User manual AXIS CAMERA STATION 1.1

[. . . ] AXIS Camera Station User's Manual AXIS Camera Station User's Manual 1 Regulatory Information About This Document This manual is intended for administrators and operators of AXIS Camera Station and is applicable for software version 1. 10. 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. [. . . ] Click OK to save. 34 AXIS Camera Station User's Manual AXIS Camera Station Administration 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. Set up the first camera schedule and then click Copy Schedule to other cameras. For a camera to appear as an option, it must be registered under the Cameras tab, see Cameras, on page 19 for instructions. 3. The schedule is now copied to the select camera(s). AXIS Camera Station User's Manual 35 AXIS Camera Station Administration Views Under the Views tab, you define which camera is displayed in which position, in each different view. Example: Define camera views 1. for camera Example: To configure 4 cameras, select To configure 8 cameras, select 4. From the drop-down list of available cameras, select the camera to display in this position. The quality of the video feed can be improved by increasing the Framerate and lowering the compression value in Image Quality (Compression). Default View Specify the default view (0, 4, 6, 9, 10, 13 or 16) to display when AXIS Camera Station is started. are still visible. 36 AXIS Camera Station User's Manual AXIS Camera Station Administration General Reset to no live images after (hours) Show event log If there is no user activity for the specified number of hours, the view reverts to showing no live images. 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. Default save events in days Enable password protection If enabled, the Administration options, i. e. the different tabs available when you click File | Administration, are password protected. The Users tab in AXIS Camera Station allows you to specify the cameras available to each user. 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 PC on which AXIS Camera Station is installed. 37 AXIS Camera Station User's Manual AXIS Camera Station Administration 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 63. Selecting this option makes the server create a checksum for all recorded events. images are changed or deleted, a warning is given when the recorded event is played back. [. . . ] This will remove AXIS Camera Station Web. 70 AXIS Camera Station User's Manual Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Known limitations in Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2003 Server No images from Administration's test image 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. 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. This is the port number used if the camera/videoserver supports multiple cameras. 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). [. . . ]