Axis P5624-E User Manual

AXISP5624–EPTZDomeNetworkCamera
Video
H.264
H.264,alsoknownasMPEG-4Part10/AVC,isavideocompressionstandardthatprovideshighqualityvideostreamsatlowbitrates.
AnH.264videostreamconsistsofdifferenttypesofframessuchasI-framesandP-frames.AnI-frameisacompleteimagewhereas
P-framesonlycontainthedifferencesfrompreviousframes.
TheH.264streamsettingscanbeconguredfromtheVideo>VideoStreampage.SelecttheH.264tab.Thesettingsdenedinthis
pagewillapplytoallH.264streamsthatdonotuseastreamprole.
TheGOVlengthisthenumberofframesbetweentwoconsecutiveI-frames.IncreasingtheGOVlengthmaysaveconsiderablyon
bandwidthrequirementsinsomecases,butmayalsohaveanadverseaffectonimagequality.
TheAxisproductsupportsthefollowingH.264prole(s):
•Baseline.TheBaselineproleisrecommendedforclientsthatdon’tsupportCABACentropycoding.
•Main.TheMainproleprovideshighercompressionwithmaintainedvideoqualitycomparedtotheBaselineprolebut
requiresmoreprocessingpowertodecode.
•High.TheHighproleprovidesreducedbitrateandhighercompressionwithmaintainedvideoqualitycomparedtothe
Mainprolebutrequiresmoreprocessingpowertodecode.
ThebitratecanbesetasVariablebitrate(VBR)orMaximumbitrate(MBR).VBRadjuststhebitrateaccordingtotheimage
complexity,usingupmorebandwidthforincreasedactivityintheimage,andlessforlowerimageactivity.Whentheactivityin
thesceneincreases,thebitratewouldusuallyincreaseaswell.Ifthereisasurplusinbandwidth,thismaynotbeanissueand
selectingVariablebitrate(VBR)willbesufcient.Butifbandwidthislimited,itisrecommendedtocontrolthebitratebyselecting
Maximumbitrate(MBR).Whentheactivityinthesceneincreases,VBRadjuststhebitrateaccordingtothecomplexity,usingup
morebandwidthforincreasedactivityinthescene,andlessforlowersceneactivity.MBRallowsyoutosetatargetbitratethat
limitsthebandwidthconsumption.
TheMBRtargetbitrateworksliketheceilingofatent.Itlimitsthebitrate,whilemaintainingsomeexibility.Thebitrate
maybounceupanddownwithinthesettargetbutwhenitnearsthesettargetvalue,thelimitationkicksin.However,because
MBRwillalwaysprioritizeacontinuousvideostream,itallowstemporaryovershootsfromthetargetbitrate.Becausesettinga
targetvaluepreventsthebitratefromincreasing,framerateandimagequalityareaffectednegatively.Topartlycompensatefor
this,selectwhichvariableshallbeprioritized,framerateorimagequality.Notsettingaprioritymeansthatframerateand
imagequalityareequallyaffected.
Thecurrentbitratecanbesettoappearastextoverlay.UnderOverlaySettings,selectIncludetextandenterthemodier
#bintheeld.
Toapplythesettings,clickSave.
MJPEG
Sometimestheimagesizeislargeduetolowlightorcomplexscenery.Adjustingthemaximumframesizehelpstocontrolthe
bandwidthandstorageusedbytheMotionJPEGvideostreaminthesesituations.SettingtheframesizetotheDefaultsetting
providesconsistentlygoodimagequalityattheexpenseofincreasedbandwidthandstorageusageinlowlight.Limitingtheframe
sizeoptimizesbandwidthandstorageusage,butmaygivepoorimagequality.Topreventincreasedbandwidthandstorageusage,
themaximumframesizeshouldbesettoanoptimalvalue.
StreamProles
Astreamproleisasetofpredenedstreamsettingsincludingresolution,compression,framerateandoverlaysettings.Stream
prolescanbeused:
•Whensettinguprecordingusingactionrules.SeeEventsonpage34.
•Whensettingupcontinuousrecording.SeeContinuousRecordingonpage40.
•IntheLiveViewpage–selectthestreamprolefromtheStreamproledrop-downlist.
Forquicksetup,useoneofthepredenedstreamproles.Eachpredenedprolehasadescriptivename,indicatingitspurpose.If
required,thepredenedstreamprolescanbemodiedandnewcustomizedstreamprolescanbecreated.
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Axis P5624-E Specifications

General

Type	IP security camera
PTZ control	Yes
Certification	IP66\\r IK10\\r NEMA 4X
Placement supported	Indoor & outdoor
Connectivity technology	Wired
Form factor	Dome
Mounting type	Ceiling/wall
Product color	White
Full HD	No
Maximum resolution	1280 x 720 pixels
Supported video modes	720p
Video formats supported	H.264, M-JPEG
Supported graphics resolutions	320 x 180, 1280 x 720 (HD 720)
Pan range	0 - 360 °
White balance	Auto
Tilt angle range	0 - 180 °
Camera shutter speed	0.000035714 - 2 s
Minimum illumination	0.01 lx
Sensor type	CMOS
Optical sensor size	1/2.9 \
Optical zoom	18 x
Focus adjustment	1.6 - 2.8
Focal length range	4.7 - 84.6 mm
Security algorithms	HTTPS, SSH, SSL/TLS
Password protection type	User
Flash memory	256 MB
Internal memory	512 MB
Compatible memory cards	SDHC
Maximum memory card size	64 GB
Cabling technology	10/100Base-T(X)
Supported network protocols	IPv4/v6, HTTP, HTTPS, SSL/TLS, QoS Layer 3 DiffServ, FTP, SFTP, CIFS/SMB, SMTP, Bonjour, UPnP, SNMP v1/v2c/v3(MIB - II), DNS, DynDNS, NTP, RTSP, RTP, TCP, UDP , IGMP, RTCP, ICMP, DHCP, ARP, SOCKS, SSH
Compliance industry standards	PoE IEEE 802.3at
Interface	RJ-45
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports	1
Power source type	PoE
Power consumption (max)	15 W
Power consumption (typical)	9 W
Storage temperature (T-T)	-40 - 70 °C
Operating temperature (T-T)	-20 - 50 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)	10 - 100 %

Weight and Dimensions

Width	188 mm
Height	217 mm
Weight	2500 g