Axis Communications axis Camera Settings, Image Appearance, White Balance, Exposure Settings

AXIS M1143–L

Setting Up the Product

Four pre-programmed stream profiles are available for quick set up. Each pre-programmed profile has a descriptive name, indicating its purpose. If required, the pre-programmed stream profiles can be modified and new customized stream profiles can be created.

To create a new profile or modify an existing profile, go to Setup > Video > Stream Profiles.

To select a default stream profile for the Live View page, go to Setup > Live View Config.

Camera Settings

The Video > Camera Settings page provides access to advanced image settings for the Axis product.

Image Appearance

Increasing the Color level increases the color saturation. The value 100 gives maximum color saturation. The value 0 gives a black and white image.

The image Brightness can be adjusted in the range 0–100, where a higher value produces a brighter image.

Increasing the Sharpness can increase bandwidth usage. A sharper image might increase image noise especially in low light conditions. A lower setting reduces image noise, but the whole image will appear less sharp.

The Contrast changes the relative difference between light and dark. It can be adjusted using the slidebar.

White Balance

White balance is used to make colors in the image appear the same regardless of the color temperature of the light source. The Axis product can be set to automatically identify the light source and compensate for its color. Alternatively, select the type of light

source from the drop-down list. For a description of each available setting, see the online help.

Exposure Settings

Configure the exposure settings to suit the image quality requirements in relation to lighting, frame rate and bandwidth considerations.

Exposure value - Click in the bar to fine-tune the exposure.

Enable Backlight compensation - Enable this option if a bright spot of light, for example a light bulb, causes other areas in the image to appear too dark.

Exposure priority - When Motion is prioritized and maximum Shutter time is set to a small value, motion blur in the image is minimized. This can be useful for recognition of moving objects such as people and vehicles. However, prioritizing motion may cause an increase in image noise, especially in low light situations. When Low noise is prioritized and Gain is set to a small value, image noise is minimized. The file size is reduced, which can be useful if storage space or bandwidth is limited. However, prioritizing low noise may result in a very dark image, especially in low light situations.

Built-in IR Illuminations LEDs

CAUTION

Do not look directly into the IR LED at short distance. Since the IR light provided from the IR LED is powerful light outside of the visible range, please use the camera to check if IR light is activated or not.

The IR illumination can be activated or de-activated, and its intensity can be increased or decreased by moving the slider, from the product’s Live View page. Other settings can be defined from Setup > Video > Camera Settings.

De-select the Enable IR illumination option to disable IR illumination altogether. If you disable the Synchronize IR illumination with day/night option, IR illumination will not be synchronized with day/night changes. To configure IR illumination click Edit .

The IR Illumination window displays the approximate area the IR light will illuminate given the current settings. The default IR illumination zoom is set at 1. If the camera’s zoom is adjusted to a different value, move the Angle of illumination slider to the same value, for optimal IR illumination in the IR Light window (Camera Settings> IR Illumination> Edit) in the camera’s GUI.

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