Axis Camera Station User Manual page 41

I/O Definition
I/O Name
I/O Text
I/O Type
AXIS Camera Station User's Manual
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.
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.
Text used for presentation in I/O status window in AXIS Camera Station.
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:/TempACS/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:/TempACS/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 47
I/O definition configuration in the Administration pages and the subsequent layout in AXIS
AXIS Camera Station Administration
Camera Station - I/O Status
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