User manual

AXIS Camera Station

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After installing the software, it must b e conﬁgured for your cameras and video encoders. Amo ng other things, this chapter describes

how to conﬁgure and maintain AXIS Camera Station as well as how to set up recording, motion detection, and alarms. For installation

instructions, re fer to AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide.

Add Cameras and Video Encoders

Cameras and video encoders can be added to AXIS Camera Station in the following ways:

• By searching for devices on the network, see Add Cameras and Video Encoders — Using Search

• By specifying the device IP address or host name manually, see Add Cameras and Video Encoders — Manually

Note

See page 25 for information on how to add view areas.

Add Cameras and Video Encoders — Using Search

To add cameras using the search function, follow these steps:

1. Open the Conﬁguration menu and select Add/Edit Cameras.

2. Click Search.TheCamera Search result list opens with a list of the came ras found on your local subnet a nd all the cameras

with routers that support multicast trafﬁc.

3. Check the boxes of the de sir ed camera/video encoder.

Note

• If there is a problem adding a c amera, look at the status ﬁeld in the search result list to see if the camera has, for example,

obsolete ﬁrmware or credentials mismatch.

•ChecktheboxUse host name when possible to use host names instead of IP addresses when adding cameras. If a

camera is added using its host name, the host name will be used for all further communication with the camera. If a

host name is

not available, the IP address will be used.

Add Cameras and Video Encoders — Manually

To add cameras manually, follow these steps:

1. Open the Conﬁguration menu and select Add/Edit Cameras.

2. Click Add to open the Add Camera dialog.