 51

PerformanceConsiderations ....................................... 52

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Hardware Overview

Lid

Focus puller

Zoom puller

microSD card slot

I/O connector

Network connector (PoE)

Network LED

Status LED

Power LED

10.

Control button

4 5 6

8 9

Connectors

For technical speciﬁcations, see

Network connector - RJ-45 Ethernet connector. Supports Power over Ethernet (PoE).

NOTICE

The product shall be connected using a shielded network cable (STP). All cables connecting the product to the network switch shall be shielded (STP) and intended for their speciﬁc use. Make sure that the network switch is properly grounded. See

Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC)

page 50

for regulatory requirements.

SD card slot - A standard or high-capacity microSD card (not included) can be used for local recording with removable storage.

NOTICE

To prevent corruption of recordings, the SD card should be unmounted before removal. To unmount, go to Setup > System

s > Storage > SD Card and click Unmount.

Option

Control button - The control button is used for:

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Hardware Overview

• ConnectingtoanAXISVideoHostingSystemservice. See 1 second until the Status LED ﬂashes green.

• ConnectingtoAXISInternetDynamicDNSService. See about 3 seconds.

• R esetting the product to factory default settings. See

I/O terminal connector - Use in applications for e.g. motion detection, event triggering, time lapse recording and alarm notiﬁcations. In addition to an auxiliary power and a GND pin, the I/O terminal connector provides the interface to:

• Digital output – For connecting external devices such as relays and LEDs. Connected devices ca n be activa ted by the VAPIX® Application Programming Interface, output buttons on the Live View page or by an Action Rule. The output will show as active (shown under System Options > Ports & Devices) if the ala rm device is activated.

• Digital input – An ala rm input for connecting devices that can toggle between an open and closed circuit, for example: PIRs, door/window contacts, glass break detectors, etc. When a signal is received the state changes and the input becomes active (shown under System Options > Ports & Devices).

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. To connect, press and hold the button for about

. To connect, press and hold the button for

LED Indicators

LED

Network

Status

Power

Color

Green

Amber

Unlit No network connection.

Green Steady green for normal operation.

Amber

Red

Green

Amber

Indication

Steady for connection to a 100 MBit/s network. Flashes for network activity.

Steady for connection to a 10 MBit/s network. Flashes for network activity.

Steady during startup and when restoring settings.

Slow ﬂash for failed upgrade.

Normal operation.

Flashes green/amber during ﬁrmware upgrade.

Note

• The Status LED can be conﬁgured to be unlit during normal operation. To conﬁgure, go to Setup > System Options > Ports & Devices > LED.Seet

• The Status LED can be conﬁgured to ﬂash while an e vent is active.

• The Status LED can be conﬁgured to ﬂash for identifying the unit. Go to Setup > System Options > Maintenance .

he online help for m ore information.

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Accessing the Product

To ins tall the Axis product, refer to the Installation Guide supplied with the product.

The product can be used with most operating systems and browsers. The recommended browsers are Internet Explorer with Windows, Safari with Macintosh and Firefox with other operating systems. See Internet Explorer, allow installation of AXIS Media Control (AMC) when prompted.

The Axis product includes one (1) H.264 decoder license for viewing video streams. The license is automatically installed with AMC. The adminis trator can disable the installation of the decoders, to prevent installation of unlicensed copies.

Note

• QuickTime

• If your computer restricts the use of additional software components, the product can be conﬁgured to use a Java applet for viewing Motion JPEG.

is also supported for viewing H.264 streams.

Access from a Browser

1. Start a browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari).

Technical Speciﬁcations on page 50

. To view streaming video in

2. Enter the IP address or host name of the Axis prod uct in the browser’s Location/Address ﬁeld. To access the product from a Macintosh computer (Mac OS X), click on the Bonjour tab and select the product from the drop-down list.

If you do not know the IP address, use A XIS IP Utility to locate the product on the network. For more information on how to discover and assign an IP address, refer to the Installation Guide.

3. Enter your user name and password. If this is the ﬁrst time the product is accessed, the root password must ﬁrst be conﬁgured; for instructions see

4. The product’s Live View page appears in your browser.

Note

Set the Root Password on page 7

atured here may differ from those displayed in

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Accessing the Product

Access from the Internet

Once connected, the Axis product is accessible on your local network (LAN). To access the product from the Internet you must conﬁgure your network router to allow incoming data trafﬁc to the product. To do this, enable the NAT-traversal feature, which will attempt to automatically conﬁgure the router to allow access to the product. This is enabled from Setup > System Options >

Network > TCP/IP Adva n c ed.

For more information, please see www.axiscam.net For Technical notes on this and other topics, visit the Axis Support web at www.axis.com/techsup

NAT traversal (port mapping) for IPv4 on page 39

. See also AXIS Internet Dynamic DNS Se rvice at

Set the Root Password

To gain access to the Axis product, you must set the password for the default administrator user root. This is done in the Conﬁgure Root Password dialog, which appears when the product is accessed for the ﬁrst time.

To prevent network eavesdropping, the root password can be set via an encrypted HTTPS connection, which requires an HTTPS certiﬁcate. HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol over SSL) is a protocol used to encrypt trafﬁc between web browsers and servers. The HTTPS certiﬁcate ensures encrypted exchange of information.

To set the password via a standard HTTP connection, enter it directly in the ﬁrst dialog.

To set the password via an encrypted HTTPS connection, follow these steps:

1. Click Create self-signed certiﬁcate.

2. Provide the requested information and click OK.Thecertiﬁcate is created and the password can now be set securely. All trafﬁc to and from the product is encrypted from this point on.

3. Enter a password and then re-enter to conﬁrm the spelling. Click OK. The password has now been conﬁgured.

Note

• The default administrator user name root is permanent and cannot be deleted.

• If the password for root is lost, the product must be reset to the factory default settings. See

Settings on page 44

Reset to Factory Default

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Accessing the Product

TheLiveViewPage

The controls and layout of the Live View page may have been customized to meet speciﬁc installation requirements and user preferences. Consequently, some of the examples and functions featured here may differ from those displayed in your own Live View page. The following provides an overview of each available control.

Controls on the Live View Page

Click View size to scale the image down to 800 pixels wide or to full scale. Only available in MJPEG.

The Stream Proﬁle drop-down list allows you to select a customized or pre-programmed stream proﬁle. Stream proﬁles are conﬁgured under Video > Stream Proﬁles.See

Click Pulse to activate the output for a deﬁned period of time, such as switching on an external light for 20 seconds.

Stream Proﬁles on page 15

Click the Active/Inactive buttons to manually start and stop a connected device — e.g. switch an external light on and off.

The Manual Trigger button is used to trigger an action rule f rom the Live View page; see . Enable this button from Live View Conﬁg > Action Buttons.

Click Snapshot to save a snapshot of the video image. Right-click the video image to save it in JPEG for m at on your computer. This button is primarily intended for use when the AXIS Me d ia Control viewer toolbar is not available. Enable this button from Live View Conﬁg > Action Buttons.

Activate or de-activate IR illumination from Setup > Video > Camera Settings. Move the slider to increase or decrease the intensity of the LEDs. Enable this button from Live View Conﬁg > Action Buttons.

AXIS Media Control viewer toolbar

The AXIS Media Control viewer toolbar is available in Internet Explorer only. See information. The toolbar displays the following buttons:

The Play button connects to the Axis product and starts playing a media stream.

The Stop button stops the media stream.

The Snapshot button takes a snapshot of the video image. The locationwheretheimageissavedcanbespeciﬁed in the AMC Control Panel.

AXIS Media Control (AMC) on page 10

for more

Click the View Full Screen button and the video image will ﬁll the entire screen. Press ESC (Escape) on the computer keyboard to cancel full screen view.

The Record button is used to record the current video stream. The location where the recording is saved can be speciﬁed in the AMC Control Panel.

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Accessing the Product

PTZ Controls

The Live View page also displays Pan/Tilt/Zoom (PTZ) controls. The administrator can enable/disable controls for speciﬁed users under System Options > Security > Users.

Note

These contro ls are ava ila ble if digital PTZ i s enabled in the selected view area, see

Click the Emulate joystick mode button and click in the image to move the camera view in the direction of the mouse pointer.

Click the Center mode button and click in the image to center the c amer a view on that position. The center mode button could also be used to zoom in on a speciﬁc area. Click in the i m age and drag to draw a rectangle surrounding theareatobemagniﬁed. To zoom out, rotate the mouse wheel.

Click the Ctrl panel button to open the PTZ control panel which provides additional PTZ controls. User-deﬁned buttons can also appear in the Control panel. See

Select a PTZ preset positiontosteerthecameraviewtothesavedposition. See

on page 22

View Area on page 17

Controls on page 23

Preset Positions

Pan and Tilt bars – Use the arrows to pan and tilt the camera view, or click on a position on the bar to stee r the camera view to that position.

Zoom bar – Use the arrows to zoom in and out, or click on a position on the bar to zoom to that position.

The PTZ controls can be disabled under PTZ > Advanced > Controls,see

ontrols on page 23

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Media Streams

The Axis product provides several video stream formats. Your requirements and the properties of your network will determine the type you use.

The Live View page in the product provides access to H.264 and Motion JPEG video streams, and to the list of available stream proﬁles. Other applications and clients can access video streams directly, without going via the Live View page.

How to Stream H.264

The video compression standard H.264 makes good use of bandwidth, and can p rovide high quality video streams a t less than 1 Mbit/s.

Deciding which combination of protocols and methods to use depends on your viewing requirements, and on the properties of your network. The available options in AXIS Media Control are:

Unicast RTP

RTP over RTSP

RTP over RTSP over HTTP

Multicast RTP

AXIS Media Control negotiates with the Axis product to determine the transport protocol to use. The order of priority, listed in the AMC Control Panel, can be changed and the options disabled, to suit speciﬁc requirements.

Note

H.264 is licensed technology. The Axis product includes one H.264 viewing client license. Installing additional unlicense d copies of the client is prohibited. To

This unicast method (RTP over UDP) is used for live unicast video , especially when it is important to always have an up-to-date video stream, even if some images are dropped.

This unicast method (RTP tunneled over RTSP) is useful as it is relatively simple to conﬁgure ﬁrewallstoallowRTSPtrafﬁc.

This unicast method can be used to traverse ﬁrewalls. Firewalls are commonly conﬁgured to allow the HTTP protocol, thus allowing RTP to be tunneled.

This method (RTP o ver UDP) should be used for live multicast video. The video stream is always up-to-date, even if some images are dropped. Multicasting provides the most efﬁcient usage of bandwidth when there are large numbers of clients viewing simultaneously. A multicast cannot however, pass a network router unless the router is conﬁgured to allow this. It is not possible to multicast over the Internet, for example. Note also that all m ultica st viewers count as one unicast viewer in the maximum total of 20 simultaneous connections.

purchase additional licenses, contact your Axis reseller.

Unicasting is used for video-on-demand transmission so that there is no video trafﬁc on the network until a client c onnects and requests the stream. Note that there are a maximum of 20 simultaneous unicast connections.

MJPEG

This form at uses standard JPEG still images for the video stream. These images are then displayedandupdatedataratesufﬁcient to create a stream that shows constantly updated motion.

The Motion JPEG stream uses considerable amounts of bandwidth, but provides excellent image qualityandaccesstoeveryimage contained in the stream. The recommended method of accessing Motion JPEG live video from the Axis product is to use the AXIS Media Control in Internet Explorer in Windows.

AXIS Media Control (AMC)

AXIS Media Control (AMC) in Internet Explorer in Windows is the recommended method of accessing live video from the Axis product.

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Media Streams

TheAMCControlPanelcanbeusedtoconﬁgure various video settings. Please see the AXIS Media Control User’s Manual for more information.

The AMC Control Panel is automatically installed on ﬁrst use, after which it can be conﬁgured. Open the AMC Control Panel from:

• W indow s Control Panel (from the Start menu)

• Alternatively, right-click the video image in Internet Explorer and c lick Settings.

Alternative Methods of A ccessing the Video Stream

You can also access video and images from the Axis product in the following ways:

• Motion JPEG server push (if supported by the client, F irefox, for example). This option maintains an open HTTP connection to the browser and sends data as and when required, for as long as required.

• Still JPEG images in a browser.Enterthepathhttp://<ip>/axis-cgi/jpg/image.cgi

• Windows Media Player. This requires AXIS Media Control and the H.264 decoder to be installed. The following paths can be used:

- Unicast via RTP: axrtpu://<ip>/axis-media/media.amp

- Unicast via RTSP: axrtsp://<ip>/axis-media/media.amp

- Unicast via RTSP, tunneled via HTTP: axrtsphttp://<ip>/axis-media/media.amp

-Multicast:axrtpm://<ip>/axis-media/media.amp

• QuickTime

. The following paths can be used:

- rtsp://<ip>/axis-media/media.amp

- rtsp://<ip>/axis-media/media.3gp

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Media Streams

Note

• <ip>= IP addess

• The Axis pro duct supports QuickTime 6.5.1 and later.

• QuickTime adds latency to the video stream.

• It may be possible to use other players to view the H.264 stream using the paths above, although Axis does not guarantee this.

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Setting Up the Product

The Axis product can be conﬁgured by users with administrator or operator rights. To open the product’s Setup pages, click Setup in the top right-hand corner of the Live View page.

• Administrators have unrestricted access to all settings.

• Operators have access to all settings except System Options

See also the online help .

Basic Setup

Basic Setup provides shortcuts to the settings thatshouldbemadebeforeusingtheAxisproduct:

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1. Users. See

2. TCP/IP. See

3. Date & Time. See

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4. Video Stream. See

5. Focus. See

The Basic Setup menu can be disabled from System Options > Security > Users.

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Setting Up the Product

Video

It is possible to conﬁgure the following video features in your Axis product:

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• Video stream. See

•Streamproﬁles. See

• Camera settings. See

•Viewarea.See

• Overlay image. See

•Privacymask.See

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Video Stream

You can deﬁne the following video stream settings from Video > Video Stream:

•Image.See

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• H .264. See

Pixel Counter

The pixel counter shows the number of pixels in an area of the image. The pixel counter is useful in situations where there is a requirement that the image is a certain size, for example in face recognition.

The pixel counter can be accessed from:

• Video > Video Stream.UnderPreview,clickOpen and select the Show pixel counter option to enable the rectangle in the image. Use the mouse to move and resize the rectangle, or enter the number of pixels in the Width and Height ﬁelds and click Apply .

• The Live View page in Internet Explorer in Windows. Right-click in the image and select Pixel counter.Usethemouse to move and resize the rectangle.

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Setting Up the Product

Image

The de fault image settings can be conﬁgured under Video> Video Stream. Select the Image tab.

The following settings are available:

• Resolution. Select the d efault resolution.

• Compression. The com p re ss ion level affects the image quality, bandwidth and ﬁle size of saved images; the lower the compression, the higher the image quality with higher bandwidth requirements and larger ﬁle sizes.

• Rotate image. If required, the image can be rotated.

• Mirror. If required, the image can be m irrored.

• Maximum frame rate. To avoid bandwidth problems, the frame rate allowed to each viewer can be limited.

• Overlay settings.See

Click Save to apply the new settings.

Overlay on page 17

H.264

H.264, also known as MPEG-4 Part 10/AVC, is a video compression standard that provides high quality video streams at low bit rates. An H.264 video stream consists of d ifferent types of frames such a s I-frames and P-frames. An I-frame is a complete image whereas P-frames only contain the differences from previous frames.

The GOV length is the number of frames between two consecutive I-frames. Increasing the GOV length may save considerably on bandwidth requirements in some cases, b ut may also have an adverse affect on image quality.

The Axis product supports two H.264 proﬁles.TheMainproﬁle provides higher compression than the Baseline proﬁle with the same video quality, but requires more processing power to decode.

ThebitratecanbesetasVariable Bit Rate (VBR) or Constant Bit Rate (CBR). VBR adjusts the bit rate according to the image complexity, using up more bandwidth for increased activity in the i ﬁxed Target bit rate that consumes a predictable amount of bandwidth. As th e bit rate would usually need to increase for increased image activity, but in this case cannot, frame rate and image qualityareaffectednegatively. Topartly compensate for this, it is possible to prioritize either frame rate or image quality. N affected. You must save you r settings before they can take effect.

The current bit rate can be set to appear as text overlay. To do this, select the Include text check box option under Overlay Settings and enter the modiﬁer #b in the ﬁel d.

ot setting a priority means that frame rate and im age quality are equally

mage, a nd less for lower im a ge activity. CBR allows you to set a

MJPEG

Sometimes the image size is bandwidth and storage used by the Motion JPEG video stream in these situations. Setting the frame size to the Default setting provides consistently good image quality at the expense of increased bandwidth and storage usage in low light. Limiting the frame size optimize s b the maximum frame size should b e set to an optimal value.

andwidth and storage usage, but m ay give poor image quality. To prevent increased bandwidth and storage usage,

large due to low light or complex scenery. Adjusting the maximum frame size helps to control the

Stream Proﬁles

Astreamproﬁle is a set of pre-conﬁgured stream settings including resolution, compression, frame rate and overlay settings. Stream proﬁles can be used:

• W hen setting up recording using action rules, see

• W hen setting up a continuous recording, see

• In the Live View page — select the stream proﬁle from the Stream proﬁle dro p -dow n list.

Events on page 27

Continuous Recording on page 31

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Setting Up the Product

Four pre-programmed stream proﬁles are available for quick set up. Each pre-programmed proﬁle ha s a descriptive name, indicating its purpose. If required, the pre-programmed stream proﬁles can be modiﬁed and new customized stream proﬁles can be created.

To create a new proﬁle or modify an existing proﬁle, go to Setup > Video > Stream Proﬁles.

To select a default stream proﬁle for the Live View page, go to Setup > Live View Conﬁg.

Camera Settings

The Video > Camera Settings page provides access to advanced image settings for the Axis product.

Image Appearance

Increasing the Color level increases the color saturation. The value 100 gives maximum color saturation. The value 0 gives a black and white image.

The image Brightness can be adjusted in the range 0–100, where a higher value produces a brighter image.

Increasing the Sharpness can increa se bandwidth usage. A sharper image might increase image noise especially in low light conditions. A lower setting reduces image noise, but the whole image will appear less sharp.

The Contrast changes the relative differe nce between light and dark. It can be a djusted using the slidebar.

White Balance

White balance is used to make colors in the image appear the same regardless of the color temperature of the lig ht source. The Axis product can be set to automatically identify the light source and compensate for its color. Alternatively, select the type of light

source f rom the drop-down list. For a description of each available setting, see the online help

Exposure Settings

Conﬁgure the e xpo sure settings to suit the image quality requirements in relation considerations.

Exposure value - Click in the bar to ﬁne-tune the expo sure.

Enable Backlight compensation - Enable this opti on if a bright spot of light, for example a light bulb, causes other areas in

the image to appear too dark.

Exposure priority - When Motion is prioritized a nd maximum Shutter time is set to a small value, m otion blur in the image is minimized. This can be useful for reco an increase in image noise, especially in low light situations. When Low n oise is pr ioritized and Gain is set to a small value, image noise is minimized. The ﬁle size is reduced, which can be useful if storage space or bandwidth is limited. However, prioritizing low noise may result in a very dark im

gnition of moving objects such as people and vehicles. How ever, prioritizing motion may cause

age, especially in low light situations.

to lighting, frame rate and bandwidth

Built-in IR Illuminations LEDs

CAUTION

Do not look directly into the IR LED at short distance. Since the IR light provided from the IR LED is powerful light outside of the visible rang

e, please use the camera to check if IR light is activated or not.

The IR illumination can be activated or de-activate d, and its intensity can be increased or decre ase d by m oving the slider, from the product’s Live View page. Other settings can be deﬁned from Setup > Video > Camera Settings.

De-select the Enable IR illumination option to disable IR illumination altogether. If you disable the Synchronize IR illumination with day/night option, IR illumination will not be synchronized with day/night changes. To conﬁgure IR illumination click Edit .

The IR Illumination window displays the approximate are a the IR light will illum inate given the current settings. The default IR illumination zoom is set at 1. If the camera’s zoom is adjusted to a different value, move the Angle of illumination slider to the same value, for optimal IR illumination in the IR Light window (Camera Settings> IR Illumination> Edit) in the camera’s GUI.

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