User Manual
Table Of Contents
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- About this manual
- Solution overview
- Product overview
- How to access the product
- Setup
- About the product's built-in help
- Image quality
- How to select exposure mode
- About view area
- How to hide parts of the image with privacy masks
- How to focus
- About remote focus and zoom
- How to enhance license plate recognition
- How to monitor long and narrow areas
- How to reduce noise in low-light conditions
- How to handle scenes with strong backlight
- How to benefit from IR light in low-light conditions using night mode
- How to maximize details in an image
- Overlays
- Streaming and storage
- Events
- Applications
- Troubleshooting
- Specifications
AXISP14NetworkCameraSeries
Setup
ImagewithWDR.
Note
IfyouuseWDR,youmayexperiencesomeWDRartifactsintheimage.
FindoutmoreaboutWDRandhowtouseitataxis.com/web-articles/wdr
HowtobenetfromIRlightinlow-lightconditionsusingnightmode
Yourcamerausesvisiblelighttodelivercolorimagesduringtheday.Aslightdiminishes,youcansetthecameratoautomatically
shifttonightmode.Innightmodethecamerausesbothvisiblelightandnear-infraredlighttodeliverblack-and-whiteimages.
Sincethecamerausesmoreoftheavailablelightitcandeliverbrighter,moredetailed,images.
1.GotoSettings>Image>Dayandnight,andmakesurethattheIRcutlterissettoAuto.
2.Todetermineatwhatlightlevelyouwantthecameratoshifttonightmode,movetheThresholdslidertowardBright
orDark.
Note
Ifyousettheshifttooccurwhenit’sbrighter,theimageremainssharperastherewillbelesslow-lightnoise.Ifyou
settheshifttooccurwhenit’sdarker,theimagecolorsaremaintainedlongerbuttherewillbemoreimageblurdue
tolow-lightnoise.
3.EnableIRilluminationtousethecamera’sbuilt-inIRlightwhenthenightmodeisactivated.
Howtomaximizedetailsinanimage
Important
Ifyoumaximizedetailsinanimage,bitrateincreasesandmightleadtoreducedframerate.
•Setcompressionaslowaspossible.
•SelectMJPEGstreaming.
•TurnofftheZipstreamfunctionality.
Overlays
Aboutoverlays
Overlaysaresuperimposedoverthevideostream.Theyareusedtoprovideextrainformationduringrecordings,suchasatimestamp,
orduringproductinstallationandconguration.
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