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  • Page 1 AXIS P14 Network Camera Series AXIS P1445-LE Network Camera AXIS P1447-LE Network Camera AXIS P1448-LE Network Camera User manual...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

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  • Page 3: About This Manual

    AXIS P14 Network Camera Series About this manual About this manual This User Manual provides information on the product regarding: • Access • Main use cases • Troubleshooting • Specifications Note The User Manual may include more than one product. Part of the content, e.g. some use cases or specifications, may only apply to some of them.

  • Page 4: Solution Overview

    AXIS P14 Network Camera Series Solution overview Solution overview...

  • Page 5: Product Overview

    AXIS P14 Network Camera Series Product overview Product overview I/O connector Audio connector Status LED indicator Control button microSD card slot Network connector Part number (P/N) & Serial number (S/N)

  • Page 6: Installation

    AXIS P14 Network Camera Series Installation Installation To watch this video, go to the web version of this document. help.axis.com/?&piaId=44539&section=about-this-manual Installation video for the product. Preview mode Preview mode is ideal for installers when fine tuning the camera view during the installation. No login is required to access the camera view in preview mode.

  • Page 7: Find The Device On The Network

    Find the device on the network Find the device on the network To find Axis devices on the network and assign them IP addresses in Windows®, use AXIS IP Utility or AXIS Device Manager. Both applications are free and can be downloaded from axis.com/support.

  • Page 8: Configure Your Device

    AXIS P14 Network Camera Series Configure your device Configure your device Need more help? You can access the built-in help from the device’s webpage. The help provides more detailed information on the device’s features and their settings. Image quality Select exposure mode To improve image quality for specific surveillance scenes, use exposure modes.
  • Page 9 AXIS P14 Network Camera Series Configure your device See also Adjust the zoom and focus To adjust the zoom: 1. Go to Video > Installation and adjust the zoom slider. To adjust the focus: 1. Click to show the autofocus area.
  • Page 10 Use corridor format to better utilize the full field of view in a long and narrow area, for example a staircase, hallway, road, or tunnel. 1. Depending on your device, turn the camera or the 3-axis lens in the camera 90° or 270°.
  • Page 11 3. If you still have problems, go to Exposure and adjust the Exposure zone to cover the area of interest. Find out more about WDR and how to use it at axis.com/web-articles/wdr. Benefit from IR light in low-light conditions by using night mode Your camera uses visible light to deliver color images during the day.

  • Page 12: Overlays

    AXIS P14 Network Camera Series Configure your device Note If you set the switch to night mode to occur when it’s brighter, the image remains sharper as there is less low-light noise. If you set the switch to occur when it’s darker, the image colors are maintained for longer, but there is more image blur due to low-light noise.

  • Page 13: Streaming And Storage

    AXIS P14 Network Camera Series Configure your device Streaming and storage Bitrate control Bitrate control helps you to manage the bandwidth consumption of your video stream. Variable bitrate (VBR) Variable bitrate allows the bandwidth consumption to vary depending on the level of activity in the scene. The more activity, the more bandwidth you need.
  • Page 14 H.264 or MPEG-4 Part 10/AVC Note H.264 is a licensed technology. The Axis product includes one H.264 viewing client license. To install additional unlicensed copies of the client is prohibited. To purchase additional licenses, contact your Axis reseller.
  • Page 15 AXIS P14 Network Camera Series Configure your device H.264 can, without compromising image quality, reduce the size of a digital video file by more than 80% compared to the Motion JPEG format and by as much as 50% compared to older MPEG formats. This means that less network bandwidth and storage space are required for a video file.

  • Page 16: Set Up Rules For Events

    AXIS P14 Network Camera Series Configure your device 5. Go to System > Stream profiles and select the stream profile. 6. Select Include audio and turn it on. 7. Click Save. Set up rules for events You can create rules to make your device perform an action when certain events occur. A rule consists of conditions and actions.
  • Page 17 AXIS P14 Network Camera Series Configure your device Record video when a PIR detector senses motion This example explains how to connect a PIR detector (normally closed) to the device, and to start recording video when the detector senses motion.

  • Page 18: Applications

    AXIS People Counter AXIS People Counter is an analytic application that you can install on a network camera. You can use the application to count how many people pass through an entrance, in what direction they pass, and if more than one person passes during a predefined interval.

  • Page 19: Troubleshooting

    5. Use the installation and management software tools to assign an IP address, set the password, and access the device. The installation and management software tools are available from the support pages on axis.com/support. You can also reset parameters to factory default through the device’s web interface. Go to Maintenance > Factory default and click Default.

  • Page 20: Technical Issues, Clues, And Solutions

    3. Go to Maintenance > Firmware upgrade and click Upgrade. When the upgrade has finished, the product restarts automatically. You can use AXIS Device Manager to upgrade multiple devices at the same time. Find out more at axis.com/products/axis-device-manager. Technical issues, clues, and solutions If you can’t find what you’re looking for here, try the troubleshooting section at axis.com/support.

  • Page 21: Performance Considerations

    To access the device externally, we recommend you to use one of the following applications for Windows • AXIS Companion: free of charge, ideal for small systems with basic surveillance needs. • AXIS Camera Station: 30-day trial version free of charge, ideal for small to mid-size systems. For instructions and download, go to axis.com/vms.
  • Page 22 Heavy network utilization due to poor infrastructure affects the bandwidth. • Viewing on poorly performing client computers lowers perceived performance and affects frame rate. • Running multiple AXIS Camera Application Platform (ACAP) applications simultaneously may affect the frame rate and the general performance.

  • Page 23: The Web Interface

    Shows what kind of access to the device that is active, and what encryption protocols are in use. Recommendations to the settings are based on the AXIS OS Hardening Guide. Hardening guide: Link to AXIS OS Hardening guide where you can learn more about cybersecurity on Axis devices and best practices.

  • Page 24: Video

    AXIS P14 Network Camera Series The web interface Device info Shows the device information, including firmware version and serial number. Upgrade firmware: Upgrade the firmware on your device. Takes you to the Maintenance page where you can do a firmware upgrade.
  • Page 25 AXIS P14 Network Camera Series The web interface Starts the wiper. Click and select a preset position to go to that preset position in the live view. Or, click Setup to go to the preset position page. Adds or removes a focus recall area. When you add a focus recall area, the camera saves the focus settings at that specific pan/tilt range.
  • Page 26 AXIS P14 Network Camera Series The web interface Installation Capture mode : A capture mode is a preset configuration that defines how the camera captures images. When you change the capture mode, it can affect many other settings, such as view areas and privacy masks.
  • Page 27 AXIS P14 Network Camera Series The web interface Brightness: Use the slider to adjust the light intensity. This can make objects easier to see. Brightness is applied after image capture, and doesn’t affect the information in the image. To get more details from a dark area, it’s usually better to increase gain or exposure time.
  • Page 28 • Move the slider towards Dark to increase the threshold for the IR-cut filter. The camera changes to night mode later. IR light If your device doesn’t have built-in illumination, these controls are only available when you connect a supporting Axis accessory. Allow illumination: Turn on to let the camera use the built-in light in night mode.
  • Page 29 AXIS P14 Network Camera Series The web interface Illumination angle : Use the slider to manually set the illumination angle, for example, if the angle needs to be different from the camera’s angle of view. If the camera has a wide angle of view, you can set the illumination angle to a narrower angle, which equals a greater tele position.
  • Page 30 AXIS P14 Network Camera Series The web interface • Center: Uses a fixed area in the center of the image to calculate the exposure. The area has a fixed size and position in the live view. • Full : Uses the entire live view to calculate the exposure.
  • Page 31 Zipstream is a bitrate reduction technology, optimized for video surveillance, that reduces the average bitrate in an H.264 or H.265 stream in real time. Axis Zipstream applies a high bitrate in scenes where there are multiple regions of interest, for example, in scenes with moving objects.
  • Page 32 AXIS P14 Network Camera Series The web interface P-frames: A P-frame is a predicted image that shows only the changes in the image from the previous frame. Enter the desired number of P-frames. The higher the number, the less bandwidth is required. However, if there is network congestion, there could be a noticeable deterioration in the video quality.

  • Page 33: Audio

    AXIS P14 Network Camera Series The web interface Use transparency: Select and enter the RGB hexadecimal value for that color. Use the format RRGGBB. Examples of hexadecimal values: FFFFFF for white, 000000 for black, FF0000 for red, 6633FF for blue, and 669900 for green.

  • Page 34: Recordings

    AXIS P14 Network Camera Series The web interface Automatic gain control : Turn on to dynamically adapt the gain to changes in the sound. Gain: Use the slider to change the gain. Click the microphone icon to mute or unmute.

  • Page 35: Apps

    • Activate license with a key: If the app requires a license, you need to activate it. Use this option if your device doesn’t have internet access. If you don’t have a license key, go to axis.com/products/analytics. You need a license code and the Axis product serial number to generate a license key.
  • Page 36 AXIS P14 Network Camera Series The web interface The time format depends on the web browser’s language settings. Note We recommend you synchronize the device’s date and time with an NTP server. Synchronization: Select an option for the device’s date and time synchronization.
  • Page 37 WS-Discovery: Turn on to allow automatic discovery on the network. One-click cloud connection One-click cloud connection (O3C) together with an O3C service provides easy and secure internet access to live and recorded video from any location. For more information, see axis.com/end-to-end-solutions/hosted-services.
  • Page 38 Authentication failed: Sends a trap message when an authentication attempt fails. Note All Axis Video MIB traps are enabled when you turn on SNMP v1 and v2c traps. For more information, see AXIS OS Portal > SNMP. • v3: SNMP v3 is a more secure version, which provides encryption and secure passwords. To use SNMP v3, we recommend you to activate HTTPS, as the password is then sent through HTTPS.
  • Page 39 When configured without a CA certificate, server certificate validation is disabled and the device tries to authenticate itself regardless of what network it is connected to. When using a certificate, in Axis' implementation, the device and the authentication server authenticate themselves with digital certificates using EAP-TLS (Extensible Authentication Protocol - Transport Layer Security).
  • Page 40 To install test firmware or other custom firmware from Axis on the device, you need a custom-signed firmware certificate. The certificate verifies that the firmware is approved by both the device owner and Axis. The firmware can only run on a specific device which is identified by its unique serial number and chip ID.
  • Page 41 AXIS P14 Network Camera Series The web interface Watch and export recordings. Pan, tilt, and zoom; with PTZ user access. The context menu contains: Update account: Edit the account properties. Delete account: Delete the account. You can’t delete the root account.
  • Page 42 AXIS P14 Network Camera Series The web interface Add a rule: Create a rule. Name: Enter a name for the rule. Wait between actions: Enter the minimum time (hh:mm:ss) that must pass between rule activations. It is useful if the rule is activated by, for example, day-night mode conditions, to avoid that small light changes during sunrise and sunset activate the rule repeatedly.
  • Page 43 RSA is the preferred method during negotiation, followed by ECDSA, ED25519, and DSA. Make sure to enter the right MD5 host key that is used by your SFTP server. While the Axis device supports both MD5 and SHA-256 hash keys, we recommend using SHA-256 due to stronger security over MD5. For more information on how to configure an SFTP server with an Axis device, go to the AXIS OS Portal.
  • Page 44 IoT integration and is used in a wide variety of industries to connect remote devices with a small code footprint and minimal network bandwidth. The MQTT client in Axis device firmware can simplify integration of data and events produced in the device to systems which are not video management software (VMS).
  • Page 45 AXIS P14 Network Camera Series The web interface Connect: Turn on or off the MQTT client. Status: Shows the current status of the MQTT client. Broker Host: Enter the hostname or IP address of the MQTT server. Protocol: Select which protocol to use.
  • Page 46 AXIS P14 Network Camera Series The web interface Payload: Enter the content for the default message. Retain: Select to keep the state of client on this Topic QoS: Change the QoS layer for the packet flow. MQTT publication Use default topic prefix: Select to use the default topic prefix, that is defined in the device topic prefix in the MQTT client tab.
  • Page 47 DNS. Windows SMB/CIFS names are not supported. • Network share: Enter the name of the shared location on the host server. Several Axis devices can use the same network share since each device gets its own folder.
  • Page 48 AXIS P14 Network Camera Series The web interface Tools • Check: Check for errors on the SD card. This only works for the ext4 file system. • Repair: Repair errors in the ext4 file system. To repair an SD card with the VFAT file system, eject the SD card, insert it in a computer, and perform a disk repair.
  • Page 49 When you create an ONVIF user, you automatically enable ONVIF communication. Use the username and password for all ONVIF communication with the device. For more information see the Axis Developer Community at axis.com. Add user: Click to add a new ONVIF user.
  • Page 50 AXIS P14 Network Camera Series The web interface Analytics metadata Metadata producers Metadata producers lists the apps that stream metadata and the channels they use. Producer: The app that produces the metadata. Below the app is a list of the types of metadata the app streams from the device.
  • Page 51 AXIS P14 Network Camera Series The web interface Port Name: Edit the text to rename the port. Direction: indicates that the port is an input port. indicates that it’s an output port. If the port is configurable, you can click the icons to change between input and output.

  • Page 52: Maintenance

    Severity: Select which messages to send when triggered. CA certificate set: See the current settings or add a certificate. Plain config Plain config is for advanced users with experience of Axis device configuration. Most parameters can be set and edited from this page. Maintenance Restart: Restart the device.
  • Page 53 AXIS P14 Network Camera Series The web interface • Factory default: Upgrade and return all settings to the factory default values. When you choose this option, you can’t revert to the previous firmware version after the upgrade. • Autorollback: Upgrade and confirm the upgrade within the set time. If you don’t confirm, the device reverts to the previous firmware version.

  • Page 54: Specifications

    Don’t remove the SD card while the product is running. This device supports microSD/microSDHC/microSDXC cards. For SD card recommendations, see axis.com. microSD, microSDHC, and microSDXC Logos are trademarks of SD-3C LLC. microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC are trademarks or registered trademarks of SD-3C, LLC in the United States, other countries or both.
  • Page 55 AXIS P14 Network Camera Series Specifications 1 Tip 2 Ring 3 Sleeve Electret power if selected Ground Unbalanced microphone (with or without electret power) or line I/O connector Use the I/O connector with external devices in combination with, for example, motion detection, event triggering, and alarm notifications.
  • Page 56 User manual Ver. M14.2 AXIS P14 Network Camera Series Date: September 2023 © Axis Communications AB, 2018 - 2023 Part no. T10116329...

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