Axis P3245-VE User manual

Brand: Axis

Model: P3245-VE

Category: Video servers/encoders

Type: User manual

Axis P3245-VE is a versatile and powerful surveillance camera designed to deliver exceptional image quality and comprehensive security features. With its weatherproof design, it can withstand harsh outdoor conditions, making it suitable for various applications such as perimeter protection, traffic monitoring, and retail surveillance. The camera's remote focus and zoom capabilities enable precise adjustments to optimize the field of view and image quality, while its wide dynamic range (WDR) technology ensures清晰的图像, even in challenging lighting conditions.

AXISP3245NetworkCameraSeries

AXISP3245–V

AXISP3245–VE

UserManual

AXISP3245NetworkCameraSeries

TableofContents

Aboutthismanual..........................................3

Solutionoverview...........................................4

Productoverview...........................................5

Findthedeviceonthenetwork................................8

Browsersupport................................................8

Accessthedevice...........................................9

Setasecurepasswordfortherootaccount..........................9

Securepasswords...............................................9

Setup.....................................................10

Webpageoverview..............................................10

Imagequality...................................................12

Privacymasks..................................................16

Overlays.......................................................16

Streamingandstorage...........................................17

Events........................................................19

Applications....................................................21

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

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

Checkthecurrentrmware.......................................23

Upgradethermware............................................23

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

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

Specications..............................................26

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

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

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

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

AXISP3245NetworkCameraSeries

Aboutthismanual

Thisusermanualdescribesmultipleproducts.Someoftheinstructionsmaynotberelevantforyourproduct.

AXISP3245NetworkCameraSeries

Solutionoverview

AXISP3245–V

AXISP3245–VE

Surveillancecenter

AXISP3245NetworkCameraSeries

Productoverview

AXISP3245–V

Mountingbracket

Cameraunit

Coverview

Dome

Lid

Domecover

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Productoverview

Networkconnector(PoE)

SDmemorycardslot

StatusLEDindicator

Controlbutton

AXISP3245–VE

Mountingbracket

Cameraunit

Coverview

Lid

Dome

AXISP3245NetworkCameraSeries

Productoverview

Networkconnector(PoE)

SDmemorycardslot

StatusLEDindicator

Controlbutton

AXISP3245NetworkCameraSeries

Findthedeviceonthenetwork

TondAxisdevicesonthenetworkandassignthemIPaddressesinWindows®,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManager.Both

applicationsarefreeandcanbedownloadedfromaxis.com/support.

FormoreinformationabouthowtondandassignIPaddresses,seethedocumentHowtoassignanIPaddressandaccessyour

deviceonthedevicepageataxis.com.

Browsersupport

Youcanusethedevicewiththefollowingbrowsers:

Chrome

Firefox

Edge

Safari

Windows

recommended

OSX

recommended

Otheroperatingsystems

Ifyouneedmoreinformationaboutrecommendedbrowsers,gotoaxis.com/browser-support.

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Accessthedevice

1.OpenabrowserandentertheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisdevice.

IfyouhaveaMaccomputer(OSX),gotoSafari,clickonBonjourandselectthedevicefromthedrop-downlist.Toadd

Bonjourasabrowserbookmark,gotoSafari>Preferences.

IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddress,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManagertondthedeviceonthenetwork.

2.Entertheusernameandpassword.Ifyouaccessthedeviceforthersttime,youmustsettherootpassword.See

Setasecurepasswordfortherootaccountonpage9.

3.Theliveviewpageopensinyourbrowser.

Setasecurepasswordfortherootaccount

Important

Thedefaultadministratorusernameisroot.Ifthepasswordforrootislost,resetthedevicetofactorydefaultsettings.

1.Typeapassword.Followtheinstructionsaboutsecurepasswords.SeeSecurepasswordsonpage9.

2.Retypethepasswordtoconrmthespelling.

3.ClickCreatelogin.Thepasswordhasnowbeencongured.

Securepasswords

Important

Axisdevicessendtheinitiallysetpasswordincleartextoverthenetwork.Toprotectyourdeviceaftertherstlogin,set

upasecureandencryptedHTTPSconnectionandthenchangethepassword.

Thedevicepasswordistheprimaryprotectionforyourdataandservices.Axisdevicesdonotimposeapasswordpolicyasthey

maybeusedinvarioustypesofinstallations.

Toprotectyourdatawestronglyrecommendthatyou:

•Useapasswordwithatleast8characters,preferablycreatedbyapasswordgenerator.

•Don’texposethepassword.

•Changethepasswordatarecurringinterval,atleastonceayear.

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Webpageoverview

Liveviewcontrolbar

Liveview

Productname

Userinformation,colorthemes,andhelp

Videocontrolbar

Settingstoggle

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Settingstabs

Needmorehelp?

Youcanaccessthebuilt-inhelpfromthedevice’swebpage.Thehelpprovidesmoredetailedinformationonthedevice’sfeaturesand

theirsettings.

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Imagequality

Capturemodes

CapturemodedenesthemaximumframerateavailableintheAxisproduct.Dependingonwhichcapturemodeyouselect,you

maynotbeabletouseWDR.

CapturemodedenesthemaximumresolutionandmaximumframerateavailableintheAxisproduct.Ifusingacapturemodewith

asmallerresolutionthanthemaximumresolution,theangleofviewisreduced.Thecapturemodealsoaffectslightsensitivity.A

capturemodewithahighmaximumframeratehasreducedlightsensitivityandviceversa.

Thelowerresolutioncapturemodeiscroppedoutfromthehighestresolution.

Theimageshowshowtheeldofviewandaspectratiocanchangebetweentwodifferentcapturemodes.

Whichcapturemodetochoosedependsontherequirementsofframerateandresolutionforthespecicsurveillancesetup.For

specicationsaboutavailablecapturemodes,seetheproduct’sdatasheetataxis.com.

Remotefocusandzoom

Theremotefocusandzoomfunctionalityallowsyoutomakefocusandzoomadjustmentstoyourcamerafromacomputer.Itisa

convenientwaytoensurethatthescene’sfocus,viewingangleandresolutionareoptimizedwithouthavingtovisitthecamera’s

installationlocation.

Left:nofocus.Right:remotefocusapplied.

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Left:nozoom.Right:remotezoomapplied.

Selectexposuremode

Therearedifferentexposuremodeoptionsinthecamerathatadjustsaperture,shutterspeed,andgaintoimproveimagequalityfor

specicsurveillancescenes.GotoSettings>Image>Exposureandselectbetweenthefollowingexposuremodes:

•Formostusecases,selectAutomaticexposure.

•Forenvironmentswithcertainarticiallighting,forexampleuorescentlighting,selectFlicker-free.

Selectthesamefrequencyasthepowerlinefrequency.

•Forenvironmentswithcertainarticiallightandbrightlight,forexampleoutdoorswithuorescentlightingatnightand

sunduringdaytime,selectFlicker-reduced.

Selectthesamefrequencyasthepowerlinefrequency.

•Tolockthecurrentexposuresettings,selectHoldcurrent.

Reducenoiseinlow-lightconditions

Toreducenoiseinlow-lightconditions,youcanadjustoneormoreofthefollowingsettings:

•Settheexposuremodetoautomatic.

Note

Ahighmaxshuttervaluecanresultinmotionblur.

•Toslowdowntheshutterspeed,setmaxshuttertothehighestpossiblevalue.

•Reducesharpnessintheimage.

•Setthemaxgaintoalowervalue.

Handlesceneswithstrongbacklight

Dynamicrangeisthedifferenceinlightlevelsinanimage.Insomecasesthedifferencebetweenthedarkestandthebrightest

areascanbesignicant.Theresultisoftenanimagewhereeitherthedarkorthebrightareasarevisible.Widedynamicrange

(WDR)makesbothdarkandbrightareasoftheimagevisible.

1.GotoSettings>Image>Widedynamicrange.

2.Ifrequired,turnonWDR.

3.UsetheLocalcontrastslidertoadjusttheamountofWDR.

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ImagewithoutWDR.

ImagewithWDR.

Note

WDRmaycauseartifactsintheimage.

FindoutmoreaboutWDRandhowtouseitataxis.com/web-articles/wdr.

Compensateforbarreldistortion

Barreldistortionisaphenomenonwherestraightlinesappearincreasinglybentclosertotheedgesoftheframe.Awideeldofview

oftencreatesbarreldistortioninanimage.Barreldistortioncorrectioncompensatesforthisdistortion.

Note

Barreldistortioncorrectionaffectstheimageresolutionandeldofview.

1.GotoSettings>Image>Imagecorrection.

2.TurnonBarreldistortioncorrection(BDC).

3.Setthelevelofcorrectionthatgivesyouthebestimage.

Monitorlongandnarrowareas

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

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1.Dependingonyourdevice,turnthecameraorthe3-axislensinthecamera90°or270°.

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

3.Click

4.Rotatetheview90°or270°.

Findoutmoreataxis.com/axis-corridor-format.

Improvefacialrecognition

Tobetterrecognizethefaceofapersonpassingbythecamera,youcansettheoptimalpixelresolutionwiththecamera’spixel

counter.

1.GotoSettings>System>Orientationandclick.

2.Inthecamera’sliveview,adjustthesizeandplacementoftherectanglearoundtheareaofinterest,forexample,where

thefacesofpassingpersonsareexpectedtoappear.Youcanthenseethenumberofpixelsrepresentedbythesidesof

therectangle.

Note

Youcanuseanobjectofaknownsizeintheviewasareferencetodecidehowmuchresolutionisneededforrecognition.

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Viewarea

Aviewareaisacroppedpartofthefullview.Youcanstreamandstoreviewareasinsteadofthefullviewtominimizebandwidth

andstorageneeds.IfyouenablePTZforaviewarea,youcanpan,tiltandzoomwithinit.Byusingviewareasyoucanremoveparts

ofthefullview,forexample,thesky.

Whenyousetupaviewarea,werecommendyoutosetthevideostreamresolutiontothesamesizeasorsmallerthantheviewarea

size.Ifyousetthevideostreamresolutionlargerthantheviewareasizeitimpliesdigitallyscaledupvideoaftersensorcapture,

whichrequiresmorebandwidthwithoutaddingimageinformation.

Privacymasks

Aprivacymaskisauser-denedareathatpreventsusersfromviewingapartofthemonitoredarea.Inthevideostream,privacy

masksappearasblocksofsolidcolor.

You’llseetheprivacymaskonallsnapshots,recordedvideo,andlivestreams.

YoucanusetheVAPIX®applicationprogramminginterface(API)toturnofftheprivacymasks.

Important

Ifyouusemultipleprivacymasksitmayaffecttheproduct’sperformance.

Important

Setthezoomandfocusbeforeyoucreateaprivacymask.

Hidepartsoftheimagewithprivacymasks

Createaprivacymasktohideapartoftheimage:

1.GotoSettings>Privacymask.

2.ClickNew.

Overlays

Note

OverlaysarenotincludedinthevideostreamwhenusingSIPcalls.

Overlaysaresuperimposedoverthevideostream.Theyareusedtoprovideextrainformationduringrecordings,suchasatimestamp,

orduringproductinstallationandconguration.Youcanaddeithertextoranimage.

Thevideostreamingindicatorisanothertypeofoverlay.Itshowsyouthattheliveviewvideostreamislive.

Showanimageoverlay

Toaddanimageasanoverlayinthevideostream:

1.GotoSettings>Overlay.

2.ClickImagelist.

3.UploadanimageandclickDone.

4.ClickCreateoverlay.

5.SelectImageandclickCreate.

6.Selecttheimagefromthedrop-downlist.

7.Topositiontheimageoverlay,chooseCustomoroneofthepresets.

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8.ClickCreate.

Streamingandstorage

HowdoImage,Stream,andStreamprolesettingsrelatetoeachother?

TheImagetabcontainscamerasettingsthataffectallvideostreamsfromtheproduct.Ifyouchangesomethinginthistab,it

immediatelyaffectsallvideostreamsandrecordings.

TheStreamtabcontainssettingsforvideostreams.Yougetthesesettingsifyourequestavideostreamfromtheproductanddon’t

specifyforexampleresolution,orframerate.WhenyouchangethesettingsintheStreamtab,itdoesn’taffectongoingstreams,but

itwilltakeeffectwhenyoustartanewstream.

TheStreamprolessettingsoverridethesettingsfromtheStreamtab.Ifyourequestastreamwithaspecicstreamprole,the

streamcontainsthesettingsofthatprole.Ifyourequestastreamwithoutspecifyingastreamprole,orrequestastreamprole

thatdoesn'texistintheproduct,thestreamcontainsthesettingsfromtheStreamtab.

Videocompressionformats

Decidewhichcompressionmethodtousebasedonyourviewingrequirements,andonthepropertiesofyournetwork.The

availableoptionsare:

MotionJPEG

MotionJPEG,orMJPEG,isadigitalvideosequencethatismadeupofaseriesofindividualJPEGimages.Theseimagesarethen

displayedandupdatedataratesufcienttocreateastreamthatshowsconstantlyupdatedmotion.Fortheviewertoperceivemotion

videotheratemustbeatleast16imageframespersecond.Fullmotionvideoisperceivedat30(NTSC)or25(PAL)framespersecond.

TheMotionJPEGstreamusesconsiderableamountsofbandwidth,butprovidesexcellentimagequalityandaccesstoeveryimage

containedinthestream.

H.264orMPEG-4Part10/AVC

Note

H.264isalicensedtechnology.TheAxisproductincludesoneH.264viewingclientlicense.Toinstalladditionalunlicensed

copiesoftheclientisprohibited.Topurchaseadditionallicenses,contactyourAxisreseller.

H.264can,withoutcompromisingimagequality,reducethesizeofadigitalvideolebymorethan80%comparedtotheMotion

JPEGformatandbyasmuchas50%comparedtotheMPEG-4standard.Thismeansthatlessnetworkbandwidthandstoragespace

arerequiredforavideole.Orseenanotherway,highervideoqualitycanbeachievedforagivenbitrate.

H.265orMPEG-HPart2/HEVC

Note

H.265islicensedtechnology.TheAxisproductincludesoneH.265viewingclientlicense.Toinstalladditionalunlicensed

copiesoftheclientisprohibited.Topurchaseadditionallicenses,contactyourAxisreseller.

Bitratecontrol

Bysettingthebitratecontrolyoucanmanagethebandwidthconsumptionforyourvideostream.

Variablebitrate(VBR)

Withvariablebitratethebandwidthvariesbasedonthelevelofactivityinthescene.Themoreactivityinthescene,themore

bandwidthisrequired.Thisoptionguaranteesthatimagequalityisconstantbutrequiresstoragemargins.

Maximumbitrate(MBR)

Themaximumbitrateoptionallowsyoutosetatargetbitratevaluetobeabletohandlesystembitratelimitations.Tokeepthe

instantaneousbitratebelowthespeciedtargetbitrate,theremaybeadecreaseinimagequalityortheframeratemaydecrease.

Youhavetheoptiontoprioritizeeitherimagequalityorframerate.Itisrecommendedtocongurethetargetbitratehigherthanthe

expectedbitratetohavemarginsforadditionalcomplexitythatneedstobecaptured.

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Averagebitrate(ABR)

Withaveragebitrate,thebitrateisautomaticallyadjustedoveralongertimescaletomeetthespeciedtargetandprovidethe

bestqualityonthevideostreambasedonavailablestorage.Imagequalityisdecreaseduniformly.Youcanstillgetgoodimage

qualitywhenthereisactivityinthescene.Theaveragebitrateoptionallowsyoutodenethetotalstoragerequiredtostorethe

videostreamforaspeciedamountoftime(retentiontime)whenimagequalityisadjustedtomeetthespeciedtargetbitrate.

Specifytheaveragebitratesettingsinoneofthefollowingways:

•Setthetargetbitrateandtheretentiontimetocalculatetheestimatedstorageneed.

•Usethetargetbitratecalculatortocalculatetheaveragebitrate,basedonavailablestorageanddesiredretentiontime.

Youhavealsotheoptiontoturnonmaximumbitratetospecifyabitratelimit.

Reducebandwidthandstorage

Important

Ifyoureducethebandwidthitcanresultinlossofdetailsinthepicture.

1.GotoliveviewandselectH.264.

2.GotoSettings>Stream.

3.Dooneormoreofthefollowing:

-TurnontheZipstreamfunctionalityandselectthedesiredlevel.

Note

ThezipstreamsettingsareusedforbothH.264andH.265.

-TurnondynamicGOPandsetahighGOPlengthvalue.

-Increasethecompression.

-TurnondynamicFPS.

Note

WebbrowsersdonotsupportH.265decoding.UseavideomanagementsystemorapplicationsupportingH.265decoding.

Setupnetworkstorage

Tostorerecordingsonthenetwork,youneedtosetupnetworkstorage:

1.GotoSettings>System>Storage.

2.ClickSetupunderNetworkstorage.

3.EntertheIPaddressofthehostserver.

4.Enterthenameofthesharedlocationonthehostserver.

5.Movetheswitchifthesharerequiresalogin,andenterusernameandpassword.

6.ClickConnect.

Recordandwatchvideo

Torecordvideoyoumustrstsetupnetworkstorage,seeSetupnetworkstorageonpage18,orhaveanSDcardinstalled.

1.Gotothecamera’sliveview.

2.ClickonRecordoncetostartrecordingandonemoretimetostoprecording.

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Towatchyourrecording:

1.ClickonStorage>Gotorecordings.

2.Selectyourrecordinginthelistanditwillplayautomatically.

Events

Setuprulesandalerts

Youcancreaterulestomakeyourdeviceperformanactionwhencertaineventsoccur.Aruleconsistsofconditionsandactions.

Theconditionscanbeusedtotriggertheactions.Forexample,thedevicecanstartarecordingorsendanemailwhenitdetects

motion,orshowanoverlaytextwhenitrecords.

Recordvideowhenthecameradetectsmotion

ThisexampleexplainshowtosetupthecameratostartrecordingtotheSDcardvesecondsbeforeitdetectsmotionandto

stoponeminuteafter.

MakesuretheAXISVideoMotionDetectionapplicationisrunning:

1.GotoSettings>Apps>AXISVideoMotionDetection.

2.Starttheapplicationifitisnotalreadyrunning.

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.

Showatextoverlayinthevideostreamwhenthedevicedetectsmotion

Thisexampleexplainshowtodisplaythetext“Motiondetected”whenthedevicedetectsmotion:

MakesuretheAXISVideoMotionDetectionapplicationisrunning:

1.GotoSettings>Apps>AXISVideoMotionDetection.

2.Starttheapplicationifitisnotalreadyrunning.

3.Makesureyouhavesetuptheapplicationaccordingtoyourneeds.

Addtheoverlaytext:

4.GotoSettings>Overlay.

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5.SelectCreateoverlayandselectTextoverlay.

6.Enter#Dinthetexteld.

7.Choosetextsizeandappearance.

8.Topositionthetextoverlay,chooseCustomoroneofthepresets.

Createarule:

9.GotoSystem>Events>Rulesandaddarule.

10.Typeanamefortherule.

11.Inthelistofconditions,selectAXISVideoMotionDetection.

12.Inthelistofactions,selectUseoverlaytext.

13.Selectaviewarea.

14.Type“Motiondetected”.

15.Settheduration.

16.ClickSave.

Note

Ifyouupdatetheoverlaytextitwillbeautomaticallyupdatedonallvideostreamsdynamically.

Sendlivevideotoamobilephone

Inthisexample,wesetupthecameratomakeaSIPcalltoamobilephonewhenthecameradetectsmotion.TheSIPcalltransmits

thelivevideostreamfromthecameratothemobilephone.

Beforeyoustart

•InstallaSIPclientonamobilephone.

•RegisterwithaSIPserverorPBX.

•SetupAXISVideoMotionDetectioninthecamera.

MakebasicSIPsettings

1.GotoSettings>System>SIP.

2.SelectAllowSIP.

3.ClickNATtraversalandenableSTUN.

4.Typetheserveraddress.

5.ClickSave.

SetuparegisteredSIPaccountonthecamera

1.GotoSettings>System>SIPandclick

underAccounts.

2.ClickRegistered.

3.Typeanamefortheaccount,forexample“Registered”.

4.Typeauserid,domain,password,andregistrar.

5.ClickSave.

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Axis P3245-VE User manual

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Model: P3245-VE

Category: Video servers/encoders

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