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USER MANUAL AXIS P3354 Network Camera[...]

About this Document This manual is intended for administrators and users of the AXIS P3354 Fixed Dome Network Camera, and is applicable to rmware 5.40 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-ba[...]

Safety This product complies with IEC/EN/UL 60950-1, Safety of Information Technology Equipment. If its connecting cables are routed outdoors, the product shall be grounded either through a shielded network cable (STP) or other appropriate method. Disposal and Recycling When this product has reached the end of its useful life, dispose of it accordi[...]

AXIS P3354 Network Camera Table of Contents Hardware Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Connectors and Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 LED Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

AXIS P3354 Network Camera Hardware Overview Hardware Overview 5 2 1 3 4 7 6 1. Camera unit 2. Network connector (PoE) 3. LED indicators 4. Control button 5. SD memory card slot 6. Network cable 7. Dome cover Connectors and Buttons For technical specications, see page 51 . Network Connector RJ45 Ethernet connector. Supports Power over Ethernet (P[...]

AXIS P3354 Network Camera Hardware Overview SD Card Slot An SD card (not included) can be used for local recording with removable storage. For more information, see Technical Specications . NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE To prevent corruption of recordings, the SD card should be unmounted before removal. To unmount, go to Setup > System Options > St[...]

AXIS P3354 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 systems. S[...]

AXIS P3354 Network Camera Accessing the Product Access from the Internet Once connected, the Axis product is accessible on your local network (LAN). To access the product from the Internet you must congure your network router to allow incoming data trafc to the product. To do this, enable the NAT-traversal feature, which will attempt to autom[...]

AXIS P3354 Network Camera Accessing the Product Select the power line frequency (50 Hz or 60 Hz) used at the location of the Axis product. Selecting the wrong frequency may cause image icker if the product is used in uorescent light environments. When using 50 Hz, the maximum frame rate is limited to 25 fps. Note Power line frequency varies d[...]

AXIS P3354 Network Camera Accessing the Product PTZ Controls The Live View page also displays Pan/Tilt/Zoom (PTZ) controls. The administrator can enable/disable controls for specied users under System Options > Security > Users . Note These controls are available if digital PTZ is enabled in the selected view area, see View Area, on page 1[...]

AXIS P3354 Network Camera Media Streams Media Streams The Axis product provides several video stream formats. Your 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 application[...]

AXIS P3354 Network Camera Media Streams The AMC Control Panel can be used to congure various video settings. Please see the AXIS Media Control User’s Manual for more information. The AMC Control Panel is automatically installed on rst use, after which it can be congured. Open the AMC Control Panel from: • Windows Control Panel (from th[...]

AXIS P3354 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. 13[...]

AXIS P3354 Network Camera Setting Up the Product Setting Up the Product The Axis product can be congured by users with administrator or operator rights. To 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 to all[...]

AXIS P3354 Network Camera Setting Up the Product Video It is possible to congure the following video features in your Axis product: • Video stream. See page 15 . • Stream proles. See page 16 . • Camera settings. See page 16 . • View area. See page 18 . • Overlay image. See page 19 . • Privacy mask. See page 20 . • Focus and zoom[...]

AXIS P3354 Network Camera Setting Up the Product H.264 H.264, also known as MPEG-4 Part 10/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-frames. An I-frame is a complete image whereas P-frames only contain the differe[...]

AXIS P3354 Network Camera Setting Up the Product Image Appearance Increasing the Color level increases the color saturation. The value 100 gives maximum color saturation. The value 0 gives a black and white image. The image Brightness can be adjusted in the range 0–100, where a higher value produces a brighter image. Increasing the Sharpness can [...]

AXIS P3354 Network Camera Setting Up the Product • Fixed to use a xed shutter speed. Gain , measured in decibel (dB), is the amount of amplication applied to the image. A high gain may provide a better image in low light situations but will increase the amount of image noise. Set Gain to • Auto to set the gain automatically. If required, [...]

AXIS P3354 Network Camera Setting Up the Product 2. Select an Aspect ratio and a Video stream resolution . 3. Use the mouse to move and resize the view area. 4. Select Enable PTZ to enable digital PTZ for the view area. 5. Click Save to save the settings. Note The PTZ functionality is useful during installation of the Axis product. Use a view area [...]

AXIS P3354 Network Camera Setting Up the Product 1. Go to Video > Video Stream and select the Image tab. 2. Under Overlay Settings , select Include overlay image at the coordinates and enter the X and Y coordinates. 3. Click Save . For information about supported image formats, see the online help . Privacy Mask A privacy mask is an area of soli[...]

AXIS P3354 Network Camera Setting Up the Product 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[...]

AXIS P3354 Network Camera Live View Cong Live View Cong You 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 16 . • Default Viewer for Browser. See page 22 . • Viewer Settings. See page 22 . • Action Buttons. The[...]

AXIS P3354 Network Camera Live View Cong • 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 location specied in the AMC Control Panel. See AXIS Media Control (AMC), on page 11 . User Dened Links To display user-dened links in[...]

AXIS P3354 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 18 . Preset Positions A preset position is a predened view that can be used to quickly steer the camera to a specic loc[...]

AXIS P3354 Network Camera PTZ (Pan Tilt Zoom) Advanced Controls Panel 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 page through the Ctrl panel button, see page 10 .[...]

AXIS P3354 Network Camera Detectors Detectors Camera Tampering Camera Tampering can generate an alarm whenever the camera is repositioned, or when the lens is covered, sprayed or severely defocused. To send an alarm, for example an email, an action rule must be set up. To congure tampering: 1. Go to Detectors > Camera Tampering . 2. Set the M[...]

AXIS P3354 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 Detection W[...]

AXIS P3354 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 history le[...]

AXIS P3354 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, download[...]

AXIS P3354 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 . 30[...]

AXIS P3354 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: • Application[...]

AXIS P3354 Network Camera Events • System - System Ready – Trigger 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 34 . This can for example be used to upload [...]

AXIS P3354 Network Camera Events 8. Select Network Share from the Storage drop-down list. To add additional criteria, select the Additional conditions option and add additional triggers. To prevent an action from being triggered repeatedly, a Wait at least time can be set. Enter the time in hours, minutes and seconds, during which the trigger shoul[...]

AXIS P3354 Network Camera Events To create a new schedule: 1. Go to Events > Schedules and click Add . 2. Enter a descriptive name and the information needed for a daily, weekly, monthly or yearly schedule. 3. Click OK . To use the schedule in an action rule, select the schedule from the Schedule drop-down list in the Action Rule Setup page. Rec[...]

AXIS P3354 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 35 . • To set up action rules, see page 32 . • To access recordings, see Recording List, on page 35 . • To congure camera controlled storage, see Stor[...]

AXIS P3354 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 may acc[...]

AXIS P3354 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 Policy for the different user groups. 5. Click Save to enable the settings. To access the Axis product via the desired protoc[...]

AXIS P3354 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 Setup [...]

AXIS P3354 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 > TCP/IP > Basic . DHCP (Dynamic Host Conguration Protocol) allows network administrator[...]

AXIS P3354 Network Camera System Options Advanced TCP/IP Settings DNS Conguration DNS (Domain Name Service) provides the translation of host names to IP addresses. The DNS settings are congured under System Options > Network > TCP/IP > Advanced . Select Obtain DNS server address via DHCP to use the DNS settings provided by the DHCP s[...]

AXIS P3354 Network Camera System Options NAT traversal (port mapping) for IPv4 A network router allows devices on a private network (LAN) to share a single connection to the Internet. This is done by forwarding network trafc from the private network to the “outside”, that is, the Internet. Security on the private network (LAN) is increased s[...]

AXIS P3354 Network Camera System Options QoS (Quality of Service) QoS (Quality of Service) guarantees a certain level of a specied resource to selected trafc on a network. A QoS-aware network prioritizes network trafc and provides a greater network reliability by controlling the amount of bandwidth an application may use. The QoS settings [...]

AXIS P3354 Network Camera System Options Bonjour The Axis product includes support for Bonjour. Bonjour is enabled by default and the product is automatically detected by operating systems and clients that support this protocol. Bonjour can be disabled under System Options > Network > Bonjour . Storage SD Card The Axis product supports SD car[...]

AXIS P3354 Network Camera System Options To add a network share: 1. Go to System Options > Storage . 2. Click Network Share . 3. Enter the IP address, DNS or Bonjour name to the host server in the Host eld. 4. Enter the name of the share in the Share eld. Sub folders cannot be used. 5. If required, select The share requires login and enter[...]

AXIS P3354 Network Camera System Options Support Support Overview The System Options > Support > Support Overview page provides information on troubleshooting and contact information, should you require technical assistance. See also Troubleshooting, on page 47 . System Overview To get an overview of the Axis product’s status and settings, [...]

AXIS P3354 Network Camera System Options File Upload Files, for example web pages and images, can be uploaded to the Axis product and used as custom settings. To upload a le, go to System Options > Advanced > File Upload . Uploaded les are accessed through http://<ip address>/local/<user>/<file name> where <user>[...]

AXIS P3354 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. The cu[...]

AXIS P3354 Network Camera Troubleshooting arp -s <IP address> <serial number> temp ping -l 408 <IP address> In Windows , type the following from a command/DOS prompt (this may require that you run the command prompt as an administrator): arp -s <IP address> <serial number> ping -l 408 -t <IP address> 2. If the pr[...]

AXIS P3354 Network Camera Troubleshooting The IP address has been changed by DHCP IP addresses obtained from a DHCP server are dynamic and may change. If the IP address has been changed, use AXIS IP Utility or AXIS Camera Management to locate the product on the network. Identify the product using its model or serial number, or by the DNS name (if t[...]

AXIS P3354 Network Camera Troubleshooting Lower frame rate than expected See Performance Considerations, on page 53 . Reduce the number of applications running on the client computer. Limit the number of simultaneous viewers. Check with the network administrator that there is enough bandwidth available. Check in the AMC Control Panel (H.264 tag) th[...]

AXIS P3354 Network Camera Technical Specications Technical Specications Function/group Item Specications Models AXIS P3354 Image sensor Progressive scan RGB CMOS 1/3”, 1.3MP (optically active) Lens Varifocal, remote focus and zoom, P-iris, IR corrected, mexapixel resolution 6 mm models: 2.5-6 mm, F1.2 Wide: horizontal angle of view: 105?[...]

AXIS P3354 Network Camera Technical Specications Function/group Item Specications Security Password protection, IP address ltering, IEEE 802.1X* network access control, HTTPS* encryption, digest authentication, user access log. *This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit Network Supported[...]

AXIS P3354 Network Camera Technical Specications Function/group Item Specications ICES-003 Canadian ICES-003, Class B digital, demonstrated by compliance with EN55022 (CISPR 22) IEC 60068-2-1, IEC 60068-2-2, IEC 60068-2-14, IEC 60068-2-27, IEC 60068-2-64, IEC 60068-2-78 Dimensions (HxWxD) 97 x 148 x 148 mm (3.82 x 5.83 x 5.83") Weight 43[...]

User Manual Ver. M3.4 AXIS P3354 Network Camera Date: March 2014 © Axis Communications AB, 2012 - 2014 Part No. 56303[...]