Axis P3707-PE - Troubleshooting Video and Storage; Video Rendering and Performance Issues; Startup, Image, and Storage Problems

AXISP3707-PENetworkCamera
Troubleshooting
PoorrenderingofH.264
images
Ensurethatyourgraphicscardisusingthelatestdriver.Thelatestdriverscanusuallybe
downloadedfromthemanufacturer’swebsite.
Colorsaturationisdifferent
inH.264andMotionJPEG
Modifythesettingsforyourgraphicsadapter.Refertotheadapter’sdocumentationformore
information.
Lowerframeratethan
expected
SeePerformanceconsiderationsonpage53.
Reducethenumberofapplicationsrunningontheclientcomputer.
Limitthenumberofsimultaneousviewers.
Checkwiththenetworkadministratorthatthereisenoughbandwidthavailable.
CheckintheAMCControlPanel(H.264tag)thatvideoprocessingisnotsettoDecodeonly
keyframes.
Lowertheimageresolution.
SetaCaptureModethatprioritizesframerate.Changingthecapturemodetoprioritizeframerate
mightlowerthemaximumresolutiondependingontheproductusedandcapturemodesavailable.
Productdoesnotstartup
ProductdoesnotstartupIftheproductdoesnotstartupkeepthenetworkcableconnectedandre-insertthepowercable
tothemidspan.
Videoandimageproblems,general
Blackimagewithtext
indicatinginadequatepower
supply
Checkcablesandrestartpowersourcingequipment.
Imageunsatisfactory
CheckthevideostreamandcamerasettingsunderSetup>Video>VideoStreamandSetup>
Video>CameraSettings.
Storageanddiskmanagementproblems
Storagedisruption
Astoragedisruptionalarmissentifastoragedeviceisunavailable,removed,full,lockedorifother
readorwriteproblemsoccur.Toidentifythesourceoftheproblem,checktheSystemLogunder
SystemOptions>Support>Logs&Reports.Dependingontheproblem,itmightbenecessaryto
re-mountthestoragedevice.
Forinformationonhowtosetupastoragedisruptionalarm,seeAbouteventsonpage29.
Videocannotberecorded
CheckthattheSDcardisnotwriteprotected(thatis,readonly).
SDcardcannotbemountedReformattheSDcardandthenclickMount.
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TICE TICE
TICE
Formattingthecardwillremoveallcontent,includingallrecordings,fromtheSDcard.
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