Axis Q1615 - Manual

AXIS Q1615 Network Camera Hardware Overview Network Connector RJ45 Ethernet connector. Supports Power over Ethernet (PoE). NO NO NOTICE TICE TICE Due to local regulations or the environmental and electrical conditions in which the product is to be used, a shielded networkcable (STP) may be appropria...

AXIS Q1615 Network Camera Hardware Overview • Resetting the product to factory default settings. See page 58 . • Connecting to an AXIS Video Hosting System service. See page 51 . To connect, press and hold the button for about 1 second until the Status LED flashes green. • Connecting to AXIS Interne...

AXIS Q1615 Network Camera Hardware Overview Buzzer Signal for Focus Assistant Buzzer Lens Fast interval Optimally adjusted Medium interval Less optimally adjusted Slow interval Poorly adjusted Status LED Behavior and Buzzer Signal for Levelling Assistant For information on the Function button used f...

AXIS Q1615 Network Camera Hardware Overview Note • If you select a DC iris configuration file for a P-iris lens, an error message will appear below the iris configuration type in the Camera Settings page. For custom DC Iris lenses, select Generic DC Iris option. • There is no need to restart the pro...

AXIS Q1615 Network Camera Accessing the Product Accessing 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 Maci...

AXIS Q1615 Network Camera Accessing the Product To set the password via a standard HTTP connection, enter it directly in the dialog. To set the password via an encrypted HTTPS connection, follow these steps: 1. Click Use HTTPS . A temporary certificate (valid for one year) is created, enabling encry...

AXIS Q1615 Network Camera Accessing the Product Click the Active/Inactive buttons to manually activate and inactive the product’s output port. For information about how to enable and configure output buttons, see page 32 . The Manual Trigger button is used to trigger an action rule from the Live Vie...

AXIS Q1615 Network Camera Accessing the Product AMC Audio Controls AMC audio buttons control the speakers and microphone connected to the client computer. The buttons are only visible whenaudio is enabled. Speaker button — Click to turn the speakers on or off. Microphone button – Click to mute or un...

AXIS Q1615 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 streams, audio...

AXIS Q1615 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. Open the AMC ...

AXIS Q1615 Network Camera Media Streams Note • <ip>= IP addess • The Axis product 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. A...

AXIS Q1615 Network Camera Setting Up the Product 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 a...

AXIS Q1615 Network Camera Setting Up the Product Focus Assistant Note • The view in front of the camera should not be changed during focus adjustment (steps 5 and 6). If the camera is moved, or if a finger or other object is placed in front of the lens, steps 3 - 7 will have to be repeated. • If mov...

AXIS Q1615 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 20 . • Stream profiles. See page 21 . • Camera settings. See page 22 . • View areas. See page 25 ...

AXIS Q1615 Network Camera Video and Audio • Maximum frame rate . To avoid bandwidth problems, the frame rate allowed to each viewer can be Limited to a fixed amount. Alternatively, the frame rate can be set as Unlimited , which means the Axis product always delivers the highest frame rate possible u...

AXIS Q1615 Network Camera Video and Audio • When setting up recording using action rules. See Events on page 40 . • When setting up continuous recording. See Continuous Recording on page 45 . • In the Live View page – select the stream profile from the Stream profile drop-down list. For quick setup,...

AXIS Q1615 Network Camera Video and Audio 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 brig...

AXIS Q1615 Network Camera Video and Audio Exposure Settings Configure the exposure settings to suit the image quality requirements in relation to lighting, frame rate and bandwidthconsiderations. Exposure value - Click in the bar to fine-tune the exposure. Exposure control - This setting is used to ...

AXIS Q1615 Network Camera Video and Audio Iris configuration Iris configuration shows the current configured iris type. Do not change the iris configuration unless the lens has been changed, see Replacing the lens on page 9 . Iris adjustment Select Enable automatic iris adjustment to automatically c...

AXIS Q1615 Network Camera Video and Audio To remove a view area, select the view area and click Remove . Note The PTZ functionality is useful during installation of the Axis product. Use a view area to crop out a specific part of thefull view. Overlay Overlays are used to provide extra information, ...

AXIS Q1615 Network Camera Video and Audio For information about supported image formats, see the online help . Use Overlay Text in an Action Rule Action rules, see page 40 , can display an overlay text when the rule is triggered. The text can be used to provide information for forensic video analysi...

AXIS Q1615 Network Camera Video and Audio Basic Follow the on-screen instructions on the Basic tab to adjust zoom and focus. The pixel counter is used to determine the number of pixels in an area of the image, for example to ensure that the image size fulfills specific requirements. To position the ...

AXIS Q1615 Network Camera Video and Audio Select the +30 dB microphone boost option to amplify the signal of the external microphone connected to the Axis product. This option is not available when the Line source is selected. The Microphone power option provides DC power for an external microphone....

AXIS Q1615 Network Camera Video and Audio To configure the Axis product to play audio clips when an event occurs, an action rule must be set up. For more information,see Events on page 40 . Note Audio clips cannot be used if the product’s audio functionality is enabled. The audio functionality is en...

AXIS Q1615 Network Camera Live View Config Live View Config 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 21 . • Default Viewer for Browser. See page 31 . • Viewer Settings...

AXIS Q1615 Network Camera Live View Config • Select Use PTZ joystick mode as default to enable joystick mode. The mode can be changed temporarily from the PTZ control panel. • Select Enable recording button to enable recording from the Live View page. This button is available when using the AMC view...

AXIS Q1615 Network Camera PTZ (Pan Tilt Zoom) PTZ (Pan Tilt Zoom) The PTZ menu is available if digital PTZ (pan, tilt and zoom) is enabled in the selected view area or if a PTZ driver has been uploaded.For more information on view areas, see View Area on page 25 . For more information on how to uplo...

AXIS Q1615 Network Camera PTZ (Pan Tilt Zoom) To modify or remove guard tours, go to PTZ > Guard Tour , select the guard tour in the Guard Tour List and click Modify/Remove . For more information see the online help . Advanced Controls Panel Shortcut Command Buttons can be configured to provide d...

AXIS Q1615 Network Camera Detectors Detectors Camera Tampering Camera Tampering can generate an alarm whenever the camera is repositioned, or when the lens is covered, sprayed or severelydefocused. To send an alarm, for example an email, an action rule must be set up. To configure tampering: 1. Go t...

AXIS Q1615 Network Camera Detectors To control the number of motion detection alarms, the parameters Object Size , History and Sensitivity can be adjusted. See Motion Detection Parameters on page 36 . Once motion detection windows are configured, the Axis product can be configured to perform actions...

AXIS Q1615 Network Camera Detectors Recommended values 5–15% 60–90% 75–95% Default values 15% 90% 90% Note • To trigger on small objects or movements, use several small motion detection windows rather than one large window and select a low object size. • To avoid triggering on small objects, select ...

AXIS Q1615 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 counting. For i...

AXIS Q1615 Network Camera Applications If the Axis product is reset to factory default, installed applications and their settings are removed. For information about factorydefault, see Reset to Factory Default Settings . 39

AXIS Q1615 Network Camera Events - Recording – Triggers the rule when the Axis product records to the storage device. The recording status trigger can be used to notify the operator, for example by flashing LED lights, if the product has started or stopped torecord to the storage device. Note that, ...

AXIS Q1615 Network Camera Events The following example describes how to set up an action rule to record video to a network share if there is movement in thecamera’s field of view. Set up motion detection and add a network share: 1. Go to Detectors > Motion Detection and configure a motion detecti...

AXIS Q1615 Network Camera Events Network Share 2 Send Images Send Video Clip TCP Send Notification 1. Some email providers have security filters that prevent users from receiving or viewing large amount of attachments, from receiving scheduledemails and similar. Check the email provider’s security p...

AXIS Q1615 Network Camera Events 2. Enter a descriptive name and the 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. Recurrences Recurrences ar...

AXIS Q1615 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 45 . • To set up action rules, see page 41 . • To access recordings, see Recording List on page 45 . • To config...

AXIS Q1615 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 locate the file...

AXIS Q1615 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 allow anonymo...

AXIS Q1615 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 settings. T...

AXIS Q1615 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 self-signed ce...

AXIS Q1615 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 use IPv4 (IP ...

AXIS Q1615 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 restart the produ...

AXIS Q1615 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 in the ful...

AXIS Q1615 Network Camera System Options Note • For NAT traversal to work, this must be supported by the router. The router must also support UPnP TM . • The router has many different names: “NAT router”, “Network router”, “Internet Gateway”, ”Broadband router”, “Broadband sharing device” or “Home f...

AXIS Q1615 Network Camera System Options SNMP The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) allows remote management of network devices. An SNMP community is thegroup of devices and management station running SNMP. Community names are used to identify groups. The Axis product can be configured to su...

AXIS Q1615 Network Camera System Options Storage SD Card NO NO NOTICE TICE TICE To prevent corruption of recordings, the SD card should always be unmounted before it is ejected. The Axis product supports microSD cards with up to 64 GB of storage. For best recording performance, use ultra-high speed ...

AXIS Q1615 Network Camera System Options The I/O ports are configured under System Options > Ports & Devices > I/O Ports . Select the port direction ( Input or Output ). The ports can be given descriptive names and their Normal states can be configured as Open circuit or Grounded circuit ....

AXIS Q1615 Network Camera System Options Click Restart to perform a correct restart if the Axis product is not behaving as expected. This will not affect any of the current settings. Note A restart clears all entries in the Server Report. Click Restore to reset most settings to the factory default v...

AXIS Q1615 Network Camera System Options Parameter List - Shows the product's parameters and their current settings. This may prove useful when troubleshooting or when contacting Axis Support. Connection List - Lists all clients that are currently accessing media streams. Crash Report - Generates an...

AXIS Q1615 Network Camera Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Checking 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 correct...

AXIS Q1615 Network Camera Troubleshooting 5. Reinstall the product, referring to the Installation Guide. If the emergency recovery procedure does not get the product up and running again, contact Axis support at www.axis.com/techsup/ Symptoms, Possible Causes and Remedial Actions Problems setting th...

AXIS Q1615 Network Camera Technical Specifications Function/group Item Specifications Audio streaming Two-way, full duplex Audiocompression AAC LC 8/16/32 kHz, 8-128 kbit/sG.711 PCM 8 kHz 64 kbit/sG.726 ADPCM 8 kHz 32 kbit/s or 24 kbit/sConfigurable bit rate Audio input Audio Input: 3.5 mm jack for:...

AXIS Q1615 Network Camera Technical Specifications Connectors I/O connector 4–pin terminal block for: • 0 V DC (-)• Auxiliary power (DC output)• Digital Input• Digital Output 1 2 3 4 Function Pin Notes Specifications 0 V DC (-) 1 DC output 2 Can be used to power auxiliary equipment.Note: This pin ca...

AXIS Q1615 Network Camera Technical Specifications 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 powerlimited to ≤ 100 W or a rated output current limited to ≤ 5 A. DC power input Audio Connect...

AXIS Q1615 Network Camera Technical Specifications Performance Considerations When settings up your system, it is important to consider how various settings and situations will affect performance. Some factorsaffect the amount of bandwidth (the bit rate) required, others can affect the frame rate, a...