I Ordered an Axis Communications Axis Q1808-LE Camera
- Thread starter Parley
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Edge does not work as well or at all with my system. This feature works with my Hikvision and Dahua cameras on the same NVR using Internet Explorer. This Axis camera has been a doozy. I am learning something everyday. I may have to hire an IT tech who knows something about cameras to come over and take a look.
iwanttosee
Pulling my weight
I used to have a LaView (rebrand Hikvision) NVR, once I experienced BlueIris demo on a cheap computer, I sold that NVR and use that money to buy BlueIris. I still have couple old Hikvision camera that doesn't have view on their web interface because their plugin only works with internet explorer, and as you know, internet explorer is no longer supported by Microsoft.
I would strongly suggest trying out BlueIris.
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Just because it isn't supported doesn't mean it isn't still available.
It is still baked into Win 10 and Win 11 and many cameras will only work with Explorer.
That is why it is still the go to web browser for many people as it relates to these kind of cameras.
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I suggested BI on this post LOL.
Parley already has to run several NVRs because they can't keep up with the resolution of the cameras he has, but BI would be able to and keep it all in one location, and cheaper than an Axis NVR!
iwanttosee
Pulling my weight
I can't even manually open internet explorer on my Windows 10 and Windows 11 machines.
For everyone here, this works:
- Open Notepad:
- Copy then paste the single line of code below into Notepad:
- CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application").Visible=true
- Save as OpenIE.vbs
- Make sure the the file name ends in .vbs not .txt, If it ends in .txt you must rename to .vbs
- Create a shortcut to the above file and double-click it anytime you want native Internet Explorer.
If anyone is wondering why, it's because it is still used by oobe during windows setup.
bigredfish
Known around here
You probably already did this but you can choose the h.264 profile and set bitrate
I would just access the camera GUI directly in a browser, make my settings there and let the NVR just record.
I would just access the camera GUI directly in a browser, make my settings there and let the NVR just record.
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Thank you for the reply. By the way my camera does not have that screen. I was going to do that, but I cannot get a 4k rate from the camera going through the NVR port at the present time. At best it is something under 1K.
Here is a photo taken from the NVR in the garage. It is somewhat darker as there is no light on, and the garage door is closed. Some light is coming in from the garage door. Is this 4K?
bigredfish
Known around here
I got the camera mounted today and here is the first picture. I mainly bought this camera for the night time optics. By the way the installation went well.
I forgot to upload a shot of the camera installed. It is on the big side of things.
Just an FYI, The model Q1808-LE you purchased is designed and optimized for wide open areas like stadiums or illuminated parking lots etc. but depending on the distance it might still work well for you. For a better comparison to the B54IR-Z4E you would've been better off with the Q1806-LE or the Q1808-LE with the 150mm lens.
Also, Axis cameras no longer support internet explorer so you should really be using Chrome or Firefox to configure them if you're having issues.
Axis OS 12 was just released this month and it includes a lot of cyber security updates and breaking changes. I recommend staying on Axis OS 11 LTS because OS 12 might give you more of a headache bringing it into your Hikvision NVR.
The Axis cameras default settings are usually very good and not much has to be adjusted depending on the purpose of the camera. I would recommend keeping the camera at the default image settings and waiting for it to get dark and adjust from there. Setting the exposure to 1/250 may not give you the results you're looking for. The adjustments aren't the same as Dahua cameras. You can also adjust the Blur-Noise tradeoff setting to adjust motion blur as needed.
If you're having trouble getting the camera to go into IR mode when there isn't enough light, go to the day-night mode settings and adjust the "bright, dark" slider threshold as this camera is going to stay in color mode by default.
The white light LED's can be activated by creating rules in the camera. Rules can be activated by various triggers such as Axis Object Analytics.
The license plate verifier app can be downloaded from Axis's website and you can activate a 60 day free trial once it's installed on the camera. You can also download a free trial of Axis Camera Station Pro which would give you full functionality of the camera including being able to configure it from the client.
A license for Axis Camera Station Edge is also included with the camera. ACS Edge is a cloud based VMS and all access is handled via the cloud (all footage is stored on the SD card unless you subscribe to the cloud storage) ACS Edge was just released yesterday so I haven't tried it yet. It also seems pretty basic when compared to ACS Pro.
Under overlays you can use "#B" without the quote to display the current bitrate of the camera. I have pretty good results using the default bitrate settings of variable with zipstream low and compression at 30%. Another option is to use average bitrate, set a max bitrate of your preference and turn off compression. Just note, if you turn off compression and keep the bitrate variable, you can exceed over 50Mb/s.
For anyone who is interested, I've found the P1468-LE and Q3538-LVE to be the closest to the Empiretech Color 4K and the Q3536-LVE to the 5442 series. The P3265-LVE is also an excellent 2mp camera that surprised me with its image process and quality. The image processing on all of those cameras are very good and will also provide a good face id even with difficult lighting conditions (spot lights, direct sun etc.).
In my opinion, I like the image quality and processing better on the P1468-LE, Q3538-LVE and P3265-LVE better than the processing on the Q1808-LE.
^^^^^ Thank you for that information. I have everything basically working. Also thank you for your input on the adjustments. Now for the nighttime adjustments.
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Np! In my personal opinion, I'm disappointed with the Q1808 with low light performance when its fully zoomed in (my configuration). It performs really well when configured with a wide angle with white light. I also like the performance for the p1468 and Q3538 better than the Q1808. However, your lighting conditions are different so your results may be better than mine.
A couple of thoughts. I have the camera plugged in on the LAN and the computer uses Edge when I type in the address looking for the camera. Only the 4 NVR addresses are on Internet Explorer. Interesting thing when I hooked the camera up to the LAN this morning and assigned the address to the NVR #3 port, it saw it right away. It is also storing the video.
Edit: I am about 3/4 of being fully zoomed in.
Edit: I am about 3/4 of being fully zoomed in.