Axis Camera Station - Manuals

Page 6 AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide See the User’s Manual for details, available on the CD and on www.axis.com

AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide Page 7 ENGLISH Install AXIS Camera Station Software Install AXIS Camera Station on the dedicated stand-alone PC from where you wish to run the main administration of your cameras and video servers. 1. Insert the CD in the CD drive. If the installation CD does n...

Page 8 AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide Note: If running Windows XP, you will need to permit the firewall to accept incoming requests from AXIS Camera Station Client when prompted. 6. When the installation is finished, open AXIS Camera Station from Start > All Programs or click the program ...

AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide Page 9 ENGLISH AXIS Camera Station Activation The first time you start the program you will be asked to register your license. Activate the software with your License Key The License Key can be used for only one current installation. Once registered, it cannot ...

Page 10 AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide There are two types of upgrade licenses available for purchase at your local Axis reseller: • Additional camera license . • Software upgrade license . You can upgrade AXIS Camera Station for a limited time from www.axis.com and then extend the license. ...

AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide Page 11 ENGLISH 2. Fill in the requested information. The License Key is found on the inside of the AXIS Camera Station CD casing. Click Activate. 3. Your license information will be sent to Axis Communications and your software will be activated automatically....

Page 12 AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide No or low-speed Internet connection: Register manually If AXIS Camera Station is installed on a computer without (or with low-speed) access to the Internet, you can acquire the Access Code that is needed to activate the software from the Axis Web site a...

AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide Page 13 ENGLISH 3. You will see your Server ID (a code containing information about your PC), make a note of it. You will need the Server ID when filling in information on the Internet form for your Access Code. 4. You can now use AXIS Camera Station for 5 days...

Page 14 AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide 6. Enter your Access Code. License Key and Server ID are filled in automatically. 7. Click Activate . 8. You can now start using AXIS Camera Station. Using the Demo version Another option is to install AXIS Camera Station as a 30-day demo version, which...

AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide Page 15 ENGLISH Configure AXIS Camera Station After installing the software, it must be configured for your cameras and video servers. The first time AXIS Camera Station is started, a search function automatically finds and installs cameras/video servers on you...

Page 16 AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide Adding a Camera/video server to AXIS Camera Station 1.From AXIS Camera Station, click Options > Camera settings. Note: All settings can be found under Options. Only a few of the most essential settings are covered in this guide. See the online Help o...

AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide Page 17 ENGLISH 4. Click on the desired camera/video server and then OK. 5. All pertinent information appears in the window. Camera Name is how the camera will appear in AXIS Camera Station. If you like, you may change the name to something more descriptive suc...

Page 18 AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide Note: The Camera Enabled box should be checked. If this box is not checked when registering a camera, recordings and live viewing are not possible 7. If cameras are set up to use a common user name and password, check the Use master password box under C...

AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide Page 19 ENGLISH Defining default camera views from AXIS Camera Station To define the camera views as seen from the main AXIS Camera Station user interface, click on Options > Views from the file menu. 1. Select the view according to the number of cameras you...

Page 20 AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide AXIS Camera Station User Interface The background recording service retrieves images from the connected cameras and stores them to hard disk. From AXIS Camera Station you can start or stop the background service, click File > Start Server or Stop Ser...

AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide Page 21 ENGLISH AXIS Camera Station Controls View Selection Select a view and you will get a window showing live images direct from the camera. It is possible to click in the image from Pan/Tilt/Zoom cameras to move the camera or zoom using the mouse scroll whe...

Page 22 AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide Monitor I/O When clicking this button, the I/O Status of I/Os defined in AXIS Camera Station are displayed. Monitoring I/O defines when events, such as an alarm or motion detection, should be triggered. Each I/O is shown on one line, along with a colore...

AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide Page 23 ENGLISH 4-camera playback Here you can play recorded events from four cameras simultaneously. Select a date and time, and then press the search button. All the events found for the 4 cameras will be played starting at the specified date and time up to t...

Page 24 AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide Pan/Tilt/Zoom and Audio controls These controls are only visible if the connected camera has PTZ capability or a connected audio module. Choose a camera from the drop-down list “ Select a camera” for the controls to appear. The recording properties for ...

AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide Page 25 ENGLISH AXIS Camera Station Client The AXIS Camera Station Client application is used for remote operations on client workstations, where you can perform the same tasks as from AXIS Camera Station using a similar user interface. Install AXIS Camera Stat...

Page 26 AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide 6. The first time you connect, this window will appear: 7. Enter the IP address or host name of the server PC where AXIS Camera Station is installed and, if required, the User Name and Password. 8. Click OK . Notes: • When working with more one than one...

AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide Page 27 ENGLISH AXIS Camera Station Web Application A web browser can be used on client workstations to view cameras and perform simple operations, such as review or playback recordings. Once the AXIS Camera Station Web Access has been enabled in AXIS Camera St...