Documentation for Axxon One 2.0. Documentation for other versions of Axxon One is available too.

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The advanced features available in Axxon One are continuously updated and extended.

Axxon One offers virtually unlimited opportunities for system scaling, task-based customization, and reallocation of resources (based on changes in the number or quality of video and audio monitoring tasks) at end-user sites.

Video surveillance systems based on Axxon One can scale infinitely: there are no restrictions on the number of video Servers, workstations or video cameras.

Support for over 10000 models of IP cameras is included, as well as remote access from mobile devices and a web interface. Axxon One supports touchscreens.

Micromodule architecture

The micromodule architecture of Axxon One video management software allows implementing different video management system functions as different operating system processes. Each function is the responsibility of a different micromodule; a dispatcher module monitors the functioning of the micromodules. If a function encounters an error and a process is quit unexpectedly, the dispatcher module automatically relaunches the corresponding micromodule. This does not affect the performance of other processes or the functioning of the VMS overall.

Support for IP devices

Drivers Pack

IP devices support in Axxon One is provided through the Drivers Pack Module specially developed by AxxonSoft and regularly updated to support new IP devices.

Drivers Pack allows adding support for new IP devices without having to wait for the release of new versions of Axxon One and without reinstalling the entire system.

See Documentation Drivers Pack.

Multistreaming

Many of today's IP devices can transmit two video streams with different video parameters and compressed in different codecs. Axxon One supports Multistreaming i.e. receiving two streams from a camera simultaneously: high-quality and low-quality, which allows taking advantage of this feature of IP equipment to optimize the CPU load on the video Server and the Client workstation.

See Camera.

GreenStream

The GreenStream feature saves bandwidth and Client CPU resources. It automatically chooses a video stream from a camera to the Server, and then to the Client, depending on the resolution at which the video is currently displayed on the Client.

See Selecting video stream quality in a Surveillance window (GreenStream).

Embedded video camera analytics

Axxon One supports on-board detectors embedded in video cameras. This means that when embedded detectors generate events, Axxon One is notified and can use these events to drive system reactions. Embedded detectors do not burden the CPU of the video Server and make use of uncompressed video (completely bypassing the compressing/decompression process), and therefore provide extra stability in difficult conditions such as poor visibility.

See General information about embedded detectors.

Fisheye cameras and ImmerVision lenses

Support for fisheye cameras and ImmerVision lenses allows dewarping video from a fisheye camera or camera with an ImmerVision panomorphic lens to obtain several "normal" flat images with different frame aspect ratios for display on the Client screen. One of the resulting virtual cameras can be a virtual PTZ camera.

See Working with fisheye cameras.

ONVIF support

AxxonSoft is a member of ONVIF (the Open Network Video Interface Forum), which work toward the development and promotion of international standards for network security and video surveillance system interfaces. ONVIF is supported in Drivers Pack.

See Features of configuring and working with cameras connected via ONVIF.

ONVIF server support

Axxon One has an embedded ONVIF server that you can use to add Axxon One as a video recorder to other software.

With the ONVIF server, you can:

  • Get live video.

  • Access archive videos.

  • Work with external sensors (rays).

  • Work with PTZ cameras (this feature is available starting with Axxon One version 2.0.8).

  • Work with PTZ presets (this feature is available starting with Axxon One version 2.0.10).

  • Use video analytics based on detectors (for example, motion detector or abandoned object detector).

See Configuring the ONVIF server.

RTSP support

Many IP devices support multimedia streaming via RTSP. Axxon One supports receiving such streams without requiring integration of the relevant camera via Drivers Pack.

See Configuring connection of single-channel devices.

Video and Audio detectors

Axxon One video management software incorporates a powerful system for analysis of video images. It includes the following video detectors:

  1. Tampering detector.
  2. Motion detector.
  3. Neural tracker.
  4. Object tracker.
  5. Human pose detector.
  6. Equipment detector.
  7. Person-based privacy masking.
  8. Fire detector.
  9. Smoke detector.
  10. Water level detector.
  11. Neural counter.
  12. Queue detector.
  13. Visitors counter.

In addition to the video detectors, Axxon One has three audio detectors:

  1. Noise detector.

  2. Audio loss detector.

  3. Signal detector.

Macros can be set to automatically run when a detector generates an event (on a per-detector basis). Multiple detectors can be combined into complex conditional rules.

See Detectors.

Video archive

For storing archive in Axxon One, you can use both local and network file storage with the SolidStore system, or object storage.

SolidStore

SolidStore is a file new system for reliable video storage developed by AxxonSoft especially for storing video archives. By optimizing the reading/writing process we managed to achieve three important advantages:

  • Enable high read/write speeds, approaching the physical access speed limit of the hard disk.

  • Increase the service life of the hard disk.

  • Solve the problem of data fragmentation.

Cloud archive

Cloud archive is an object file system for storing video archive in cloud storage (for example, Amazon S3, Microsoft Azure). Using a cloud archive allows you to reduce the price of data storage and set up flexible integration with AxxonSoft VSaaS. According to Amazon, the reliability of using an object archive is up to 99.999999999%.

See Аrchive.

TimeCompressor

Time Compressor allows the user to set a time range for video footage and get a short video clip of all moving objects in the scene. Objects and events captured at different times are displayed simultaneously in a condensed motion events summary. Time Compressor is especially convenient for viewing large archives that feature a relatively small number of active objects.

See Compressed playback of archives (TimeCompressor).

Search in Archive

The Axxon One video management software (VMS) utilizes VMDA—a database developed by AxxonSoft for indexing and storing descriptions of observed scenes. Along with video recording, this database allows archiving characteristics of all moving objects in the scene, and then uses these characteristics to perform quick searches of the video recordings.

See Search in archive.

Interactive 3D Map

Interactive 3D Map superimposes camera locations on a site map and displays camera views in the same window. Cameras in the current layout are color-coded by current status. Operators can instantly pinpoint where a selected camera is located on the map and identify the corresponding location of interest.

Immersion Mode

When enabled, this mode overlays a translucent video image on the map; fixed objects in the frame (furniture, doors, etc.) are combined with their depictions on the map. This allows easily seeing where a person or car is located and where it is going.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap support is available in Axxon One. The site map is downloaded from the Internet and the user selects the necessary area and scale. Additional map data is downloaded in real time, if needed, when zooming in/out or scrolling.

Note

To work with OpenStreetMap maps in Axxon One, you need to purchase an OpenStreetMap license.

Virtual PTZ cameras on the map

The Virtual PTZ Camera function becomes available when the map contains at least one fisheye camera. This function allows viewing video from a fisheye camera directly on the map. Click anywhere in the fisheye video shown in a layout cell to dewarp the source video, with digital zoom and click-to-focus.

See Working with the interactive map.

User Interface

Editable camera layouts

Axxon One allows you to create custom camera layouts. Layouts can be configured in any way the user wants and the aspect ratios of Surveillance windows can be fine-tuned. Editable layouts efficiently fit different cameras with different aspect ratios on the same screen, as well as support display of dewarped fisheye camera footage.

See Configuring layouts.

Autozoom

Autozoom helps to monitor moving objects by automatically adjusting the level of digital zoom. Autozoom shows close-in video for parts of the frame that contain a moving object or objects and follows them as they move, just as a movie camera does when taking a close-up shot.

See Autozoom.

Face Recognition

Axxon One includes an algorithm for recognizing human faces in a video frame and subsequent search for them in a video archive of several cameras. You can search by an uploaded photo or by an image of a person's face selected in a video archive frame. The system will return the video fragments from the archive where the searched person is present as search results.

See Face search.

License plate recognition

Axxon One also includes an algorithm for recognizing vehicle license plates. The recognized license plates are saved to a database and matched with a video archive of several cameras. If a license plate contains similar characters, the system generates several hypotheses during the recognition. This increases the probability of a successful search for a particular number in a generated database. 

See Search by LPs.

Receiving Events from External Systems

Axxon One includes a new feature set that is capable of receiving events from various external devices and systems—POS terminals, access control units, external software, etc.

See Receiving events from external systems.

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