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AXIS Camera Station
Quick Installation Guide
© Copyright Axis Communications AB
April 2005 | Rev. 3.5 | Part Number 23997
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  • Page 1 AXIS Camera Station Quick Installation Guide © Copyright Axis Communications AB April 2005 | Rev. 3.5 | Part Number 23997...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Activate the software with your License Key ... 9 Configure AXIS Camera Station ......13 AXIS Camera Station User Interface .

  • Page 3: Regulatory Information

    Station and is applicable for software version 1.20. 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.

  • Page 4: Axis Camera Station - Minimum System Requirements

    AXIS Camera Station - Minimum System Requirements 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) •...

  • Page 5: Overview

    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 6: Network Configuration

    Network Configuration The AXIS Camera Station can record and playback video feed from cameras that are connected over a local area network or over the Internet. Local Area Network The cameras can be connected directly to the server running AXIS Camera Station using an Ethernet network.
  • Page 7 See the User’s Manual for details, available on the CD and on www.axis.com...

  • Page 8: Install Axis Camera Station Software

    Install AXIS Camera Station Software 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 autorun.exe in the CD’s root folder.

  • Page 9: Activate The Software With Your License Key

    | Program Files or click the program icon on your desktop: Note: Before starting AXIS Camera Station, the hard disks where you save images must be NTFS formatted, which is the default in Windows 2000/XP. See the User’s Manual for details. The AXIS Camera Station User’s Manual is available on the CD and on www.axis.com...
  • Page 10 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 Activate. 3. Your license information will be sent to Axis Communications and your software will be activated automatically.
  • Page 11 3. You will see your Server ID (a code containing information about your PC). 4. You can now use AXIS Camera Station for 5 days. 5. During the grace period you can receive the Access Code by using any computer with Internet access to browse to http://www.axis.com/techsup/acs and fill in the requested...
  • Page 12 7. Enter your Access Code and 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. Entered characters...

  • Page 13: Configure Axis Camera Station

    After installing the software, it must be configured for your cameras and video servers. All camera/video server configuration is done from the Administration pages. 1. From the AXIS Camera Station, click File | Administration: File | Administration Note: The Administration pages contain all configuration settings. Only a few of the most essential settings are covered in this guide.
  • Page 14 2.10 Click Apply. Notes: • Click the ”?” button to identify the Axis camera/video server model. In the Camera Type field, specify the connected Axis video server if using an • analog CCTV camera. • The WAN must be specified if a client or web interface client is run from another network than AXIS Camera Station.
  • Page 15 You have now performed the minimum required setup in the Administration pages. For instructions on configuring recordings, alarms, motion detection, scheduling, etc., see the User’s Manual. 6. From the AXIS Camera Station interface, select a camera view by clicking one of the View Selection buttons: 7.

  • Page 16: Axis Camera Station User Interface

    AXIS Camera Station User Interface Click to expand view 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 Green light = background recording service is running.
  • Page 17 • The background recording 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.

  • Page 18: Axis Camera Station Control Buttons

    AXIS Camera Station Control Buttons 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 19 When clicking this button, the I/O Status of Monitoring I/O 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: •...

  • Page 20: Pan/Tilt/Zoom And Audio Controls

    The recording properties for Axis network cameras and video servers, e.g. frame rate, image size, are set using the Administration part of the program. From AXIS Camera Station, click File | Administration to access the different tabs. The event log shows all of the alarms and other events in the server.

  • Page 21: Axis Camera Station Client Software

    • 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 AXISCameraStationClientSetup.exe on the CD. 3. Next, you will be asked where to install the program. If...
  • Page 22 8. Click OK. Notes: • When working with 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 connection to •...

  • Page 23: Axis Camera Station Web Application

    IP address/VideoWeb in the Address field Example: http://10.13.6.128/VideoWeb See the online Help pages or the User’s Manual for more information. The User’s Manual is available on the AXIS Camera Station CD and on www.axis.com...

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