Axis Q1604 - Symptoms, Possible Causes and Remedial Actions

AXISQ1604NetworkCamera
Troubleshooting
Lowerframeratethan
expected
SeePerformanceConsiderations,onpage62.
Reducethenumberofapplicationsrunningontheclientcomputer.
Limitthenumberofsimultaneousviewers.
Checkwiththenetworkadministratorthatthereisenoughbandwidthavailable.
CheckintheAMCControlPanel(H.264tag)thatvideoprocessingisNOTsettoDecodeonly
keyframes.
Lowertheimageresolution.
Themaximumframespersecondisdependentontheutilityfrequency(60/50Hz)oftheAxis
product.SeeTechnicalSpecications,onpage58.
StatusandNetworkindicatorLEDsareashingredrapidly
Hardwarefailure
ContactyourAxisreseller.
Videoandimageproblems,general
Imageunsatisfactory
CheckthevideostreamandcamerasettingsunderSetup>Video&Audio>VideoStreamand
Setup>Video&Audio>CameraSettings.
MotionDetectiontriggersunexpectedly
Changesinluminance
Motiondetectionisbasedonchangesinluminanceintheimage.Thismeansthatifthereare
suddenchangesinthelighting,motiondetectionmaytriggermistakenly.Lowerthesensitivity
settingtoavoidproblemswithluminance.
Noaudio
Incorrectsetup
Checkthesoundcardinthecomputer.Ensurethatmuteisnotselectedandthatthevolume
settingsarecorrect.
CheckthatEnableaudiosupportisselectedunderSetup>SystemOptions>Security>Audio
Support.
CheckthatthecorrectAudioInputsourceisselectedunderSetup>Video&Audio>Audio
Settings.
Pooraudioquality
Stuttering
Reducethenumberoflistenersandviewers.Decreaseimageresolutionandcompression.
Unsynchronizedaudioand
videousingH.264
Synchronizetheproduct’sdateandtimesettingswithanNTPserver.GotoSetup>System
Options>Date&Time.
Distortedaudio
CheckthatthecorrectAudioInputsourceisselectedunderSetup>Video&Audio>Audio
Settings.
FeedbackloopsFeedbackloopsmightappearinfull-duplexmode.Trymovingthemicrophoneorthespeaker,or
usehalf-duplexmodeinstead.
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