Axis P5415E - Manual

AXIS P5415–E PTZ Dome Network Camera Hardware Overview I/O Connector Use with external devices in combination with, for example, tampering alarms, motion detection, event triggering, time lapse recordingand alarm notifications. In addition to the 0 V DC reference point and power (DC output), the I/O...

AXIS P5415–E PTZ Dome Network Camera Access the Product Access the Product To install 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...

AXIS P5415–E PTZ Dome Network Camera Access 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 mustconfigure your network router to allow incoming data traffic to the product. To do this, enable...

AXIS P5415–E PTZ Dome Network Camera Access the Product The Live View Page The controls and layout of the Live View page may have been customized to meet specific installation requirements and userpreferences. Consequently, some of the examples and functions featured here may differ from those displ...

AXIS P5415–E PTZ Dome Network Camera Access the Product To show the manual trigger buttons in the Live View page: 1. Go to Setup > Live View Config . 2. Under Action Buttons , select Show manual trigger button . AXIS Media Control viewer toolbar The AXIS Media Control viewer toolbar is available ...

AXIS P5415–E PTZ Dome Network Camera Media Streams Media Streams The Axis product provides several audio and video stream formats. Your requirements and the properties of your network willdetermine the type you use. The Live View page in the product provides access to H.264 and Motion JPEG video str...

AXIS P5415–E PTZ Dome Network Camera Media Streams The AMC Control Panel can be used to configure various video and audio settings. Please see the AXIS Media Control User’sManual for more information. The AMC Control Panel is automatically installed on first use, after which it can be configured. Op...

AXIS P5415–E PTZ Dome Network Camera Media Streams Note • <ip>= IP addess • The Axis product supports QuickTime 6.5.1 and later. • QuickTime may add 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 gua...

AXIS P5415–E PTZ Dome Network Camera Set Up the Product Set 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 t...

AXIS P5415–E PTZ Dome Network Camera Video and Audio Video and Audio The video and audio settings can be used to optimize video and audio quality. You can configure the following: • Video stream settings. See page 17 . • Stream profiles. See page 19 . • Camera settings. See page 19 . • Overlay image...

AXIS P5415–E PTZ Dome Network Camera Video and Audio Stream Profiles A stream profile is a set of predefined stream settings including resolution, compression, frame rate and overlay settings. Streamprofiles can be used: • When setting up recording using action rules. See Events on page 36 . • When ...

AXIS P5415–E PTZ Dome Network Camera Video and Audio Enable Backlight compensation - Enable this option if a bright spot of light, for example a light bulb, causes other areas in the image to appear too dark. Exposure zones - This setting determines which part of the image is used to calculate the e...

AXIS P5415–E PTZ Dome Network Camera Video and Audio It is also possible to display text when an action rule is triggered, see Use Overlay Text in an Action Rule . To enable overlays: 1. Go to Video & Audio > Video Stream and select the Image tab. 2. To include an overlay image, select Includ...

AXIS P5415–E PTZ Dome Network Camera Video and Audio 2. Under Overlay Settings , select Include overlay image at the coordinates . 3. To control the image’s position, enter the X and Y coordinates. The X=0 and Y=0 position is the top left corner. If a part of the image is positioned outside the vide...

AXIS P5415–E PTZ Dome Network Camera Video and Audio Audio Settings The audio functionality for each video stream is enabled under Video & Audio > Video Stream > Audio . Audio Modes The Axis product supports the following audio modes: Full duplex - Simultaneous two-way audio allowing the A...

AXIS P5415–E PTZ Dome Network Camera Video and Audio Set the required Bit rate depending on the selected encoding. A higher bit rate will give better audio quality. A lower bit rate may have latency or delay, but will require less bandwidth. For more information about these settings, please see the ...

AXIS P5415–E PTZ Dome Network Camera Configure the Live View Page Configure the Live View Page You can customize the Live View page and alter it to suit your requirements. It is possible to define the following features ofthe Live View page. • Stream Profile. See page 19 . • Default Viewer for Brows...

AXIS P5415–E PTZ Dome Network Camera Configure the Live View Page Browser Viewer Description AMC Recommended viewer in Internet Explorer (H.264/Motion JPEG). QuickTime H.264. Java applet A slower imaging alternative to AMC (Motion JPEG). Requires one of thefollowing installed on the client: • JVM (J...

AXIS P5415–E PTZ Dome Network Camera Configure the Live View Page - Pulse activates the output for a defined period of time. The pulse time can be set from 1/100 second to 60 seconds. - Active/Inactive displays two buttons, one or each action. To configure the active and inactive states, go to Syste...

AXIS P5415–E PTZ Dome Network Camera PTZ (Pan Tilt Zoom) PTZ (Pan Tilt Zoom) Preset Positions A preset position is a saved view that can be used to quickly steer the camera to a specific position. A preset position consists ofthe following values: • Pan and tilt positions • Zoom position • Focus pos...

AXIS P5415–E PTZ Dome Network Camera PTZ (Pan Tilt Zoom) 2. Enter a descriptive name. 3. Specify the pause length between runs. 4. Select an available preset position and click Apply . 5. Specify the Move Speed . 6. Specify the View Time in seconds or minutes. 7. Specify the View Order or select the...

AXIS P5415–E PTZ Dome Network Camera PTZ (Pan Tilt Zoom) x Move speed sets the speed of the camera’s pan and tilt movements. The default setting is maximum speed. When using a joystick (or emulating one with the mouse) the Enable proportional speed setting can be used to reduce the maximum pan/tilt ...

AXIS P5415–E PTZ Dome Network Camera PTZ (Pan Tilt Zoom) A user who belongs to a group (see Users on page 44 ) with a higher PTZ priority can go before other users in the queue and take control of the product. The order of priority is as follows: 1. Administrator — An administrator takes over PTZ co...

AXIS P5415–E PTZ Dome Network Camera Detectors Detectors Motion Detection Motion detection is used to generate an alarm whenever movement starts or stops in the camera view. Motion detection is configured by defining up to 10 Include and Exclude windows: • Include windows — define areas where motion...

AXIS P5415–E PTZ Dome Network Camera Detectors Motion Detection Parameters The parameters controlling motion detection are described in the table below: Parameter Object Size History Sensitivity Description Object size relative to windowsize. Object memory length. Difference in luminancebetween back...

AXIS P5415–E PTZ Dome Network Camera Applications Applications Third party applications can be uploaded to and installed on the Axis product. Applications add functionality to the product, forexample video analytics and intelligent video capabilities such as recognition, tracking, detection and coun...

AXIS P5415–E PTZ Dome Network Camera Events Events The Event pages allow you to configure the Axis product to perform actions when different events occur. For example, the productcan start a recording or send an email notification when motion is detected. The set of conditions that defines how and w...

AXIS P5415–E PTZ Dome Network Camera Events For more information, see the online help . Triggers Available action rule triggers and conditions include: • Applications – Use installed applications to trigger the rule. See Applications on page 34 . • Detectors - Audio Detection – Trigger the rule when...

AXIS P5415–E PTZ Dome Network Camera Events • Time - Recurrence – Trigger the rule periodically. See Set Up Recurrences on page 40 . This can for example be used to upload an image every 5 minutes. - Use Schedule – Trigger the rule according to the selected schedule. See Create Schedules on page 40 ...

AXIS P5415–E PTZ Dome Network Camera Events Recipient Use with action Notes Email Send Images Send Notification Send Video Clip An email recipient can contain multiple email addresses. Formore information about email recipients, see Set Up Email Recipients on page 39 FTP Send Images Send Video Clip ...

AXIS P5415–E PTZ Dome Network Camera Events Create Schedules Schedules can be used as action rule triggers or as additional conditions, for example to record video if motion is detected outsideoffice hours. Use one of the predefined schedules or create a new schedule as described below. To create a ...

AXIS P5415–E PTZ Dome Network Camera Recordings Recordings The Axis product can be configured to record video continuously or according to an action rule: • To start a continuous recording, see page 41 . • To set up action rules, see page 36 . • To access recordings, see Recording List on page 41 . ...

AXIS P5415–E PTZ Dome Network Camera Recordings 5. Click Save to save and start the recording. 42

AXIS P5415–E PTZ Dome Network Camera Languages Languages Multiple languages can be installed in the Axis product. All web pages including the online help will be displayed in the selectedlanguage. To switch languages, go to Setup > Languages and first upload the new language file. Browse and loca...

AXIS P5415–E PTZ Dome Network Camera System Options System Options Security Users User access control is enabled by default and can be configured under System Options > Security > Users . An administrator can set up other users by giving them user names and passwords. It is also possible to al...

AXIS P5415–E PTZ Dome Network Camera System Options 2. Select an HTTPS certificate from the list of installed certificates. 3. Optionally, click Ciphers and select the encryption algorithms to use for SSL. 4. Set the HTTPS Connection Policy for the different user groups. 5. Click Save to enable the ...

AXIS P5415–E PTZ Dome Network Camera System Options To install a self-signed certificate: 1. Go to Setup > System Options > Security > Certificates . 2. Click Create self-signed certificate and provide the requested information. To create and install a CA-signed certificate: 1. Create a sel...

AXIS P5415–E PTZ Dome Network Camera System Options Network Basic TCP/IP Settings The Axis product supports IP version 4 and IP version 6. Both versions can be enabled simultaneously, and at least one versionmust always be enabled. IPv4 Address Configuration By default, the Axis product is set to us...

AXIS P5415–E PTZ Dome Network Camera System Options ping -l 408 -t <IP address> Windows example (this may require that you run the command prompt as an administrator) arp -s 192.168.0.125 00-40-8c-18-10-00ping -l 408 -t 192.168.0.125 4. Check that the network cable is connected and then restar...

AXIS P5415–E PTZ Dome Network Camera System Options Domain name - Enter the domain(s) to search for the host name used by the Axis product. Multiple domains can be separated by semicolons. The host name is always the first part of a fully qualified domain name, for example, myserver is the host name...

AXIS P5415–E PTZ Dome Network Camera System Options Note • For NAT traversal to work, this must be supported by the router. The router must also support UPnP TM . • In this context, router refers to any network routing device such as a NAT router, Network router, Internet Gateway, Broadband router, ...

AXIS P5415–E PTZ Dome Network Camera System Options SMTP (email) To send email messages from the Axis product via SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol), an SMTP mail server must be set up. Thisis done under System Options > Network > SMTP (email) . Enter the host names or IP addresses and port ...

AXIS P5415–E PTZ Dome Network Camera System Options Bonjour The Axis product includes support for Bonjour. Bonjour is enabled by default and the product is automatically detected by operatingsystems and clients that support this protocol. Bonjour can be disabled under System Options > Network >...

AXIS P5415–E PTZ Dome Network Camera System Options Important If autoformat is enabled, only use new or empty SD cards. Any data stored on the card will be lost when the card is insertedinto the Axis product. An SD card inserted into the product can be manually formatted to one of the supported file...

AXIS P5415–E PTZ Dome Network Camera System Options Maintenance The Axis product provides several maintenance functions. These are available under System Options > Maintenance . Click Restart to perform a correct restart if the Axis product is not behaving as expected. This will not affect any of...

AXIS P5415–E PTZ Dome Network Camera System Options You can view or download the server report. Downloading the server report creates a .zip file that contains a complete server reporttext file in UTF–8 format. Select the Include snapshot with default image settings option to include a snapshot of t...

AXIS P5415–E PTZ Dome Network Camera Repainting the Camera Repainting the Camera The covers can be repainted to match the installation environment. The material used in the covers is ASA Geloy XTWM206. Use paint suitable for this material. 1. Remove the two top cover screws. 2. Use a thin palette kn...

AXIS P5415–E PTZ Dome Network Camera Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Check the Firmware Firmware is software that determines the functionality of network devices. One of your first actions when troubleshooting a problemshould be to check the current firmware version. The latest version may contain a...

AXIS P5415–E PTZ Dome Network Camera Troubleshooting Emergency Recovery Procedure If power or network connection is lost during the upgrade, the process fails and the product becomes unresponsive. Flashing red Statusindicator indicates a failed upgrade. To recover the product, follow the steps below...

AXIS P5415–E PTZ Dome Network Camera Technical Specifications Function/group Item Specifications Operatingconditions Temperature: –20 °C to 50 °C (–4 °F to 122 °F)Humidity 10–100% RH (condensing) Approvals EN 50121–4, IEC 62236–4, EN 55022 Class B, EN 61000-6-1, EN 61000-6-2,EN 55024, FCC Part 15 Su...

AXIS P5415–E PTZ Dome Network Camera Technical Specifications 12 V max 50 mA 1 2 3 4 3. I/O configured as input 4. I/O configured as output Power Connector 2-pin terminal block for power input.Use a Safety Extra Low Voltage (SELV)compliant limited power source (LPS)with either a rated output powerli...

AXIS P5415–E PTZ Dome Network Camera Technical Specifications 1 Tip 2 Ring 3 Sleeve Audio Input Microphone/Line in Ground SD Card Slot Supports SD cards with up to 64 GB of storage. For best recording performance, use an SDHC or SDXC card with speed class 10. Performance Considerations When setting ...