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Axis ACE User Manual

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AXIS Camera Explorer - ACE
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Licensing Information
What is ACE and What Can it Do?
Licensing Information
ACE is provided as licensed software. The installation procedure will give you the opportunity to
enter a valid license code during installation. If you choose not to enter your license code during
installation, ACE will then function as a time-limited demo for 14 days only, after which it will be
disabled. You must then enter a valid license code to continue using the program. Please contact
your Axis dealer for a license code if you do not already possess one.
It is, of course, also possible to enter a valid license code at any time during the 14-day trial period.
You can do this from the menu item Help - About.
What is ACE and What Can it Do?
ACE (AXIS Camera Explorer) is an add-on component for Windows that provides quick and easy
access to Axis Network Cameras and the images they produce. The program uses Windows
Explorer as its interface and all viewing operations and settings are made here.
ACE provides simple, but effective functions for viewing live feeds, snapshots and movies from
your network camera. You can also perform simple edits on your movies and create AVI-files for
distribution.
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    If you choose not to enter your license code during installation, ACE will then function as a time-limited demo for 14 days only, after which it will be disabled. You must then enter a valid license code to continue using the program. Please contact your Axis dealer for a license code if you do not already possess one.

  • Page 2: Installing Ace

    Restart your computer if you are asked to. Check the Installation After the successful installation of ACE you will find a new icon in the folder list on the left side of Windows Explorer - Network Cameras. Clicking the + sign next to the icon will reveal three other new icons – Add, My Goldie Demo and Manhattan Demo.

  • Page 3: Adding A Camera

    Adding a Camera Click on Add. The right hand side of Explorer will now show a further five options – Add Album, Add Camera, Add Camera Switching, Add Live Video Site and Add Quad View. Click Add Camera and a Wizard guiding you through the installation will start. Enter the IP-address or DNS name of your camera and then click Next.
  • Page 4 You will then see a window containing information about the camera found at that address. The resolution can be changed by clicking the drop-down arrow, as can the camera number. If for some reason you have changed the HTTP port address in the camera itself, you must specify the new port in the field provided.
  • Page 5 If identification fails, click Choose to manually provide the information for the camera. You can now rename your camera to anything you like. This name will appear in Windows Explorer. Click Finish.
  • Page 6 Your camera now appears in Windows Explorer. Click the icon for your camera and a live feed from it will be presented in the right hand window. Note: If you experience problems adding a camera, please refer to the documentation supplied with your camera for more information about installing and setting the camera’s IP-address.

  • Page 7: Adding An Album

    Adding an Album An album is a “virtual directory” that allows you to easily view and manage your images and movies. Back in the Explorer window, Click Add and then on Add Album. Complete the dialogs, specifying which folder will contain your images and finally, give your album a name. Click Finish and you will then see your album in Explorer.

  • Page 8: Adding A Quad View Object

    Otherwise you will have to log in to those cameras that ACE does not have the password for. Please refer to the camera’s user manual or on-line help for details on how to set the camera’s password.
  • Page 9 To change the properties for the Quad View, right-click on the object (icon) in Explorer’s right hand window and click Properties. Right-clicking and selecting Open will display the Quad View in a new window. To access the various other functions available in ACE, e.g. to record a movie, select the individual camera instead.

  • Page 10: Camera Switching

    Camera Switching Camera Switching is when you let ACE alternate between the camera feeds it displays. To do this you need to add a SwitchCam object, which is done in the same way as for cameras, albums, etc. Click the Add button and then click on Add Camera Switching. The following dialog appears: Select the cameras you want to display the images from.

  • Page 11: Recording A Movie

    Recording a Movie Click on your camera to open the image in the right hand window. Now right-click on the image and a short menu will appear. Click Record to record a movie. The resulting dialog asks you where you want to save your recordings, which frame rate you want to use, and for how long you want to record.

  • Page 12: Saving A Snapshot

    When setting the frame rate and recording period, remember that recording for long periods and at high frame rates will create very large numbers of files and take up a lot of disk space. The file prefix “sequence” is used to save images as movies. Click OK. Your images have now been saved in your Album.

  • Page 13: Working With Movies

    Working with Movies Movie files created with ACE are saved with the extension .sqj. These files only represent a group of image files and they will not affect your individual images in any way. Sqj-files may be viewed in the Album you created earlier. Although you will initially only see the sqj movie file presented in the window, it is also possible to split the movie file into the JPEG images that make up the movie.

  • Page 14: Other Settings And Functions

    Other Settings and Functions Shortcuts If you click on Network Cameras in the left hand window of Explorer you will then see all the installed cameras and Albums on the right hand side. Right-click and drag any item onto your desktop and create a shortcut to it.
  • Page 15 Pan/Tilt/Zoom If you have a Pan/Tilt/Zoom (PTZ) device connected to your camera, this can be controlled directly from the image display in Windows Explorer. The mouse is used to perform the following operations: To center the image, click anywhere in the image. To return “Home”...

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