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Axxon PSIM allows you to connect Axxon PSIM supports connecting devices via the ONVIF protocol and fully supports S, G, T profiles.

Add an ONVIF device in Axxon PSIM as follows:

There are two drivers available in the product:

• ONVIF (single-stream) that works with the axxon0 profile,
• ONVIF 2.X (double-stream) with models according to the number of device channels that works with axxon0F (first stream) and axxon0S (second stream) profiles. 

Creating devices using the ONVIF protocol

To add an ONVIF device to Axxon PSIM, do the following:

Open
1. Start 
2. Camera discovery tool.
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The discovered ONVIF devices appear in the list. If the required device is not in the list, try clicking Search (1) and wait for device rediscovering. Verify ONVIF or
3. In the Brand list (2), select ONVIF or ONVIF 2.X
are displayed in the
4. .
5. In the Model list (
2
6. 3), select the
correct
7. number of
channels for the discovered device is in the list (3) and auto (4) in the Firmware list. Enter the required value if necessary (by opening the corresponding dropdown list). If the general device is indicated in the list (3), then after you click on the + icon, the device type will be automatically detected, and the number of device channels will be displayed in the list (2).Select videoserversettings in the dropdown list (5) if settings applied in Axxon PSIM are to be sent to the camera when it is added or select device settings if they are to be in use.
8. device channels.
9. In the Firmware list (4), select auto.
   As a result, the discovered devices are displayed in the Brand list (2). If the required device isn't displayed, proceed to the next step. If the device is displayed, proceed to step 6.
10. Add the device manually:
    1. In the IP address field (12), enter the IP address of the device.
    2. In the Port field (13), enter the TCP/IP port number.
    3. In the Brand list (14), select ONVIF or ONVIF 2.X.
       

       Info
       title Note
       To use multistreaming via the ONVIF protocol, select the ONVIF 2.Х brand and the 1-channel-multistream model. You can configure the streams of the connected ONVIF device in the standard way (see Configuring the multistream video).

    4. In the Model list (15), select the number of device channels.
    5. In the Firmware list (16), select auto.
    6. Click the Add button (17).
       As a result, the ONVIF device with the specified parameters is displayed at the top of the Camera discovery tool window.
11. In the Settings list (5), select: 
    1. Video server settings, if you want to send the settings specified in Axxon PSIM to the device when you add it.
    2. Device settings, if you want to use the device settings.
12. Enter login
Enter the user name
13. (6) and password (7) to connect
an
14. the ONVIF device. The
user name
15. login and password are
given
16. specified in the documentation for the
connected
17. network device that you connect.
 
18. Verify
19. Check if the TCP/IP port
is correct
20. (8)
. Enter
21.  is correct. If necessary, enter the required value
if necessary
22. in the field.
23. Select the objects that
are to be created under an
24. you want to create on the basis of the ONVIF device by setting the corresponding
check boxes checked
25. checkboxes (9)
– see details in
26. .
    

    Info
    title Note
    For more information, see Camera discovery tool.

27. Click
the
28. the Apply
button
29.  button (10)
for
30.  for one device or the Apply button (11) if several devices are selected.
    The selected objects are automatically created in the object tree
in the Hardware tab.
31. If an ONVIF device has not been discovered, add it manually.
32. Enter the device IP address in the IP address field (12).
33. Enter TCP/IP port number in the Port field (13).

Select ONVIF or ONVIF 2.X in the Brand list (14).

Info
title Note.
Select ONVIF 2.X and 1-channel-multistream to use multistream via ONVIF protocol. Video streams of connected ONVIF device are configured in a standard way (see Configuration of multistream video section of Administrator's Guide).

34. Select the number of device channels in the Model list (15).
35. Select auto in the Firmware dropdown list (16).
36. Click the Add button (17).
37. As a result, the ONVIF device with specified parameters appears at the top of the window.
38. To complete creation of ONVIF devices perform steps 2-6 as described above.
39. Click the Exit button to close the IP Wizard (18).

...

1. on the Hardware tab.
   
2. Click the Exit button (18) to close the Camera discovery tool window.

Creation of the ONVIF device is complete.

Advanced settings for ONVIF device

• The IP address rewriting and RTSP port rewriting parameters enable/disable the ability to connect to cameras behind NAT (Network Address Translation) via ONVIF.
• To configure the RTSP port, the 0 value is set by default. In this case, the RTSP port number is read in the request from the camera that is sent during device initialization via the HTTP port that is specified in the Port field.

Working with ONVIF devices 

• When you work with the archive on multi-channel devices, you can work with only one channel in the archive mode at a time.
• The signal loss timeout allows you to set the time interval after which the software displays the signal loss notification.
• In some cases (for example, if there is no video from the device), when you connect cameras via the ONVIF protocol, it is necessary to synchronize the time and time zone between the server and the device in the web interface of the latter.
• ONVIF devices operate:
  • with preset camera profiles, if you enable the compatibility mode (in Axxon PSIM, you can set it using the registry key; see below),
  • with profiles that are created when you connect to the camera and used when you work in the software.