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AXIS P1357 Network Camera

User Manual

Summary of Contents for P1357

Page 1: ...AXIS P1357 Network Camera User Manual...

Page 2: ...tes other countries or both Regulatory Information Europe This product complies with the applicable CE marking directives and harmonized standards Electromagnetic Compatibility EMC Directive 2004 108...

Page 3: ...ld contact the product supplier for information about how to dispose of this product correctly This product complies with the requirements of Directive 2011 65 EU on the restriction of the use of cert...

Page 4: ...esult in death or serious injury CAUTION Indicates a hazardous situation which if not avoided could result in minor or moderate injury NO NO NOTICE TICE TICE Indicates a situation which if not avoided...

Page 5: ...Product 19 Basic Setup 19 Adjust Focus 19 Focus Assistant 20 Video and Audio 21 Set Up Video Streams 21 Stream Profiles 23 Camera Settings 23 View Area 26 Overlay 26 Privacy Mask 28 Focus 29 Set Up Au...

Page 6: ...Devices 60 Maintenance 60 Support 61 Advanced 61 Reset to Factory Default Settings 62 Troubleshooting 63 Check the Firmware 63 Upgrade the Firmware 63 Emergency Recovery Procedure 63 Symptoms Possible...

Page 7: ...e Overview Hardware Overview 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 11 13 14 15 16 1 Focus puller 2 Zoom puller 3 Internal microphone 4 LED indicator 5 SD card slot microSD 6 Audio in 7 Audio out 8 Network connector...

Page 8: ...can be activated 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 th...

Page 9: ...button for about 3 seconds until the Status LED flashes green Connecting to AXIS Internet Dynamic DNS Service See page 54 To connect press and hold the button for about 3 seconds LED Indicators Note...

Page 10: ...the drop down list and click OK To change the iris configuration for P iris lenses not listed in the drop down list 1 Download the iris configuration file from www axis com 2 Go to Setup Video and Aud...

Page 11: ...ity to locate the product on the network For information about how to discover and assign an IP address see the document Assign an IP Address and Access the Video Stream on Axis Support web at www axi...

Page 12: ...e enter it to confirm the spelling 3 Click OK The password has now been configured Set Power Line Frequency Power line frequency is set the first time the Axis product is accessed and can only be chan...

Page 13: ...e video image This button is primarily intended for use when the AXIS Media Control viewer toolbar is not available Enable this button from Live View Config Action Buttons The Audio clip drop down lis...

Page 14: ...rophone Half duplex mode The Talk Listen button is used to switch between sending and receiving audio The button can be configured from the Audio tab in the AMC Control panel Push To Talk mode Click a...

Page 15: ...l panel which provides additional PTZ controls User defined buttons can also appear in the Control panel See Controls on page 35 To view a specific view area or preset position select it from the Sour...

Page 16: ...is no video traffic on the network until a client connects and requests the stream Note that there are a maximum of 20 simultaneous unicast connections Multicast RTP This method RTP over UDP should b...

Page 17: ...e Axis product in the following ways Motion JPEG server push if supported by the client Chrome or Firefox for example This option maintains an open HTTP connection to the browser and sends data as and...

Page 18: ...in addition audio can be accessed in the following ways VAPIX Application Programming Interface API For more information visit www axis com developer Windows Media Player supports simplex audio The fo...

Page 19: ...aximum while focusing This gives the smallest depth of field and thus the best conditions for correct focusing 1 Open the product s home page and go to Setup Basic Setup Focus 2 Under the Basic tab cl...

Page 20: ...elow See Hardware Overview on page 7 1 Mount or place the camera so that it cannot be moved 2 Loosen the zoom puller by turning it counter clockwise Move the puller to set the zoom level Re tighten th...

Page 21: ...requirement for example in face recognition The pixel counter can be used When setting up a video stream see Set Up Video Streams on page 21 Under Preview click Open and select the Show pixel counter...

Page 22: ...omplexity using up more bandwidth for increased activity in the image and less for lower image activity When the activity in the scene increases the bit rate would usually increase as well If there is...

Page 23: ...ing profile go to Setup Video Audio Stream Profiles To select a default stream profile for the Live View page go to Setup Live View Config Camera Settings The Video Audio Camera Settings page provides...

Page 24: ...ark areas in the image Enable WDR in intense backlight conditions Disable WDR in low light conditions for optimal exposure Note This setting is only possible when using automatic exposure control Expo...

Page 25: ...change the iris configuration unless the lens has been changed see Replace the Lens on page 10 Iris adjustment Select Enable automatic iris adjustment to automatically compensate for changing light co...

Page 26: ...esolution 5 A new view area covers the whole image Use the mouse to move and resize the view area 6 Select Enable PTZ to enable digital PTZ for the view area 7 Click Save to save the settings To modif...

Page 27: ...ixels must be exactly divisible by 4 and cannot be larger than the maximum image resolution If combining text and image overlays take into consideration that the text overlay occupies 16 or 32 pixels...

Page 28: ...es 2 Click Add to create a new rule 3 Select a Trigger and optionally a Schedule and Additional conditions See the online help for details 4 From the Actions list select Overlay Text 5 Enter the text...

Page 29: ...multiple steps in either direction Clicking on the bar sets focus to that position If the camera is not focused after completing the above instructions try the Full range focus scan The scan which ca...

Page 30: ...he Level bar gives a visual representation of the audio signal level in dB relative to the full scale input level Green the signal is at a good level Yellow the signal is becoming distorted Red the si...

Page 31: ...p must first be uploaded to the Axis product or recorded by a microphone connected to the product To add download modify or remove audio clips go to Video Audio Audio Clips For more information see th...

Page 32: ...w image Server Push Recommended viewer for other browsers Motion JPEG QuickTime H 264 Other browsers Still image Displays still images only Click the Refresh button in your browser to view a new image...

Page 33: ...rame Defining the link as a web link will open the link in a new window Output Buttons External I O devices connected to the Axis product s output ports can be controlled directly from the Live View p...

Page 34: ...list From this drop down list select the driver to install or remove and click Save Select Activate PTZ to enable PTZ The address of the connected device appears against Device ID Choose the Device ty...

Page 35: ...e control in the selected view area Note Disabling PTZ controls will not affect preset positions For example if the tilt control is disabled the product can still move to preset positions that require...

Page 36: ...ge 34 has PTZ control for an indefinite period of time It may be overridden by an operator event or administrator The guard tour will resume when higher priority groups leave the queue 5 Viewer Multip...

Page 37: ...end an email select Send Notification and select a Recipient from the list of defined recipients Note The While the rule is active option under Duration cannot be used with camera tampering since came...

Page 38: ...ks in the Activity window 6 Click Save To exclude parts of the include window select the Configure Excluded Windows and position the exclude window within the include window To delete an include or ex...

Page 39: ...a low sensitivity In other cases high sensitivity is recommended Audio Detection The Axis product can be configured to generate an alarm when audio rises above or falls below the threshold value The...

Page 40: ...ble For instructions see the documentation provided by the application vendor 4 Start the application Go to page Applications select the application in the list of installed applications and click Sta...

Page 41: ...7 Network Camera Applications If the Axis product is reset to factory default uploaded applications and their settings are removed For information about factory default see Reset to Factory Default Se...

Page 42: ...ement in the camera s field of view Set up motion detection and add a network share 1 Go to Detectors Motion Detection and configure a motion detection window See page 38 2 Go to System Options Storag...

Page 43: ...a signal from a connected device See I O Ports on page 60 Manual Trigger Trigger the rule using the Manual Trigger button in the Live View page See Controls on the Live View Page on page 13 This can...

Page 44: ...video and audio to a selected storage To record audio use AAC audio encoding and make sure that audio is enabled in the selected stream profile Send Images Send images to a recipient Send Notification...

Page 45: ...nfigured by selecting one of the listed email providers or by specifying the SMTP server port and authentication used by for example a corporate email server Note Some email providers have security fi...

Page 46: ...information needed for a daily weekly monthly or yearly schedule 3 Click OK To use the schedule in an action rule select the schedule from the Schedule drop down list in the Action Rule Setup page Se...

Page 47: ...red under System Options Date Time see Date Time on page 52 To find a recording follow these steps 1 Go to Recordings List 2 To reduce the number of recordings displayed select the desired options und...

Page 48: ...dialog opens 4 By default the complete recording is selected To export a part of the recording modify the start and stop times 5 Optionally enter a file name for the recording 6 Click Export Note Reco...

Page 49: ...the product to factory default settings will erase any uploaded language files and reset the product language to English Clicking the Restore button on the Maintenance page will not affect the languag...

Page 50: ...Basic Setup provides quick access to settings that should be made before using the Axis product ONVIF ONVIF Open Network Video Interface Forum is a global interface standard that makes it easier for...

Page 51: ...ort Layer Security The certificates are provided by a Certification Authority CA You need a CA certificate to authenticate the authentication server a CA signed client certificate to authenticate the...

Page 52: ...te is in PKCS 12 format The Axis product is shipped with several preinstalled CA certificates If required additional CA certificates can be installed 1 Go to Setup System Options Security Certificates...

Page 53: ...onnected Axis products or reset the product to the factory default settings see page 62 and then perform the installation again To use a static IP address check Use the following IP address and specif...

Page 54: ...sible from any location For more information and help to find a local AVHS Service Provider go to www axis com hosting The AVHS settings are configured under System Options Network TCP IP Basic The po...

Page 55: ...ess and enter the host name or IP address of the NTP server Host Name Configuration The Axis product can be accessed using a host name instead of an IP address The host name is usually the same as the...

Page 56: ...elected Alternative HTTP port Select this option to manually define an external HTTP port Enter a port in the range 1024 65535 If the port field is empty or contains the default setting which is 0 a p...

Page 57: ...Axis product to send messages to a management system on important events and status changes Check Enable traps and enter the IP address where the trap message should be sent and the Trap community th...

Page 58: ...ess data stored on the card from the Windows operating system a third party ext4 driver or application is required vFAT supported by most operating systems for personal computers The SD card is manage...

Page 59: ...ne of the supported file systems To manually format the SD card follow these steps 1 Insert the SD card in the SD card slot 2 Open the Axis product s webpages and go to Setup System Options Storage 3...

Page 60: ...Tilt Zoom is used to control a PTZ device The PTZ device requires a driver See Install PTZ Driver for more information Drivers can be downloaded from www axis com Generic TCP IP allows the Axis produ...

Page 61: ...ng If contacting Axis Support please provide a valid Server Report with your query System Log Provides information about system events Access Log Lists all failed attempts to access the product The Ac...

Page 62: ...tings Important Reset to factory default should be used with caution A reset to factory default will reset all settings including the IP address to the factory default values Note The installation and...

Page 63: ...o your computer The latest version of the firmware is available free of charge from Axis website at www axis com techsup 2 Go to Setup System Options Maintenance in the product s webpages 3 Under Upgr...

Page 64: ...if the same default static IP address is also used by another device there may be problems accessing the product The product cannot be accessed from a browser Cannot log in When HTTPS is enabled ensur...

Page 65: ...ownloaded from the manufacturer s website Color saturation is different in H 264 and Motion JPEG Modify the settings for your graphics adapter Refer to the adapter s documentation for more information...

Page 66: ...ed under Setup Video Audio Audio Settings Feedback loops Feedback loops might appear in full duplex mode Try moving the microphone or the speaker or use half duplex mode instead Storage and disk manag...

Page 67: ...ncy 50 Hz 20 fps with power line frequency 60 Hz HDTV 1080p 1920x1080 and 2 MP 4 3 1600x1200 capture mode 25 fps with power line frequency 50 Hz 30 fps with power line frequency 60 Hz Frame rate Motio...

Page 68: ...DiffServ FTP SFTP CIFS SMB SMTP Bonjour UPnP SNMPv1 v2c v3 MIB II DNS DynDNS NTP RTSP RTP TCP UDP IGMP RTCP ICMP DHCP ARP SOCKS Application Programming Interface Open API for software integration inc...

Page 69: ...h DC iris Edge storage Support for microSD microSDHC microSDXC card Support for recording to dedicated network attached storage NAS For SD card and NAS recommendations see www axis com Operating condi...

Page 70: ...gital Output 4 Connected to pin 1 when activated floating unconnected when deactivated If used with an inductive load e g a relay a diode must be connected in parallel with the load for protection aga...

Page 71: ...ire RS485 RS485 RS422 TX B 3 RS485 RS422 TX A 4 TX pair for RS422 and 4 wire RS485 Important The recommended maximum cable length is 30 m 98 4 ft Connection Diagrams I O Connector 1 2 3 4 1 0 V DC 2 D...

Page 72: ...nts Effect on frame rate and bandwidth Accessing Motion JPEG and H 264 video streams simultaneously Frame rate and bandwidth affected Heavy usage of event settings affect the product s CPU load Frame...

Page 73: ...User Manual Ver M2 10 AXIS P1357 Network Camera Date June 2015 Axis Communications AB 2013 2015 Part No 1465567...

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