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    USER MANUAL AXIS P5512-E PTZ Dome Network Camera[...]

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    About this document This manual is intended for administrators and users of the AXIS P5512-E PTZ Dome Network Camera, and is applicable to rmware 5.50 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[...]

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    WARNING • Risk of explosion if the battery is incorrectly replaced. • Replace only with an identical battery or a battery which is recommended by Axis. • Dispose of used batteries according to local regulations or the battery manufacturer's instructions. Disposal and Recycling When this product has reached the end of its useful life, dis[...]

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    AXIS P5512-E PTZ Dome Network Camera Table of Contents Hardware Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Connectors and Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 LED Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    AXIS P5512-E PTZ Dome Network Camera Hardware Overview Hardware Overview 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1. Control button 2. SDHC card slot 3. Status indicator LED 4. Restart button 5. Part number (P/N) & serial number (S/N). Serial number may be required during installation. 6. Screws (3) 7. Sunshield 8. Hook for safety wire 9. Top cover screws (4) 1[...]

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    AXIS P5512-E PTZ Dome Network Camera Hardware Overview Connectors and Buttons For technical specications, see page 51 . Network Connector RJ45 Ethernet connector. Supports Power over Ethernet (PoE). NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE The product shall be connected using a shielded network cable (STP). All cables connecting the product to the network switch sh[...]

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    AXIS P5512-E PTZ Dome 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[...]

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    AXIS P5512-E PTZ Dome 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 attem[...]

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    AXIS P5512-E PTZ Dome Network Camera Accessing the Product 1. Click Use HTTPS . A temporary certicate (valid for one year) is created, enabling encryption of all trafc to and from the product, and the password can now be set securely. 2. Enter a password and then re-enter it to conrm the spelling. 3. Click OK . The password has now been co[...]

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    AXIS P5512-E PTZ Dome Network Camera Accessing the Product 1. Go to Setup > Live View Layout . 2. Under Action Buttons , select Show manual trigger button . AXIS Media Control viewer toolbar The AXIS Media Control viewer toolbar is available in Internet Explorer only. See AXIS Media Control (AMC), on page 12 for more information. The toolbar dis[...]

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    AXIS P5512-E PTZ Dome Network Camera Accessing the Product Pan and Tilt bars – Use the arrows to pan and tilt the camera view, or click on a position on the bar to steer the camera view to that position. Zoom bar – Use the arrows to zoom in and out, or click on a position on the bar to zoom to that position. Focus bar – Use the arrows to focu[...]

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    AXIS P5512-E PTZ Dome 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 [...]

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    AXIS P5512-E PTZ Dome 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 Pan[...]

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    AXIS P5512-E PTZ Dome 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[...]

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    AXIS P5512-E PTZ Dome 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 ac[...]

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    AXIS P5512-E PTZ Dome 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 . • Overlay image. See page 19 . Video Stream You can dene the following video stream settings from Video > Vide[...]

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    AXIS P5512-E PTZ Dome Network Camera Video Image The default image settings can be congured under Video> Video Stream . Select the Image tab. The following settings are available: • Resolution . Select the default resolution. • Select Aspect ratio correction to improve the appearance of images in the browser when the video stream has a di[...]

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    AXIS P5512-E PTZ Dome Network Camera Video For quick setup, use one of the predened stream proles. Each predened prole has a descriptive name, indicating its purpose. If required, the predened stream proles can be modied and new customized stream proles can be created. To create a new prole or modify an existing prole,[...]

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    AXIS P5512-E PTZ Dome Network Camera Video Image Settings Autofocus enabled - Automatic focusing is enabled by default. If the focus position is changed manually using the focus bar, autofocus will be disabled even if enabled here. In this case, use the PTZ control panel to enable autofocus, see PTZ Controls, on page 10 . If required, the focus con[...]

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    AXIS P5512-E PTZ Dome Network Camera Video Using Overlay Text in an Action Rule Action rules, see page 30 , can display an overlay text when the rule is triggered. The text can be used to provide information for forensic video analysis, notify surveillance operators or validate triggers and actions during product installation and conguration. To[...]

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    AXIS P5512-E PTZ Dome 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 17 . • Default Viewer for Browser. See page 21 . • Viewer Settings. See page 22 . • Action B[...]

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    AXIS P5512-E PTZ Dome Network Camera Live View Cong Server Push Recommended viewer for other browsers (Motion JPEG). QuickTime H.264. Java applet A slower imaging alternative to Server Push (Motion JPEG only). Other browsers Still image Displays still images only. Click the Refresh button in your browser to view a new image. For more information[...]

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    AXIS P5512-E PTZ Dome Network Camera PTZ (Pan Tilt Zoom) PTZ (Pan Tilt Zoom) Preset Positions A preset position is a predened view that can be used to quickly steer the camera to a specic location. Preset positions can be accessed in several ways: • By selecting the preset from the Preset positions drop-down list in the Live View Page. • [...]

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    AXIS P5512-E PTZ Dome Network Camera PTZ (Pan Tilt Zoom) Gatekeeper The Advanced Gatekeeper monitors an area such as an entrance gate. When motion is detected in the monitored area, the Gatekeeper will steer the camera to a selected preset position. Using a zoomed-in preset position can make it possible to, for example, read a license plate or iden[...]

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    AXIS P5512-E PTZ Dome Network Camera PTZ (Pan Tilt Zoom) Advanced Limits Dene the pan, tilt, zoom and focus limits for the Axis product. Movements to the left and right, up and down, can be restricted to narrow the area under surveillance. Move speed sets the speed of the camera’s pan and tilt movements. The default setting is maximum speed. W[...]

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    AXIS P5512-E PTZ Dome Network Camera Detectors Detectors Motion Detection Motion detection is used to generate an alarm whenever movement starts or stops in the camera view. Motion detection is congured by dening up to 10 Include and Exclude windows: • Include windows — dene areas where motion should be detected • Exclude windows —[...]

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    AXIS P5512-E PTZ Dome Network Camera Detectors 4. Adjust the Object Size , History and Sensitivity prole sliders (see Motion Detection Parameters for details). Any detected motion within an active window is indicated by red peaks in the Activity window . 5. Click Save . To exclude parts of the include window, select the Congure Excluded Windo[...]

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    AXIS P5512-E PTZ Dome 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 application[...]

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    AXIS P5512-E PTZ Dome 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 . 29[...]

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    AXIS P5512-E PTZ Dome 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: • [...]

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    AXIS P5512-E PTZ Dome Network Camera Events - Recurrence – Trigger the rule periodically. See Recurrences, on page 33 . This can for example be used to upload an image every 5 minutes. - Use Schedule – Trigger the rule according to the selected schedule. See Schedules, on page 33 . Available actions include: • Day/Night Vision Mode – Set da[...]

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    AXIS P5512-E PTZ Dome Network Camera Events For more information, see the online help . Recipients Recipients receive media les and notication messages. The following recipients are available: Recipient Use with action Email 1 Send Images Send Notication Send Video Clip FTP Send Images Send Video Clip HTTP Send Images Send Notication Se[...]

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    AXIS P5512-E PTZ Dome Network Camera Events To set up an email recipient using one of the listed providers: 1. Go to Events > Recipients and click Add . 2. Enter a Name and select Email from the Type list. 3. Enter the email addresses to send emails to in the To eld. Use commas to separate multiple addresses. 4. Select the email provider from[...]

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    AXIS P5512-E PTZ Dome 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 34 . • To set up action rules, see page 31 . • To access recordings, see Recording List, on page 34 . • To congure camera controlled storag[...]

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    AXIS P5512-E PTZ Dome 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. To switch languages, go to Setup > Languages and rst upload the new language le. Browse and locate the le and click the Upload Language butt[...]

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    AXIS P5512-E PTZ Dome 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 anyb[...]

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    AXIS P5512-E PTZ Dome 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 des[...]

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    AXIS P5512-E PTZ Dome 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. G[...]

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    AXIS P5512-E PTZ Dome 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 ad[...]

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    AXIS P5512-E PTZ Dome 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 As[...]

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    AXIS P5512-E PTZ Dome 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 > TCP/IP > Advanced . Select Obtain NTP server address via DHCP to use the NTP settings provided by the DHCP serve[...]

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    AXIS P5512-E PTZ Dome Network Camera System Options Use manually selected NAT router - Select this option to manually select a NAT 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 selec[...]

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    AXIS P5512-E PTZ Dome 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 Trap commun[...]

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    AXIS P5512-E PTZ Dome Network Camera System Options Note To prevent corruption of recordings, the SD card should always be unmounted before removal. If the card’s status shows as failed, click Check disk to see if the problem can be found and then try Repair . The settings under Storage Device Settings are used to congure removal of recorded v[...]

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    AXIS P5512-E PTZ Dome Network Camera System Options For information about rmware upgrade, see Upgrading the Firmware, on page 47 . 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, [...]

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    AXIS P5512-E PTZ Dome 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 &[...]

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    AXIS P5512-E PTZ Dome 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 prob[...]

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    AXIS P5512-E PTZ Dome Network Camera Troubleshooting Emergency Recovery Procedure If power or network connection is lost during the upgrade, the process fails and the product becomes unresponsive. Flashing red Status indicator indicates a failed upgrade. To recover the product, follow the steps below. The serial number is found on the product’s l[...]

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    AXIS P5512-E PTZ Dome 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[...]

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    AXIS P5512-E PTZ Dome 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.[...]

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    AXIS P5512-E PTZ Dome Network Camera Technical Specications Technical Specications Function/group Item Specications Models AXIS P5512–E 50 Hz AXIS P5512–E 60 Hz Image sensor 1/4” CCD Lens Varifocal f=3.8 - 46 mm, F1.6 - 2.7, autofocus, automatic day/night Horizontal angle of view: 51.6° - 4.4° Minimum illumination Color: 1.0 lux at[...]

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    AXIS P5512-E PTZ Dome Network Camera Technical Specications Function/group Item Specications Application Programming Interface Open API for software integration, including VAPIX® and AXIS Camera Application Platform; specications at www.axis.com AXIS Video Hosting System (AVHS) with One-Click Camera Connection. ONVIF Prole S; specic[...]

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    AXIS P5512-E PTZ Dome Network Camera Technical Specications Function/group Item Specications Weight 1.2 kg (2.6 lb.) Included accessories IP66-rated RJ-45 connector kit, clear and smoked dome cover, Installation Guide, CD with User Manual, recording software, installation and management tools, Windows decoder 1-user license Video management s[...]

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    User Manual Ver. M4.3 AXIS P5512-E PTZ Dome Network Camera Date: October 2013 © Axis Communications AB, 2013 Part No. 54225[...]