AXIS Camera Station/10 Cameras

The AXIS Camera Station is IP Surveillance Software that works with Axis Network Cameras and Video Servers to provide video monitoring, recording and event management functions.

With the AXIS Camera Station installed on your Windows PC, you can monitor your cameras & at the same time, record high quality, digital video either continuously or on schedule, alarm &/or motion detection.

The AXIS Camera Station offers easy ways to search for recorded events. In addition, the software has a multi-view playback feature that enables a user to view simultaneous recordings from different cameras to get a comprehensive picture of an event.

Remote viewing and playback are also possible with the use of a Web browser or with the AXIS Camera Station's Windows Client. The Windows client also enables remote software administration. The software allows for scalability, with easy addition of licenses for up to 25 cameras (either networked or analog cameras with video servers attached, see list of compatible products below).

Features

• View and record live video from multiple cameras simultaneously
• Includes several recording modes: continuous, scheduled, on alarm and/or on motion detection. (The software's motion detection feature works by retrieving an image every specified second &comparing the differences in a specified area of the image.)
• Supports, additionally, the video motion detection feature built into some Axis cameras, which saves network bandwidth as images are only sent when motion is detected
• High quality recordings
• No recording limitation in software
• Multiple search functions for recorded events
• Remote access via a Web browser or Windows client, which is included with the software
• Enables control of PTZ and Dome Cameras
• Alarm alert functions (beep and e-mail)
• Full duplex, real-time audio support without recording

Viewing

• Live view of up to 16 Cameras simultaneously
• MPEG-2/4 viewing
• Web Client for remote viewing
• PC Client included for remote viewing and administration
• Control of PTZ Cameras including preset positions for instant viewing
• Multiple camera sequence (Guard Tour/Patrolling)
• Full duplex real time audio support without recording

Recording

• Limit recordings to images on motion or alarm
• Scheduled recording, on time and/or events
• Unlimited recording database, only limited by hardware
• Recording duration can be limited per camera to fit local legal requirements
• Warnings on deleted or altered images in recorded events (watermarking)

Event Handling

• Advanced motion detection with exclude filter for image areas of no interest
• Camera-based motion detection to preserve bandwidth
• "No motion" detection
• Event functionality with alarm notification via e-mail
• All system messages on-screen, in log files

Playback

• Playback of recordings at controllable speed
• Multi-view playback
• Export single images (JPEG) and video sequences (AVI)
• Search for motion in continuous recordings
• Find recorded events by date, time or motion

Other

• Standard license for 4 or 10 Cameras.
• Additional licenses in +1 or +5 up to 25 Cameras
• Advanced Input/Output control
  
• User Access Control per Camera

Operating System Requirements

• Microsoft Windows XP Professional (SP1a)
• Windows 2000 (SP4)
• Windows 2003 Server (non-double byte OS only)
• Internet Explorer 6.0, or higher
• TCP/IP Support
• Internet Information Server (IIS) for Web client
• MS .NET runtime environment (included in the installation CD)

Minimum hardware requirements

• Intel Pentium 4, 2 GHz Processor
• 512 MB RAM
• Hard Disk: 1 GB for installation and 2 GB or higher per camera as image database
• NTFS File System
• CD Drive
• XGA (1024 x 768) or higher resolution monitor
• Graphic Card with 32 MB or more memory (Onboard or shared memory graphics not recommended)
• Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device
• 100 Mbit Ethernet
• Static IP Address

Recommended hardware requirements

• Pentium 4, 3 GHz Processor
• 512 MB RAM
• Dual Hard Disks