Axis P1245 User Manual

AXISP1245NetworkCamera
Aboutvideosettings
AboutZipstream
Axis’ZipstreamTechnologyisabitratereductiontechnologyoptimizedforvideosurveillance.Zipstreamreducestheaveragebitrate
intheH.264streambyremovingunnecessarydata,whichmakesitpossibletostreamhigherresolutions,reducestoragecost
orkeeprecordingsforalongertime.
Toreducetheaveragebitrate,Zipstreamreducesthebitrateinareasoftheimagethatarelessinterestingfromavideosurveillance
perspective,forexamplethebackground.Imagedetailsthatareimportantforforensicvideoanalysis,forexamplefacesand
licenseplates,areencodedwithahigherbitrate.
Axis’ZipstreamTechnologyforH.264conformstotheH.264standardandiscompatiblewiththird-partyclientsandVMSsolutions
thatdecodeH.264video.
Recommendeduseofbitratereduction
Zipstreamoffersanumberofbitratereductionpresets,fromLowtoExtreme.Lowbitratereductionisenabledbydefaultandis
safetouseinallapplicationswhilestillreducingthebitrate.
WerecommendusingtheExtremebitratereductiontomaximizestoragetimeforcloud-connectedcamerasorcamerasusingedge
storage.Thissettingissuitabletocombinewithmotiondetectiontriggeringandvariablebitrate(VBR)wherethebitrateisallowed
toadapttochangesincomplexityinthescene.
HowtosavebandwidthandstorageusingZipstream
ThebitratecontrollerbuiltintotheproductcanbecombinedwithZipstreamtoensureamaximumbitrate(MBR)limit.We
recommendusingVBRorMBRwithahighbitratelimittoenablethefullpotentialofZipstream.
Forinstanceinrailwaysurveillancewhereattimesthereisalotofmovementinthesceneandwhereitisimportanttocapture
details,suchasfacialfeatures,theMBRshouldbesetto10Mbit/s(for1080presolutionat30fps).
TofurthersavebandwidthgotoSetup>Video>VideoStreamanddooneormoreofthefollowing:
•GototheImagetabandsetalowMaximumframeratevalue.
•GototheH.264tabandsetahighGOPlengthvalue.
•GototheZipstreamtabandselectExtremeH.264bitratereduction.
•GototheZipstreamtab.EnableDynamicGOPandsetahighMaxdynamicGOPlengthvalue.
•GototheZipstreamtabandenableDynamicFPS.
Alwaysverifythatthevideostreammeetsthequalityrequirementsforyoursurveillancepurposesafterchangingthevideostream
settings.
AboutMJPEGsettings
Sometimestheimagesizeislargeduetolowlightorcomplexscenery.Adjustingthemaximumframesizehelpstocontrolthe
bandwidthandstorageusedbytheMotionJPEGvideostreaminthesesituations.SettingtheframesizetotheDefaultsetting
providesconsistentlygoodimagequalityattheexpenseofincreasedbandwidthandstorageusageinlowlight.Limitingtheframe
sizeoptimizesbandwidthandstorageusage,butmayresultinpoorimagequality.
Aboutstreamproles
Astreamproleisasetofpredenedstreamsettingsincludingresolution,compression,framerateandoverlaysettings.Stream
prolescanbeused:
•Whensettinguprecordingusingactionrules.SeeAbouteventsonpage25.
•Whensettingupcontinuousrecording.SeeAboutcontinuousrecordingonpage30.
•IntheLiveViewpage–selectthestreamprolefromtheStreamproledrop-downlist.
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Axis P1245 Specifications

General

Type	IP security camera
Placement supported	Indoor
Connectivity technology	Wired
Number of cameras	1
Mounting brackets included	Yes
Storage temperature (T-T)	-40 - 65 °C
Operating temperature (T-T)	-20 - 50 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)	10 - 85 %
Sensor type	CMOS
Optical sensor size	1/3 \
Built-in HDD	No
Compatible memory cards	MicroSD (TransFlash), MicroSDHC, MicroSDXC
Power source type	PoE
Power consumption (max)	4 W
Power consumption (typical)	2.5 W
Form factor	Covert
Mounting type	Ceiling/Wall/Desk
Product color	White
Housing material	Plastic, Steel
Networking standards	IEEE 802.3af, IEEE 802.3at
Ethernet interface type	Fast Ethernet
Supported network protocols	IPv4/v6, HTTP, HTTPS , SSL/TLS , QoS Layer 3 DiffServ, FTP, CIFS/SMB, SMTP, Bonjour, UPnPTM, SNMPv1/v2c/v3 (MIB-II), DNS, DynDNS, NTP, RTSP, RTP, SFTP, TCP, UDP, IGMP, RTCP, ICMP, DHCP, ARP, SOCKS, SSH
Security algorithms	802.1x RADIUS, HTTPS
Camera shutter speed	1/32500 - 1/25 s
Minimum illumination	0.22 lx
Maximum resolution	1920 x 1020 pixels
Supported video modes	1080p
Video compression formats	H.264
Supported graphics resolutions	1920 x 1080 (HD 1080)
Harmonized System (HS) code	85258900

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	109 mm
Width	46 mm
Height	16.5 mm
Weight	72 g