Documentation for Axxon Next 3.0.1. Documentation for other versions of Axxon Next is [available too].

When you launch the Axxon Next software package for the first time, you can perform the following preparatory operations:

  1. Selecting IP devices to register as objects.
  2. Configuring a default archive for selected IP devices.

Note

A default archive is one in which records are made when an operator initiates an alarm

To do this, click Yes in the IP device configuration application dialog box (1).

Note

 To skip the preparatory stage when launching Axxon Next, click No (2)


When you do this, the IP device configuration application will launch.

When you launch this application, the program will automatically search for connected IP devices. Devices which are found are displayed in the Select devices for activation list.

Note

IP devices whose vendor, model and/or firmware version has not been determined are displayed in the Advanced configuration required


In the Select devices for activation list, select the check boxes for those devices which need to be registered as Axxon Next objects and then click Apply.

If you need to search for IP devices again, click Search.

After closing the IP device configuration application (by clicking Apply or Cancel), the user will be prompted to configure the default archive for the video cameras (IP devices) selected in the first step.

To skip configuration of the default archive for the selected video cameras and start the Axxon Next software package, click the Cancel button.
To configure the archive, you must perform the following steps:

  1. Select the Use for archive check boxes for the disks which are to be used to store the default archive (1).

    Note

     The following information is provided for each disk: total volume, total occupied space, and total free space (2)

  2. If you need to use an archive volume already located on the disk, select the Use current volume check box (3).

    Note

    The size of the existing volume is indicated in the Use current volume field

  3. Specify the archive size (minimum of 1 GB) for each selected disk (3). You can specify the archive size by using one of the following four methods:


    1. Move the slider to the position corresponding to the volume of disk space allotted for the archive.

    2. Manually enter the archive size as a percentage of total disk space (in the % of the disk field).

    3. Manually enter the archive size as a percentage of free disk space (in the % of free space field).

    4. Manually enter the archive size in gigabytes (in the Archive size, GB field).

    Note

    The archive size assignment field and slider are dynamically linked; the values in the fields change as the slider moves, and vice versa

    Note

     The diagram over the slider serves as a graphic representation of the disk space used: gray represents used space, and orange represents the space allotted for the archive being created

    Note

    To allot an entire volume for an archive, you must first manually delete the file system on the disk. To do this, follow the steps below:

    a. Launch the Windows Disk Management (5).

    b. Delete the required volume.

    c. Create a new volume in the resulting unformatted area.

    d. Assign a letter to the volume, but do not format it.

    Attention!

    The system disk cannot be completely allocated for an archive

  4. Click Apply (4).

Note

If an archive is configured to a disk containing an old volume that is unused, a dialog box warns you that the partition containing the archive volume will be formatted


Read through the list of partitions that will be formatted. If the list is correct, select I have read the warning and realize the risk of losing important data, then click Format. Otherwise, click Cancel to return to preliminary archive settings.
Configuration of the default archive is complete.