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AXIS XPQ1785 Explosion-Protected Camera

User Manual

Summary of Contents for XPQ1785

Page 1: ...AXIS XPQ1785 Explosion Protected Camera User Manual ...

Page 2: ...Adjust the camera view PTZ 9 View and record video 10 Set up rules for events 11 Learn more 13 Capture modes 13 Overlays 13 Pan tilt and zoom PTZ 13 Streaming and storage 13 Smoke alert 15 Troubleshooting 18 Reset to factory default settings 18 Firmware options 18 Check the current firmware 18 Upgrade the firmware 18 Technical issues clues and solutions 19 Performance considerations 20 Contact sup...

Page 3: ...XIS XPQ1785 Explosion Protected Camera Installation Installation To watch this video go to the web version of this document help axis com piaId 68507 section install Installation video for the product 3 ...

Page 4: ...ice for the first time you must set the root password See Set a new password for the root account on page 4 Set a new password for the root account The default administrator username is root There s no default password for the root account You set a password the first time you log in to the device 1 Type a password Follow the instructions about secure passwords See Secure passwords on page 4 2 Ret...

Page 5: ...era Get started Don t expose the password Change the password at a recurring interval at least once a year Webpage overview 1 Live view control bar 2 Live view 3 Product name 4 User information color themes and help 5 Video control bar 5 ...

Page 6: ...AXIS XPQ1785 Explosion Protected Camera Get started 6 Settings toggle 7 Settings tabs 6 ...

Page 7: ...duced Select the same frequency as the power line frequency To lock the current exposure settings select Hold current Reduce noise in low light conditions To reduce noise in low light conditions you can adjust one or more of the following settings Adjust the trade off between noise and motion blur Go to Settings Image Exposure and move the Blur noise trade off slider toward Low noise Set the expos...

Page 8: ... Wide dynamic range 2 Turn on WDR 3 If you still have problems go to Exposure and adjust the Exposure zone to cover the area of interest Find out more about WDR and how to use it at axis com web articles wdr Stabilize a shaky image with Electronic Image Stabilization EIS Electronic Image Stabilization EIS can be used in environments where the product is mounted in an exposed location and subject t...

Page 9: ...ion Type y to show the tilt position 4 Choose appearance text size and alignment 5 The current pan and tilt positions show up in the live view image and in the recording Adjust the camera view PTZ Create a guard tour with preset positions A guard tour displays the video stream from different preset positions either in a predetermined or random order and for configurable periods of time 1 Go to Set...

Page 10: ...n on the Zipstream functionality and select the desired level Turn on dynamic GOP and set a high GOP length value Increase the compression Turn on dynamic FPS Set up network storage To store recordings on the network you need to set up your network storage 1 Go to Settings System Storage 2 Click Setup under Network storage 3 Enter the IP address of the host server 4 Enter the name of the shared lo...

Page 11: ...rule all of the conditions must be met to trigger the action 4 Select which Action the device should perform when the conditions are met Note If you make changes to an active rule the rule must be turned on again for the changes to take effect Note If you change the definition of a stream profile that is used in a rule then you need to restart all the rules that use that stream profile Record vide...

Page 12: ...n trigger an action depending on the shock sensitivity range which can be set from 0 to 100 In this scenario someone is throwing rocks at the camera after hours and you would like to get a video clip of the event Turn on shock detection 1 Go to Settings System Detectors 2 Turn on shock detection and set a value for the shock sensitivity Create a rule 1 Go to Settings System Events and add a rule 2...

Page 13: ...o perceive motion video the rate must be at least 16 image frames per second Full motion video is perceived at 30 NTSC or 25 PAL frames per second The Motion JPEG stream uses considerable amounts of bandwidth but provides excellent image quality and access to every image contained in the stream H 264 or MPEG 4 Part 10 AVC Note H 264 is a licensed technology The Axis product includes one H 264 view...

Page 14: ...line in image quality or frame rate as the instantaneous bitrate is kept below the specified target bitrate You can choose to prioritize either image quality or frame rate We recommend that you configure the target bitrate to a higher value than the expected bitrate This gives you a margin in case there is a high level of activity in the scene 1 Target bitrate Average bitrate ABR With average bitr...

Page 15: ...analytics feature for smoke and flame detection It enables the camera to detect and locate fire incidents through continuous real time analysis of the video stream Upon detection smoke alert can push live video to security staff activate speakers start a video recording or respond in whatever way the user has set up To minimize the risk for false alarms there are a few things to consider Make sure...

Page 16: ...ke alert status You can add a text overlay that shows the smoke alert status in the video stream 1 Go to Settings Overlay 2 Click Create overlay 3 Select Text and click Create 4 In the text field type D to show the smoke alert status Type F X to show the date and time 5 Select a position for your overlay You can also drag the overlay text field in the live view to change the position Add an overla...

Page 17: ...e 3 Go to Settings Apps Smoke alert and click Open 4 Go to DetectionZone 5 Draw a polygon detection zone with a minimum of three points Left click to add a point Right click to close the polygon You can add one or more detection zones 6 Click Save 17 ...

Page 18: ...al changes or affecting any existing integrations For more detailed information about Axis product firmware strategy go to axis com support firmware Check the current firmware Firmware is the software that determines the functionality of network devices One of your first actions when troubleshooting a problem should be to check the current firmware version The latest version may contain a correcti...

Page 19: ...e previously installed version from the Maintenance page Problems setting the IP address The device is located on a different subnet If the IP address intended for the device and the IP address of the computer used to access the device are located on different subnets you cannot set the IP address Contact your network administrator to obtain an IP address The IP address is being used by another de...

Page 20: ...ed to be increased No multicast H 264 displayed in the client Check with your network administrator that the multicast addresses used by the Axis device are valid for your network Check with your network administrator to see if there is a firewall preventing viewing Poor rendering of H 264 images Ensure that your graphics card is using the latest driver The latest drivers can usually be downloaded...

Page 21: ...ettings affects the product s CPU load which in turn affects the frame rate Using HTTPS may reduce frame rate in particular if streaming Motion JPEG Heavy network utilization due to poor infrastructure affects the bandwidth Viewing on poorly performing client computers lowers perceived performance and affects frame rate Running multiple AXIS Camera Application Platform ACAP applications simultaneo...

Page 22: ...User Manual Ver M1 12 AXIS XPQ1785 Explosion Protected Camera Date April 2022 Axis Communications AB 2021 2022 Part No T10172459 ...

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