Documentation for Axxon PSIM 1.0.0-1.0.1.

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In Axxon PSIM, you can get a video via HTTP protocol from specific cameras, allowing you to view a video in a web browser at a known HTTP address. You can get a video from both a single-thread and multi-thread cameras (up to four threads)—both methods are described below. MJPEG and MPEG2 codecs are supported.

Note

You can use VLC Media Player to check if a video from these cameras can be received in Axxon PSIM. If you can get a video VLC, it is also available in Axxon PSIM.

To add a device streaming a video via HTTP protocol, do the following:

  1. Create the Video capture device on the basis of the Computer object on the Hardware tab of the System settings dialog window (1).
  2. From the Type drop-down list (2), select WebPlayer.
  3. From the Model drop-down list (3), select Generic camera.
  4. From the Firmware drop-down list (4), select auto.
  5. In the IP address field (5), specify the address to get a video from a web camera. Any format of IP address is possible. Do not use URL at which viewing a video in the browser is available as the address, use the address of the video that is streamed on a page. Sometimes it can be found in the source code of the page. 
    Examples of addresses:
    http://81.25.231.7:28080/stream/live
    http://root:1@10.0.40.248:80/mjpg/1/video.mjpg—the address to get a video from an Axis camera that supports video streaming in the corresponding format.
  6. Click the Apply button (6).
  7. Create the Camera object on the basis of the created Video capture device object.
  8. Click the Apply button.

The device streaming a video via HTTP protocol is now added.


To add a device with multiple channels, do the following:

  1. Create the Video capture device on the basis of the Computer object on the Hardware tab of the System settings dialog window (1).
  2. From the Type drop-down list (2), select WebPlayer.
  3. From the Model drop-down list (3), select 4 channel IP server.
  4. From the Firmware drop-down list (4), select auto.
  5. In the IP address field (5), specify the address to get a video from a multichannel camera. Note the following:
    1. you must list addresses with “|” for different channels;
    2. there can be four channels maximum;
    3. you can list addresses of different threads for one channel with a semicolon;
    4. do not use URL at which viewing a video in the browser is available as the address, use the address of the video that is streamed on a page. 

      Note

      Example of an IP address for an Axis 2400 camera with two channels:

      http://192.168.3.157/axis-cgi/mjpg/video.cgi?camera=1|http://192.168.3.157/axis-cgi/mjpg/video.cgi?camera=2

      The URL format used here—http://<ip>/axis-cgi/mjpg/video.cgi?camera=<channel>, where <channel> is the number of a channel starting from 1.

  6. Click the Apply button (6).
  7. Create the Camera object on the basis of the created Video capture device object.
  8. Click the Apply button.

Adding a multichannel device using the WebPlayer driver is complete.

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