User manual

AXIS Camera Station

How to...

Note

• View areas are supported by selected HDTV and megapixel cameras.

• When using multiple view areas from the same camera, each view area counts as one video channel in the total number of

video channels supported by the installed AXIS Camera Station license.

Add Auxiliary Devices

Auxiliary devices are devices that provide additional, non-video-relate d functionali ty, for example more I/O ports or audio c apabilities.

Auxiliary devices cannot be used for video and do not require an additional AXIS C amera Station license.

Auxiliary devices can be added to AXIS Camera Station in the following ways:

• By searching for devices on the network, see Add Auxiliary Devices — Using Search

• By specifying the device IP address or host n ame manually, see Add Auxiliary Devices — Manually

See also Use Audio from an Auxiliary Device, on page 38.

Add Auxiliary Devices — Using Search

To add auxiliary devices using the search function follow these steps:

1. From the Conﬁguration menu, select Add/Edit Aux Devices.

2. Click Search.TheAux Device Search window opens with a list of all auxiliary devices found on your netwo rk.

3. Check the boxes of the desired devices and click OK.

Note

Check the box Use host name when possible to use host names instead of IP addresses when adding auxiliary devices. If an

auxiliary device is added using its host name, the ho st name will be used for all further communication with the device. If a

host name is not available, the IP address w ill be used.

Add Auxiliary Devices — Manually

To add auxiliary devices manually follow these steps:

1. From the Conﬁguration menu, select Add/Edit Aux Devices.

2. Click Add to open the Add Aux Device dialog.

3. Under Settings, enter the required information.

Address — Enter the d evice’s IP address or host name.

Port — Enter the port number, if different than the default port 80.

4. A valid administrator user name and password are required to access and conﬁgure the device.

Master Credentials isthedefaultusernameandpasswordusedtoaccess one or more devices so that credentials do not

have to be entered individually for each single device. Master Credentials can be set under the menu item Options > Set

Master Credentials. You also have the option of using speciﬁc credentials for a device. In t his cas e, check Use speciﬁc

credentials and enter the s peciﬁ c user name and password.

5. Click OK to save.

Set Up Recording

Recordings can be continuous, manual or triggered by motion. Recordings can also be schedule d . Media proﬁles can be created

for each type of recording for, a m ong other settings, optimal frame rate and resolution. See Conﬁgure a Media Proﬁle, on p age 37

for more information.