Axis Communications P3915-R manual

AXIS P39 15–R Network Camera User Manual[...]

About this Document This manual is intended for administrators and users of the AXIS P39 15–R, 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 systems may also[...]

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AXIS P3915–R Network Camera T able of Contents Hardware Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Connectors and Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 LED Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

AXIS P3915–R Network Camera T able of Contents Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 P erformance Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 5[...]

AXIS P3915–R Network Camera Hardware Overview Hardware Overview N E T S T A T PW R N E T S T A T PW R 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 Optic assembly 2 P art number (P/N) & Serial number (S/N) 3 LED indicators 4 SD card slot (microSD) 5 Control button 6 I/O connector 7 Audio connector 8 Network connector M12/RJ45 Connectors and Buttons For technical speci?[...]

AXIS P3915–R Network Camera Hardware Overview D-coded M12 connector with P ower over Ethernet (P oE). NO NO NO TICE TICE TICE Due to local regulations or the environmental and electrical conditions in which the product is to be used, a shielded network cable (STP) may be appropriate or required. All cables connecting the product to the network an[...]

AXIS P3915–R Network Camera Hardware Overview Green Steady green for normal operation. Amber Steady during startup and when restoring settings. Status Red Slow ash for failed upgrade. Green Normal operation. P ower Amber Flashes green/amber during rmware upgrade. Note • The Status LED can be congured to be unlit during normal operation[...]

AXIS P3915–R 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 system[...]

AXIS P3915–R Network Camera Accessing the Product To set the password via a standard HTTP connection, enter it directly in the dialog. To set the password via an encrypted HTTPS connection, follow these steps: 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[...]

AXIS P3915–R Network Camera Accessing the Product The Manual T rigger button is used to trigger an action rule from the Live View page. For information about how to congure and enable the button, see Manual T rigger on page 1 1 . Click Snapshot to save a snapshot of the video image. This button is primarily intended for use when the AXIS Media[...]

AXIS P3915–R Network Camera Accessing the Product Note These controls are available if digital PTZ is enabled in the selected view area, see View Area on page 20 . With the PTZ Control Queue enabled the time each user is in control of the PTZ settings is limited. Click the buttons to request or release control of the PTZ controls. The PTZ Control[...]

AXIS P3915–R 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[...]

AXIS P3915–R 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 Contr[...]

AXIS P3915–R 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. 15[...]

AXIS P3915–R 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 t[...]

AXIS P3915–R Network Camera Video and Audio Video and Audio The video and audio settings can be used to optimize video and audio quality . You can congure the following: • Video stream settings. See page 17 . • Stream proles. See page 18 . • Camera settings. See page 19 . • View areas. See page 20 . • Overlay image. See page 2 1 .[...]

AXIS P3915–R Network Camera Video and Audio • Maximum frame rate . T o avoid bandwidth problems, the frame rate allowed to each viewer can be Limited to a xed amount. Alternatively , the frame rate can be set as Unlimited , which means the Axis product always delivers the highest frame rate possible under the current conditions. • Overlay [...]

AXIS P3915–R Network Camera Video and Audio To select a default stream prole for the Live View page, go to Setup > Live View Cong . Camera Settings The Video & Audio > Camera Settings page provides access to advanced image settings for the Axis product. Image Appearance Increasing the Color level increases the color saturation. Th[...]

AXIS P3915–R Network Camera Video and Audio Enable Backlight compensation - Enable this option if a bright spot of light, for example a light bulb , causes other areas in the image to appear too dark. Exposure zones - This setting determines which part of the image is used to calculate the exposure. For most situations, the Auto setting can be us[...]

AXIS P3915–R Network Camera Video and Audio 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 PTZ to enable digital PTZ for the view area. 7. Click Save to save the settings. To modify a view area, select the view area in the list a[...]

AXIS P3915–R Network Camera Video and Audio 1. Go to Video & Audio > Overlay Image . 2. Click Browse and browse to the le. 3. Click Upload . 4. The Transparency Settings page is now displayed: - To make a color in the overlay image transparent, select Use transparency and enter the RGB hexadecimal value for the color . Example: T o make[...]

AXIS P3915–R Network Camera Video and Audio To display the text “Motion detected” when motion is detected, enter #D in the Include text eld and enter “Motion detected” in the Text eld when setting up the action rule. Note To display text in multiple view areas, overlay text must be enabled in each view area. Privacy Mask A privacy m[...]

AXIS P3915–R Network Camera Video and Audio • G7 1 1 is an unlicensed standard codec that is useful when integrating audio into a V oIP system • G726 is an unlicensed speech codec that is most commonly used within the security industry . Note If recording audio to edge storage, such as an SD card or network share, use AAC encoding. The Sample[...]

AXIS P3915–R 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 18 . • Default Viewer for Browser . See page 25 . • Viewer Settings. See page 25 . • Action Button[...]

AXIS P3915–R 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 loca[...]

AXIS P3915–R 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c[...]

AXIS P3915–R Network Camera PTZ (Pan Tilt Zoom) To modify or remove guard tours, go to PTZ > Guard Tour , select the guard tour in the Guard Tour List and click Modify/Remove . For more information see the online help . Note This Axis product supports limited guard tours. The pause between successive guard tours must be set to at least 1 0 min[...]

AXIS P3915–R 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. 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[...]

AXIS P3915–R 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 Detect[...]

AXIS P3915–R 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 histor[...]

AXIS P3915–R 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, down[...]

AXIS P3915–R 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 P3915–R 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: • Applic[...]

AXIS P3915–R Network Camera Events • Time - Recurrence – Trigger the rule periodically . See Recurrences on page 37 . This can for example be used to upload an image every 5 minutes. - Use Schedule – T rigger the rule according to the selected schedule. See Schedules on page 37 . Available actions include: • Output P ort – Activate an I[...]

AXIS P3915–R Network Camera Events 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 add additional criteria, select the Additional conditions option and add additional triggers. T o prevent an action from being triggered repeatedly ,[...]

AXIS P3915–R Network Camera Events 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 specifying the SMTP server , port and authentication used by , for e[...]

AXIS P3915–R Network Camera Events 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 the Recurrences List and click Modify or Remove . 38[...]

AXIS P3915–R 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 S[...]

AXIS P3915–R 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. Sel[...]

AXIS P3915–R 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[...]

AXIS P3915–R 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 P3915–R Network Camera System Options To change the date and time settings, select the preferred Time mode under New Server Time : • Synchronize with computer time – Sets date and time according to the computer’s clock. With this option, date and time are set once and will not be updated automatically . • Synchronize with NTP Server [...]

AXIS P3915–R Network Camera System Options Assign IP Address Using ARP/Ping The product's IP address can be assigned using ARP/Ping. The command must be issued within 2 minutes of connecting power . 1. Acquire a free static IP address on the same network segment as the computer . 2. Locate the serial number (S/N) on the product label. 3. Ope[...]

AXIS P3915–R Network Camera System Options AXIS Internet Dynamic DNS Service AXIS Internet Dynamic DNS Service assigns a host name for easy access to the product. For more information, see www .axiscam.net To register the Axis product with AXIS Internet Dynamic DNS Service, go to System Options > Network > T CP/IP > Basic . Under Service[...]

AXIS P3915–R Network Camera System Options HTTP The HTTP port used by the Axis product can be changed under System Options > Network > T CP/IP > Advanced . In addition to the default setting, which is 80, any port in the range 1 0 24–65535 can be used. HTTPS The HTTPS port used by the Axis product can be changed under System Options &g[...]

AXIS P3915–R Network Camera System Options Note H.264 video streams will not be available if the RTSP server is disabled. SOCKS SOCKS is a networking proxy protocol. The Axis product can be congured to use a SOCKS server to reach networks on the other side of a rewall or proxy server . This functionality is useful if the Axis product is loc[...]

AXIS P3915–R Network Camera System Options UPnP TM The Axis product includes support for UPnP TM . UPnP TM is enabled by default and the product is automatically detected by operating systems and clients that support this protocol. UPnP TM can be disabled under System Options > Network > UPnP TM . RTP/H.264 The RTP port range and multicast [...]

AXIS P3915–R Network Camera System Options The SD card is managed on the System Options > Storage page. Click SD Card to open Storage Management . If the card’s status shows as failed, click Check disk to see if the problem can be found and then try Repair . This option is only available for SD cards with ext4. For SD cards with vFA T , use [...]

AXIS P3915–R Network Camera System Options Click Restore to reset most settings to the factory default values. The following settings are not affected: • the boot protocol (DHCP or static) • the static IP address • the default router • the subnet mask • the system time • uploaded applications are kept but must be restarted Click Defau[...]

AXIS P3915–R Network Camera System Options The log levels for the System Log and the Access Log are set under System Options > Support > Logs & Reports > Conguration . The Access Log can be congured to list all connections to the product (select Critical, W arnings & Info). Advanced Scripting Scripting allows experienced us[...]

AXIS P3915–R Network Camera System Options It is also possible to reset parameters to factory default via the web interface. Go to Setup > System Options > Maintenance . 52[...]

AXIS P3915–R 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. Th[...]

AXIS P3915–R 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 ins[...]

AXIS P3915–R Network Camera Troubleshooting No H.264 displayed in the client Check that the relevant H.264 connection methods and correct interface are enabled in the AMC Control P anel (streaming tab). See AXIS Media Control (AMC) on page 13 . In the AMC Control P anel, select the H.264 tab and click Set to default H.264 decoder . Check that RTS[...]

AXIS P3915–R 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 [...]

AXIS P3915–R Network Camera T echnical Specifications T echnical Specifications Function/group Item Specications Model AXIS P3915–R Image sensor Progressive scan RGB CMOS 1/2.8” Lens M12 mount, xed iris, megapixel resolution Horizontal angle of view: 87° V ertical angle of view: 47° Diagonal angle of view: 1 02° Minimum illuminatio[...]

AXIS P3915–R Network Camera T echnical Specifications Function/group Item Specications Security P assword protection, IP address ltering, HTTPS encryption*, digest authentication, user access log *This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL T oolkit ( www .openssl.org/ ), and cryptographic softwar[...]

AXIS P3915–R Network Camera T echnical Specifications Function/group Item Specications Operating conditions Temperature: –30 °C to 60 °C (–22 °F to 140 °F) Humidity: 1 0–95% RH (non-condensing) Approvals EN 55022 Class B, EN 55024, EN 5058 1, EN 6 1 000–6–1, EN 6 1 000–6–2 EN 6 1 000-3-2, EN 6 1 000-3-3 FCC P art 15 Subpart [...]

AXIS P3915–R Network Camera T echnical Specifications Digital Input 3 Connect to pin 1 to activate, or leave oating (unconnected) to deactivate. 0 to max 30 V DC Digital Output 4 Connected to pin 1 when activated, oating (unconnected) when deactivated. If used with an inductive load, e.g. a relay , a diode must be connected in parallel wit[...]

User Manual V er . M2.2 AXIS P39 15–R Network Camera Date: July 20 14 © Axis Communications AB, 20 14 P art No. 58600[...]