Operation Manual

Table Of Contents
AXISQ1615MkIINetworkCamera
Setup
Aboutviewarea
Aviewareaisacroppedpartofthefullview.Youcanstreamandstoreviewareasinsteadofthefullviewtominimizebandwidth
andstorageneeds.IfyouenablePTZforaviewarea,youcanpan,tiltandzoomwithinit.Byusingviewareasyoucanremoveparts
ofthefullview,forexample,thesky.
Whenyousetupaviewarea,werecommendyoutosetthevideostreamresolutiontothesamesizeasorsmallerthantheviewarea
size.Ifyousetthevideostreamresolutionlargerthantheviewareasizeitimpliesdigitallyscaledupvideoaftersensorcapture,
whichrequiresmorebandwidthwithoutaddingimageinformation.
PTZ(PanTiltZoom)
Aboutguardtours
Aguardtourdisplaysthevideostreamfromdifferentpresetpositionseitherinapredeterminedorrandomorder,andforcongurable
periodsoftime.Oncestarted,aguardtourcontinuestorununtilstopped,evenwhentherearenoclients(webbrowsers)viewingthe
images.
Howtocreateaguardtourwithpresetpositions
1.GotoSettings>PTZ>Guardtours
2.Click+.
3.SelectPresetposition.
4.Toedittheguardtour’sproperties,click
5.Typeanamefortheguardtourandspecifythepauselengthinminutesbetweeneachtour.
6.Ifyouwanttheguardtourtogotothepresetpositionsinarandomorder,turnonShufe.
7.ClickDone.
8.ClickAddtoaddthepresetpositionsthatyouwantinyourguardtour.
9.ClickDonetoexittheguardtoursettings.
10.Toscheduletheguardtour,gotoSystem>Events.
Privacymasks
Howtohidepartsoftheimagewithprivacymasks
Ifyouwanttohidepartsoftheimageduetoprivacyreasons,useoneorseveralprivacymasks.
Whatisaprivacymask?
Aprivacymaskisauser-denedareathatprohibitsusersfromviewingpartsofthemonitoredarea.Privacymasksappearasblocks
ofsolidcolororblurredimageelementsandareappliedonthevideostream.
Privacymasksarepresentonallsnapshots,recordedvideo,andrequestedstreams.TheycannotbebypassedthroughtheVAPIX®
applicationprogramminginterface(API).
Important
Ifyouaddmultipleprivacymasks,thismayaffecttheproduct’sperformance.
Howtocreateaprivacymask
Tocreateoreditaprivacymask,gotoSettings>Privacymask.
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