Axis Q1700-LE - License plate capture issues; Performance considerations; Contact support

AXISQ1700-LELicensePlateCamera
Troubleshooting
Problemscapturinglicenseplates
ThelicenseplatesareblurryTocheckfocus,recordavideoofacarpassing,playthevideoandpausewhenthelicenseplate
isvisible.
•Tofocusthecamera,switchtomanualfocusandthenbacktoautofocus.Ifitis
difculttogetagoodfocus,useafocuswindowatthepositionoftheroadwhere
thelicenseplatewillbe.
•Toremovemotionblur,changeMaxshuttertoasmallervalue,forexample1/1000s
insteadof1/500s.
Thelicenseplatesare
overexposedatnight
LowertheMaxgain,forexamplefrom21dBto18dB.
Thecameradoesnotswitch
tonightmodeatnight.
Thecameradoesnotswitch
onIRilluminationatnight.
•MakesurethatExposuremodeissettoAutomaticandthatIR-cutlterissettoAuto.
•MakesureAllowilluminationandSynchronizeilluminationareturnedon.
Thecameradoesnotswitch
todaymodeduringtheday.
•Makesuretousethelatestrmware.
•MakesurethatExposuremodeissettoAutomaticandthatIR-cutlterissettoAuto.
Performanceconsiderations
Whensettingupyoursystem,itisimportanttoconsiderhowvarioussettingsandsituationsaffecttheperformance.Somefactors
affecttheamountofbandwidth(thebitrate)required,otherscanaffecttheframerate,andsomeaffectboth.Iftheloadonthe
CPUreachesitsmaximum,thisalsoaffectstheframerate.
Thefollowingfactorsarethemostimportanttoconsider:
•Highimageresolutionorlowercompressionlevelsresultinimagescontainingmoredatawhichinturnaffectsthe
bandwidth.
•RotatingtheimageintheGUIcanincreasetheproduct'sCPUload.
•AccessbylargenumbersofMotionJPEGorunicastH.264clientsaffectsthebandwidth.
•Simultaneousviewingofdifferentstreams(resolution,compression)bydifferentclientsaffectsbothframerateand
bandwidth.
Useidenticalstreamswhereverpossibletomaintainahighframerate.Streamprolescanbeusedtoensurethat
streamsareidentical.
•AccessingMotionJPEGandH.264videostreamssimultaneouslyaffectsbothframerateandbandwidth.
•Heavyusageofeventsettingsaffectstheproduct’sCPUloadwhichinturnaffectstheframerate.
•UsingHTTPSmayreduceframerate,inparticularifstreamingMotionJPEG.
•Heavynetworkutilizationduetopoorinfrastructureaffectsthebandwidth.
•Viewingonpoorlyperformingclientcomputerslowersperceivedperformanceandaffectsframerate.
•RunningmultipleAXISCameraApplicationPlatform(ACAP)applicationssimultaneouslymayaffecttheframerateand
thegeneralperformance.
Contactsupport
Contactsupportataxis.com/support.
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