Documentation for Axxon Next 4.5.0 - 4.5.10. Documentation for other versions of Axxon Next is available too.

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By default, all ONVIF devices in the system are added as multistreaming (the ONVIF 2.0 driver, see Hinzufügen und Entfernen von IP-Geräten).

If the camera does not support multistreaming, then the video stream of lower quality will be disabled.

Note

In some cases (for example, if you do not have video from a camera), you may need to synchronize the time between the server and the camera when you connect them via  ONVIF.

Attention!

If you connect cameras via ONVIF, auto focus (AF) and auto aperture are not available

Connection through ONVIF Generic driver

With the ONVIF Generic driver, you have the following options:

  1. Currently offline cameras can transfer their settings when they get back online.
    To make it happen, follow the steps below:
    1. Add a camera via the ONVIF Generic driver (see Generische Treiber (Allgemeines Gerät, generisch)).
    2. When the device comes online, reset its parameters (see Applying and resetting settings).
    3. Load the configuration from the device (see Applying and resetting settings).
  2. You can select another camera in object settings while keeping all layouts, macros and archive storage parameters.
    To make it happen, follow the steps below:
    1. Add a camera via the ONVIF Generic driver (see Generische Treiber (Allgemeines Gerät, generisch)).
    2. Set archive storage parameters and create macros.
    3. In Camera object settings, specify a new IP address and user credentials (see The Video Camera Object). 
    4. Reset device settings (see Applying and resetting settings).
    5. Load the configuration from the device (see Applying and resetting settings).
      This operation will result in swapping cameras without the need to create a new object and remove the old one. 

Resolution

Axxon Next offers three resolutions for video from cameras connected via ONVIF: maximum, medium, and minimum.

A description of the resolution levels is given in the table.

Camera type / ResolutionMaximumMediumMinimum
Non-megapixelMaximum camera resolutionAverage camera resolutionMinimum camera resolution
MegapixelMaximum camera resolutionCamera resolution closest to 1024x768Camera resolution closest to 640x480


IP devices on other subnets (behind a NAT)

By default,  NAT-friendly mode is enabled for cameras connected via the ONVIF driver.

To disable NAT-friendly mode, in the settings  of a camera, select the No value for Overriding IP address.

IP devices which partially support the ONVIF protocol

To connect IP devices which only partially support ONVIF functions to the Axxon Next software package, you must use an ONVIF driver with compatibility mode enabled.

Note

Such video cameras include Hikvision models and early versions of firmware from Sony, Samsung, and others.

Compatibility mode makes it possible to receive a video image from video cameras; however, some capabilities of the Axxon Next software package will be unavailable. Enabling compatibility mode is recommended if the connection settings are correct, but there is no video image.

To enable it you need:

  1. Select the Send settings to device checkbox (1).

  2. Select Yes for Compatibility mode (2).
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