User Manual
Table Of Contents
- toc
- About this manual
- Solution overview
- Product overview
- Find the device on the network
- Setup
- Product webpage overview
- About long-distance connections
- Image quality
- About capture modes
- How to select exposure mode
- How to focus
- How to benefit from IR light in low-light conditions using night mode
- How to reduce noise in low-light conditions
- How to maximize details in an image
- How to handle scenes with strong backlight
- How to stabilize a shaky image with Electronic Image Stabilization (EIS)
- How to compensate for barrel distortion
- How to monitor long and narrow areas
- How to enhance license plate recognition
- How to optimize the image for traffic surveillance
- Privacy masks
- Overlays
- PTZ (Pan Tilt Zoom)
- Streaming and storage
- Events
- Applications
- Troubleshooting
- Specifications
AXISQ17Series
Setup
Howtoshowatextoverlaywhenthecameradetectsmotion
Thisexampleexplainshowtodisplaythetext“Motiondetected”whenthecameradetectsmotion:
MakesuretheAXISVideoMotionDetectionapplicationisrunning:
1.GotoSettings>Apps>AXISVideoMotionDetection.
2.Starttheapplicationifitisnotalreadyrunning.
3.Makesureyouhavesetuptheapplicationaccordingtoyourneeds.
Addtheoverlaytext:
4.GotoSettings>Overlay.
5.SelectCreateoverlayandselectTextoverlay.
6.Enter#Dinthetexteld.
7.Choosetextsizeandappearance.
8.Topositionthetextoverlay,chooseCustomoroneofthepresets.
Createanactionrule:
9.GotoSystem>Events>Actionrules.
10.CreateanactionrulewithAXISVideoMotionDetectionastrigger.
11.Fromthelistofactions,selectOverlaytext.
12.Type“Motiondetected”.
13.Settheduration.
Note
Ifyouupdatetheoverlaytextitwillbeautomaticallyupdatedonallvideostreamsdynamically.
PTZ(PanTiltZoom)
Inthisexample,thecameraissurveillingaparkinglotwithnearbyapartmentbuildings.Toensureprivacyforresidents,limitthe
maximumzoomlevel.
Tolimitthezoom,gotoSettings>PTZ>Limits.
Aboutguardtours
Aguardtourdisplaysthevideostreamfromdifferentpresetpositionseitherinapredeterminedorrandomorder,andforcongurable
periodsoftime.Oncestarted,aguardtourcontinuestorununtilstopped,evenwhentherearenoclients(webbrowsers)viewingthe
images.
Howtocreateaguardtourwithpresetpositions
1.GotoSettings>PTZ>Guardtours
2.Click+.
3.SelectPresetposition.
4.Toedittheguardtour’sproperties,click
5.Typeanamefortheguardtourandspecifythepauselengthinminutesbetweeneachtour.
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