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Axis Camera Station Installation Manual

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  • Page 1 AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide...

  • Page 3: Minimum Recommended Requirements

    AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide Minimum recommended requirements Install AXIS Camera Station on a stand-alone computer dedicated mainly for running this application Hardware: • Intel Pentium 4 with 2 GHz processor • CD-drive • 512 MB RAM •...
  • Page 4 Axis Network Cameras and Axis Video Servers. A brief introduction to the functionality of the software is covered here, see the online Help or the AXIS Camera Station User’s Manual for a detailed description. The User’s Manual is available on the CD and on www.axis.com...

  • Page 5: Network Configuration

    The cameras can be connected directly to the server running AXIS Camera Station using an Ethernet network. Internet (WAN) 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.
  • Page 6 Page 6 AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide See the User’s Manual for details, available on the CD and on www.axis.com...

  • Page 7: Install Axis Camera Station Software

    AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide Install AXIS Camera Station Software Install AXIS Camera Station on the dedicated stand-alone PC from where 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 autorun.exe in the CD’s root folder.
  • Page 8 If running Windows XP, you will need to permit the firewall to accept incoming requests from AXIS Camera Station Client when prompted. 6. When the installation is finished, open AXIS Camera Station from Start > All Programs or click the program icon on...

  • Page 9: Activate The Software With Your License Key

    When entering the License Key and Access Code, remember that they are both case sensitive. License A base license is required to run AXIS Camera Station and allows for a specified number of cameras to be used with the program. Licenses for additional cameras can be installed under Options >...
  • Page 10 Fast Internet connection: Register automatically If AXIS Camera Station is installed on a computer with fast Internet access you can register automatically. Your license information is sent directly to the Axis Web server. 1. Click Register.
  • Page 11 AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide 2. Fill in the requested information. The License Key is found on the inside of the AXIS Camera Station CD casing. Click Activate. 3. Your license information will be sent to Axis Communications and your software will be activated automatically.
  • Page 12 No or low-speed Internet connection: Register manually If AXIS Camera Station is installed on a computer without (or with low-speed) access to the Internet, you can acquire the Access Code that is needed to activate the software from the Axis Web site and enter it manually.
  • Page 13 ID when filling in information on the Internet form for your Access Code. 4. You can now use AXIS Camera Station for 5 days. During the grace period you can receive the Access Code by using any computer with Internet access. Browse to http://www.axis.com/techsup/acs and fill in the requested...
  • Page 14 7. Click Activate. 8. You can now start using AXIS Camera Station. Using the Demo version Another option is to install AXIS Camera Station as a 30-day demo version, which works with 4 cameras and includes Image Enhancer for one channel.

  • Page 15: Configure Axis Camera Station

    Configure AXIS Camera Station After installing the software, it must be configured for your cameras and video servers. The first time AXIS Camera Station is started, a search function automatically finds and installs cameras/ video servers on your network. If there are more cameras on your network than you have a license for, an Install Cameras dialog opens automatically.
  • Page 16 2. From Camera settings, click on the Add button. 3. Information can be entered manually or click Search to get a list of available cameras and video servers on your network. AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide 1.From AXIS Camera Station, click Options > Camera settings.
  • Page 17 Station. If you like, you may change the name to something more descriptive such as “Backdoor” or “Garage”. The change will only affect AXIS Camera Station and not the camera. 6. Click Link to Camera to verify that you can access the camera.
  • Page 18 User Name and Password information. Notes: The Master Password is setup in AXIS Camera Station under Options > General Settings > General > Master Credentials. Default User name = root, Password = pass. Set up Recording Recording can be set up as continuous, triggered or scheduled.
  • Page 19 2. Specify the default view to display from the drop-down list when AXIS Camera Station is started. The No Live Images option is when only the controls are visible. 3. Arrange cameras in the view by clicking first on the position in the view and then the desired camera in the Available Cameras list.

  • Page 20: Axis Camera Station User Interface

    The background recording service retrieves images from the connected cameras and stores them to hard disk. From AXIS Camera Station you can start or stop the background service, click File > Start Server or Stop Server or right-click on the AXIS Camera Station icon in the taskbar.
  • Page 21 AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide AXIS Camera Station Controls View Selection No Live Images Select Camera Select a view and you will get a window showing live images direct from the camera. It is possible to click in the image from Pan/Tilt/ Zoom cameras to move the camera or zoom using the mouse scroll wheel.
  • Page 22 Recorded events AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide When clicking this button, the I/O Status of I/Os defined in AXIS Camera Station 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: •...
  • Page 23 AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide 4-camera playback Event Log Here you can play recorded events from four cameras simultaneously. Select a date and time, and then press the search button. All the events found for the 4 cameras will be played starting at the specified date and time up to the present time.

  • Page 24: Pan/Tilt/Zoom And Audio Controls

    Options > Camera Settings > Edit > Recording. AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide Click on the controls to steer the camera around. You can also click on the images to move the camera.

  • Page 25: Install Axis Camera Station Client Software

    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 using a similar user interface. Install AXIS Camera Station Client Software 1. From the client workstation, insert the CD and select Software then AXIS Camera Station Client.
  • Page 26 8. Click OK. Notes: • When working with more one than one AXIS Camera Station, a list of recently accessed Camera Stations is available in the File menu. If there are problems connecting to the server, click Test con- •...

  • Page 27: Axis Camera Station Web Application

    Once the AXIS Camera Station Web Access has been enabled in AXIS Camera Station under Options > General > General settings, clients can access camera views from a browser by typing http://<server IP address>/VideoWeb in the Address field...
  • Page 30 AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide Rev. 4.0 May 2006 Copyright © Axis Communications AB, 2004-2006 Part No. 26390...

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