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  • Page 1 AXIS V5925 PTZ Network Camera User manual...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    AXIS V5925 PTZ Network Camera Table of Contents Installation ..........

  • Page 3: Installation

    AXIS V5925 PTZ Network Camera Installation Installation 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. It is available only in factory defaulted state for a limited time from powering up the device.

  • Page 4: Get Started

    Get started 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 5: Verify That No One Has Tampered With The Firmware

    Verify that no one has tampered with the firmware To make sure that the device has its original Axis firmware, or to take full control of the device after a security attack: 1. Reset to factory default settings. See Reset to factory default settings on page 72.

  • Page 6: Configure Your Device

    AXIS V5925 PTZ Network Camera Configure your device Configure your device Basic settings Set the capture mode 1. Go to Video > Installation > Capture mode. 2. Click Change. 3. Select a capture mode and click Save and restart. See also .
  • Page 7 AXIS V5925 PTZ Network Camera Configure your device 1. Go to Video > Image > and click 2. Click to show the level grid. 3. Adjust the camera mechanically until the position of the reference area or the object is aligned with the level grid.
  • Page 8 AXIS V5925 PTZ Network Camera Configure your device The focus recall button toggles to minus when the camera detects a focus recall area: 2. Click the focus recall button. Reduce image processing time with low latency mode You can optimize the image processing time of your live stream by turning on low latency mode. The latency in your live stream is reduced to a minimum.
  • Page 9 1. Go to Video > Image > Wide dynamic range. 2. 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.
  • Page 10 AXIS V5925 PTZ Network Camera Configure your device Stabilize a shaky image with electronic image stabilization (EIS) Electronic Image Stabilization (EIS) can be used in environments where the product is mounted in an exposed location and subject to vibrations, for example, wind or passing traffic.

  • Page 11: Adjust The Camera View (Ptz)

    AXIS V5925 PTZ Network Camera Configure your device 5. To change the color for all privacy masks, click Privacy masks and select a color. See also Show an image overlay You can add an image as an overlay in the video stream.

  • Page 12: Control The Camera With Visca

    AXIS V5925 PTZ Network Camera Configure your device 1. Go to PTZ > Limits. 2. Set the limits as needed. Create a guard tour with preset positions A guard tour displays the video stream from different preset positions either in a predetermined or random order, and for configurable periods of time.

  • Page 13: View And Record Video

    AXIS V5925 PTZ Network Camera Configure your device Control the camera with VISCA over IP Note Using the IP protocol for PTZ control increases the risk of unauthorized access. It enables UDP on ports 52380 and 52381, which allows anyone on the network to change settings without having to log in to the camera.
  • Page 14 AXIS V5925 PTZ Network Camera Configure your device Note Most web browsers don’t support H.265 decoding and because of this the device doesn’t support it in its web interface. Instead you can use a video management system or application that supports H.265 decoding.

  • Page 15: Set Up Rules For Events

    AXIS V5925 PTZ Network Camera Configure your device 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. The conditions can be used to trigger the actions. For example, the device can start a recording or send an email when it detects motion, or show an overlay text while the device is recording.
  • Page 16 AXIS V5925 PTZ Network Camera Configure your device 2. Make sure you have set up the application according to your needs. Add the overlay text: 1. Go to Video > Overlays. 2. Under Overlays, select Text and click 3. Enter #D in the text field.
  • Page 17 AXIS V5925 PTZ Network Camera Configure your device 1. Connect the other end of the ground wire to pin 1 (GND/-). 2. Connect the other end of the power wire to pin 2 (DC input/+). 3. Connect the other end of the I/O wire to pin 3 (I/O output).
  • Page 18 1. Go to System > Accessories > I/O ports. 2. Make sure that the port you connected the AXIS I/O Indication LED to is set to Output. Set the normal state to Circuit open. 3. Go to System > Events.
  • Page 19 AXIS V5925 PTZ Network Camera Configure your device • Switch relay connected to the gate lock, in this case the switch is normally closed (NC) • Connecting wires Physical connection 1. Connect the wires from the PIR detector to the input pin, see I/O connector on page 68.

  • Page 20: Audio

    AXIS V5925 PTZ Network Camera Configure your device 10. Select the same input signal as before, but as action select the previously created “Gate entrance” preset position. 11. Click Save. Record video when the camera detects loud noises This example explains how to set up the camera to start recording to the SD card five seconds before it detects loud noise and to stop two minutes after.

  • Page 21: The Device Interface

    AXIS V5925 PTZ Network Camera The device interface The device interface To reach the device interface, type the device’s IP address in a web browser. Note Support for the features and settings described in this section varies between devices. This icon indicates that the feature or setting is only available in some devices.

  • Page 22: Video

    Shows what kinds of access to the device that are active, and what encryption protocols are in use. Recommendations to the settings are based on the AXIS OS Hardening Guide. Hardening guide: Click to go to AXIS OS Hardening guide where you can learn more about how to apply cybersecurity best practices.
  • Page 23 AXIS V5925 PTZ Network Camera The device interface Click to manually turn on or turn off the white light. Click to access onscreen controls: • Predefined controls: Turn on to use the available onscreen controls. • Custom controls: Click Add custom control to add an onscreen control.
  • Page 24 AXIS V5925 PTZ Network Camera The device interface • Pixel counter: Click to show the pixel counter. Drag and resize the box to contain your area of interest. You can also define the pixel size of the box in the Width and Height fields.
  • Page 25 AXIS V5925 PTZ Network Camera The device interface Important We recommend you not to use multiple image correction features at the same time, since it can lead to performance issues. Barrel distortion correction (BDC) : Turn on to get a straighter image if it suffers from barrel distortion. Barrel distortion is a lens effect that makes the image appear curved and bent outwards.
  • Page 26 AXIS V5925 PTZ Network Camera The device interface Image Appearance Scene profile : Select a scene profile that suits your surveillance scenario. A scene profile optimizes image settings, including color level, brightness, sharpness, contrast, and local contrast, for a specific environment or purpose.
  • Page 27 AXIS V5925 PTZ Network Camera The device interface : Turn on to make both bright and dark areas of the image visible. Local contrast : Use the slider to adjust the contrast of the image. A higher value makes the contrast higher between dark and light areas.
  • 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 have connected a supporting Axis accessory.
  • Page 29 AXIS V5925 PTZ Network Camera The device interface • Flicker-free 60 Hz : The camera adjusts the aperture and gain automatically, and uses the shutter speed 1/60 s. • Flicker-reduced : This is the same as flicker-free, but the camera might use shutter speeds faster than 1/100 s (50 Hz) and 1/120 s (60 Hz) for brighter scenes.
  • Page 30 AXIS V5925 PTZ Network Camera The device interface Lock aperture : Turn on to keep the aperture size set by the Aperture slider. Turn off to allow the camera to automatically adjust the aperture size. You can, for example, lock the aperture for scenes with permanent light conditions.
  • 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 V5925 PTZ Network Camera The device interface Include: Turn on to use audio in the video stream. Source : Select what audio source to use. Stereo : Turn on to include built-in audio as well as audio from an external microphone.

  • Page 33: Ptz

    AXIS V5925 PTZ Network Camera The device interface Privacy masks : Click to create a new privacy mask. The maximum number of masks depend on the complexity of all masks combined. Each mask can have maximum 10 anchor points. Privacy masks: Click to change the color of all privacy masks, or to delete all privacy masks permanently.
  • Page 34 AXIS V5925 PTZ Network Camera The device interface Preset position A guard tour with preset positions displays the video stream from different preset positions, either in a predefined or random order for a specified duration. Once started, a guard tour continues to run until stopped, even when there are no clients (web browsers) viewing the images.
  • Page 35 AXIS V5925 PTZ Network Camera The device interface Limits To narrow down the area under surveillance, you can limit the PTZ movements. Save as Pan 0: Click to set the current position as zero-point for pan coordinates. Set pan-tilt limits: Turn on to set pan-tilt limits for PTZ movements. The camera uses the coordinates of the center of the image when you set pan-tilt limits.
  • Page 36 • PTZ control queue: Turn on to place PTZ control requests in a queue. This displays the users status and position in the queue. To use the PTZ controls in AXIS Camera Station, turn off this setting. Enter queue: Click to add your request for PTZ control to the queue.

  • Page 37: Audio

    Locate device: Click to play a sound that helps you identify the speaker. For some products, a LED will flash on the device. Calibrate : Click to calibrate the speaker. Launch AXIS Audio Manager Edge: Click to launch the application. Device settings Input: Turn on or off audio input. Shows the type of input.
  • Page 38 AXIS V5925 PTZ Network Camera The device interface Echo cancellation: Turn on to remove echoes during two-way communication. Audio clips Add clip: Click to add a new audio clip. You can use .au, .mp3, .opus, .vorbis, .wav files. Click to play the audio clip.

  • Page 39: Recordings

    AXIS V5925 PTZ Network Camera The device interface Audio site security CA certificate: Select the certificate to use when you add devices to the audio site when TLS authentication is enabled in AXIS Audio Manager Edge. Save: Click to activate and save your selection.

  • Page 40: 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 41: System

    AXIS V5925 PTZ Network Camera The device interface System Date and time The time format depends on the web browser’s language settings. Note We recommend you to synchronize the device’s date and time with an NTP server. Synchronization: Select an option for synchronizing the device’s date and time.
  • Page 42 AXIS V5925 PTZ Network Camera The device interface Network IPv4 Assign IPv4 automatically: Select to let the network router assign an IP address to the device automatically. We recommend automatic IP (DHCP) for most networks. IP address: Enter a unique IP address for the device. Static IP addresses can be assigned at random within isolated networks, provided that each address is unique.
  • Page 43 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. Allow O3C: • One-click: The default setting. Press and hold the control button on the device to connect to an O3C service over the internet.
  • Page 44 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 45 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 46 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 47 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 systems (VMS).
  • Page 48 AXIS V5925 PTZ Network Camera The device interface Username: Enter the username that the client will use to access the server. Password: Enter a password for the username. Client ID: Enter a client ID. The client identifier is sent to the server when the client connects to it.
  • Page 49 AXIS V5925 PTZ Network Camera The device interface Use default topic prefix: Select to use the default topic prefix, that is defined in the device topic prefix in the MQTT client tab. Include topic name: Select to include the topic that describes the condition in the MQTT topic.
  • Page 50 AXIS V5925 PTZ Network Camera The device interface Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) is used for interactive communication sessions between users. The sessions can include audio and video. Enable SIP: Check this option to make it possible to initiate and receive SIP calls.
  • Page 51 AXIS V5925 PTZ Network Camera The device interface • Register with server every: Set how often you want the device to register with the SIP server for the existing SIP accounts. • DTMF payload type: Changes the default payload type for DTMF.
  • Page 52 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 53 AXIS V5925 PTZ Network Camera The device interface Important Risk of data loss and corrupted recordings. Do not remove the SD card while the device is running. Unmount the SD card before you remove it. Unmount: Click to safely remove the SD card.
  • Page 54 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 55 AXIS V5925 PTZ Network Camera The device interface Update user: Edit the user’s properties. Delete user: Delete the user. You can’t delete the root user. ONVIF media profiles An ONVIF media profile consists of a set of configurations that you can use to change media stream settings.
  • Page 56 AXIS V5925 PTZ Network Camera The device interface The PIR sensor measures IR light radiating from objects in its field of view. Sensitivity level: Adjust the level to a value from 0–100, where 0 is the least sensitive and 100 the most sensitive.
  • Page 57 AXIS V5925 PTZ Network Camera The device interface • Mirror image: Click to flip the image. • Create: Click to save. Picture-in-picture Two streams are displayed on the external monitor at the same time. One stream fills the display and the other is a smaller picture.
  • Page 58 AXIS V5925 PTZ Network Camera The device interface Power meter Energy usage Shows the current power usage, average power usage, maximum power usage and power consumption over time. The context menu contains: • Export: Click to export the chart data.
  • Page 59 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.

  • Page 60: Maintenance

    Note All Axis device firmware is digitally signed to ensure that you only install verified firmware on your device. This further increases the overall minimum cybersecurity level of Axis devices. For more information, see the white paper “Signed firmware, secure boot, and security of private keys” at axis.com.

  • Page 61: Learn More

    Capture modes Capture mode defines the maximum resolution and maximum frame rate available in the Axis product. The capture mode also affects light sensitivity. A capture mode with a high maximum frame rate has reduced light sensitivity and vice versa.
  • Page 62 H.265 can, without compromising image quality, reduce the size of a digital video file by more than 25% compared to H.264. Note • H.265 is licensed technology. The Axis product includes one H.265 viewing client license. Installing additional unlicensed copies of the client is prohibited. To purchase additional licenses, contact your Axis reseller.
  • Page 63 AXIS V5925 PTZ Network Camera Learn more Target bitrate Average bitrate (ABR) With average bitrate, the bitrate is automatically adjusted over a longer period of time. This is so you can meet the specified target and provide the best video quality based on your available storage. Bitrate is higher in scenes with a lot of activity, compared to static scenes.

  • Page 64: Applications

    Applications With applications you can get more out of your Axis device. AXIS Camera Application Platform (ACAP) is an open platform that makes it possible for third parties to develop analytics and other applications for Axis devices. Applications can be preinstalled on the device, available for download for free, or for a license fee.

  • Page 65: How To Choose Audio Input Type

    AXIS V5925 PTZ Network Camera Learn more To watch this video, go to the web version of this document. help.axis.com/?&piaId=64202&section=about-applications How to activate an application licence code on a device Autotracking With autotracking, the camera automatically zooms in on and tracks moving objects, for example a vehicle or a person. You can manually select an object to track, or set up trigger areas and let the camera detect moving objects.

  • Page 66: Specifications

    AXIS V5925 PTZ Network Camera Specifications Specifications Product overview Tally LED (3x) Part number (P/N) & Serial number (S/N) SD card slot (SDHC) Status LED indicator I/O connector VISCA connector (RS-232) Control button Power connector 3.5 mm, unbalanced audio in 10 3.5 mm, unbalanced audio out...

  • Page 67: Sd Card Slot

    Resetting the product to factory default settings. See Reset to factory default settings on page 72. • Connecting to an AXIS Video Hosting System service. To connect, press and hold the button for about 3 seconds until the status LED flashes green.
  • Page 68 AXIS V5925 PTZ Network Camera Specifications Network connector RJ45 Ethernet connector. Audio connector 3.5 mm connector • Audio in – 3.5 mm input for a digital microphone, an analog mono microphone, or a line-in mono signal (left channel is used from a stereo signal).
  • Page 69 AXIS V5925 PTZ Network Camera Specifications Digital output - For connecting external devices such as relays and LEDs. Connected devices can be activated by the VAPIX® Application Programming Interface, through an event or from the device’s web interface. 4-pin terminal block...
  • Page 70 AXIS V5925 PTZ Network Camera Specifications Function Notes TXD1 VISCA input RXD1 Ground TXD2 VISCA output RXD2 Ground...
  • Page 71 AXIS V5925 PTZ Network Camera Cleaning recommendations Cleaning recommendations NOTICE TICE TICE Never use harsh detergent, for example gasoline, benzene, or acetone. 1. Use a can of compressed air to remove any dust or loose dirt from the device. 2. If necessary, clean the lens with a soft cloth dampened with lukewarm water.

  • Page 72: Troubleshooting

    Using firmware from the active track is recommended if you want to access the newest features, or if you use Axis end-to-end system offerings. The LTS tracks are recommended if you use third-party integrations, which are not continuously validated against the latest active track.

  • Page 73: 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 74 IP addresses obtained from a DHCP server are dynamic and may change. If the IP address has been changed by DHCP changed, use AXIS IP Utility or AXIS Device Manager to locate the device on the network. Identify the device using its model or serial number, or by the DNS name (if the name has been configured).

  • Page 75: Performance Considerations

    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. Contact support Contact support at axis.com/support.
  • Page 76 User manual Ver. M4.4 AXIS V5925 PTZ Network Camera Date: June 2023 © Axis Communications AB, 2020 - 2023 Part no. T10151985...

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