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

Axxon Next 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 Next can scale infinitely: there are no restrictions on the number of video servers, workstations or video cameras.

Support for over 1500 models of IP cameras is included, as well as remote access from mobile devices and a web interface. The Axxon Next software package supports touchscreens.

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The micromodule architecture of Axxon Next 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.

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Drivers Pack

IP camera support in Axxon Next is provided through the Driver's Pack Module specially developed by AxxonSoft and regularly updated to support new IP devices.

Driver's Pack allows adding support for new IP devices without having to wait for the release of new versions of Axxon Next and without reinstalling the entire system.

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Many of today's IP cameras can transmit two video streams with different video parameters and compressed in different codecs.  Axxon Axxon Next supports  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. .

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Embedded video camera analytics

Axxon Next supports on-board detection embedded in video cameras. This means that when on-board detection tools are triggered, Axxon Next is notified and can use these events to drive system reactions. On-board detection does not burden the CPU of the video server and makes use of uncompressed video (completely bypassing the compressing/decompression process), and therefore provide extra stability in difficult conditions such as poor visibility.

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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 all versions of Drivers Pack starting with version 3.1.3.  

RTSP support

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

Support for analog cameras in Axxon Next

Alongside IP cameras, Axxon Next allows you to use analog cameras in your video surveillance system. Analog cameras are more affordable and are well-suited for many installations without high video resolution requirements. In addition, Axxon Next allows creating hybrid systems that combine both analog and IP cameras.

Video and Audio Detection Tools

Axxon Next video management software incorporates a powerful system for analysis of video images. It includes the following video detection tools:

1. motion Tampering detection;

2. background change detection;

3. detection for loss of video quality;

4. abandoned objects detection;

5. detection of crossing a line in a given direction;

6. motion start detection;

7. motion stop detection;

8. loitering detection;

9. object appearance detection;

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11. Motion in area detection.
12. Neural tracker.
13. Object tracker.
14. Pose detection.
15. Equipment detection (PPE).
16. Person-based privacy masking.
17. Fire detection and smoke detection.
18. Water level detection.
19. Neurocounter.
20. Queue detection.
21. Visitors counter.object disappearance detection

In addition to the video detection tools, Axxon Next has two three audio detectors:

1. noise detection - is triggered by exceeding a certain threshold volume level;

2. silence detection - is triggered when the microphone signal disappears completely

1. Noise detection.

2. Silence detection.

3. Signal detection.

Macros Macros  can be set to automatically run when a detection tool is triggered (on a per-detector basis). Multiple detection tools can be combined into complex conditional rules.

See Configuring detection tools.

Video archive

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

SolidStore

SolidStore is a new file system for reliable video storage developed by AxxonSoft  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.

Object archive

Object archive is an object file system for storing video archive in cloud storage (for example, Amazon S3, Microsoft Azure). Using an object archive allows 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 Configuring Archives.

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 "video synopsis". Time Compressor is especially convenient for viewing large archives that feature a relatively small number of active objects.

Forensic Search in Archive   

The Axxon Next 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 (MomentQuest2 technology).

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OpenStreetMap support is available in Axxon Next. 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.

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

User Interface

Editable camera layouts

Axxon Next allows you to create custom camera layouts. Layouts can be configured in any way the user wants and the aspect ratios of viewing tiles 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 fish-eye camera footage.

Autozoom

Autozoom helps to monitor moving objects by automatically adjusting the level of digital zoom.  Autozoom 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. 

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Axxon Next 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.

NumberPlate Number Plate Recognition

Axxon Next also includes an algorithm for recognizing vehicle number plates. The recognized number plates are saved to a database and matched with a video archive of several cameras. If a number 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. 

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