Axis 216fd/fd-v/mfd/mfd-v - troubleshooting – Bodyline Products International 216FD-V User Manual

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AXIS 216FD/FD-V/MFD/MFD-V - Troubleshooting

Poor rendering of MPEG-4 images

Color depth set incorrectly on clients. Set to 16-bit or 32-bit color.
If text overlays are blurred, or if there are other rendering problems, you may need to
enable Advanced Video Rendering from the MPEG-4 tab in the AMC control panel applet.
Ensure that your graphics card is using the latest device driver. The latest drivers can usu-
ally be downloaded from the manufacturer's web site.

Color saturation is different in
MPEG-4 and Motion JPEG

Modify the settings for your graphics adapter. Please see the adapter's documentation for
more information.

Lower frame rate than expected

Reduce number of applications running on the client computer.
Limit the number of simultaneous viewers. This is done in

System Options > Security >

Users.
Check with the system administrator that there is enough bandwidth available. See also
the online help.
Check in the AMC control panel applet (MPEG-4 tab) that video processing is not set to
Decode only I frames.
Lower the image resolution.

Why do I not get 30 frames per second? See the section General performance considerations, on page 60.

Lost or poor images in pre-trigger
buffer (MPEG-4 video stream)

Make sure that

Cyclic refresh under Setup > Video & Image > Advanced > MPEG-4

is disabled.

Image degeneration

Decrease the GOV length, see the online help for more information.

The Power indicator is not constantly lit

Faulty power supply

Check that you are using an AXIS PS-L power supply.

The Status and Network indicator LEDs are flashing red rapidly

Hardware failure

Contact your Axis dealer.

The Status indicator LED is flashing red and the camera is inaccessible

A firmware upgrade has been inter-
rupted or the firmware has otherwise
been damaged

See the Emergency Recovery Procedure above.

No images displayed on web page

Problem with AMC.
(Internet Explorer only)

To enable the updating of video images in Microsoft Internet Explorer, set your browser to
allow ActiveX controls. Also, make sure that AXIS Media Control (AMC) component is
installed on your workstation.

Installation of additional ActiveX
component restricted or prohibited

Configure your camera to use a Java applet for updating the video images under
Live View Config > Layout > Default Viewer for Internet Explorer. See the online help for
more information.

Video/Image problems, general

Image too dark or too light

Check the video image settings. See the online help on Video and Image Settings.

Missing images in uploads

This can occur when trying to use a larger image buffer than is actually available. Try low-
ering the frame rate or the upload period.

Slow image update

Configuring, e.g. pre-buffers, motion detection, high-resolution images, high frame rates,
etc, will reduce the performance of the camera.

Poor performance

Poor performance may be caused by e.g. heavy network traffic, multiple users accessing
the unit, low performance clients, use of features such as Motion Detection, Event han-
dling, Image rotation other than 180 degrees.

Poor quality snapshot images

Screen incorrectly configured on your
workstation

In Display Properties, configure your screen to show at least 65000 colors, i.e. at least
16-bit. Using only 16 or 256 colors will produce dithering artifacts in the image.

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