Axis P1427–LE User Manual

AXISP1427–LENetworkCamera
MediaStreams
MediaStreams
TheAxisproductprovidesseveralvideostreamformats.Yourrequirementsandthepropertiesofyournetworkwilldeterminethe
typeyouuse.
TheLiveViewpageintheproductprovidesaccesstoH.264andMotionJPEGvideostreams,andtothelistofavailablestream
proles.Otherapplicationsandclientscanaccessvideostreamsdirectly,withoutgoingviatheLiveViewpage.
HowtoStreamH.264
H.264can,withoutcompromisingimagequality,reducethesizeofadigitalvideolebymorethan80%comparedwiththeMotion
JPEGformatandasmuchas50%morethantheMPEG-4standard.Thismeansthatmuchlessnetworkbandwidthandstoragespace
arerequiredforavideole.Orseenanotherway,muchhighervideoqualitycanbeachievedforagivenbitrate.
Decidingwhichcombinationofprotocolsandmethodstousedependsonyourviewingrequirements,andonthepropertiesof
yournetwork.TheavailableoptionsinAXISMediaControlare:
UnicastRTP
Thisunicastmethod(RTPoverUDP)isused
forliveunicastvideo,especiallywhenitis
importanttohaveanup-to-datevideostream,
evenifsomeframesaredropped.
RTPoverRTSP
Thisunicastmethod(RTPtunneledoverRTSP)
isusefulasitisrelativelysimpletocongure
rewallstoallowRTSPtrafc.
RTPoverRTSPoverHTTP
Thisunicastmethodcanbeusedtotraverse
rewalls.Firewallsarecommonlyconguredto
allowtheHTTPprotocol,thusallowingRTPto
betunneled.
Unicastingisusedforvideo-on-demand
transmissionsothatthereisnovideotrafc
onthenetworkuntilaclientconnectsand
requeststhestream.
Notethatthereareamaximumof20
simultaneousunicastconnections.
MulticastRTP
Thismethod(RTPoverUDP)shouldbeusedforlivemulticastvideo.Thevideostreamisalways
up-to-date,evenifsomeframesaredropped.
Multicastingprovidesthemostefcientusageofbandwidthwhentherearelargenumbersof
clientsviewingsimultaneously.Amulticastcannothowever,passanetworkrouterunlessthe
routerisconguredtoallowthis.ItisnotpossibletomulticastovertheInternet,forexample.
Notealsothatallmulticastviewerscountasoneunicastviewerinthemaximumtotalof20
simultaneousconnections.
AXISMediaControlnegotiateswiththeAxisproducttodeterminethetransportprotocoltouse.Theorderofpriority,listedinthe
AMCControlPanel,canbechangedandtheoptionsdisabled,tosuitspecicrequirements.
Note
H.264islicensedtechnology.TheAxisproductincludesoneH.264viewingclientlicense.Installingadditionalunlicensed
copiesoftheclientisprohibited.Topurchaseadditionallicenses,contactyourAxisreseller.
MJPEG
ThisformatusesstandardJPEGstillimagesforthevideostream.Theseimagesarethendisplayedandupdatedataratesufcient
tocreateastreamthatshowsconstantlyupdatedmotion.
TheMotionJPEGstreamusesconsiderableamountsofbandwidth,butprovidesexcellentimagequalityandaccesstoeveryimage
containedinthestream.TherecommendedmethodofaccessingMotionJPEGlivevideofromtheAxisproductistousetheAXIS
MediaControlinInternetExplorerinWindows.
AXISMediaControl(AMC)
AXISMediaControl(AMC)inInternetExplorerinWindowsistherecommendedmethodofaccessinglivevideofromtheAxisproduct.
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Axis P1427–LE Specifications

General

Type	IP security camera
PTZ control	-
Placement supported	Outdoor
Connectivity technology	Wired
Wide Dynamic Range (WDR)	Yes
Form factor	Bullet
Mounting type	Ceiling/wall
Product color	White
International Protection (IP) code	IP66
Total megapixels	5 MP
Maximum resolution	2592 x 1944 pixels
Supported video modes	1080p
Video formats supported	H.264, M-JPEG
Supported graphics resolutions	320 x 240, 2592 x 1944, 1920 x 1080 (HD 1080)
White balance	Auto
Angle of rotation	270 °
Camera shutter type	Mechanical
Minimum illumination	0.07 lx
Field of view (FOV) angle	92 °
Sensor type	CMOS
Optical sensor size	1/3.2 \
Optical zoom	3.5 x
Focal length range	2.8 - 9.8 mm
Password protection type	User
Flash memory	128 MB
Compatible memory cards	MicroSD (TransFlash), MicroSDHC, MicroSDXC
Maximum memory card size	64 GB
LED type	IR
Night vision distance	15 m
Cabling technology	10/100Base-T(X)
Supported network protocols	IPv4/v6, HTTP, HTTPSb , SSL/TLSb , QoS Layer 3 DiffServ, FTP, CIFS/SMB, SMTP, Bonjour, UPnP™, SNMPv1/v2c/v3 (MIB-II), DNS, DynDNS, NTP, RTSP, RTP, TCP, UDP, IGMP, RTCP, ICMP, DHCP, ARP, SOCKS
Interface	RJ-45
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports	1
Power source type	PoE
AC input frequency	50 - 60 Hz
Power consumption (typical)	11.8 W
Operating temperature (T-T)	-30 - 50 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)	10 - 100 %
Minimum RAM	512 MB

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	260 mm
Width	132 mm
Height	90 mm
Weight	871 g