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AXIS P1357 Network Camera User Manual[...]

About this document This manual is intended for administrators and users of the AXIS P1357 Network Camera, and is applicable to rmware 5.70 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 system[...]

The power supply used with this product shall fulll the requirements for Safety Extra Low V oltage (SELV) and Limited Power Source (LPS) according to IEC/EN/UL 60950-1. Disposal and Recycling When this product has reached the end of its useful life, dispose of it according to local laws and regulations. For information about your nearest designa[...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera Safety Infor mation Safety Infor mation Hazard Levels DANGER Indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, will result in death or serious injury . WARNING Indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in death or serious injury . CAUTION Indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided,[...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera T able of Contents Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Hazard Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Other Message Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera T able of Contents Languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 System Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera Hardware Overview Hardware Overview 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 11 13 14 15 16 1 Focus puller 2 Zoom puller 3 Internal microphone 4 LED indicator 5 SD card slot (microSD) 6 Audio in 7 Audio out 8 Network connector P oE 9 P ower LED 1 0 Network LED 7[...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera Hardware Overview 1 1 Control button 12 I/O terminal block 13 Product number (P/N) and Serial number (S/N) 14 RS485/422 connector 15 P ower connector 16 Iris connector Connectors and Buttons For technical specications, see page 67 . Network Connector RJ45 Ethernet connector with P ower over Ethernet (P oE). NO NO NO TIC[...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera Hardware Overview SD Card Slot NO NO NO TICE TICE TICE • Risk of damage to SD card. Do not use sharp tools or excessive force when inserting or removing the SD card. • Risk of data loss. To prevent data corruption, the SD card should be unmounted before removal. To unmount, go to Setup > System Options > Storage [...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera Hardware Overview Status LED Behavior for Focus Assistant Color Indication Green Focus Assistant is enabled The lens is optimally adjusted Amber The camera has been moved, or an object has been placed in front of the lens. Exit and restart the Focus Assistant. The lens is less optimally adjusted. Red The camera has been mo[...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera Access the Product Access the Product To install the Axis product, see 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 OS X ® • Chrome TM or Firefox ® with other o[...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera Access the Product For T echnical notes on this and other topics, visit the Axis Support web at www .axis.com/techsup Set the Root P assword To access the Axis product, you must set the password for the default administrator user root . This is done in the Congure Root P assword dialog, which opens when the product is a[...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera Access the Product Controls on the Live View P age Click the View size buttons to show the image in full size (right button) or to scale down the image to t the browser window (left button). Select a stream prole for the Live View page from the Stream Prole drop-down list. For information about how to congure s[...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera Access the Product The Play button connects to the Axis product and starts playing a media stream. The Stop button stops the media stream. The Snapshot button takes a snapshot of the video image. The location where the image is saved can be specied in the AMC Control P anel. Click the View Full Screen button and the vid[...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera Access the Product Click the Ctrl panel button to open the PTZ control panel which provides additional PTZ controls. User-dened buttons can also appear in the Control panel. See Controls on page 35 . To view a specic view area or preset position, select it from the Source list. The PTZ controls can be disabled under [...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera Media Streams Media Streams The Axis product provides several audio and 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, audio streams and to the list of available stream pro[...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera Media Streams The AMC Control P anel can be used to congure various video and audio 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[...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera Media Streams Note • <ip>= IP address • The Axis product supports QuickTime 6.5.1 and later . • QuickTime may add 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. Access Audio Streams The Live View pag[...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera Set Up the Product Set 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 to all settin[...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera Set Up the Product 7. On the Focus page, click Fine-tune focus automatically and wait until automatic ne tuning is completed. 8. Click Enable iris . If the button is inactive the iris is already enabled. 9. If needed, make further adjustments under the Advanced tab . See the online help for more information. Focus Assis[...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera Video and Audio Video and Audio The video and audio settings can be used to optimize video and audio quality . Y ou can congure the following: • Video stream settings. See page 2 1 . • Stream proles. See page 23 . • Camera settings. See page 23 . • View areas. See page 26 . • Overlay image. See page 26 . ?[...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera Video and Audio • Compression . The compression level affects the image quality , bandwidth and le size of saved images; the lower the compression, the higher the image quality with higher bandwidth requirements and larger le sizes. • Mirror image . If required, the image can be mirrored. • Rotate image . If re[...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera Video and Audio Stream Proles A stream prole is a set of predened stream settings including resolution, compression, frame rate and overlay settings. Stream proles can be used: • When setting up recording using action rules. See Events on page 42 . • When setting up continuous recording. See Continuous Reco[...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera Video and Audio Increasing the Color level increases the color saturation. The value 1 00 gives maximum color saturation and the value 0 gives minimum color saturation. The image Brightness can be adjusted in the range 0–1 00, where a higher value produces a brighter image. Increasing the Sharpness can increase bandwidth[...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera Video and Audio • Auto to set the shutter speed automatically . If required, use Max shutter to limit the shutter speed to prevent the frame rate from being reduced. For example, to get 30 fps, set Max shutter to 1/30. • Fixed to use a xed shutter speed. Gain , measured in decibel (dB), is the amount of amplicati[...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera Video and Audio Image Settings View Area Note This feature is available only if digital PTZ was selected when conguring the product for the rst time or after resetting to factory default. A view area is a cropped part of the full view . Each view area is treated as a video source in Live View and has its own video st[...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera Video and Audio 2. To include an overlay image, select Include overlay image at the coordinates . The overlay image must rst be uploaded to the Axis product, see Overlay Image . 3. To include date and time, select Include date and Include time . 4. To include a text string, select Include text and enter the text in the [...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera Video and Audio 3. To control the image’s position, enter the X and Y coordinates. The X=0 and Y=0 position is the top left corner . If a part of the image is positioned outside the video image, the overlay image will be moved so that the whole image is visible. 4. Click Save . Use Overlay T ext in an Action Rule Action [...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera Video and Audio Focus Y ou can focus the Axis product under Video & Audio > Focus . For most applications, the adjustments on the Basic tab are sufcient. If required, additional adjustments can be made on the Advanced tab . Before focusing, always click Open iris to open the iris to its maximum. This gives the sm[...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera Video and Audio Audio Input An external microphone or a line source can be connected to the Audio-in connector . Congure the audio input settings under Video & Audio > Audio Settings . Note The internal microphone is used by default; the external microphone is used when connected. It is possible to disable the in[...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera Video and Audio Output gain - Control the volume of the line audio output. If the sound is too low , choose a higher dB value. If the sound is too high, choose a lower dB value. Audio Clips An audio clip is a sound le that can be played when events occur or directly from the Live View page. The audio clip must rst be[...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera Configure the Live View Page Configure the Live View Page 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 23 . • Default Viewer for Browser . See page 32 . • Viewer Settings. See page 32[...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera Configure the Live View Page User Dened Links To display user-dened links in the Live View page, select the Show custom link option, give the link a name and then enter the URL to link to. When dening a web link do not remove the 'http://' from the URL address. Custom links can be used to run scripts or[...]

AXIS P1357 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 or if a PTZ driver has been uploaded. For more information on view areas, see View Area on page 26 . For more information on how to upload a driver , see Install PTZ Driver on page 34 .[...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera PTZ (Pan Tilt Zoom) Advanced Device Settings The Device Settings window displays driver specic settings. The appearance of this window can vary depending on the driver installed. Options that can be congured include: • Driver Specic Settings for Video Source • Mechanical Limits for Moving Video Source • Ligh[...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera PTZ (Pan Tilt Zoom) 3. Operator — Same as administrator but with lower priority 4. Guard T our — A guard tour (see page 34 ) has PTZ control for an indenite period of time. It may be overridden by an operator , event or administrator . The guard tour will resume when higher priority groups leave the queue. 5. Viewer[...]

AXIS P1357 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, spray-painted or severely defocused. To send an alarm, for example an email, an action rule must be set up. To congure tampering detection: 1. Go to Detectors > Camera Tamper[...]

AXIS P1357 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 [...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera Detectors Note • T o trigger on small objects or movements, use several small motion detection windows rather than one large window , and select a low object size. • T o avoid triggering on small objects, select a high object size. • While monitoring an area where moving objects are not expected, select a high histor[...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera Applications Applications AXIS Camera Application Platform (ACAP) is an open platform that enables third parties to develop analytics and other applications for Axis products. For information about available applications, downloads, trials and licenses, go to www .axis.com/applications Note • Several applications can run[...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera Applications If the Axis product is reset to factory default, uploaded applications and their settings are removed. For information about factory default, see Reset to Factory Default Settings . 4 1[...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera Events Events The Event pages allow you to congure the Axis product to perform actions when different events occur . For example, the product can start a recording or send an email notication when motion is detected. The set of conditions that denes how and when the action is triggered is called an action rule. Co[...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera Events For more information, see the online help . Triggers Available action rule triggers and conditions include: • Applications – Use installed applications to trigger the rule. See Applications on page 40 . • Detectors - Audio Detection – T rigger the rule when audio is detected. See Audio Detection on page 39 .[...]

AXIS P1357 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 Set Up Recurrences on page 46 . This can for example be used to upload an [...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera Events Recipient T ypes The following recipients are available: Recipient Use with action Notes Email Send Images Send Notication Send Video Clip An email recipient can contain multiple email addresses. FTP Send Images Send Video Clip HTTP Send Images Send Notication Send Video Clip HTTPS Send Images Send Noticati[...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera Events certicate can be validated using the certicates available in the Axis product. For information on how to upload certicates, see Certicates on page 5 1 . Create Schedules Schedules can be used as action rule triggers or as additional conditions, for example to record video if motion is detected outside of[...]

AXIS P1357 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 48 . • To set up action rules, see page 42 . • To access recordings, see Find Recordings on page 47 . • To play recordings, see Play Recording on page 47[...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera Recordings To play a recording, follow these steps: 1. Go to Recordings > List . 2. To reduce the number of recordings displayed, select the desired options under Filter and click the Filter button to apply the lters. See also Find Recordings on page 47 . 3. Select the recording and click Play . The recording will be[...]

AXIS P1357 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 button. Select [...]

AXIS P1357 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 P1357 Network Camera System Options To enable HTTPS on the Axis product: 1. Go to System Options > Security > HTTPS 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.[...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera System Options Note Installed certicates, except preinstalled CA certicates, will be deleted if the product is reset to factory default. Preinstalled CA certicates that have been deleted will be reinstalled. A Server/Client certicate can be self-signed or issued by a Certicate Authority (CA). A self-signed c[...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera System Options If using an NTP server , select your Time zone from the drop-down list. If required, check Automatically adjust for daylight saving time changes . The Date & Time Format Used in Images is the date and time format displayed as a text overlay in the video stream. Use the predened formats or see File Nam[...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera System Options Linux/Unix example arp -s 192.168.0.125 00:40:8c:18:10:00 temp ping -s 408 192.168.0.125 Windows syntax (this may require that you run the command prompt as an administrator) arp -s <IP address> <serial number> ping -l 408 -t <IP address> Windows example (this may require that you run the c[...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera System Options Advanced T CP/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 [...]

AXIS P1357 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 P1357 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 P1357 Network Camera System Options RTP/H.264 The RTP port range and multicast settings are congured under System Options > Network > RTP . The RTP port range denes the range of ports from which the video/audio ports are automatically selected. For multicast streams, only certain IP addresses and port numbers should be used. Select[...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera System Options 4. The card can now be removed. Format SD Card NO NO NO TICE TICE TICE Formatting the SD card will remove all data and recordings stored on the card. The Axis product can be congured to automatically format SD cards that are inserted into the product. If autoformat is enabled and an SD card is inserted, t[...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera System Options To avoid lling the share, it is recommended to remove recordings continuously . Under Recording Settings , select Remove recordings older than and select the number of days or weeks. To stop writing to the share and protect recordings from being removed, select Lock under Recording Settings . P orts &[...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera System Options Click Default to reset all settings, including the IP address, to the factory default values. This button should be used with caution. The Axis product can also be reset to factory default using the control button, see Reset to Factory Default Settings on page 62 . To identify the product or test the Status [...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera System Options To open the Script Editor , go to System Options > Advanced > Scripting . If a script causes problems, reset the product to its factory default settings, see page 62 . For more information, see www .axis.com/developer File Upload Files, for example webpages and images, can be uploaded to the Axis produ[...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Check 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 curre[...]

AXIS P1357 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 install[...]

AXIS P1357 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 Check th[...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera Troubleshooting No audio Incorrect setup Check the sound card in the computer . Ensure that mute is not selected and that the volume settings are correct. Check that Enable audio support is selected under Setup > System Options > Security > Audio Support . Check that the correct Audio Input source is selected unde[...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera T echnical Specifications T echnical Specifications Function/group Item Specications Model AXIS P1357 Image sensor Progressive scan RGB CMOS 1/3.2” Lens Varifocal 2.8 - 8 mm, F1.2, P-iris, IR corrected, CS-mount Horizontal angle of view 92°-32° V ertical angle of view 66°-24° Diagonal angle of view 120°-39° Re[...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera T echnical Specifications Function/group Item Specications Audio streaming Two-way , full duplex Audio compression AAC LC 8 kHz 32 kbit/s, 16 kHz 64 kbit/s G.7 1 1 PCM 8 kHz 64 kbit/s G.726 ADPCM 8 kHz 32 kbit/s or 24 kbit/s Congurable bit rate Audio input 3.5 mm jack for mic/line in, max 80 mVpp for microphone/max [...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera T echnical Specifications Function/group Item Specications Video access from web browser Camera live view Video and audio recording to le (ASF) Customizable HTML pages Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP , Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003 DirectX 9c or higher For other operating systems and browsers, see ww[...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera T echnical Specifications Connectors I/O Connector 4–pin terminal block For an example diagram, see Connection Diagrams on page 7 1 . Function Pin Notes Specications 0 V DC (-) 1 DC output 2 Can be used to power auxiliary equipment. Note: This pin can only be used as power out. 3.3 V DC Max load = 50 mA Digital Input[...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera T echnical Specifications RS485/422 Connector Two 2-pin terminal blocks for RS485/RS422 serial interface. The serial port can be congured to support: • Two-wire RS485 half duplex • Four-wire RS485 full duplex • Two-wire RS422 simplex • Four-wire RS422 full duplex point to point communication R S 485/ 422 1 2 R [...]

AXIS P1357 Network Camera T echnical Specifications The following factors are among the most important to consider: • High image resolution and/or lower compression levels result in images containing more data. Bandwidth affected. • Access by large numbers of Motion JPEG and/or unicast H.264 clients. Bandwidth affected. • Simultaneous viewin[...]

User Manual V er . M2.1 0 AXIS P1357 Network Camera Date: June 20 15 © Axis Communications AB, 2013–20 15 P art No. 1465567[...]