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About This Document

This manual is intended for administrators and operators of AXIS Camera Station and is applicable for software version 1.01

Later versions of the document will be posted to the Axis Web site, as required.

Previous experience of networking will be of use to the reader when installing and using this product.

Legal Considerations

Camera surveillance may be prohibited by laws that vary from country to country.

Check the laws in your local region before using AXIS Camera Station for surveillance purposes.

Liability

Every care has been taken in the preparation of this manual. Please inform your local Axis office of any inaccuracies or omissions. Axis Communications AB cannot be held responsible for any technical or typographical errors and reserves the right to make changes to the product and manuals without prior notice. Axis

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Communications AB shall not be liable nor responsible for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance or use of this material.

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Should you require any technical assistance, please contact your Axis reseller. If your questions cannot be answered immediately, your reseller will forward your queries through the appropriate channels to ensure a rapid response.

If you are connected to the Internet, you can:

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Visit the Axis Support Web: www.axis.com/techsup

USERS MANUAL ACS EN

Part No. 21818

Revision 2.1

Date: July 2004

Copyright © Axis Communications AB, 2004

AXIS Camera Station User’s Manual

Table of Contents

Table of Contents 3

Requirements and Recommendations 7

Minimum System Requirements 7

Recommendations 8

AXIS Camera Station Installation 9

Install the Software 9

Activate the software with your License Key 10

Configure AXIS Camera Station for first use 12

AXIS Camera Station User Interface 14

View Selection 15

No Live Images 15

Select Camera 15

Monitoring I/O 15

Camera Sequence 16

Recorded events 17

4-camera playback 18

Alarm List 18

File Menu 19

View Menu 19

Monitor Menu 19

Camera Menu 19

Playback Menu 19

Pan/Tilt/Zoom and Audio controls 20

AXIS Camera Station Administration 21

Cameras 22

Select Camera 23

Camera Explorer button 23

Enable camera 23

Camera Name 23

Camera Type 24

Camera Port Number 24

File extension 24

Camera IP Address (LAN) 24

Camera IP Address (WAN) 24

Camera User/Password 24

Show Pop-up on motion/alarm 24

Pan-Tilt-Zoom Camera 24

Enable Audio 25

FTP 25

Get images from FTP directory 26

Minimum image size (bytes) 26

Directory 26

Link to Camera (button) 26

Test Image (button) 26

Clear Camera Settings (button) 26

Recordings 27

Select camera 27

Recording Method 27

Continuous recording 27

Record every (seconds) 27

Record on I/O alarms 28

Record on motion detection and I/O alarms 28


Alarm when motion stops 28

Alarm priority 28

Motion Detection Settings button 28

Record to Hard Disk 30

Save Recordings to... 30

Save recordings for (days) 30

Backup old recordings to external storage 30

Save backup for (days) 31

Recording Buffers and Duration 31

Pre-event recording buffer (seconds) 31

Post-event recording buffer (seconds) 31

Maximum event time (minutes) 31

Images to start/stop alarm 32

Target recording frame rate (fps) 32

I/O Dependencies 33

Delete recordings 33

Schedules 34

Select camera 34

Days 34

Continuous recording 35

Alarm/Motion recording 35

Alarm Notification 35

Specific dates 36

Template 36

Copy from template 37

Copy schedule to other days 37

Copy schedule to other cameras 38

Views 39

Default View 39

General 40

Reset to no live images after (hours) 40

Show alarm list 40

Default save events in days 40

Enable password protection 40

Server IP address 40

Enable Web server 41

Enable File Control Check (watermark) 41

Allow clients to update configuration 41

Show only one image on playback 41

Sound on alarm 41

Enable proxy server 41

Proxy server 41

User/Password 41

External I/Os 42

I/O Definition 43

I/O Name 43

I/O Text 43

I/O Type 43

Input Number 44

Input/Output 44

NO/NC 44

Flip-Flop 44

I/O type-specific data 44

On Alarm 44

PTZ position 44

Alarm Priority 44

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Enable sound on alarm 44

Open Text 44

Close Text 45

Text for Alarm ON 45

Text for Alarm OFF 45

I/O Rules 45

I/O only valid if I/O... 45

Select camera (button) 45

Add Alarm (button) 45

Delete Alarm (button) 45

Alarm notification 51

SMTP Server 51

SMTP User/Password 51

Mail from 51

Mail subject 51

Send mail to address 51

Time between mails 51

Users 52

Granting user rights 52

Granting a User Camera Access 53

Camera Sequence 54

Camera Sequences 54

Add Camera button 54

Remove Camera button 54

Add Sequence button 54

Remove Sequence 54

Sequence text 54

Time between camera switches 54

Performance 56

HTTP buffer size (Bytes) 56

Minimum available hard disk space (%) 56

AXIS Camera Station License 57

AXIS Camera Station Client 60

AXIS Camera Station Control Buttons 62

File Menu 63

View Menu 64

Monitor Menu 64

Camera Menu 65

Playback Menu 65

Pan/Tilt/Zoom and Audio controls 65

AXIS Camera Station Client Administration 65

AXIS Camera Station Web 66

Enable Client Web Access 67

Access the AXIS Camera Station Web from a client PC 68

AXIS Camera Station Web Control Buttons 68

Camera selection 68

Open in new window 68

Open in main window 68

Quad view 68

Overview - all cameras 68

I/O Controls 69

Alarm Log search 69

Find recorded events 69

Status 69

Network Configuration 70


NTFS Filesystem 70

Windows Security 70

IIS Secure Login from the AXIS Camera Station Web interface 71

Multi-user login 72

Removing AXIS Camera Station 73

To remove the entire program 73

To remove AXIS Camera Station Web 73

Troubleshooting 74

Known limitations in Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2003 Server 74

No images from Administration’s test image 74

No motion detection/recording after AXIS Camera Station is started 74

Monitor’s window “freezes” 74

Hard disks fill up or no recording is saved 74

No images are shown in the Web interface 74

I can not access the web site, even though I have created a user 75

Running a backup on another PC on the network if you are logged in as a User 75

Index 76


Requirements and Recommendations

Requirements and Recommendations

Minimum System Requirements

Before you install the AXIS Camera Station, make sure these minimum system requirements are met:

• Install AXIS Camera Station on a stand-alone computer dedicated to mainly run this application.

• Use a static IP address on the dedicated computer.

• Intel Pentium 4 with 1 GHz processor (2 GHz or higher recommended)

• 256 MB RAM (512 MB or higher recommended)

• Hard disk: 1 GB for installation and 2 GB or higher per camera as image database

• NTFS file system

• CD-drive

• XGA (1024 x 768) or higher resolution monitor

• Graphic card with 32MB or more memory

• Microsoft mouse or compatible pointing device

• 100 Mbit Ethernet

• Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 or Windows

2000 with SP4.

• Microsoft Internet Explorer Version 6.0 or later.

• Internet Information Server (IIS) installed on the C-drive of your server if you intend to use the web interface.

• Microsoft .NET 1.1 Runtime environment running (with AXIS Camera

Station software)


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Requirements and Recommendations

Recommendations

For optimal software performance, use these PC setup conditions:

• When more than 16 cameras are enabled, use dual processors and/or hard disk controllers like RAID, for optimal performance.

• SCSI disks perform better than IDE disks, since no PC processor power is used to control the disks and the access time is shorter than IDE. Hard disks should be minimum 7.200 RPMs.

• The target frame rate is for single jpeg grabbing with motion detection on.

Better performance can be obtained using cameras with built-in motion detection or external alarm detectors like PIR's etc.

• Windows XP is the recommended OS for optimal performance.

• For optimal network performance, 100Mbit switches should be used. Hubs can be used for installation using less than 6-8 cameras. There are no known limitations on networks when switches are used. If this software is installed in an existing network with high traffic, consider using a dedicated switch and add a second network adapter to the PC.

• As preventative maintenance, it is recommended that you regularly check that cameras, recordings, triggered events, motion detection, etc. are functioning properly.

• It is recommended to install a UPS to secure camera operation in case of power failure.

Important!

It is recommended that you run disk defragmentation of your hard drives on a regular basis to improve system performance. See your Windows documentation for instructions.


AXIS Camera Station Installation

AXIS Camera Station Installation

Install the Software

Important!

Install AXIS Camera Station on the dedicated stand-alone PC from which you wish to run the main administration of your cameras and video servers.

1. Insert the CD in the CD drive. If the installation CD does not auto-start, click Start.exe in the CD’s root folder.

2. From the CD’s interface, click Software and then AXIS Camera Station.

3. Click Open to launch the installation.

You may be prompted to install .NET Framework 1.1. Simply follow the installation Wizard’s instructions and click your way through.

Note:

You may be prompted and then automatically redirected to

http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com to locate and install these missing

Windows components:

Windows 2000 Service Pack 4, located here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/servicepacks/

Windows Internet Explorer 6, located here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie

Install the missing components, see your Windows documentation for instructions. When this is done, reboot your computer and then restart the

AXIS Camera Station installation by clicking AXISCameraStationsetup.exe on the CD.

4. Next, you will be asked where you wish to install the program. If nothing is specified the program is normally installed in C:\Program Files\Axis

Communications\AXIS Camera Station.

5. Click your way through the Installation Wizard. When you are finished, open AXIS Camera Station from Start | Program Files or click the program icon on your desktop:

Before starting AXIS Camera Station, the hard disks where you save images must be NTFS formatted. See the User’s Manual for details. The AXIS Camera

Station User’s Manual is available on the CD and on www.axis.com



Activate the software with your License Key

Registering with a direct Internet connection

Important!

• The License Key is a temporary key that will expire once the software has been installed and registered!

• The License Key is a valuable and your proof of purchase. Keep it in a safe place for future reference.

• If a proxy server is used for Internet access it must be set up in Microsoft

Internet Explorer prior to registration. Auto-scripts for proxy are not supported.

1. The first time you start the program you will be asked to register your license. Click Register.

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2. Fill in the requested information, you will find your License Key on the inside of the AXIS Camera Station CD casing, to the left. Click Add full version license.

Enter License Key, found on inside of CD casing!

The characters are case-sensitive.

3. Your license information will be sent to Axis Communications and your software will be automatically activated.

4. You can now start using AXIS Camera Station.



Registering without a direct Internet connection

AXIS Camera Station can be installed as a 30-day demo version.

1. If you do not have immediate Internet access, you can use a 5-day grace period, where you will have a complete functional program for 5 days; click Grace Period.

2. Enter your License Key (found on inside of CD casing) and click Activate Grace

Period.

Entered characters are case-sensitive!

3. You will see your Server ID (a code containing information about your PC).

Make a note of it.

4. You can now use AXIS Camera Station for 5 days.

5. To obtain information to complete the installation, go to

http://www.axis.com/techsup/acs from a web browser.

6. Fill in the requested information and click Submit.

7. You will receive an Access code, make a note of it.

8. Start the program, select Registration done.



9. Enter your License Key, your Server ID and your Access Code and click Add

full version license.

10. You can now start using AXIS Camera Station

See AXIS Camera Station License, on page 57 for detailed information on

upgrading licenses.

Configure AXIS Camera Station for first use

After installing the software, it must be configured for your cameras and video servers. All configuration is done from the software’s Administration pages.

From AXIS Camera Station :

1. Click File | Administration



From the Cameras tab:

2. Select camera

3. Camera enabled checkbox must be checked!

4. Name the camera or video server

5. Specify the correct camera or video server type!

6. For video servers, specify video port number in Camera Port number field.

7. Enter camera’s

Local IP address

(LAN) and Internet address (WAN)

(or host names).

9. Check connection to camera by clicking Link to camera.

8. Enter camera’s

User and password default user = root default password = pass

Next, under Views, define the camera views as seen from AXIS Camera Station:

10. Select view according to the number of cameras you want to configure.

11. Select camera position

for camera 1

12. Select camera 1

Example:

To configure 4 cameras, select


13. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for all cameras.

14. Click OK to save and exit.

Next, go to General and make sure that the IP address of the local dedicated computer is entered in the Server IP address field.

You have now performed the minimum required setup. See AXIS Camera Station User Interface,

on page 14 andAXIS Camera Station Administration, on page 21 for configuration instructions.


AXIS Camera Station User Interface

AXIS Camera Station User Interface

This chapter describes the AXIS Camera Station control buttons from the main view. Your cameras and video servers are configured from the Administration

pages, see AXIS Camera Station Administration, on page 21 for detailed

instructions.

AXIS Camera Station - expanded and contracted views

Green light = background service on server is running.

Red light = background service on server is not running.

Click to expand

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The frames surrounding the images are color-coded:

Blue frame: Camera connection OK, no motion detected

Red frame: Camera connection OK, motion detected or recording has started

Yellow frame: Camera network connection interrupted

Background service:

• The background service retrieves images from the connected cameras and stores them to hard disk. From the AXIS Camera Station you can start or stop the background service, click

File | Administration | Start Server or Stop Server.

• That the service is running is shown by a flashing green indicator in the upper right corner of the window. A flashing red indicator means the service is stopped. It is also shown by a flashing green task bar icon in the lower corner of the window, a flashing red indicator means the service is stopped and a flashing yellow taskbar icon indicates that the service is starting up.

• Recording is only possible if the background service is running, and will continue even after logging out from the PC where AXIS Camera Station is installed.

• The background service will automatically start running upon system start-up. This autostart function can be disabled under Windows Control Panel | Administrative Tools |

Services | AXIS Camera Station. Right-click, select Properties | General | Start-up Type

=> Manual.


View Selection


From these push buttons or from the View menu you can select your preferred camera views. The different camera views are configured under Administration

| Views, see Views, on page 39 for instructions.

No Live Images

Select Camera

Click the No Live Images button to close the camera windows. Displaying live images in the main window uses a lot of processor power. Not displaying live images reduces the amount of processor power required by the service, whilst not affecting recordings in any way. The amount of bandwidth required is also less when live images are not displayed. In the Views section of the

Administration pages it is possible to set up the system so that it always starts

in this mode, see Default View, on page 39.

Select a camera to be shown in a new window. Select this if you want to close the view windows (and thus save on processor power) but still want a single camera view visible on your desktop:

Monitoring I/O When clicking this button, the I/O Status of all units are displayed. Monitoring

I/O defines when events, such as an alarm or motion detection, should be triggered. Each I/O is shown on one line, along with a colored indicator:

• green indicator means the I/O is in its normal state

• red indicates that the I/O is active and that recording in progress if the

I/O is set to Start/Stop recording.

• yellow means there is no communication with the I/O

Buttons for starting and stopping an I/O output are also shown. See External

I/Os, on page 42.



Red= connection normal, I/O is active, recording in progress if I/O is set to Start/Stop recording.

Green= connection normal, I/O is in normal state: no recording in progress.

Yellow = no communication with I/O.

Click for detailed camera view

Camera Sequence Click to open the Camera sequence window. A camera sequence is a predefined "camera tour" i.e. a configuration that automatically switches through all of the cameras included in the tour. Select the camera sequence to view from the drop-down list.

The pre-configured switching interval can be overridden by clicking the "next" button, or by changing the switching interval in the drop-down list.

See Camera Sequence, on page 54 for configuration.

Camera sequence switches every 15 seconds


Recorded events


Search through recorded events. Select date and time and press the Search button to display an overview of all recorded events.

Select an event to see the images in the selected event.

To find recorded events from a specific camera, click the Recorded events button. A new window will open, showing images from the recorded files.

Click Recorded Events for views to appear.

Click on an image to enlarge the view and enable more options, e.g. save a recorded image to disk, print an image, save as zip file, etc.

To enlarge the view: double-click or drag a square over the image.

Right-click to minimize.

Print image

E-mail a recorded image

Save recorded image to disk

Save recorded image as zip file

Click Advanced Search to search for a specific time interval or for recordings where movement has been detected in specific areas of the view:

Click Advanced Search

1. Select camera

2. Define time interval

3. Optional: select an area of the image by left-clicking and dragging a square over the image.

Right-click to de-select the area.

4. Optional: set motion sensitivity level of the recorded event.

5. Click the Show Events button.

Tip: set the motion sensitivity level on Low

(far left) in areas showing a lot of “noise”, e.g.

a high-way or for night-settings.

See

Recordings, on page 27 for configuration instructions.



4-camera playback Search through recorded events from four cameras simultaneously.

Select date and time to get an overview of all the recorded events.

To display recorded events from four cameras, click the 4-camera playback button. A new window will open, showing images from the recorded files.

Click to show recorded events.

Double-click an image to enhance the view and enable more options, e.g. save a recorded event to disk, print a snap-shot, save as zip file, e-mail a recorded

event, etc. See Recordings, on page 27 for configuration instructions.

Alarm List The alarm list shows all alarms and other events in the server. Click on an alarm in the list to open the event:

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Click Advanced Search to search for a specific time interval or for recordings where movement has been detected in certain areas of the camera view:

Click Advanced Search

1. Select camera

2. Define time interval

3. Optional: select an area of the image by left-clicking and dragging a square over the image.

Right-click to de-select the area.

4. Optional: set motion sensitivity level of the recorded event.

5. Click Show Events button.

Tip: set the motion sensitivity level on Low

(far left) in areas showing a lot of “noise”, e.g.

a high-way or for night-settings.

See External I/Os, on page 42 for configuration instructions.



File Menu Start/Stop Server

From the File menu you can start or stop AXIS Camera Station as a background service. This is the part of the program that gets images from the connected cameras and stores them to hard disk. Images are available in the main window at any time, but images are only saved to disk when the service is running.

That the service is running is shown by a flashing green indicator in the upper right of the window. A flashing red indicator means the service is stopped and yellow that it is starting up.

The service is automatically stopped when opening the Administration pages, and will automatically restart when they are closed.

View Menu Select the desired view from this menu, or by using the buttons to the right in the window. Buttons for the camera view are at the top and buttons for viewing the I/O status and camera sequences are further down.

Monitor Menu Select a number of cameras from this menu to open a new window occupying the entire screen, and shows live images from the connected cameras.

Press Alt+F4 to exit the monitor mode.

Camera Menu Select a camera from this list to open a new browser window showing the Axis camera or video server's home page. If the same unit is selected from the dropdown list to the right of the window, this opens a smaller window that only shows the live image.

Playback Menu Select playback from cameras, from ZIP files, or open the Event Search window or Event Log. The Event Search and 4- or 16-camera playback can be also be opened with the buttons on the right. Once the Event log has been opened, clicking on an event in the list opens the Event Search window.



Pan/Tilt/Zoom and

Audio controls

These controls are only visible when clicking the camera image if the connected camera has PTZ or a connected audio module:

Pan/tilt/zoom controls

Click on the controls to move the camera around. You can also click on the images to steer the camera*.

You can select a preset position from the Preset Position drop-down menu, as defined in the PTZ camera.

*This feature is only available in some PTZ cameras.

Audio controls

If the camera has audio capability, the controls are shown here.


AXIS Camera Station Administration

AXIS Camera Station Administration

This chapter describes how to configure your Axis network cameras and video servers from the Administration section of AXIS Camera Station.

Click File | Administration to access the different tabs:

File | Administration

The different tabs are described in detail here:

Cameras, on page 22

Recordings, on page 27

Schedules, on page 34

Views, on page 39

General, on page 40

External I/Os, on page 42

Alarm notification, on page 51

Users, on page 52

Camera Sequence, on page 54

Performance, on page 56

AXIS Camera Station License, on page 57



Cameras

When starting the Administration of AXIS Camera Station, the Cameras tab is the default starting point. All cameras and video servers are first registered under this tab and can then be selected for configuration from the other tabs in the program.

Example: Adding and configuring a new camera

1. Select a camera (number) from the Select Camera drop-down list.

2. Check the Camera enabled checkbox

It is very important that you check the Camera enabled checkbox! If this checkbox is not checked when registering a camera, recordings and live-view are not possible.

3. Name the camera/video server in the Camera name field.

4. Specify the type of camera in use in the Camera Type field. If using an analog CCTV camera, specify the Axis video server it is connected to.

• It is very important that you specify the correct Axis camera/video server

model!

• Click the "?" button next to the Camera IP address (LAN) field to receive information about the camera type.

5. For a camera connected to an Axis video server, specify the video port number in the Camera Port Number drop-down list.

6. Enter the camera/video IP address in the Camera IP address (LAN) field. If you are working in a WAN (e.g. over the Internet), enter the Camera IP

address (WAN) too.

•The WAN IP address is where AXIS Camera Station should fetch live images.

This might be the same as your LAN IP address, but depends on your network/Firewall/NAT. The WAN must be specified if a client or web interface client is run from another network than AXIS Camera Station. If no WAN address is available, enter the LAN address.

•Host names or IP addresses can be entered in the LAN/WAN fields.

7. If the camera is password protected, enter the User ID and Password.

Axis camera and video servers have a default User ID = root and

Password = pass. The password may be changed in the camera.

8. Click Link to Camera to verify that you can access the camera.




Click the “...” button to open the Camera Selection view; a non-editable table containing summarized information on all configured Axis cameras and network video servers.

Select Camera Switch between available cameras. You will only be able to set up the number of cameras defined by your license.

Camera Explorer button

AXIS Camera Station can automatically detect cameras and video servers in your network.

To detect and add/remove new cameras, click this button to open the Camera

Explorer, a tool that scans a user-defined range of IP addresses and displays any Axis camera or video server found on the network.

1. Enter IP range you wish to scan, e.g.

171.15.115.

2 - 171.15.115.254

2. Click

Scan

Detect, add or remove cameras in the Camera Explorer

Enable camera Check to enable image capture from the camera.

If this checkbox is not checked when registering a camera, recordings and live-view will not be possible!

Camera Name The camera’s name as it will appear in the Main window, alarm log and web page.



Camera Type Specify the camera model in the Camera Type field. It is very important that

you specify the correct Axis camera model! Make sure you are using the latest firmware on the camera to get the best performance and features. If using an analog CCTV camera, specify the Axis Video Server it is connected to.

Tip: Click the "?" button next to the Camera IP address (LAN) field to receive information about the camera type. The correct camera type will be selected for you in the Camera type drop-down menu.

Camera Port Number For a camera connected to a Video Server, specify the video port number.

File extension Specify the file format to save images in. Currently only jpg is available.

Camera IP Address

(LAN)

For a network camera, enter the LAN IP address or host name.

If you have changed the default port settings in the camera, it must be changed here accordingly. You can e.g. specify a port number other than the default port by adding :port after the IP address. Example: 10.13.6.128:8080

Click “?” to receive information about the camera type. The correct camera type will be selected for you in the Camera type drop-down menu.

Camera IP Address

(WAN)

Specify the WAN IP address or host name from where AXIS Camera Station fetches live images. This may be the same as your LAN IP address, depending on your network/Firewall/NAT.

The WAN must be specified if a client or web interface client is run from another network than AXIS Camera Station. If no WAN address is available, enter the LAN address.

If you have changed the default port settings in the camera, they must be changed here accordingly. You can specify a port number other than the default port by adding :port after the IP address. Example: 10.13.6.128:8080

Camera User/Password If the camera is protected by a user ID and password, specify these here.

Axis cameras and video servers have a default User ID = root and

Password = pass. The password may have been changed previously.

Show Pop-up on motion/alarm

If checked, the window with this camera's image will pop-up on the screen whenever an alarm or motion occurs. Typically used in connection with audio communication initiated by an external alarm.

Pan-Tilt-Zoom Camera Check this for a Pan-Tilt-Zoom Camera with accessible controls. The controls available with the PTZ device will be displayed when viewing the camera's image in its own window, i.e. when the camera is selected from the drop-down list in the main window.



Enable Audio Check this if the AXIS 2191 Audio Module is used with the camera. This enables full duplex live audio between camera/microphone and user. Audio from recordings is not possible.

FTP AXIS Camera Station usually gets images from the camera via HTTP, but it is also possible to record images via FTP, whereby the camera first pushes the images to an FTP server. This may be done to save on network bandwidth.

Note:

Live view is not possible from AXIS Camera Station over ftp, only recorded images can be sent to an FTP server.

The camera contains the settings that specify when to send images over ftp, see your Axis camera documentation for details. The FTP server can be installed on the same server as AXIS Camera Station or on another server within the same Windows network. The camera must be set up to send a file via FTP on I/O activity or motion.

Note:

IIS has an integrated FTP server that needs to be enabled manually. See your

Windows documentation for instructions.

Example: Setting up a camera to send recorded images to an FTP directory

An FTP directory must first be created within your Windows network, either on the same server PC as AXIS Camera Station or on another computer.

1. The Axis camera must first be set up to send recorded images to the ftp server.

Select FTP upload

IP address of FTP server

Path to FTP directory where images will be stored.

Example: AXIS network camera web configuration pages

2. Open the AXIS Camera Station Administration pages. Under Cameras, enter the Camera name.



3. Enter the Camera type.

4. Click Camera enabled checkbox.

5. Click the Get recorded images from FTP server checkbox.

6. From Directory, browse to the FTP directory where the images will be stored:

7. Under the Recordings tab, select Record on I/O alarms.


Get images from FTP directory

Check to enable pushing of images from an FTP server to AXIS Camera Station.

See FTP, on page 25.

Minimum image size

(bytes)

Setting a minimum image size can help prevent the sending of incomplete images.

Directory Specify the FTP server directory from where recorded images should be fetched.

This could be from another server within your Windows network or a local drive on the PC where AXIS Camera Station is installed.

Link to Camera

(button)

Click here to open the camera's embedded web pages, from where you can configure all camera settings.

Test Image (button) Click here to check that AXIS Camera Station is retrieving images from the camera. If no images are displayed, check that the IP address and camera/video server type are correct and that the user ID and password have been entered, if these are required.

Clear Camera Settings

(button)

Click to clear all camera settings.



Recordings

All settings that pertain to Recordings are defined under this tab, e.g. :

• motion detection

• recordings triggered by an incoming signal from an input/output

• save recorded images

Select camera Select a camera. For a camera to appear in the drop-down list, it must be registered under the

Cameras tab, see Cameras, on page 22 for instructions.

The maximum number of available cameras is determined by your license.

Recording Method

Continuous recording Check this if you want the server to continuously save images. This option uses more disk space than recording upon motion-detection or upon an external alarm.

Record every (seconds) Set the recording frame rate (X frames per second). If 0 is selected, the frame rate specified in the Target recording frame rate (fps) bar is used.



Record on I/O alarms Check this to start recording when there is an incoming alarm from an I/O. This could be from a device connected to an I/O, e.g. from a door switch, a smoke detector, etc.

Some Axis cameras have built-in motion detection, which can be used independently of AXIS Camera Station. Check this option to use the camera's built-in motion detection to trigger recordings in AXIS Camera Station. This will be treated as any other I/O alarm.

When setting up the camera’s built-in motion detection, there are two ways that detected motion can cause an alarm in AXIS Camera Station:

• By uploading images to the same FTP directory as specified in AXIS Camera

Station.

• By configuring the camera to also trigger an I/O when motion is detected.

Record on motion detection and I/O alarms

Check to store images to hard disk when motion is detected or when there is an

I/O alarm. Use of this feature is recommended, as it saves hard disk space and uses less processing power in comparison with continuous recording.

Note that motion detection here refers to the functionality included in AXIS

Camera Station, and not in the camera itself.

This box must be checked if the Record on I/O alarms check box is not checked and you want the camera to start recording on I/O activity.

Alarm when motion stops

Check if you want recording to start when motion stops. This is useful in e.g. an industrial environment for detecting when machinery stops running.

Alarm priority Check a priority level for the recording, Medium is checked by default:

• Low = No email notification is sent upon an alarm.

• Medium = An email is sent upon an alarm to the recipient(s) defined under

Alarm notification, on page 51.

• High = An email is sent upon an alarm to the recipient(s) defined under

Alarm notification, on page 51.

Motion Detection

Settings button

Motion detection is an important feature of AXIS Camera Station. This feature saves hard disk space and gives the option to send alarms when motion is detected on the camera.

To set up motion detection:

1. Under Recordings, select a camera from the Select Camera drop-down list.

For a camera to appear in the drop-down list, it must be registered under the


2. Click on the Motion detection settings button.



3. Click the Set Grid button to select the part of the image to scan for motion.

- Left-click and drag to add new areas.

- Right-click and drag to delete areas.

The grid may be shown in different colors, but this is simply to increase visibility. Click OK when done.

Click to select area to scan for motion.

Red/green grid depending on background color (to increase visibility).

4. Next, set the motion detection sensitivity level in the Motion Detection window. Under normal viewing conditions, i.e. when there is no motion in the image, move the sensitivity slider until there are a few green bars in the

Motion detected bar.

1. Set the sensitivity level of the motion detector until a few green bars appear in the Motion

Detected bar.

LOW HIGH

2. Set threshold where recordings should begin, according to the sensitivity slider position.

Tip: Set the sensitivity level on Low (far left) in areas with these conditions:

• areas showing a lot of motion, e.g. a highway

• low light conditions, e.g. for night setting



5. When there is motion in the camera's image, set the Recording at slider to the level where you want the recording to begin. If the Motion Detected bar exceeds this setting, there will be an alarm and recording will begin.

When motion is detected with your new settings, the green Motion

Detected icon is shown. The red Recording icon is also displayed, and will remain for several seconds, depending on the Images to start/stop setting on the

Recordings tab, see Recordings, on page 27.

When AXIS Camera Station is running, it will automatically detect if it is day or night. This way, you can set specific motion settings for lighting conditions. Most cameras generate "noise" in the image at low light conditions and can initiate a false motion detection alarm. To remedy this, select lower sensitivity (slider on far left) for the night setting.

Record to Hard Disk

Save Recordings to...

Specify where to store your images. This field must always begin with a disk drive letter, hard disk drive letters "C" to "K" can be used.

The same directory can be specified for multiple cameras, in which case subdirectories are created in the specified directory.

Note:

•External storage devices can be used if they are shared and available as shared disks in Windows.

•AXIS Camera Station’s service user must be changed, as AXIS Camera

Station uses a default Local user (who usually does not have access to external storage devices). Go to AXIS Camera Station’s Service Properties dialog in Windows Control Panel| Administrative tools| Services | AXIS

Camera Station |Action | Properties (Log On tab).

Save recordings for

(days)

Specify the number of days to store saved recordings on hard disk. The value

"default" is specified under the

General tab, see page 40.

Backup old recordings to external storage

Images will be deleted when more hard disk space is needed, or when the recording is older than the amount of days specified in Save recordings for. If this is enabled, recordings will be backed up to the specified external storage folder, Example: \\192.168.0.110\backup\

Click the browse button to browse to an external backup folder:

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Note:

•External storage devices can be used if they are shared and available as shared disks in Windows.

•AXIS Camera Station’s service user must be changed, as AXIS Camera

Station uses a default Local user (who usually does not have access to external storage devices). Go to AXIS Camera Station’s Service Properties dialog: Control Panel| Administrative tools| Services | AXIS Camera

Station |Action|Properties (Log On tab).



Save backup for (days) Specify the number of days to store the backup on external storage.

Recording Buffers and

Duration

Pre-event recording buffer (seconds)

Specify how many seconds of images you want to record before motion is detected or the alarm is triggered. Up to 50 images can be saved in this buffer.

Post-event recording buffer (seconds)

Specify how many seconds of images to record after motion detection or the alarm has ended.

Maximum event time

(minutes)

The maximum recording period (in minutes).

The Maximum event time is used to divide the Continuous recording into events of X minutes.

The input/output definitions specified under the External I/Os tab are affected

by this parameter. See Input/Output, on page 44 for information on configuring

inputs and outputs.

• If the maximum is reached but motion is still detected at an input, a new

event is created and recording continues. SeeExample 1: Maximum alarm

event time - Input, on page 32.

• If the maximum is reached but motion is still detected at an output,

recording will only continue the time specified here. See Example 2:

Maximum alarm event time - Output, on page 32.



Example 1: Maximum alarm event time - Input

Event time = 5 minutes means that an input event will time-out after 5 minutes.

If the maximum time is reached but motion is still detected at an input, a new alarm event is created and recording continues.

Example 2: Maximum alarm event time - Output

output event will time-out after 5 minutes and recording will stop.

Defining an alarm event as an Input or Output is described inInput/Output, on page 44

Images to start/stop alarm

Recording starts when motion is detected or an external alarm is triggered. By setting the Images to start/stop alarm, it is possible to set how many images with no action/alarm should pass before the event ends and the server returns to its "normal" state.

When using the Alarm when motion stops option, set the number of images with no motion allowed before the event triggers and recording is started. This can help reduce unnecessary triggering for slight changes.

Target recording frame rate (fps)

This specifies the desired recording frame rate. The actual frame rate depends on the type of camera, network conditions and your PC configuration. If you are running on a powerful server and using only a few cameras, the frame rate can be set high.

Target frame rate can be used if 0 is specified as framerate in Continuous recording.



I/O Dependencies These settings allow you to start an I/O when motion is detected, and/or to only record if a specified I/O is first in a particular state (open or closed.)

Check the required box(es), select the I/O from the drop-down list and finally select the state the I/O should be in for the condition to be met.

Delete recordings

To delete recordings in the file system go to C:\Recording



Schedules

Under Schedules you can schedule recordings, recordings triggered by alarms or motion detection and define when to notify users about alarms.

Left-click and drag to define an interval.

Right-click and drag to erase an interval.

The smallest unit in the schedule bar is 15 minutes.

Select camera Select a camera from the drop-down list. For a camera to appear in the list, it

must be registered under the Cameras tab, see Cameras, on page 22 for

instructions. The number of cameras available is specified by your license.

Days From the drop-down list, select the day of the week for which you want to set up a schedule.

1. Select camera

2. Select day

3. Select interval

4. Click Apply.



Continuous recording Follow these instructions to configure a camera to record continuously. This recording mode uses more disk space than recording only on alarms or motion.

By default, all schedules are enabled at all times.

In order to define a recording schedule, you must first register the camera under the Cameras tab and enable Continuous recording under Recordings:

1. From Recordings, select a camera from the Select Camera drop-down list.

For a camera to appear in the drop-down list, it must be registered under the


2. Check the Continuous recording checkbox and click Apply.

3. Under Schedules, the Continuous recording indicator bar will be completely filled in with red. Right-click and drag on the indicator bar if you wish to modify the interval.

4. Click Apply to save the new settings.

Alarm/Motion recording

Scedule the intervals during which recordings can be triggered by alarms or motion detection.

In order to define a recording schedule, you must first register the camera under the Cameras tab and enable Record on I/O alarms and motion detection or enable Record on I/O alarms under Recordings.

Alarm Notification Schedule the intervals when to notify users on alarms, i.e. send email. This period will usually be the same as the period set for Alarm/Motion recording.

In order to define a recording schedule, you must first register the camera under the




Specific dates You can define a unique schedule for specific dates. You can either specify a specific date or use the same date every time (e.g. New Year's Eve). To set up a schedule for a specific date:

1. Under Specific dates, click Add.

2. Click the drop-down window in the Select Date pop-up window. A scheduler will open.

3. Select a date and then click Use this specific date or Use this date every year.

The specified date will appear in the drop-down list.

Click Delete to clear a date from the Select Date drop-down list.

4. Next, specify Continuous recording, Alarm/Motion recording or Alarm notification or click Copy from template to use a pre-defined template.

5. Click Apply to save your settings.

Template If you want to create a template to use for several dates, e.g. holidays, proceed with these steps:

1. Click the Templates button.

2. In the Templates dialog, click Add.

3. In the Add New dialog, enter a Name for the new template and click OK.



4. Next, define intervals for Continuous recording, Alarm/Motion recording or

Alarm notification by left-clicking and dragging on the indicator bars.

5. Click OK when done.

Copy from template Click Copy from template and select a pre-defined template from the dropdown list to apply to a camera and day.

Copy schedule to other days

If you want to use the same setting for several days, e.g. holidays, you can copy a schedule from one day to another:

1. Set up the first camera schedule.

2. Click Copy schedule to other days.

3. In the Select pop-up window, check the days you want to copy the schedule to.

4. Click OK to save.



Copy schedule to other cameras

If you want to set up the same settings for several cameras, you can copy a schedule from one camera to another.

1. Set up the first camera schedule and then click Copy Schedule to other

cameras.

2. Check the appropriate check-box(es) in the Select pop-up window. For a camera to appear as an option, it must be registered under the Cameras tab,

see Cameras, on page 22 for instructions.

3. Click OK. The schedule is now copied to the select camera(s).



Views

Under the Views tab, you define which camera is displayed in which position, in each different view.

Example: Define camera views

1. Select view according to the number of cameras you want to configure.

2. Select camera position

for camera

3. Select camera

Example:

To configure 4 cameras,

select


4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for all cameras.


1. Select a view by clicking a button on the left side of the window. The view is now displayed, with its position numbered.

2. Click to select the position you wish to define for a certain camera. The selected position is marked by a red border.

3. From the drop-down list of available cameras, select the camera to display in this position. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for all cameras.

Default View Specify the default view (0, 4, 6, 9, 10, 13 or 16) to display when AXIS Camera

Station is started. If this is set to 0, no live images are shown. The controls for event search, etc. are still visible.



General

Reset to no live images after (hours)

If there is no user activity for the specified number of hours, the view reverts to showing no live images.

Show alarm list

Select if you want the alarm list to appear in the Main window. See Alarm List, on page 18 for more information on the alarm list.

Default save events in days

Specify the number of days to save images (and alarm logs) in the database.

The server frequently monitors the amount of hard disk space available and, if required, removes old events to free up hard disk space. This setting determines the value of the 'Default' option on the Recordings tab.

Camera surveillance and saving recorded images may be prohibited by legislation that varies from country to country. Check the laws in your local region regarding the number of days recorded public images may be saved.

Enable password protection

If enabled, users must also be defined as users in Windows own user database.

The Users tab in AXIS Camera Station allows you to specify the cameras available to each user.

Warning!

Before enabling password protection, ensure that at least one user is defined as an Administrator under the Users tab, otherwise it will not be possible to access the Administration pages again!

Server IP address This field must contain the IP address of the dedicated PC on which AXIS

Camera Station is installed.

• If the dedicated PC is available over a WAN (e.g. the Internet) specify the

WAN IP address.

• Otherwise enter the LAN IP address of the dedicated PC.



Enable Web server Enables the AXIS Camera Station Web service and makes it possible to view live images and recorded events from an Intranet or the Internet. The installation of the web interface will start when OK is clicked if this option is enabled. For

information on setting up the web service, see AXIS Camera Station Web, on page 66.

Enable File Control

Check (watermark)

Selecting this option makes the server create a checksum for all recorded events. If recorded images are tampered with, i.e. images are changed or deleted, a warning is given when the recorded event is played back.

Allow clients to update configuration

Enable this if client users should be allowed to modify the current

configuration from AXIS Camera Station Client. See AXIS Camera Station Client, on page 60 for more information.

Show only one image on playback

Use this setting to display one large image only in the playback window.

Sound on alarm Specify the path to and name of the sound file (WAV) to play on alarms. Or click the search button to go Program Files | Axis Communications | AXIS

Camera Station | Sound to select a new sound file for your alarms.

Enable proxy server Check this option if you want to enable the use of a proxy server. If you have cameras outside your local network and a proxy server is used for external network access, you must enable this setting.

Proxy server Enter the IP address or name of the proxy server, and port if applicable, e.g. http://193.168.0.1:3128. Note that you cannot use an address to a script.

User/Password Enter the user and password as defined for your proxy server.



External I/Os

This section defines alarms coming from devices connected to I/Os in the system. External I/O alarms can be used by in two ways:

• Alarms received directly from inputs/outputs on an Axis camera or video server.

• FTP alarms - i.e. an alarm from a camera or video server that uploads images to an FTP directory to act as a trigger. This FTP directory is monitored by AXIS Camera Station.

Quick Add Alarm

1. For a new alarm, click the Add Alarm button. Give the alarm a descriptive name and click OK.

2. Select the required I/O from the drop-down list I/O Name. The new alarm created in step 1 is also available here.

3. Check the box for Enable external alarm.

4. Set the various required parameters, according to the descriptions in I/O type-

specific data, on page 44 and I/O Definition, on page 43.

For an AXIS I/O this means e.g. the IP address to the Axis device containing the I/O, the user ID and password to the device and any texts for buttons and alarm lists.

5. Select the camera(s) that will record when this alarm is triggered by clicking

Select camera. For a camera to appear in this window, it must be registered under the


6. Click OK to save and exit



I/O Definition Axis network cameras and video servers support the use of various types of input devices, for example, passive infrared sensors, or door and window contacts. Please refer to the device’s manual for a description of how to connect input devices.

I/O Name The name of the alarm. If FTP, this is also the name of the incoming file from the alarm device. To add a new I/O, click the Add Alarm button.

I/O Text Text used for presentation in I/O status window in AXIS Camera Station.

I/O Type Select type AXIS for a device connected to an I/O, or FTP for an alarm that triggers when a file is uploaded to an FTP directory on the computer running

AXIS Camera Station. Note that this uploaded file is not part of any recording, but only acts as an alarm trigger.

To set up an FTP type I/O, you must first set up an I/O input event as triggered by FTP. The FTP I/O will sense the folder C:/temp/FTPdir/AlarmIn. This folder must also be set up in MS IIS as an FTP folder. A file sent to this folder will trigger the I/O if the file has a name that contains the name of the event.

This file must be sent to c:/temp/ftpdir/alarmin/ and the file must be named so that it contains the name of the I/O:

Example: If the I/O is named FrontDoor, the file from the camera should be named e.g. FrontDoor.jpg or FrontDoor00045.jpg so that it is properly recognized by AXIS Camera Station.

The camera must be configured to upload one image per alarm only, otherwise

AXIS Camera Station will trigger an alarm for every uploaded image.

See Example 3: Configure an alarm received from an input/output from FTP, on page 49

I/O definition configuration in the Administration pages and the subsequent layout in AXIS

Camera Station - I/O Status



Input Number The I/O port number that will be used on the camera or video server.

Input/Output In the Input/Output field, choose if the alarm event is input or output triggered.

• Inputs are used to create an alert or start/stop a camera.

See Example 1: Configure an alarm received from an INPUT on an AXIS

camera or video server, on page 46

• Outputs are controlled by the user and can be configured with texts on the buttons controlling it. Outputs can control the output ports on selected devices and activate e.g a siren or a light.

See Example 2: Configure an alarm received from an OUTPUT on an AXIS

camera or video server, on page 47

NO/NC Normally Open or Normally Closed. This determines how the device on the I/O is configured. You can select an open or closed I/O as the normal state:

• Normally Open means that the power pulse through the I/O is broken. An alarm can then be set up to trigger when there is a constant power pulse, i.e. when the I/O closes.

• Normally Closed means that there is a constant power pulse through the

I/O. An alarm can then be set up to trigger when the power pulse is broken, i.e. when the I/O opens.

Flip-Flop Enabling Flip-Flop means that for outputs, the I/O will return to its normal state after a few seconds.

Example: A gate is normally closed (NC). In this case, enabling Flip-flop means that if the gate is opened the I/O device can be setup to automatically close the gate after a few seconds.

I/O type-specific data Enter the IP address of the camera/video server the I/O is located on. Enter the user/password for accessing the Axis device, if required. All Axis devices have a default user called "root," which has the default password "pass".

On Alarm

PTZ position If the camera is PTZ-capable and uses preset positions, the position specified here will automatically be assumed when an alarm occurs. If multiple PTZ cameras are in use and all require positioning on an alarm, define a preset position that uses the same name on each camera.

Alarm Priority Alarm priority is defined under the Cameras tab.

Enable sound on alarm This will play a sound every time there is an alarm. The sound file to play is

specified under the General tab, see General, on page 40.

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Open Text The text that appears on the push button that opens the I/O.



Close Text The text that appears on the push button that closes the I/O.

Text for Alarm ON The text that appears in the alarm list when port is not in its the normal state, i.e. when activated.

Text for Alarm OFF The text that appears in the alarm list when the port is in its normal state.

On or Off displayed

On Alarm configuration in the Administration pages and the subsequent layout in AXIS Camera

Station - I/O Status

I/O Rules

I/O only valid if I/O...

The activation of an I/O can be dependent on another I/O. Check to enable and specify the other I/O and the state it should be in to activate the first I/O.

Select camera (button) Opens the dialog for selecting the cameras that will start recording on the incoming alarm. For a camera to appear in this dialog, it must be registered under the

Cameras tab, see Cameras, on page 22 for instructions. Note that it is

possible to record on any camera in the system and not just on the camera with the I/O that triggers the alarm.

Add Alarm (button) Click to add a new alarm. Provide the new alarm with a name and click OK. The

new alarm is now available in the drop-down list in I/O definition (see I/O

Definition, on page 43) and can be configured.

Delete Alarm (button) Click to delete the alarm currently being displayed. Note that this will delete the alarm immediately - no confirmation will be requested.



Example 1: Configure an alarm received from an INPUT on an AXIS camera or video server

4. Check Enable External Alarm

3. Select the new alarm from the list

5. Select AXIS to detect changes on an Axis camera or video server I/O

6. Select Input

7. Select I/O to be used on camera or video server.

10. Enter the camera or video server

IP address, user name and password.

11. Optional: enter PTZ camera preset position.

The activation of one I/O can be dependent on another I/O. Check to enable and specify the other I/O and the state it should be in to activate the first I/O.

8. Enter I/O text

1. Click Add Alarm

2. Name the alarm

9. Select Normal Open or Normal Closed

12. Enter names that describe I/O status.

Example: Either On or Off is shown in the I/O status window.



13. Click Select Camera and choose which cameras should start recording when this alarm is triggered. The camera must be set to record on I/O under Recordings.


Example 2: Configure an alarm received from an OUTPUT on an AXIS camera or video server

4. Check Enable External Alarm


5. Choose AXIS to detect changes on an Axis camera or video server I/O

2. Name the alarm 1. Click Add Alarm



8. Enter I/O text

9. Select Normal Open or Normal Closed

6. Select Output

7. Select I/O to be used on camera or video server.

10. Enter the camera or video server

IP address, user name and password.

11. Optional: enter PTZ camera preset position.

12. Enter names that describe I/O status.

Example: Either On or Off is shown in

I/O status window.

13. Specify push button text to appear in I/O

Definitions.

The activation of one I/O can be dependent on another I/O. Check to enable and specify the other I/O and the state it should be in to activate the first I/O.



14. Click Select Camera and select which cameras should start recording when this alarm is triggered. The camera must be set to record on I/O under Recordings.


Example 3: Configure an alarm received from an input/output from FTP

An FTP alarm is an alarm from a camera or video server that uploads images to an FTP directory. This file must be sent to c:/temp/ftpdir/alarmin/ and the file must be named so that it contains the name of the I/O:

Example: If the I/O is named FrontDoor, the file from the camera should be named e.g. FrontDoor.jpg or FrontDoor00045.jpg so that it is properly recognized by AXIS Camera Station.

4. Check Enable External Alarm


5. Select FTP

1. Click Add Alarm

2. Name the alarm



6. Enter I/O text

7. Optional: enter

PTZ camera preset position.

8. The activation of one I/O can be set as being dependent on another I/O. Check to enable and specify the other I/O and the state it should be in to activate the first I/O.

9. Click Select Camera and choose which cameras should start recording when this alarm is triggered. The camera must be set to record on I/O under Recordings.




Alarm notification

Alarm notification from AXIS Camera Station, i.e. sending an email to an appropriate recipient, is configured here.

SMTP Server The SMTP server that provides your email service. Enter the address to the primary SMTP server in the first field. If available, enter a secondary SMTP server in the second field. Example: smtpserver.example.com

You can add :port after the smtp address if you want to use another port than default port 25. Example: smtpserver.example.com:26

SMTP User/Password Enter the user name and password for logging in to the SMTP server.

Mail from Enter the email address that will appear as the sender of the alarm notification.

Mail subject Enter the title or subject of the email.

Send mail to address Enter up to three email address to notify upon alarms.

Time between mails This is the time between the alarm notification mails sent from the same camera (alarms), and can be used to prevent mail flooding if there is a lot of activity.

Example: If a camera detects motion (alarm A), it first sends a notification mail for alarm A, then waits the specified interval and then, if the alarm is still active, it sends the next mail for alarm A. If another, separate alarm (alarm B) on this camera occurs before the interval for alarm A has passed, the camera will still send mail for alarm B.



Users

Using the integrated Windows user database, a high level of security can be implemented in AXIS Camera Station where users can be granted or denied access to a camera.

AXIS Camera Station users must have full rights to the C:\temp directory.

Granting user rights If user login is enabled, Windows handles the authentication of all users trying to gain access. AXIS Camera Station also handles access control for each individual camera.

Before a user can be granted access to AXIS Camera Station, the user must first be created in the Windows user database. Click the Windows User

Administration button on the Users tab.

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See the Windows online help for instructions on setting up new users in

Windows.



Important!

The camera access specified for the user is used both in the server environment and when logging into AXIS Camera Station from a web browser. If security is enabled, only an Administrator will have access to the Administration section.

Ensure that at least one user is defined as an Administrator under the User tab, otherwise it will not be possible to access the Administration pages again!

Granting a User

Camera Access

1. Select a user from the drop-down list and then check the cameras that this user will be allowed to access.




Camera Sequence

Camera Sequences A camera sequence is a pre-defined "camera tour" i.e. a configuration that automatically switches through all of the cameras included in the tour. The switching interval can be set at up to 240 seconds for each camera. Once a camera sequence has been added, the operator simply selects it from the main window, from the View menu. A new window will pop up and display the

cameras, described in Camera Sequence, on page 16.

Add Camera button To add a camera to the camera sequence, click the Add Camera button and

select a camera. See page 55.

Remove Camera button

To remove a camera from the sequence, click this button and select the camera to remove.

Add Sequence button

To add a new sequence, press the button and enter a name for it. See page 55.

Remove Sequence To remove a sequence, press the button and select the sequence to delete.

Sequence text This could be e.g. descriptive text about the camera sequence. This text is displayed immediately after the sequence's name, in the pop-up window

showing the sequence. See page 55.

Time between camera switches

The value set here determines the number of seconds the view from each camera is displayed.



Example: Adding a new camera sequence

1. Click Add Sequence to add a new sequence session.

2. Highlight the sequence and click Add Camera. Select cameras from the list.

3. The cameras will be added to the session. Add text as it will appear on the screen and the interval at which the different cameras will be shown (in seconds).




Performance

This section provides various options for improving the performance of AXIS

Camera Station. Caution should be exercised when adjusting these settings, as incorrect configuration may adversely affect overall performance.

HTTP buffer size

(Bytes)

The buffer size for captured images. If there are images that are only partly captured, the buffer may be too small. The usual size is 40 000 - 80 000 bytes.

Minimum available hard disk space (%)

This ensures that there is always a minimum of hard disk space available, to ensure that Windows performs correctly. The recommended setting is 10-15% of the total hard disk space.



AXIS Camera Station License

The license for your installation of AXIS Camera Station determines how many cameras can be used. Multiple licenses can be installed, i.e. if you have progressively increased the number of available cameras.

Important!

• The License Key is a temporary key that will expire once the software has been installed and registered!

• The License Key is a valuable and your proof of purchase. Keep it in a safe place for future reference.

• If a proxy server is used for Internet access it must be set up in Microsoft

Internet Explorer prior to registration. Auto-scripts for proxy are not supported.

There are two types of upgrade licenses available for purchase at your local

Axis reseller:

• Additional camera license in packets of 1 or 5. See your local Axis reseller for details.

• Software upgrade with accompanying licenses. You can upgrade AXIS

Camera Station for a limited time from www.axis.com and then extend the license. See your local Axis reseller for details.

The time period remaining for your license is displayed in the software interface:

There are two ways to register new licenses:

• Automatic update through the software (requires direct Internet

connection), described in Obtaining a new license through automatic

update (direct Internet connection required), on page 58

•

Via Axis Communications web site, described in Obtaining a new license

from www.axis.com/techsup/acs, on page 59



Obtaining a new license through automatic update (direct Internet connection required)

1. Click Add license, then Register.


2. Fill in the requested information and click Add full version license.

3. Your license information will be sent to Axis Communications and your software will be automatically activated.

4. You can now start using AXIS Camera Station with your new license.



Obtaining a new license from www.axis.com/techsup/acs

1. If you do not have immediate Internet access, you can activate your license by contacting Axis Communications.

2. Click Add License


3. Enter your License Key.

4. Click Get Server Id.

5. Your Server ID will be calculated (a code containing information about your

PC). Make a note of the Server ID and License Key.

6. To complete the installation, go to http://www.axis.com/techsup/acs from a web browser.

7. Fill in the requested information and click Submit. You will receive an Access

code, make a note of it.

8. Return to the Add License dialog and select Registration done.

9. Enter your License Key, your Server ID and your Access Code.

10. You can now start using AXIS Camera Station with your new license.


AXIS Camera Station Client

AXIS Camera Station Client

The AXIS Camera Station Client application is used for remote operations on client workstations, where you can perform the same tasks as from AXIS

Camera Station (if Administration is enabled).

From a client PC you can acquire and save images, detect motion and save alarms and images without having to access the server PC where settings and recordings are stored.

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Important!

AXIS Camera Station uses port 11007 to communicate with the client. On the server (dedicated PC where AXIS Camera Station is installed), make sure that port 11007 is open and available for the clients in your network and in your firewall.

Note:

• A maximum of 10 AXIS Camera Station Clients can connect to AXIS

Camera Station simultaneously.

• PIII 500 MHz 128 MB are the minimum hardware requirements for AXIS

Camera Station Client.

Install AXIS Camera Station client software

1. From the client workstation, insert the CD and select Software then AXIS

Camera Station Client

2. Click Open to launch the installation.

You may be prompted to install .NET Framework 1.1. Simply follow the installation Wizard’s instructions and click your way through.



Important!

You may be prompted and then automatically redirected to

http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com to locate and install these missing

Windows components:

• Windows 2000 Service Pack 4, located here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/servicepacks/

• Windows Internet Explorer 6, located here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie

Install the missing components, see your Windows documentation for instructions. When this is done, reboot your computer and then restart the

AXIS Camera Station Client installation by clicking AXIS Camera Station

Client setup.exe on the CD.

3. Next, you will be asked where to install the program. If nothing is specified, the program is normally installed here: C:\Program Files\Axis

Communications\AXIS Camera Station Client

4. Click your way through the Installation Wizard.

5. When you have installed the software, open AXIS Camera Station Client from Start | Program Files or click the program icon on the desktop:

6. The first time you connect, this window will appear:

7. Enter

• the IP address of the server PC where AXIS Camera Station is installed

• the Server Password. This is defined in the AXIS Camera Station on the server: File | Administration | General | Server IP address and Server

User ID/Password.

8. Click OK and start AXIS Camera Station Client.

If you want users to be able to edit information, make sure that A llow clients

to change configuration is set to Yes under the General tab in AXIS Camera

Station’s Administration.



AXIS Camera Station Client interface

See AXIS Camera Station User Interface, on page 14 for a detailed description;

AXIS Camera Station Client is almost identical to the AXIS Camera Station user interface.

Green light = background service on server is running.

Red light = background service on server is not running.

Click to expand

AXIS Camera Station

Control Buttons

View Selection

The frames surrounding the images are color-coded:

Blue frame: Camera connection OK, no motion detected

Red frame: Camera connection OK, motion detected or recording has started

Yellow frame: Camera network connection interrupted

From these push buttons or from the View menu you can select your preferred camera views.

No Live Images

Select Camera

Click the No Live Images button to close the camera windows.

Showing live images in the main window uses a lot of processor power. Not displaying live images reduces the amount of processor power required by the service, whilst not affecting recordings in any way. The amount of bandwidth required is also less when not showing live images.

Select a camera to be shown in a new window. Choose this if you want to close the view windows (and thus save on processor power) but still want a single camera view visible on your desktop


Monitoring I/O

Camera sequence

Recorded Events

4 camera playback

Alarm List


When clicking this button, the I/O Status of all units are displayed.

Monitoring I/O defines when events, such as an alarm or motion detection, should be triggered. Each I/O is shown on one line, along with a colored indicator:

• green indicator means the I/O is in its normal state

• red indicates that the I/O is active, recording in progress

• yellow means there is no communication with the I/O

Buttons for starting and stopping an I/O output are also shown.

Click to open the Camera sequence window. A camera sequence is a pre-defined "camera tour" i.e. a configuration that automatically switches through all of the cameras included in the tour. Select the camera sequence to view from the drop-down list. The preconfigured switching interval can be overridden by clicking the

"next" button, or by changing the switching interval in the dropdown list.

Here you can search through recorded events. Select a date, a time and press the search button and you will get an overview of all the recorded events. Select one of the events and you will see the actual images in the selected event.

To find recorded events from a specific camera, click the Recorded

events button. A new window will open, showing images from the recorded files

Here you can search through recorded events from four cameras simultaneously. Select a date, a time and you will get an overview of all the recorded events. To display recorded events from four cameras, click the 4-camera playback button. A new window will open, showing images from the recorded files.

The alarm list shows all alarms and other events in the server. Click on an alarm in the list to open the event

File Menu

Connection To establish a connection between the AXIS Camera Station (server application) and AXIS Camera Station Client, the server’s IP address and password must be entered under File | Connection. Usually this is only done once; when the client application is started for the first time.

The background service on AXIS Camera Station must be running before attempting to connect!



The Server Password is defined in AXIS Camera Station on the server: File |

Administration | General | Server IP address and Server User ID/Password.

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Important!

To Get and Upload configuration settings from the server, clients must first be granted rights to use the Administration pages from AXIS Camera Station

Client: from AXIS Camera Station’s Administration pages, under the General tab, click Allow clients to update configuration | Yes. Click OK to save and exit.

Get configuration Every time you start AXIS Camera Station Client, new updates are sent to it from the server, containing e.g. camera configuration settings. You can download configuration settings from AXIS Camera Station to AXIS Camera

Station Client like this:

1. Click File | Get configuration

2. Click OK.

Upload configuration Follow these instructions if you want to upload configuration settings from

AXIS Camera Station Client to AXIS Camera Station. The background service on

AXIS Camera Station will be automatically restarted before the upload configuration is done.

1. Click File | Upload configuration

2. Click OK.

View Menu Select the desired view from this menu, or by using the buttons to the right in the window. Buttons for the camera view are at the top and buttons for viewing the I/O status and camera sequences are further down.

Monitor Menu Selecting a number of cameras from this menu will open a new window occupying the entire screen, and shows live images from the connected cameras. Press Alt+F4 to exit the monitor mode.



Camera Menu Selecting a camera from this list opens a new browser window showing the

Axis camera or video server's home page. If the same unit is selected from the drop-down list to the right of the window, this opens a smaller window that only shows the live image.

Playback Menu Select playback from cameras, from ZIP files, or open the Event Search window or Event Log. The Event Search and 4- or 16-camera playback can be also be opened with the buttons on the right. Once the Event log has been opened, clicking on an event in the list opens the Event Search window.

Pan/Tilt/Zoom and

Audio controls

These controls are only visible if the connected camera has PTZ or a connected audio module:

Pan/tilt/zoom controls

Audio controls

Click on the controls to move the camera around. You can also click on the images to move around the camera. (This feature is only available on some PTZ cameras).

You can select a preset position from the Preset Position dropdown menu, as defined in the PTZ camera.

If Audio is attached to the camera, the controls are shown here.

AXIS Camera Station Client Administration

Important:

You may or may not grant client access to the Administration pages in the

AXIS Camera Station Client. These settings are defined from AXIS Camera

Station under General | Allow clients to change configuration | Yes or No.

Client users can be granted access to the AXIS Camera Station Client administration pages, which contain the exact same parameters and settings as

the AXIS Camera Station. See AXIS Camera Station Administration, on page 21

for details. For clients who don’t have rights to use the Administration pages, the Administration option in the File menu will be dimmed.


AXIS Camera Station Web

AXIS Camera Station Web

A normal web browser can be used on client workstations to view cameras and perform simple operations.

To enable live view, a set of IP addresses and port numbers must be opened in your firewall; there must be an open port for each camera and one port for

AXIS Camera Station.

Simply viewing recorded events/images does not require the above firewall configurations.

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Important:

• For external web access from a WAN, enter the WAN IP address under

General | Server IP address.

• For internal web access from a LAN, enter the LAN IP address of the dedicated PC under General | Server IP address.

• In Windows XP Professional, a maximum of five users can access to the web interface simultaneously. This limitation is not present in other operating systems.

• Both AXIS Camera Station and AXIS ThinWizard software use port 80 as default. You must change the port on one of these programs if you intend to use them on the same network segment.

• To be able to log into AXIS Camera Station from a web browser, the user

must be created in the Windows user database. SeeGranting a User

Camera Access, on page 53.

Warning!

When the web interface is installed on the server, web sharing is enabled. This will allow users on your network to upload scripts or programs onto the server and execute them.



Enable Client Web Access

If you want to allow clients to access the AXIS Camera Station Web, proceed with these steps:

To be able to log into AXIS Camera Station from a web browser, the user must

be created in the Windows user database. SeeGranting a User Camera Access, on page 53.

1. From the Administration pages, select the General tab.

2. In the Server IP address field, make sure the correct IP address that clients will use to connect to the server is entered. Make a note of the IP address.

3. Select Enable Webserver | Yes and then OK. The installation of the web interface will start. Simply click your way through the installation.

If you don’t have Internet Information Server (IIS) 5.0 or later installed, you will be prompted to do so, keep your Windows CD handy. When IIS has been successfully installed, the AXIS

Camera Station Web Installation Wizard will be launched, click your way through it.



Access the AXIS Camera Station Web from a client PC

1. Open a browser on the client computer.

Microsoft Internet Explorer ver. 6.0 or higher must be installed on the client pc.

2. In the Address field, write http://server IP address/videoweb

Example: http://10.13.6.128/videoweb

If you need instructions on how to locate the server’s IP address, see page 67.

3. The AXIS Camera Station Web interface will appear:

AXIS Camera Station Web Control Buttons

Select a camera before clicking the control buttons.

Camera selection A list of cameras is displayed for the user, showing cameras according to his/her user rights.

Open in new window Click this button to open a small window showing a live image from the selected camera. If the camera has PTZ (Pan/Tilt/Zoom) or audio enabled, the controls are shown here.

Open in main window Click this button to see live images from the selected camera in the main window.

Quad view In the Quad view you can select a camera from the camera list and then click one of the positioning buttons to position the live image.

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Overview - all cameras

Click this button to get a still image from all the cameras in the selected camera group. Click on the still images to see live images from the camera.



I/O Controls Click this button to get the I/O controls. In this view you can see if an I/O port is open/closed or if the alarm is on. You can change the I/O port status if it is defined as an output port. A live image from the camera connected to the I/O can be activated using the push button with the camera number.

Alarm Log search This page will show you all logged events sent from the camera to AXIS Camera

Station. Initially the logged events from the selected camera are shown. Press

"Show all cameras" to see the log of the entire camera group. If you click on one of the logged events, you will be guided to the recorded images showing an overview of all events at the selected date/time.

Find recorded events From this page you can search through the recorded events. Select date and time and click the Search button. You will get an overview of all recorded events. Select one of the events and you will see the actual images in the selected event. Date is entered in the format yyyy-mm-dd, time in hh:mm.

Status • OK indicates that the AXIS Camera Station recording server is running.

• A red exclamation mark (!) indicates that the recording server is not running.

Refresh the view to update the icons.


Network Configuration

Network Configuration

To access AXIS Camera Station from the Internet and get live images from the cameras you must open a set of IP addresses and port numbers in your Firewall configuration.

Basically there must be a port open for each camera and one port for AXIS

Camera Station.

Example:

NTFS Filesystem

The NTFS filesystem must be implemented on your PC and the Indexing Service must be activated. This is done from the computer administration.

If your hard disk is formatted as FAT32, you can convert it to NTFS. Simply open a command prompt and type: "convert c: /FS:NTFS /V" to convert your c drive.

Windows Security

The AXIS Camera Station has a Windows-integrated security system. If you want to enable the secure login facilities, you must authorize the administrative users in Windows:

1. Go to the Control Panel, choose Administrative tools | Local Security

policy.

2. Select Local policies | User right assignments | Act as a part of the

Operating System and add the users you want to have rights to assign new users in AXIS Camera Station.



IIS Secure Login from the AXIS Camera Station Web interface

For secure and encrypted login, please setup the IIS to use Windows login.

1. Right-click on the default web site and select Administration | Directory

Security | Edit in Anonymous access and authentication. Select

Integrated Windows Authentication and de-select Anonymous Access.

2. This will prompt the user for login every time the web site is started from the client web browser. The user must also be imported to the AXIS Camera

Station. This is done in AXIS Camera Station Administration. If no user login is required, please just check Anonymous Access and the website will be accessible without user login.

3. In AXIS Camera Station Administration | General, you have to check Enable

password protection to enable the security check and camera access check, every time a user logs in to the system. This means that all users must be created as Windows users to gain access to the AXIS Camera Station.

4. To enable the live streaming engine, click on Home directory in the

Administration, and make sure that the Local path section is set as shown and that Execute permissions is set to Scripts and executables.

5. The Internet information Server is now ready for use.

Some difficulties may arise in Windows XP to login to the website, although the Anonymous login is unchecked and Windows integrated security is selected. This usually happens on Windows XP. Windows XP is by default setup in the IIS so that even though you have logged in as a user, you may only be granted access as a guest. This is solved by giving the guest the necessary access.

Alternatively,



Multi-user login

1. Go to Control Panel | Administrative tools | Local Security policy.

2. Select Local policies | Security settings | Setting for network access and set this setting to Classic - user acts as itself.

If you want multiple users to have access to login on the AXIS Camera Station

PC and differentiate the camera access, please make the following steps:

1. Make sure that Simple File sharing mode is disabled. You can disable simple file sharing like this: a) Click Start | My computer b) Choose Tools | Folder options | View tab | Advanced settings c) Clear the Use simple file sharing check box

2. Right-click on the program icon and select Settings and Security. Make sure that all users have access and can execute the program.

3. Right-click on the folder c:/Temp and go to Settings | Security. Make sure that all users have access to read and write to the Temp folder.

All users defined in the AXIS Camera Station, should now be able to access the it. Only users with Windows Administrator rights, can start/stop the background service.


Removing AXIS Camera Station

Removing AXIS Camera Station

In the Windows Add/Remove programs menu, AXIS Camera Station has two entries, AXIS Camera Station and AXIS Camera Station Web.

To remove the entire program

1. Open Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel.

2. Select AXIS Camera Station and click Remove.

3. Click Yes when asked if you want to remove AXIS Camera Station Web. This will remove AXIS Camera Station, AXIS Camera Station Web and the background service.

Some files may need to be removed manually from these locations:

• C:\Program Files\Axis Communications\AXIS Camera Station

• C:\Temp

Erasing recordings may take a while if the recordings require a lot of disk space.

All recordings are stored in C:/Recordings

To remove AXIS Camera Station Web

1. Open Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel.

2. Select AXIS Camera Station Web and click Remove.

3. Click Yes when asked if you want to remove AXIS Camera Station Web. This will remove AXIS Camera Station Web.


Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting

Known limitations in

Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2003

Server

If the server is used as a domain controller and the local users are registered in

Active Directory they cannot be reached from AXIS Camera Station.

No images from

Administration’s test image

If you do not receive images after you have specified the camera’s IP address, please check the following under the Cameras tab in Administration:

• The IP address/user/password of the camera is correct. Click Link to camera.

• You have selected the correct Camera Type.

• Make sure that Camera enabled is checked.

• The Camera Port is correct. This is the port number used if the camera/videoserver supports multiple cameras.

• The camera has the latest firmware installed.

No motion detection/recording after AXIS Camera

Station is started

If AXIS Camera Station doesn't detect motion or doesn't record, please check the following:

• The background service is started: File | Administration | Start Server.

• You have enough disk space available (minimum 2 Gb per camera).

Monitor’s window

“freezes”

When a monitor i selected from the Main window, it freezes after a few minutes. This happens on some Windows 2000 installations, but has so far not been seen in Windows XP. There is currently no solution, it only happens on certain camera types.

Hard disks fill up or no recording is saved

To prevent this from happening, please set the Minimum Available hard disk in the Administration | Performance. You can also set the Save event in days, to minimize the use of the hard disk. The application will cleanup recordings automatically if these settings are set correctly. If not, and the PC gets locked, you will have to delete the recordings manually or reformat the hard disk.

No images are shown in the Web interface

• Verify the IP address of the AXIS Camera Station server under

Administration | General | Server IP address

• Enable the web interface under Administration | General | Enable

Webserver | Yes.

• A virtual directory <ip address>\temp must be available in your www root, pointing to C:\temp.


Troubleshooting

I can not access the web site, even though

I have created a user

In some cases you can not login to website, although the Anonymous login is unchecked and Windows integrated security is selected. This usually happens on Windows XP because the IIS will only grant you access as a guest even if you have logged in as a user. You can circumvent the problem by giving the guest the necessary access in the AXIS Camera Station Administration.

Alternatively,

1. Go to Control Panel | Administrative tools | Local Security policy.

2. Select Local policies | Security settings | Setting for network access and choose Classic - user acts as itself.

Running a backup on another PC on the network if you are logged in as a User

If you are logged in as a User on the network you may experience problems when trying to run a backup on another PC on your network.

This can be solved as follows:

To run a backup on another PC the PC must first be shared so that other user’s have write-rights. You must then modify the users registered in AXIS Camera

Station accordingly, because the users in AXIS Camera Station are registered as local users and cannot reach other PCs.

1. Log in to AXIS Camera Station Properties.

2. Choose This account and browse to the user on the desired domain (the AXIS

Camera Station's taskbar icon will no longer be visible after this operation).

The backup is scheduled to run every night at 2400.


Index

Symbols

"noise" 17, 18, 30

.NET Framework 9

I/O Controls 69

Numerics

30-day demo 11

30-day license 11

A

Access Code 59

Access the AXIS Camera Station Web 68

accessible controls, PTZ 24

Activate the software with your License code 10

Active Directory 74

Add Alarm (button) 45

Add full version license 10

Add Sequence 55

Adding a new camera sequence 55

Additional camera license 57

Administration 21

Administrator 53

Advanced Search 17, 18

Advanced Search from alarm list 18 alarm list 18, 63

Alarm Log search 69

Alarm Priority 44

Alarm priority 28

alarm sound 41

Alarm when motion stops 28

analog CCTV camera 22

Audio from recordings 25

Audio Module 25

automatically detect cameras 23

AXIS 2191 25

AXIS Camera Station Control Buttons 14

B

Background service 14 background service 14

backup 30

Backup old recordings to external storage 30

bandwidth required 15, 62

buffer 31

Index


Index

C

/Temp 73

Recording 33

Camera enabled checkbox 22

Camera Explorer 23

Camera Explorer button 23

Camera FTP configuration 25

Camera IP Address (LAN) 24

Camera IP address (LAN) field 22

Camera IP Address (WAN) 24

Camera IP address (WAN) 22

Camera Name 23

Camera name field 22

Camera Port Number 22, 24

Camera Selection 23

Camera Type 24

Camera Type field 22

camera views, define 13

Cameras 22

Cameras tab 13

CCTV camera 24

Clear Camera Settings (button) 26

client access to Administration 65

Client user rights 64

Client Web Access 67

Client Web Address 68

Close Text 45

Configure an alarm received via FTP 49

configure camera views 15

Connection 63

Copy from template 39

Copy schedule to other cameras 38

Copy schedule to other days 39

D

default Password 24

default starting point 22

default User ID 24

Delete Alarm (button) 45

Deleting recordings 33

detected movement 17, 18

disk defragementation 8

domain controller 74

E

Enable Audio 25

Enable camera 23

Enable Client Web Access 67

Enable proxy server 41

Enable sound on alarm 44

Enable Streaming 24


Index

Expanded and contracted views 14 expanded and contracted views 14

External Alarms and I/Os 42

external storage 30, 31

F

false motion detection alarm 30

File extension 24 file format, saved images 24

Find recorded events 69

Firewall configuration 70

Flip-Flop 44

fps 27 frame rate 27 frames per second 27

FTP alarms 42

FTP- sending files on I/O activity 43, 49

FTP server 25

G

General 40

Get configuration 64

H

hard disk drive 30

High 28

Hostnames 22

How to set a camera at a specific position 40

HTTP buffer size (Bytes) 56

I

I/O definition configuration 43

I/O only valid if I/O 45

I/O Status 15, 63

IIS 25

Input/Output 44

Internet Information Serve 67

K

Known problems 73

L

LAN IP address 22

Link 39

Link to Camera 22

live audio 25

Low 28

low light conditions 30 lower sensitivity 30


Index

M

Mail From 51

maintenance 8

Maximum event time (minutes) 31 maximum recording period 31

Medium 28

minimum hardware requirements

AXIS Camera Station Client 60

Monitor’s window “freezes” 74

motion stops. 28

Multi-user login 72

N

Naming FTP files 43, 49

network bandwidth 25

Network Configuration 70

Network configuration 39

night setting 30

No Camera 15

No images 74

No images from Administration’s test image 74

No Live Images 15, 62

No motion detection/recording after Surveillance Station is started 74

NO/NC 44

NTFS 9

NTFS formatted. 9

NTFS formatting 9

O

Obtaining a new license from www.axis.com/techsup/acs 59

On Alarm 44

On Alarm configuration 45

Open Text 44

P

Pan/tilt/zoom controls 20

Pan-Tilt-Zoom Camera 24

pass 22, 24

Password 22

Performance 56

Preset Position 20 preset position 20, 65

Proxy server 41

PTZ position 44

Q

Quick Add Alarm 43

R

RAID 8

Recommendations 8


Index

Recording, background service 14

Register 10

register new licenses 57

Registering with direct Internet connection 10

Registering without direct Internet connection 11

root 22, 24

S

Save recordings for 30

Save recordings for (days) 30

Save Recordings to 30

Schedule 34

Secure Login 71

security 53

Select Camera 15, 23

Select camera 27

Select camera (button) 45

Server ID 59

service 14

SMTP Server 51 smtp server port 51

software upgrade 57 software upgrade rights 57

Software, activate with license 10

sound files 41

Sound on alarm 41

Specific dates 36

Status 69

store images on hard disk 30

Surveillance Station - Administration 70

T

Template 36

Text for Alarm OFF 45

Text for Alarm ON 45

time period for license 57

U

Uninstall 73

upgrade license 57

Upload configuration 64

Upload configuration, background service 64

User ID 22

User/Password 41

Users 52

V

video port number 24

View Selection 15


W

WAN IP address 22

Web Server Set-up 70

web sharing 66

Windows client setup 71

Windows Security 70

Windows XP 8

windowsupdate 9

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