User's Manual

AXISP14NetworkCameraSeries

Additionalsettings

Note

WDRmaycauseartifactsintheimage.

FindoutmoreaboutWDRandhowtouseitataxis.com/web-articles/wdr.

BenetfromIRlightinlow-lightconditionsusingnightmode

Yourcamerausesvisiblelighttodelivercolorimagesduringtheday.Astheavailablelightdiminishes,youcansetthecamerato

automaticallyshifttonightmode,inwhichthecamerausesbothvisiblelightandnear-infraredlighttodeliverblack-and-white

images.Sincethecamerausesmoreoftheavailablelightitcandeliverbrighter,moredetailed,images.

1.GotoSettings>Image>Dayandnight,andmakesurethattheIRcutlterissettoAuto.

2.Todetermineatwhatlightlevelyouwantthecameratoshifttonightmode,movetheThresholdslidertowardBright

orDark.

3.EnableAllowIRilluminationandSynchronizeIRilluminationtousethecamera’sIRlightwhennightmodeisactivated.

Note

Ifyousettheshifttonightmodetooccurwhenit’sbrighter,theimageremainssharperastherewillbelesslow-light

noise.Ifyousettheshifttooccurwhenit’sdarker,theimagecolorsaremaintainedforlonger,buttherewillbemore

imageblurduetolow-lightnoise.

Maximizedetailsinanimage

Important

Ifyoumaximizedetailsinanimage,thebitratewillprobablyincreaseandyoumightgetareducedframerate.

•Setthecompressionaslowaspossible.

•SelectMJPEGstreaming.

•TurnoffZipstreamfunctionality.

Overlays

Overlaysaresuperimposedoverthevideostream.Theyareusedtoprovideextrainformationduringrecordings,suchasatimestamp,

orduringproductinstallationandconguration.Youcanaddeithertextoranimage.

Showatextoverlayinthevideostreamwhenthedevicedetectsmotion

Thisexampleexplainshowtodisplaythetext“Motiondetected”whenthedevicedetectsmotion:

MakesurethatAXISVideoMotionDetectionisrunning:

1.GotoSettings>Apps>AXISVideoMotionDetection.

2.Starttheapplicationifitisnotalreadyrunning.

3.Makesureyouhavesetuptheapplicationaccordingtoyourneeds.

Addtheoverlaytext:

4.GotoSettings>Overlay.

5.Enter#Dinthetexteld.

6.Choosetextsizeandappearance.

Createarule: