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As a rule, IP devices allow processing one or more video signals depending on the type of the device in use.

Every IP device used for video input is registered in Axxon PSIM™ software by  by creating and configuring the Video Capture Devicecapture device object. The Video Capture Devicecapture device objects are created in the Hardware tab under on the basis of the Computer object.

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When the Video Capture Devicecapture device objects are created, the following parameters are to must be set for every IP device:

1. In From the Type drop-down list (1), select the IP device Vendorvendor.

2. If the model and firmware is to should be detected automatically, go to step 3. The The Model and Firmware fields will be filled in automatically after the connection settings are applied.
   Perform the following settings to To select the model and firmware manually, do the following:
   

   1. In From the Model drop-down list (2), select the IP device model.

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      If the required model is not in the list, it is not integrated. Consider connecting IP device via one of the standard protocols.

      
      

   2. In From the Firmware drop-down list (3), select the firmware on the device.
3. In the IP address field (4), specify the assigned network address of assigned to the IP device. Information on how to assign IP addresses is given in Assigning network addresses to IP devicessection.

4. In the Port field (5), specify the port number (TCP/IP) used for video transmission.

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   In some cases you might also need to specify the RTSP port – see port—see Features of configuring ONVIF or Hikvision IP devices behind NAT.

   
   

5. To log in the Web server of the IP device, enter Specify the corresponding data in the Name and Password fields to log in Web server of IP device(6).

6. If the parameters set you want to use the settings configured with the help of the Web server or another software of the IP device are to be used, then set the Use device settings checkbox (7). In this case, the overlapping settings configured on the settings panel of the Camera object will be ignored.

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   If video camera settings specified with the help of the IP device software are not used in Axxon PSIM™ software or used partially, then set clear the Use device settings checkbox unchecked and configure a video camera on the settings panel of the Camera object.

   
   

7. Click the Apply button.

After logging in Axxon PSIM™ , the values corresponding to the numbers of the connection channels of the video cameras to the IP device are to should be given to the Chanel Channel number parameters of the Camera object.