User Manual
Table Of Contents
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- 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
•Highspeed
•Longlifetime
•Largecapacityofdatatransmission
•Electromagneticinterferenceimmunity
Findoutmoreaboutber-opticcableinstallationsonwww.axis.com/technologies/ber-optics.Forinformationabouthowtoinstall
themediaconverterseetheInstallationGuideforthisproduct.
Imagequality
Aboutcapturemodes
CapturemodedenesthemaximumframerateavailableintheAxisproduct.Dependingonwhichcapturemodeyouselect,you
maynotbeabletouseWDR.
Howtoselectcapturemode
Whichcapturemodetochoosedependsontherequirementsofframerateandresolutionforthespecicsurveillancesetup.For
specicationsaboutavailablecapturemodes,seetheproduct’sdatasheet.Tondthelatestversionofthedatasheet,gotoaxis.com
Howtoselectexposuremode
Therearedifferentexposuremodeoptionsinthecamerathatadjustsaperture,shutterspeed,andgaintoimproveimagequalityfor
specicsurveillancescenes.GotoSettings>Image>Exposureandselectbetweenthefollowingexposuremodes:
•Formostusecases,selectAutomaticexposure.
•Forenvironmentswithcertainarticiallighting,forexampleuorescentlighting,selectFlicker-free.
Selectthesamefrequencyasthepowerlinefrequency.
•Forenvironmentswithcertainarticiallightandbrightlight,forexampleoutdoorswithuorescentlightingatnightand
sunduringdaytime,selectFlicker-reduced.
Selectthesamefrequencyasthepowerlinefrequency.
•Tolockthecurrentexposuresettings,selectHoldcurrent.
Howtofocus
Thisproducthasthreefocusmodes:
•Auto:Thecameraautomaticallyadjustsfocusbasedontheentireimage.
•Area:Thecameraautomaticallyadjustsfocusbasedonaselectedareaoftheimage.
•Manual:Thefocusissetmanuallyataxeddistance.
Toturnoffautofocusandadjustthefocusmanually:
1.Intheliveviewwindow,iftheZoomsliderisvisible,clickZoomandselectFocus.
2.ClickMandusetheslidertosetthefocus.
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