AXISP5414–EPTZDomeNetworkCamera
VideoandAudio
PrivacyMask
Aprivacymaskisanareaofsolidcolorthatprohibitsusersfromviewingpartsofthemonitoredarea.Privacymaskscannotbe
bypassedviatheVAPIX®ApplicationProgrammingInterface(API).
ThePrivacyMaskList,Video&Audio>PrivacyMask,showsallthemasksthatarecurrentlyconguredintheAxisproductand
indicatesiftheyareenabled.
SincethePan/Tilt/Zoomcoordinatesdeneitssizeandposition,aprivacymaskisdynamicinrelationtothemonitoredarea.This
meansthatregardlessoftheangleandzoomofthelens,thesameplaceorobjectwillbehidden.Todeneatwhatmagnicationthe
maskshouldbedisplayed,zoomtothedesiredlevelandclickSetlevel.
Youcanaddanewmask,re-sizethemaskwiththemouse,chooseacolorforthemask,andgivethemaskaname.
Formoreinformation,seetheonlinehelp.
Important
Addingmanyprivacymasksmayaffecttheproduct’sperformance.
AudioSettings
TheaudiofunctionalityforeachvideostreamisenabledunderVideo&Audio>VideoStream>Audio.

AudioModes

TheAxisproductsupportsthefollowingaudiomodes:
Fullduplex-Simultaneoustwo-wayaudioallowingtheAxisproducttotransmitandreceiveaudioatthesametime.Thereisno
echocancellation;iffeedbackloopsappear,trymovingthemicrophoneorthespeaker.
Half-duplex-AudiocanbetransmittedtoandfromtheAxisproductbutonlyinonedirectionatatime.Totransmitaudiousingthe
LiveViewpage,usetheTalkandListenbuttons,seeAMCAudioControls,onpage11.
Simplex—speakeronly-AudioistransmittedfromaclienttotheAxisproductandcanbeplayedbyaspeakerconnected
totheproduct.TotransmitaudiousingtheLiveViewpage,theTalkandMicrophonebuttonsmustbothbeactive,seeAMC
AudioControls,onpage11.
Simplex—microphoneonly-AudiocapturedbytheproductmicrophoneistransmittedfromtheAxisproducttooneormoreclients.
Tosettheaudiomode,gotoVideo&Audio>AudioSettingsandselectthedesiredmodefromtheAudiomodedrop-downlist.

AudioInput

SelectMicrophonetouseanexternalmicrophoneorLinetouseaLineindevice,e.g.anaudiomixerformultiplemicrophones
oramicrophonewithabuilt-inamplier,asaudiosource.
Selectthemicrophonesensitivitylevel(High/Low)dependingonthesoundlevelinthemonitoredarea.Forexample,iftheAxis
productisinstalledinanoisyenvironment,trysettingtheinputsensitivitytoLow.
TheMicrophonepoweroptionprovidesDCpowerforanexternalmicrophone.Microphonepowershouldonlybeusedwith
microphonesthathavenobattery.Thissettingshouldnotbeenabledwhenusingadynamicorbatterypoweredmicrophone.
Microphonepowerwillnotharmthemicrophone;ifyouareuncertain,tryswitchingitoffandon.Touseaprofessionalmicrophone
requiring48Vphantompower,youneedanexternalpowersupplyandabalanced-unbalancedconverter(audiotransformer)in
between.
UsetheInputgaintocontrolthevolume(dBFullScale)oftheaudioinput.Ifthesoundistoolow,chooseahigherdB,toamplify
thesound.Ifthesoundistoohigh,choosealowerdB.TheLevelbargivesavisualrepresentationoftheaudiosignallevelindB
relativetothefull-scaleinputlevel.
•Green—thesignalisatagoodlevel.
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