Features And Benefits - Axis 250S User Manual

AXIS 250S User's Manual

Features and Benefits

Complete & independent -
from a camera and audio equipment, requires no other hardware.
No special software -
all that is needed is Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher, and DirectX® 9.0 or higher.
These components are included with Microsoft Windows 2000 and XP, but if you need to
upgrade to the specified versions, these can be obtained from the Microsoft® web site.
TCP/IP, SMTP, HTTP, RTP and other Internet-related protocols are supported.
Viewing Client - For the live MPEG-2 video stream, the AXIS 250S includes one encoder
license and three decoder (viewing) licenses. Each client (unicast or multicast) viewing the
media stream requires its own license. Further licenses may be purchased from your reseller
or directly from Axis.
MPEG-2 hardware compression and transmission technology uses
Superior Imaging -
approximately 1/3 of the bandwidth required by a Motion-JPEG stream of comparative
quality. The video stream can be viewed by up to 3 standard (unicast) clients, or multiple
multicast clients on a LAN and full frame rate (25/30 frames per second) is assured,
provided the required bandwidth is available. There are 4 different image resolutions
available and the video quality is configurable. The on-board AXIS ETRAX 100-LX
processor provides up to 25/30 frames/second over 10 or 100 Mbit/s networks.
Configurable GOP structure -
settings, which allow certain modifications to the internal structure of the video stream.
Configurable event types -
activation of external devices. Possible to enable a pre-alarm video buffer, allowing up to 1
minute of video to be buffered in the server and transmitted when the event occurs. Users
can also be notified of events by email.
External Device Connection -
the AXIS 250S includes the physical interfaces for connecting a variety of external devices;
such as, Pan/Tilt/Zoom devices, doorbells, switches and alarm relays. Develop your own
programing scripts for creating a variety of security applications triggered on time or
alarm-based events. You can even drive annunciators and other audible alarm devices
using the relay output. Fully utilizes high quality audio equipment for surveillance. 4 alarm
inputs allow connection of e.g. sensors for triggering events and recordings. 1 digital
output allows the server to trigger external devices.
Multi-user and multi-level password protection. Administrators can create and
Security -
modify accounts for authorized users, as well as allow anonymous viewing. The built-in
firewall provides IP-filtering, thus preventing unauthorized access.
The AXIS 250S runs independently of any other server and, apart
To view live video streams and configure the product over the network,
Experienced users can take advantage of the advanced video
Remote storage of MPEG-2 video recordings to FTP-servers, and/or
Supporting the RS-232 and RS-485 communication protocols,
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