Axis Communications P1427-LE manual

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera User Manual[...]

About this Document This manual is intended for administrators and users of the AXIS P1427-LE Network Camera, and is applicable to rmware 5.55 and later . It includes instructions for using and managing the product on your network. Previous experience of networking will be of use when using this product. Some knowledge of UNIX or Linux-based sys[...]

Battery The Axis product uses a 3.0 V BR/CR2032 lithium battery as the power supply for its internal real-time clock (RT C). Under normal conditions this battery will last for a minimum of ve years. Low battery power affects the operation of the RTC, causing it to reset at every power-up. When the battery needs replacing, a log message will appe[...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera T able of Contents Hardware Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Connectors and Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 LED Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera T able of Contents P erformance Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 5[...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera Hardware Overview Hardware Overview 2 3 4 5 1 6 1 microSD card slot 2 I/O connector 3 Control button 4 Network connector 5 Status LED indicator 6 P art number (P/N) & Serial number (S/N) Connectors and Buttons For technical specications, see page 57 . Network Connector RJ45 Ethernet connector with P ower over E[...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera Hardware Overview SD Card Slot A microSD card (not included) can be used for local recording with removable storage. For more information, see T echnical Specications on page 57 . NO NO NO TICE TICE TICE To prevent corruption of recordings, the SD card should be unmounted before removal. T o unmount, go to Setup &g[...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera Accessing the Product Accessing the Product To install the Axis product, refer to the Installation Guide supplied with the product. The product can be used with most operating systems and browsers. The recommended browsers are Internet Explorer with Windows, Safari with Macintosh and Firefox with other operating syste[...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera Accessing the Product The default administrator user name root is permanent and cannot be deleted. If the password for root is lost, the product must be reset to the factory default settings. See Reset to Factory Default Settings on page 52 . To set the password via a standard HTTP connection, enter it directly in the[...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera Accessing the Product Click the Active/Inactive buttons to manually activate and inactive the product’s output port. For information about how to enable and congure output buttons, see page 26 . The Manual T rigger button is used to trigger an action rule from the Live View page. For information about how to con?[...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera Accessing the Product Click the View Full Screen button and the video image will ll the entire screen. Press ESC (Escape) on the computer keyboard to cancel full screen view . The Record button is used to record the current video stream. The location where the recording is saved can be specied in the AMC Control[...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera Media Streams Media Streams The Axis product provides several video stream formats. Y our requirements and the properties of your network will determine the type you use. The Live View page in the product provides access to H.264 and Motion JPEG video streams, and to the list of available stream proles. Other appli[...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera Media Streams The AMC Control P anel can be used to congure various video settings. Please see the AXIS Media Control User’s Manual for more information. The AMC Control P anel is automatically installed on rst use, after which it can be congured. Open the AMC Control P anel from: • Windows Control P anel[...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera Media Streams Note • <ip>= IP addess • The Axis product supports QuickTime 6.5.1 and later . • QuickTime adds latency to the video stream. • It may be possible to use other players to view the H.264 stream using the paths above, although Axis does not guarantee this. 14[...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera Setting Up the Product Setting Up the Product The Axis product can be congured by users with administrator or operator rights. T o open the product’s Setup pages, click Setup in the top right-hand corner of the Live View page. • Administrators have unrestricted access to all settings. • Operators have access [...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera Video Video It is possible to congure the following video features in your Axis product: • Video stream. See page 16 . • Stream proles. See page 17 . • Camera settings. See page 18 . • View areas. See page 20 . • Overlay image. See page 2 1 . • Privacy mask. See page 23 . • Focus and zoom. See page[...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera Video • Overlay settings . See Overlay on page 2 1 . Click Save to apply the new settings. H.264 H.264, also known as MPEG-4 P art 1 0/AVC, is a video compression standard that provides high quality video streams at low bit rates. An H.264 video stream consists of different types of frames such as I-frames and P-fra[...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera Video Camera Settings The Video > Camera Settings page provides access to advanced image settings for the Axis product. Capture Mode Capture mode denes the maximum resolution and maximum frame rate available in the Axis product. A capture mode with a large maximum resolution has a reduced maximum frame rate and [...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera Video White Balance White balance is used to make colors in the image appear the same regardless of the color temperature of the light source. The Axis product can be set to automatically identify the light source and compensate for its color . Alternatively , select the type of light source from the drop-down list. F[...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera Video Consider an area where people or vehicles move during the day , but where there should be no movements during night. T o be able to, for example, recognize faces or license plates, move the normal light priority slider toward low motion blur . At nighttime, motion detection is more important than identication[...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera Video 1. Go to Video > View Area . 2. Click Add . 3. The new view area appears under Selected view area . Enter a descriptive name in the Name eld. 4. Select an Aspect ratio and a Video stream resolution . 5. A new view area covers the whole image. Use the mouse to move and resize the view area. 6. Select Enable[...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera Video maximum image resolution. If combining text and image overlays, take into consideration that the text overlay occupies 16 or 32 pixels in height (depending on the resolution) and has the same width as the video image. To automatically scale the image to the resolution used by the Axis product, select the option [...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera Video 4. From the Actions list, select Overlay T ext 5. Enter the text to display in the Text eld. This is the text that #D will be replaced by . 6. Specify the Duration . The text can be displayed while the rule is active or for a xed number of seconds. Example To display the text “Motion detected” when mot[...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera Video The Pixel counter shows the number of pixels in an area of the image and can be used to ensure that the size of the image fullls certain requirements, for example for face recognition. Use the mouse to move and resize the pixel counter , or enter the number of pixels in the Width and Height elds and click [...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera Live View Config Live View Config Y ou can customize the Live View page and alter it to suit your requirements. It is possible to dene the following features of the Live View page. • Stream Prole. See page 17 . • Default Viewer for Browser . See page 25 . • Viewer Settings. See page 25 . • Action Butto[...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera Live View Config • Select Use PTZ joystick mode as default to enable joystick mode. The mode can be changed temporarily from the PTZ control panel. • Select Enable recording button to enable recording from the Live View page. This button is available when using the AMC viewer . The recordings are saved to the loc[...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera PTZ (Pan Tilt Zoom) PTZ (Pan Tilt Zoom) The PTZ menu is available if digital PTZ (pan, tilt and zoom) is enabled in the selected view area. For more information on view areas, see View Area on page 20 . Preset P ositions A preset position is a predened view that can be used to quickly steer the camera to a speci[...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera PTZ (Pan Tilt Zoom) For more information see the online help . Advanced Controls P anel Shortcut Command Buttons can be congured to provide direct access to commands issued via the VAPIX® Application Programming Interface. The buttons will be displayed in the PTZ control panel, which is available in the Live View [...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera Detectors Detectors Camera T ampering Camera T ampering can generate an alarm whenever the camera is repositioned, or when the lens is covered, sprayed or severely defocused. T o send an alarm, for example an email, an action rule must be set up. To congure tampering: 1. Go to Detectors > Camera T ampering . 2. [...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera Detectors Note • Using the motion detection feature may decrease the product’s overall performance. • The position of the Motion Detection Window is relative to the orientation of the Camera. Changing the orientation of the camera will also change the position of the Motion Detection Window . Set Up Motion Detec[...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera Detectors Note • To trigger on small objects or movements, use several small motion detection windows rather than one large window and select a low object size. • To avoid triggering on small objects, select a high object size. • While monitoring an area where moving objects are not expected, select a high histo[...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera Applications Applications Third party applications can be uploaded to and installed on the Axis product. Applications add functionality to the product, for example video analytics and intelligent video capabilities such as recognition, tracking, detection and counting. For information about available applications, dow[...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera Applications If the Axis product is reset to factory default, installed applications and their settings are removed. For information about factory default, see Reset to Factory Default Settings . 33[...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera Events Events The Axis product can be congured to perform actions when different events occur , for example, start a recording when motion is detected. The set of conditions that denes how and when the action is triggered is called an Action Rule . Available action rule triggers and conditions include: • Appli[...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera Events - System Ready – T rigger the rule when the product has been started and all services are running. This can for example be used to send a notication when the product restarts. • Time - Recurrence – Trigger the rule periodically . See Recurrences on page 37 . This can for example be used to upload an im[...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera Events 8. Select Network Share from the Storage drop-down list. 9. Optionally , select the Fallback action option to, for example, send an email notication if the recording does not start. See Fallback Action on page 36 . To use more than one trigger for the action rule, select Additional conditions and click Add t[...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera Events 2. Enter a descriptive name. 3. Select a recipient T ype . 4. Enter the information needed for the recipient type. 5. Click Test to test the connection to the recipient. 6. Click OK . Setting Up an Email Recipient Email recipients can be congured by selecting one of the listed email providers, or by specifyi[...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera Events 2. Enter a descriptive name and recurrence pattern. 3. Click OK . To use the recurrence in an action rule, rst select Time from the T rigger drop-down list in the Action Rule Setup page and then select the recurrence from the second drop-down list. To modify or remove recurrences, select the recurrence in th[...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera Recordings Recordings The Axis product can be congured to record video continuously or according to an action rule: • To start a continuous recording, see page 39 . • To set up action rules, see page 35 . • To access recordings, see Recording List on page 39 . • To congure camera controlled storage, see [...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera Languages Languages Multiple languages can be installed in the Axis product. All web pages including the online help will be displayed in the selected language. T o switch languages, go to Setup > Languages and rst upload the new language le. Browse and locate the le and click the Upload Language button. S[...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera System Options System Options Security Users User access control is enabled by default and can be congured under System Options > Security > Users . An administrator can set up other users by giving them user names and passwords. It is also possible to allow anonymous viewer login, which means that anybody ma[...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera System Options 2. Select an HTTPS certicate from the list of installed certicates. 3. Optionally , click Ciphers and select the encryption algorithms to use for SSL. 4. Set the HTTPS Connection P olicy for the different user groups. 5. Click Save to enable the settings. To access the Axis product via the desired[...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera System Options To install a self-signed certicate: 1. Go to Setup > System Options > Security > Certicates . 2. Click Create self-signed certicate and provide the requested information. To create and install a CA-signed certicate: 1. Create a self-signed certicate as described above. 2. Go to S[...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera System Options IPv4 Address Conguration By default, the Axis product is set to use IPv4 (IP version 4) and to obtain the IP address automatically via DHCP . The IPv4 settings are congured under System Options > Network > T CP/IP > Basic . DHCP (Dynamic Host Conguration Protocol) allows network admini[...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera System Options 5. Close the command prompt when the product responds with Reply from 192.168.0.125:... or similar . 6. Open a browser and type http://<IP address> in the Location/Address eld. For other methods of assigning the IP address, see the Installation and Management Software CD or the document Assign [...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera System Options NTP Conguration NTP (Network Time Protocol) is used to synchronize the clock times of devices in a network. The NTP settings are congured under System Options > Network > T CP/IP > Advanced . Select Obtain NTP server address via DHCP to use the NTP settings provided by the DHCP server . T[...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera System Options Use manually selected NAT router - Select this option to manually select a NA T router and enter the IP address for the router in the eld. If no router is specied, the product automatically searches for NAT routers on your network. If more than one router is found, the default router is selected. [...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera System Options Note If HTTPS is enabled, SNMP v1 and SNMP v2c should be disabled. Traps for SNMP v1/v2 are used by the Axis product to send messages to a management system on important events and status changes. Check Enable traps and enter the IP address where the trap message should be sent and the T rap community t[...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera System Options • ext4 — recommended due to its resilience against data loss if the card is ejected or if there is abrupt power loss. T o access data stored on the card from the Windows operating system, a third-party ext4 driver or application is required. • vFAT — supported by most operating systems for perso[...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera System Options P orts & Devices I/O P orts The Axis product provides one input port and one output port for connection of external devices. For information about how to connect external devices, see Connectors on page 59 . The I/O ports are congured under System Options > P orts & Devices > I/O P orts[...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera System Options System Overview To get an overview of the Axis product’s status and settings, go to System Options > Support > System Overview . Information that can be found here includes rmware version, IP address, network and security settings, event settings, image settings and recent log items. Many of [...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera System Options Plain Cong Plain Cong is for advanced users with experience of Axis product conguration. Most parameters can be set and modied from this page. To open Plain Cong, go to System Options > Advanced > Plain Cong . Axis Support does not provide assistance. Reset to Factory Default Set[...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Checking the Firmware Firmware is software that determines the functionality of network devices. One of your rst actions when troubleshooting a problem should be to check the current rmware version. The latest version may contain a correction that xes your particular problem. T[...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera Troubleshooting 5. Reinstall the product, referring to the Installation Guide. If the emergency recovery procedure does not get the product up and running again, contact Axis support at www .axis.com/techsup/ Symptoms, P ossible Causes and Remedial Actions Problems setting the IP address When using ARP/Ping Try the in[...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera Troubleshooting Problems with streaming H.264 Problems with AXIS Media Control ( Internet Explorer only ) To enable the updating of video images in Internet Explorer , set the browser to allow ActiveX controls. Also, make sure that AXIS Media Control is installed on your computer . No H.264 displayed in the client Che[...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera Troubleshooting Storage and disk management problems Storage disruption A storage disruption alarm is sent if a storage device is unavailable, removed, full, locked or if other read or write problems occur . To identify the source of the problem, check the System Log under System Options > Support > Logs & R[...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera T echnical Specifications T echnical Specifications Function/group Item Specications Models AXIS P1427–LE Image sensor 1/3.2” progressive scan CMOS Lens f=2.8-9.8 mm F1.6 Autofocus Automatic day and night functionality Horizontal angle of view: 27° - 92° V ertical angle of view: 20° - 68° Diagonal angle o[...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera T echnical Specifications Function/group Item Specications Application Programming Interface Open API for software integration, including VAPIX® and AXIS Camera Application Platform from Axis Communications; specications available at www .axis.com AXIS Video Hosting System (A VHS) with One-Click Camera Connect[...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera T echnical Specifications Function/group Item Specications Video management software AXIS Camera Companion (software included on CD) — Basic surveillance for small businesses, where video is recorded to edge storage. AXIS Camera Station (sold separately) — Fully featured surveillance for medium-sized installat[...]

AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera T echnical Specifications 12 V m ax 15 mA 1 2 3 4 SD Card Slot Supports microSD cards with up to 64 GB of storage. For best recording performance, use a microSDHC or microSDXC card with speed class 1 0. P erformance Considerations When setting up your system, it is important to consider how various settings and situa[...]

User Manual V er . M2.4 AXIS P1427–LE Network Camera Date: August 20 14 © Axis Communications AB, 20 14 P art No. 57484[...]