Hikvision IP Camera

Hikvision Certified Security Associate

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Contents
 Product Family
 Product Family
 Naming Rules
 Working Principle
 Functions & Applications
 Troubleshooting

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IPC Products Family
DeepinView Series

Special Series
7 Series

Pro Series
Ultra Series

Covert Series
1 8 Series

Value Series 3 Series

Mobile Series

EasyIP 1.0 Plus 4 Series

1 Series EasyIP 2.0 Plus 5 Series

1
Wi-Fi Series EasyIP 3.0

EasyIP 4.0

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IPC Naming Rules (1 - 3 series)

① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥ ⑦ ⑧ ⑨
DS-2 C D 2 7 4 3 G 0 – IZS
5: 5 series
7: 7 series
I： IR
8: 8 series
Z： Motorized Vari Focal
S： Interface(Audio/Alarm)
0： Box
U: Built-in Mic
1： Indoor Dome
M: HDMI
5： Outdoor Dome
W: Wi-fi
A: Outdoor Bullet
D: Outdoor Dome
0： First Version
1： Second Version
2: 2MP 2： Third Version
3: 3MP
4: 4MP G： For overseas markets
5: 5MP
6: 6MP 3： H.265
8: 8MP 5： Powered by Darkfighter
C: 12MP 6： Acusense
7： ColorVu
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IPC Naming Rules (4 - 8 series)
① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥ ⑦ ⑧ ⑨
DS-2 C D 2 1 2 5 G 0 /P – IZHS
2: 2 series
4: 4 series I： IR
5: 5 series Z: Motorized Vari Focal
6: 6 series H: Heater
7: 7 series S: Interface(Audio/Alarm)
8: 8 series U Built-in Mic
P: P-iris
Even： Box/Bullet/Cube/Cover
Odd： Dome/Turret/ P： ANPR
A： Bullet B: Behavior Analysis
C： Cube/Panda C: People Counting
D： Pinhole F: Face Recognition
L: Flow Analysis
0: Below 1.0MP
2: 2MP G0： Overseas markets Version 1
3: 3MP G1: Overseas markets Version 2
4: 4MP
8: 8MP 5： Conventional
C: 12MP 6： Darkfighter
8： DarkfighterX
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Working Principle

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Contents
 Product Family
 Functions & Applications
 Image Adjustment
 Night
 Strong light
 Fast moving objects
 Advanced features
 Bandwidth Control
 Advanced Features
 Audio & Alarm
 Troubleshooting
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Low Light Features

How to achieve a good and clear image at night?

DAY &
DARKFIGHTER/ COLORVU
NIGHT IR/SMART IR AGC DNR
DARKFIGHTER X CAMERA
SWITCH

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Day & Night Switch

At night or under low illumination scenes, the camera switch from color mode to B/W
mode automatically, which can improve low-light performance effectively.

Day (color) mode Night (black and white) mode

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ICR (IR-Cut Filter Removable)

How ?

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ICR (IR-Cut Filter Removable)

ICR Lens
Sensor

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Day & Night Switch Configuration

Configuration > Advanced Configuration> Image> Display Settings

Day, night, auto, schedule, and triggered by alarm input are

selectable for day/night switch.

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Day & Night Switch
Color & B/W Switch Day, Night, Auto, Scheduled, Multiple mode
Alarm Triggered
Sensitivity 0~7 Judged by image brightness & gain
Filtering Time (s) 5~120 After this period of time, the color &
B/W mode switch
Smart IR ON/OFF Prevent overexposure

Day: the camera stays at day mode.

Night: the camera stays at night mode.
Auto: the camera switches between the day mode and the night mode according to the illumination automatically. The
sensitivity ranges from 0~7, the higher the value is, the easier the mode switches. The filtering time refers to the interval
time between the day/night switch. You can set it from 5s to 120s.
Schedule: Set the start time and the end time to define the duration for day/night mode.
Triggered by alarm input: The switch is triggered by alarm input, and you can set the triggered mode to day or night.

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Low light or completely dark situation

Cameras with built-in IR illuminators

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Low light or completely dark situation

What should we do ?

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Smart IR

Smart IR function gives user an option to adjust the power of the IR LED, thus providing
a clear image that is not overexposed or too dark.

Manual mode: Configure the distance by control

Smart IR off Smart IR on the current intensity of the led
Auto mode: Auto-adjust the current intensity of
the IR led

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AGC
 AGC(Auto Gain Control) amplify the signal from CCD to make it brighter during night time. This
amplification is called gain. The camera can auto adjust the gain control according to signal level.
 Advance: increase dynamic range;
 Disadvantage: amplify noise as well.

AGC Off AGC On

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DNR
 Through DNR function we can reduce the noise to get a better quality image during night.
 Hikvision cameras adopt 3D digital noise reduction to provide images with less noise in low-light surveillance
scenes compared to conventional cameras. 3D DNR can be used to enhance image quality and save
bandwidth.

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 DNR

 3D DNR (EXPERT MODE)

 Space domain->static noise,
vague
 Time domain –> inter-frame
noise reduction - dynamic
noise, moving image trail

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ColorVu

1.Large Aperture Bright and Colorful Image 2.Advanced Sensor

F1.0 super aperture Higher utilization of light,
More light and brighter images more light enter sensor
(4 MP 1/1.8” Sensor)
F2.0

Conventional Camera

3.Warm-light, not dazzling

F1.0

ColorVu Camera
4X amount of light of
conventional camera

Traffic camera light Warm-light

ColorVu Camera2
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 ColorVu
Recommended

DS-2CD2347G1-L(U) DS-2CD2T47G1-L
DS-2CD2327G1-L(U) DS-2CD2T27G1-L

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Darkfighter

• Darkfighter adopts the most advanced CMOS sensor,

with the optimized 3D DNR algorithm.
• The minimum illumination in color mode is 0.002Lux.

Provide unrivaled color

image in a low light
environment.
Darkfighter Conventional Camera

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 DarkFighter X – Dual Sensors
• DarkfighterX has innovative dual sensors design, one sensor for IR that guarantees the
image brightness, the other one for visible light that guarantees chroma.
• Two images will be combined to form different spectra into One Full Color image.

IR light

Brightness

Color

Visible light

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DarkFighter X – Image Comparison

iPhone 7 Traditional
Camera

DarkFighter DarkFighter X
Camera Camera

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 Successful Case
Tower surveillance Real performance at 10:25 pm midnight

Normal PTZ 4 MP DF9C

Background: xx city wants to

achieve panoramic surveillance by
taking advantage of the
communication tower.

Installment: 40 meters above ground on the Rich details at

tower 35x zoom

Customer Value:
1. Cover 3-4 kilometers area with 35x optical zoom to check
details
2. Provide clearly colorful image on dimly-lit condition
3. High altitude patrol for incidents, such as fire, flooding, etc.

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Contents
 Product Family
 Functions & Applications
 Image Adjustment
 Night
 Strong light
 Fast moving objects
 Advanced features
 Bandwidth Control
 Advanced Features
 Audio & Alarm
 Troubleshooting
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BLC (Back Light Compensation)

 BLC: When you monitor objects against strong backlight, the objects are usually too dark. BLC
compensates light to the object in the front to make it clear.
 It enables objects in the foreground to be seen clearly, although the background areas will be changed.

OFF, Up, Down, Left, Right, Center

and customize are selectable.

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WDR (Wide Dynamic Range)

• WDR: WDR cameras often incorporate an image sensor that takes different exposures of a scene
(e.g., a short exposure for very bright areas and long exposure for dark areas) and combine them into
one image, enabling objects in both bright and dark areas of a scene to be visible.

120dB WDR

Enable WDR may reduce the image

quality (image looks grey) in normal
situation.

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LightFighter

4 MP Normal WDR Off 4 MP Normal WDR On

4 MP LightFighter WDR On
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HLC (High Light Compensation)

 Compensate the strong light in the picture, so that the surrounding area wouldn’t be over-
exposed and still could be seen.
 Widely used in traffic monitoring, where license plates must be recognized.

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WDR vs. BLC vs. HLC
WDR BLC HLC
Core technology Circuit module & Algorithm Algorithm
algorithm
Advantage Twice or triple Areas are selectable /
exposures
Disadvantage Consume CPU Background may be /
overexposed

Origin BLC WDR

 Users should choose the mode appropriately according to the real scene to form the optimal
image.

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WDR vs. BLC vs. HLC

DEFOG
HIGH
FRAME BLC WDR DEFOG
RATE

BLC
WDR

For Hikvision cameras, WDR are conflicted with high For Hikvision cameras, BLC is conflict
frame rate, defog and BLC function. They cannot be with WDR and defog function. They
enabled at the same time. cannot be enabled at the same time.

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Contents
 Product Family
 Functions & Applications
 Image Adjustment
 Night
 Strong light
 Fast moving objects
 Advanced features
 Bandwidth Control
 Advanced Features
 Audio & Alarm
 Troubleshooting
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Fast Moving Objects

 Use high frame rate camera in the condition that the bitrate is enough, such as 4XXXFWD camera.
 Decrease the exposure time to reduce the tailing.
 For less than or equal to 70km/h vehicle speed, we recommend 1/200s or 1/250s exposure time.
 To see the vehicle clearly at night, lower the contrast and set the 3D DNR to 20~30 or even lower.
 Disable WDR to reduce tailing.

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Frame Rate Comparison

15 10

FPS Comparison
5 2

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Exposure time
 Exposure time usually be set between 1/50 – 1/100,000 second.
 Long exposure time is suitable for dark scene, but moving objects may have trailing problem.
 Short exposure time is suitable for dynamic scene, while the image may be dark.

1/50s 1/500s

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 Contents
 Product Family
 Functions & Applications
 Image Adjustment
 Night
 Strong light
 Fast moving objects
 Advanced features
 Bandwidth Control
 Advanced Features
 Audio & Alarm
 Troubleshooting
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Rotate mode
 Rotate
 To make a complete use of the 16:9 aspect ratio, you can enable the rotate function when you use the
camera in a narrow view scene.
 When installing, turn the camera to the 90 degrees or rotate the 3-axis lens to 90 degrees, and set the
rotate mode as on, you will get a normal view of the scene with 9:16 aspect ratio.

Rotate
mode on

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Lens Distortion Correction
 Some of Hikvision cameras support lens distortion function.

Barrel Distortion

 All lenses have distortion

 If the original image is OK, do not enable
distortion correction

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Hikvision 2nd Generation lens

Rapid auto focus

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 Hikvision 2nd Generation lens

Blue Glass

White Glass Blue Glass

When camera is facing strong light source, halo would appear. Blue glass reduces the halo
thus making image more clear.

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Hikvision 2nd Generation lens

When the bubble is adhered

with dust and water, the The new generation bubble
reflected IR will make image guarantees the image quality
blurred. while supporting IK10.
IR IR

Reflected IR Visible Light Reflected IR Visible Light

Traditional Dome Anti-IR Reflection Dome

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Foggy Climate
 By modeling the imaging features of smoke, dust, fog, etc., defog technology effectively
restores details and color to obtain accurate and natural video. Defog technology helps
maintain clarity in images captured in poor weather conditions such as smog, or fog.

Defog OFF Defog ON

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Contents
 Product Family
 Functions & Applications
 Image Adjustment
 Bandwidth Control
 Key Factors
 Bandwidth control on Camera

 Advanced Features
 Audio & Alarm
 Troubleshooting

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Bandwidth and Storage Calculations

It depends on the following factors:

• Video compression type: H.264, MPEG-4, Motion JPEG, H.264+, H.265
• Scene: Image complexity (e.g., gray wall or a forest), lighting conditions and amount
of motion (e.g., office environment or crowded train stations)
• Image resolution
• Frame rate (Frames per second)
• I-frame interval
• Number of cameras will be recorded
• ......

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H.265+
Based on the current H.265 standard, Hikvision analyzed and optimized the encoding, and
developed H.265+ that reduces the bandwidth and storage requirements.
Bandwidth/storage space
Different surveillance scenarios comparison between
H.265+ and H.265
Fixed Scene with few moving objects H.265+ saves 75%

Fixed scene with many moving

objects in a certain time period(not H.265+ saves 50%
General Surveillance Scenario Features very frequently)
1. Fixed camera with few background changes
2. No frequent moving objects Changing scenes with moving objects Nearly the same
3. Moving objects are the interesting monitor
targets
all the time
4. 24/7 surveillance video, easily affected by
image noise

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VBR vs. CBR
 In Variable bit rate (VBR), the image  In Constant bit rate (CBR), the bit rate is
quality is constant but as a result, the bit constant but as a result, the image quality is
rate is variable. variable.
 It is suitable for the scene with different  It is suitable for the scene with constant
movements in different time. movement.
 Can’t estimate an accurate  Can estimate an “average”
bandwidth/storage consumption. bandwidth/storage consumption.
Bit rate
Bit rate (CBR)
(VBR)

Calculation method: Time

Time storage space (MB/hour)= bitrate (kbps)*60*60/8/1024
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Image Complexity

Complex images and more movements generate higher bit rates.

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Frame Type
 I-frame: independently compressed; larger amount of data.
 P-Frame: difference from previous I or P frame
 Intra-Frame Period specifies the time between I-frames

I-frames consume
P-frames consume more bandwidth
less bandwidth

……
I B B P B B P I

I frame
Real image
interval Real image
(I-frame) (I-frame)

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Contents
 Product Family
 Functions & Applications
 Image Adjustment
 Bandwidth Control
 Key Factors
 Bandwidth control on Camera

 Advanced Features
 Audio & Alarm
 Troubleshooting

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Bandwidth Control
 Network video products utilize network bandwidth and storage space based on
their configuration. Under insufficient bandwidth, we need to lower the bitrate in
order to see the video.
 Choose the right stream type
 Main stream
 Sub stream
 Third stream
 Set the lower resolution and frame rate if there is no enough bandwidth.

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H.265+ Configuration
When H.265+ is enabled:
 Only variable bitrate type. The bitrate will be
controlled by the algorithm to maintain the
long-term average bitrate.
 I frame interval is auto-adjusted by algorithm.

 Third Stream, Stream Smoothing, ROI, Target

Cropping, High Frame Rate are not available.

Max. Average Bitrate is used to calculate the HDD space.

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The Bitrate Revolution

Average Average bitrate

Constant Variable
Bitrate Bitrate Bitrate Controls the storage

 Bitrate always stays at the max.  Bitrate changes with the scene, but is  The bitrate changes with the scene,
 Storage is calculated according to the unpredictable. yet is predictable.
maximum.  Storage still must be calculated  The storage can be calculated
according to the maximum. according to the average bitrate.

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ROI
 ROI (Region of Interest) encoding helps to differentiate the ROI and background information in
video compression, which assigns more encoding resource to the region of interest, thus to
increase the quality of the ROI whereas the background quality goes down.

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ROI Example

ROI Region

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ROI Levels at Reduced Bandwidth

2048
2048Kb/s
Kb/sROI=2
ROI=1
ROI=3
8192 Kb/s Reference No ROI

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Target Cropping

 You can specify a target area on the live video, and then it can be displayed via the
third stream in some certain resolution, thus providing more details of the target
area if needed.

Choose the third stream in live view

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Target Cropping Example

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Contents
 Product Family
 Image Adjustment
 Bandwidth Control
 Advanced Features
 Third Party Integration
 Stability Protections
 Acusense Features
 Featured Cameras
 Audio & Alarm
 Troubleshooting

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Stream Type
 5 defined streams + 5 custom streams
Recording

Cellphone surveillance

All streams support

H.265
Preview

MJPEG up to Third party integration

2MP@30fps

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Why do you need HEOP?

Requirements

 To meet a variety of demands from different

industry segmentations

 To acquire more algorithm and software

supplier resources

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What is Hikvision HEOP

Hikvision Embedded Open Platform is an open application platform that enables development
of third party applications that can be downloaded and installed in Hikvision network cameras.

Application partners VMS Partners Algorithm partners

It is possible for application It is possible for algorithm

It is possible for platform
partners to develop partners to develop algorithms
partners to access the cameras
applications which are able which can be applied in 5 Series
through their private protocols.
to be installed in 5 Series cameras.
cameras.

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 Successful Cases
IPS Intelligent Video Analytics
A German manufacturer of sophisticated
video products. IPS has been developing
its latest generation of IP-based software
solutions for video analytics and
management. IPS products are
successfully installed in numerous
applications. Selected solution partners,
providers and distributors successfully sell
the current IPS products across Europe.

Applications

• IPS Motion Detection

• IPS Sabotage Detection
• IPS Intrusion Detection
• IPS Loitering Detection
• IPS Indoor Detection
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How to Use HEOP

https://partner.hikvision.com/tpp
Generate license on
portal by using
Obtain devices from serial number and
any Hikvision channel Select Apps license code

01 03 05

02 04

Enter into Hikvision Buy license code from

HEOP portal partners

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HEOP in 5 Series

 Each 5 Series camera

supports 4 Apps

 YUV is provided to
support algorithm
development

 RTSP is supplied for

software application

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Firmware version: 65
5.5.90

Metadata for 7 Series

Intelligent Function 7 Series cameras can provide metadata based on ONVIF & ISAPI, which provides the ability
for third-party platform to support the function of quick retrieving relevant images from
Intrusion abundant video data in the backend device, or tracing targets to make more analyze.

Metadata Demo Intelligent Function

Line Face
Crossing Detection

Region Flow
Entrance Analysis

Region
ANPR
Exiting

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Contents
 Product Family
 Functions & Applications
 Image Adjustment
 Bandwidth Control
 Advanced Features
 Third Party Integration
 Stability Protections
 Acusense Features

 Audio & Alarm

 Troubleshooting
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Dual-File System Backup

Backup File System helps camera working normally when main file system suffer
from unexpected failure.

Main Backup
File File
System System

Main file system will copy from backup file system to recover
from the failure.

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Reverse Power Protection
Reverse Power Protection prevents damage to camera when power cords are
accidently reversed.

Protect camera from

reverse connection

Reverse DS-2CD50xxG0
connection DS-2CD51xxG0
DS-2CD55xxG0

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Anti-corrosion
Suitable for normal atmospheric environment where cameras without protection may be corroded
like temperate coastal or acid rain environment.
Temperate coastal environment
Level
III

Acid rain environment

DS-2CD5Ax6G0-IZS(H)Y
DS-2CD55x6G0-IZS(H)Y
Anti-corrosion painting
NEMA 4X Standard

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Inner Anti-fog Coating
 The inner anti-fog coating inside bubble or lens cover can prevent vapor condensing when vapor ingress
into camera and saves maintenance cost.

Improper installation procedure may lead to

vapor coming into camera and desiccant losing
efficiency.
Improper storage may lead to vapor coming
into camera and desiccant losing efficiency.

DS-2CD5AxxG0
DS-2CD55xxG0

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Special Waterproof Design for Cable

The special waterproof design for cable can protect the camera from water ingress when improper
installation occurs.

Improper installation of network cable

waterproof jacket may lead to leaking
through cable.
Improper installation of junction box may
lead to leaking in junction box.

DS-2CD5AxxG0
DS-2CD55xxG0

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Contents
 Product Family
 Functions & Applications
 Image Adjustment
 Bandwidth Control
 Advanced Features
 Third Party Integration
 Stability Protections
 Acusense Features

 Audio & Alarm

 Troubleshooting
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AcuSense Features
Strobe light and audio alarm
AcuSense Technology
False Alarm Filter

Strobe Light & Audio Alarm

Powered By Darkfighter

DS-2CD2346G1-I/SL
Hikvision DS-2CD2326G1-I/SL
One Stand-alone Chip Deep Learning Algorithm DS-2CD2T46G1-4I/SL
DS-2CD2T26G1-4I/SL

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AcuSense Demo
Strobe light and audio alarm

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Contents

 Product Family
 Functions & Applications
 Audio & Alarm
 Troubleshooting

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Audio Support and Equipment
 A network video system with integrated audio support. Audio and video streams are sent over the
same network cable.

Audio Stream
IP Network

Video Stream Client

 With mic-in/line-in support, users have the option of using another type or quality of microphone
than the one that is built into the camera or video encoder.

MicIn and LineIn are selectable for the connected

microphone and pickup respectively.

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Microphone vs Pickup
Comparison Microphone Pickup
Interface Mic In Audio In or Line In
Direction Unidirectional Omnidirectional
Quality Not good Good
Sensitivity Low High
Power Passive Active
Application Shop, ATM, etc. Law enforcement

 Multiple factors affect the audio quality.

 The user must choose all of them carefully.

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Contents
 Product Family
 Image Adjustment
 Bandwidth Control
 Ultra Series Features
 Featured Cameras
 Audio & Alarm
 Troubleshooting

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Image clear in the day but blurry at night

Depth of field is long during the day but short during the night, when you adjust the
focusing point out of the DOF at night, image turns blurry.

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Image clear in the day but blurry at night

Solution:
Adjust the focus during the night

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Blurry Image

When the video contains many moving

objects, exposure time would be a key
point to be considered.

Solution:
Adjust the exposure time from the
default 1/25 to 1/100 or faster

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Scrolling line issue

 Issue: In AC powered artificial lighting condition, the image will appear

scrolling lines as shown below.

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Scrolling line issue

 Principle:

Artificial lighting AC
Light frequency voltage & brightness

MISMATCH

Line 1 Exposure time

Exposure time Line 2 Exposure time
Line 3 Exposure time
Line 4 Exposure time
……

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Solution:

 1. Switch off WDR function, the image get a little bit better, but still has
yellow lines on image.

 3. Change exposure time to 1/25, 1/50, 1/100, 1/250, until 1/2000. No

more help, some even worse.

 4. Check the installation and the environment.

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Comparison

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Thanks!

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