AXIS Q1615 Mk II Network Camera User Manual
AXIS Q1615 Mk II Network Camera Table of Contents Product overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . How to access the product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . How to access the product from a browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . About secure passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
AXIS Q1615 Mk II Network Camera Product overview Product overview 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Status LED indicator Lens Network connector (PoE) Control button (1) Function button (2) microSD Card slot Audio in Audio out I/O connector Iris connector Power connector Power LED indicator Network LED indicator RS485/RS422 connector 3
AXIS Q1615 Mk II Network Camera How to access the product How to access the product AXIS IP Utility and AXIS Camera Management are recommended methods for finding Axis products on the network and assigning them IP addresses in Windows®. Both applications are free and can be downloaded from axis.
AXIS Q1615 Mk II Network Camera How to access the product 3. Click Create login. The password has now been configured.
AXIS Q1615 Mk II Network Camera Setup Setup Product webpage overview 1 2 3 4 5 6 Live view control bar Live view Product name Controls Video control bar Settings toggle 6
AXIS Q1615 Mk II Network Camera Setup 7 Settings tabs About the product's built-in help You can access the built-in help through your product’s webpage. The help provides more detailed information on the product’s features and their settings. Image quality About capture modes Capture mode defines the maximum frame rate available in the Axis product. Depending on which capture mode you select, you may not be able to use WDR.
AXIS Q1615 Mk II Network Camera Setup A capture mode consists of a resolution and the corresponding frame rate available in the product. The capture mode setting affects the camera’s field of view and aspect ratio. The lower resolution capture mode is cropped out from the highest resolution. The image shows how the field of view and aspect ratio can change between two different capture modes.
AXIS Q1615 Mk II Network Camera Setup Select the same frequency as the power line frequency. • To lock the current exposure settings, select Hold current. How to reduce noise in low-light conditions To reduce noise in low-light conditions, you can adjust one or more of the following settings: • Make sure that the exposure mode is automatic. Note Increasing the max shutter value can result in motion blur.
AXIS Q1615 Mk II Network Camera Setup How to handle scenes with strong backlight To make both dark and bright areas of the image visible, turn on WDR. 1. Go to Settings > Image. 2. Turn on WDR under Wide dynamic range. Image without WDR. Image with WDR. Note If you use WDR, you may experience some WDR artifacts in the image. Find out more about WDR and how to use it at axis.
AXIS Q1615 Mk II Network Camera Setup 1. Depending on your product, turn the camera or the 3–axis lens in the camera 90° or 270°. 2. Go to Settings > Stream > Orientation on the product’s webpage and rotate the view 90° or 270°. Find out more at axis.com/axis-corridor-format How to enhance facial recognition To better recognize the face of a person passing by the camera, you can set the optimal pixel resolution with the camera’s pixel counter. 1. Go to Settings > System > Orientation and click . 2.
AXIS Q1615 Mk II Network Camera Setup About view area A view area is a cropped part of the full view. You can stream and store view areas instead of the full view to minimize bandwidth and storage needs. If you enable PTZ for a view area, you can pan, tilt and zoom within it. By using view areas you can remove parts of the full view, for example, the sky. When you set up a view area, we recommend you to set the video stream resolution to the same size as or smaller than the view area size.
AXIS Q1615 Mk II Network Camera Setup Overlays About overlays Overlays are superimposed over the video stream. They are used to provide extra information during recordings, such as a timestamp, or during product installation and configuration. How to show a text overlay when the camera detects motion This example explains how to display the text “Motion detected” when the camera detects motion: Make sure the AXIS Video Motion Detection application is running: 1.
AXIS Q1615 Mk II Network Camera Setup Note H.264 is a licensed technology. The Axis product includes one H.264 viewing client license. Installing additional unlicensed copies of the client is prohibited. To purchase additional licenses, contact your Axis reseller. H.264 can, without compromising image quality, reduce the size of a digital video file by more than 80% compared to the Motion JPEG format and by as much as 50% compared to the MPEG-4 standard.
AXIS Q1615 Mk II Network Camera Setup Events About events The event pages allow you to configure your product to perform actions when different events occur. For example, the product can start a recording or send an email notification when motion is detected. The set of conditions that defines how and when the action is triggered is called an action rule. How to trigger an action 1. Go to Settings > System > Events to set up an action rule.
AXIS Q1615 Mk II Network Camera Setup Applications About applications AXIS Camera Application Platform (ACAP) is an open platform that enables third parties to develop analytics and other applications for Axis products. To find out more about available applications, downloads, trials and licenses, go to axis.com/applications To find the user manuals for Axis applications, go to axis.com Note • Several applications can run at the same time but some applications might not be compatible with each other.
AXIS Q1615 Mk II Network Camera Troubleshooting Troubleshooting How to reset to factory default settings Important Reset to factory default should be used with caution. A reset to factory default resets all settings, including the IP address, to the factory default values. To reset the product to the factory default settings: 1. Disconnect power from the product. 2. Press and hold the control button while reconnecting power. See Product overview on page 3 . 3.
AXIS Q1615 Mk II Network Camera Troubleshooting 2. Log in to the product as an administrator. 3. Go to Settings > System > Maintenance in the product’s webpage and follow the instructions. When the upgrade has finished, the product restarts automatically. AXIS Camera Management can be used for multiple upgrades. Find out more at axis.com/products/axis-camera-management Technical issues, clues and solutions If you can’t find what you’re looking for here, try the troubleshooting section at axis.
AXIS Q1615 Mk II Network Camera Troubleshooting Problems with streaming Multicast H.264 only accessible by local clients Check if your router supports multicasting, or if the router settings between the client and the product need to be configured. The TTL (Time To Live) value may need to be increased. No multicast H.264 displayed in the client Check with your network administrator that the multicast addresses used by the Axis product are valid for your network.
AXIS Q1615 Mk II Network Camera Specifications Specifications To find the latest version of the product’s datasheet, go to the product page on axis.com and locate Support & Documentation. LED indicators Note The Status LED can be configured to flash while an event is active. Status LED Indication Green Steady green for normal operation. Amber Steady during startup. Flashes when restoring settings. Network LED Indication Green Steady for connection to a 100 Mbit/s network.
AXIS Q1615 Mk II Network Camera Specifications Status LED behavior and buzzer signal for leveling assistant For information on the function button used for leveling the camera, see page 21. Press and hold the function button (2) for more than two seconds to level the camera. • When the camera is level, both LEDs are steady green, and the beep is continuous. • When the camera is not level, the LEDs flash a combination of red, green and orange, and the beep occurs at slow intervals.
AXIS Q1615 Mk II Network Camera Specifications Audio connector The Axis product has the following audio connectors: • Audio in (pink) – 3.5 mm input for a mono microphone, or a line-in mono signal. • Audio out (green) – 3.5 mm output for audio (line level) that can be connected to a public address (PA) system or an active speaker with a built-in amplifier. It is recommended to use a stereo connector for audio out. 3.
AXIS Q1615 Mk II Network Camera Specifications 1 2 3 4 DC ground DC output 12 V, max 50mA I/O configured as input I/O configured as output Power connector 2-pin terminal block for DC power input. Use a Safety Extra Low Voltage (SELV) compliant limited power source (LPS) with either a rated output power limited to ≤100 W or a rated output current limited to ≤5 A. RS485/RS422 connector Two 2-pin terminal blocks for RS485/RS422 serial interface used to control auxiliary equipment such as pan-tilt devices.
User Manual AXIS Q1615 Mk II Network Camera © Axis Communications AB, 2018 Ver. M1.5 Date: February 2018 Part No.
