Documentation for Axxon PSIM 1.0.0-1.0.1.

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You can create IP devices in Axxon PSIM as follows:

  1. Go to the Hardware tab in the System settings dialog window (1).
  2. In the object tree, select the Computer object corresponding to the configured Server (2).
  3. Click the Camera discovery tool button on the setting panel of the selected object (3).

    As a result, the Ip Wizard window opens. Found IP devices are displayed at the top of the window.

    Attention!

    Video capture cards can also be displayed in the list. However, it is strongly NOT recommended to add them to configuration from the IP Wizard tool. Configure video capture cards manually as described in Configuring video capture cards in Axxon PSIM™ software.

    By default, the list also displays found obsolete devices that are no longer supported in the installed version of the Drivers Pack. If such devices must not be displayed, create a registry key UseObsoleteAttribute=1 (see Registry keys reference guide).

    Note

    The Ip Wizard window can also be displayed by selecting the Camera discovery tool item in the context menu of the Computer object.


    In the Ip Wizard window, click column name to sort devices by value in the column. Data are sorted alphabetically, including IP addresses. For example, when IP addresses are sorted in ascending order, 10.0.12.98 is lower than 10.0.12.252 in the list.

  4. If the required device is not in the list, click the Search button (1). Wait for the list to update, as the search can take several seconds. If you click the Search button again during the search, the current search is stopped and a new search is started.

    Note

    If necessary, you can increase the wait time for a response from the device by setting the additional time in milliseconds in the parameter of the AdditionalSearchTime registry key (see Registry keys reference guide. For more information on working with the registry, see Working with Windows OS registry).

  5. Check the brand (2), model (3) and firmware (4) for found IP device. If necessary, make changes by opening the drop-down list and selecting the required value.
  6. From the drop-down list (5), select which settings must be set on the IP device when adding it to the hardware tree: leave installed device settings or apply video server settings.
  7. Check the TCP/IP port (8). Specify the required value in the field.
  8. Specify the login (6) and password (7) to connect IP device. Login and password are specified in the documentation for the connected network device.
  9. If necessary, add additional information to the beginning of the names of created objects (for example, the path where the object is located). Enter this information in the Added string field (12). You can use Latin and Cyrillic letters and service characters except for the > and < symbols; characters limit is 60 including the length of the object name, which is set by default. The setting will be applied to the objects which you can select in the next step.

  10. Select the objects that you want to create on the basis of the IP device.

    Note

    The number of objects that you can create on the basis of the IP device is displayed automatically in the Hardware available for adding table (10).

    1. Open the drop-down list of supported IP device by clicking the + button.

      Correspondence of object names in IP Wizard to the branches of object tree is given in the table:

      Name of object in IP Wizard

      Branch of object tree in Axxon PSIM

      Video Channel

      The Video Capture Device object → The Camera object

      Audio input

      The Audio card object → The Microphone object

      Contact

      The Video Capture Device object → The Sensor object

      Executive device

      The Video Capture Device object → The Relay object

      Telemetry line

      The Telemetry controller object → The PTZ device object

      Audio output

      The Playback card object → The Speaker object

    2. Set the checkboxes next to the objects that you want to create.

      Note

      To create/delete all objects, set/clear the checkboxes next to the brand of IP device.

  11. Click the Apply button for each selected device (9) or for all selected devices (11).
    The selected objects are created automatically in the object tree on the Hardware tab. 

  12. Repeat steps 4-8 for each IP device that you want to create in the system.

    Note

    To delete the IP device from the Ip Wizard window, right-click the corresponding line in the table and select the Delete camera <IP address> from the list item. To delete an IP device or objects created on the basis of it from the hardware tree by means of the IP Wizard, clear the checkboxes for the corresponding objects and click the Apply button.

  13. If the IP device isn't found, you can add it manually.

    1. From the Brand, Model, and Firmware drop-down lists, select the brand, model and firmware installed on the IP device (13-15).
    2. In the IP address and Port fields (16, 17), specify the IP address of device and the number of TCP/IP port.
    3. Click the Add button (18).
      As a result, the IP device with the specified parameters is displayed at the top of the window.
  14. To complete the IP device creation, repeat steps 6-8.
  15. Click the Exit button to close the Ip Wizard window (19).

IP device creation is complete.