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Creation and configuration of the Video camera object is done in the Hardware tab. The object tree of a video camera is generated automatically according to its functions which are integrated into the Axxon One software package (the presence of alarm inputs, relay outputs, PTZ unit, etc.).
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You can configure recording options for a camera in the corresponding tab (see Configuring archives).
When you have added a camera via the IP Device Discovery Wizard (see Adding and removing IP devices), you can edit the camera's parameters. The camera parameters are grouped as follows.
In the Object identification group, you can see the camera ID, and, if nesessary, you can enter a camera name/short name and text comments.
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You may use camera's short name in hotkeys (see Notes regarding hot key actions).
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By default, the short name is a camera's ID. The full name of the video camera in the object tree is displayed in the <Short name>. <Name> format.
After changing the short name and restarting the Client, the cameras in the object tree will be sorted by their short names.
Also, you can disable the camera by selecting No in the Enable field.
Attention!
In terms of licensing, every camera enabled is one channel. Disabled cameras are not subject to licensing (see Licensing of the software product). If you run out of camera licenses, disable offline/unused cameras.
In the Object features group you can see the following camera properties:
The IP address (assigned automatically and can be changed if necessary).
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The port used to transmit data between the camera and the Axxon One VMS (this value is set to 80 by default but can be changed if necessary).
- At first the port number is set through the camera's Web interface.
Camera positioning coordinates (latitude, longitude, azimuth).
- The MAC address.
- Manufacturer, model, firmware.
- The number of the video channel (for an IP Server).
Device serial number (for Axis devices only, see Axis IP Devices).
You can also customize a number of options shared by all video cameras in this group:
- If you want to interrupt video streaming from the camera to the Server whenever it is not needed, select Yes for Break unused connections (1).
Conditional interruption of video transmission from a camera to the Server, if:- the video stream is not displayed on either Client or web client layout;
- the stream is currently not being recorded into Video Footage;
- the stream is currently not being processed by any detection tool.
- After starting the Client, the default setting is to display video only after the first I-frame (key frame) is received. If the stream comes with a relatively long GOP length (Group of Pictures) or GOV length (Group of Video Object Planes), e. the number of P- and B-frames between I-frames in the stream, the video may be not available for a minute. In this case, select Yes for the Low GOP keyframe rate setting (2). This will reduce the waiting time for video by pushing the preceding I-frame that can be stored in the memory buffer on the Server. In some cases, the I-frame will not be buffered, but in most cases this means that it will soon be received from the device.
In the Authentication group, you can set the username and password to connect to the camera.
If the username and/or password for connecting to the camera are different from the factory settings, select No in the Default field and enter the current credentials.
Attention!
If the camera supports the Digest HTTP-authorization, add the symbol " : " to the last character of the password.
To enable video buffering on Clients, set the buffer length in milliseconds in the Video buffering group.
This value should be between 50 and 1000 milliseconds. If the value 0 is selected, video buffering is disabled.
In the Camera settings group you can see video image parameters (contrast, brightness, color saturation, etc.). When configuring these, you can look up short parameters' descriptions in Axxon One GUI. For more detailed information, please refer to the camera manual.
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If you set up a camera via its web page, you cannot edit the parameters in the VMS (see Adding and removing IP devices). To configure the camera in the VMS, select the Send settings to device checkbox.
You can configure fisheye cameras in the Panomorph group.
Select a standby / substitute camera from the current Axxon domain in the Alternative view list. The sub camera shows in the layout when the main camera is offline.
Then you can configure them to show the nearest cameras to the alerted one (see Configuring Alarmed cameras layout).
You can configure video streams under the viewing tile. If a camera supports multistreaming, you can configure two video streams separately: high quality and low quality. When creating an IP device with a high quality video stream, a stream with a higher resolution is selected.
To configure video streams, you should make sure that the Send settings to device checkbox is selected.
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In most cases, the following parameters are set for video streams: bit rate, compression rate, frame rate, and resolution. Detailed information on configurable parameters can be found in the official reference documentation for the video camera.
If a camera does not support multistreaming, the parameters of the video streams are identical. In this case only the parameters of the high-quality video stream are editable (the parameters of the low-quality video stream are adjusted automatically).
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When some video stream parameters are changed, the video camera may automatically restart, in which case it will become unavailable for some time (depending on the video camera).
Image from the camera will be displayed in the preview window.
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The indicator in the upper right corner displays the current time and recording status (see Time Display).
To switch between streams in the preview window, click the High-quality video stream and Low-quality video stream tabs.
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When a stream is selected in the preview window, the settings for the relevant stream are displayed; settings for the other stream are hidden.
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