Live video mode features

Video Surveillance Monitor

Video Surveillance Monitor is an interface object for viewing and analyzing video from cameras. Key features:

• flexible adjustment of the video surveillance windows position on the screen depending on the number of video cameras;
• video image scaling;
• automatic or manual windows slide show;
• priority-oriented displaying of active and alarm cameras video stream;
• quick activation of the archive viewing mode;
• synchronous playback of video recorded by several video cameras;
• manage playback: for example, display a freeze frame, start recording, zoom in the image, change the focus;
• Tag&Track: object tracking with multiple cameras

Interactive 3D map

Map is an interactive graphic diagram of a distributed system designed to monitor and control external system devices (cameras, microphones, sensors, relays). Objects on the map can be linked to their real location. Key features:

• devices are highlighted with colors which reflect their state. For example, gray color means that the device is armed;
• you can manage the devices directly from the map;
• you can use not only images, but also external maps like GoogleMaps, OpenStreetMaps, YandexMaps as a map background;
• if the map has several tiers (for example, the floors of a building), then you can create the corresponding map layers and switch between them with a single click

Telemetry control

Universal PTZ control panel is an interface object for controlling PTZ devices. In addition to it, you can also use a keyboard, a mouse, a joystick or a different control panel to control PTZ devices

Video archive recording

Axxon PSIM creates and maintains video archives in its own format. SolidStore is a file system developed by AxxonSoft specifically for storing video archives. The key features achieved by optimizing the process of reading/recording:

• provide high read and record speed approaching the physical limit of the hard drive processing speed;
• increase the operational life of the hard drive;
• solve the problem of data fragmentation

Using different video streams

Multistreaming

Axxon PSIM supports multiple video streams received from the video camera, which can be used:

• for displaying on a local monitor and for transmission to remote workstations;
• for recording to the archive;
• for video analytics purposes.

Management of streams in the network

Axxon PSIM implements the digital stream processing functions using the GreenStream technology:

• automatic adjustment of the image resolution depending on the video stream display mode;
• automatic adjustment of the video stream frame rate depending on the network bandwidth;
• paralleling of digital streams using the Videogate module

Video footage management

Smart search in the archive is a search in the video camera archive using video image metadata — the parameters of the objects in the camera field of view, for example, in the direction of the object's movement. You can also search by time, event or a particular camera

Still frames can be exported to JPG and PDF formats, videos can be exported to AVI, MP4, MKV and EXE

The AviExport utility is used for advanced options for exporting video recordings. Using the AviExport utility, you can change the coding format (codec), set the privacy mask, and specify size of exported files

Video analytics

Axxon PSIM incorporates a powerful system for analysis of video images. It includes service video detection tools, Tracker and Face detection.

Service video detection tools provide automatic video image analysis to recognize events occurring within the observed scene. The following service detection tools are available:

1. main motion detection tool;
2. motion detection tool;
3. focusing detection tool;
4. video signal stability detection tool;
5. background change detection tool;
6. camera blinding detection tool;
7. camera covering detection tool;
8. infrared detection tool

The Tracker object is designed for motion detection and saving video recordings to VMDA metadata storage. Metadata is required for smart search in the archive

Face detection tool recognizes «faces» objects in the controlled zone

Axxon PSIM can also use data from embedded video camera detectors.

For advanced video analytics, vertical solutions are used — for details, see the Extended functionality section.

Audio

Audio player is an interface object for playing and recording audio, setting up sound notifications and arming microphones. Key features:

• audio surveillance;
• synchronous recording of video and audio signals;
• setting audio recording mode by the Operator's command and using acoustic start;
• export of audio recordings

Events control and processing

The events registered by the system can be controlled and processed. For example, if there is no video image on the camera, the Operator can take the corresponding event into processing and contact the security to check the camera or the administrator to check the connection. The following interface objects are used for event control:

• Alarm notification window — automatic notification of alarming and information events.
• Event log — displays all registered events or events of certain types in accordance with pre-configured filters. For each event, you can show the corresponding video or map with the object.
• Operator protocol — displays not only events, but also a checklist of actions that should be performed during the event processing. You can also assign a type to an event — for example, Alarm.
• Incident manager — in addition to features similar to the Event log, you can also configure flexible scenarios for processing a single event or groups of events

Automatic system response to events

In addition to event control by the Operator, in Axxon PSIM you can program system responses to various events. Macros, scripts and special programs are used for this purpose. For example, you can configure automatic enabling of sound recording when an alarm event occurs.

Since Axxon PSIM integrates all security systems into a single operating environment, the condition for starting the execution of a particular system response can be an event or a chain of events occurring in any of the subsystems, and any subsystem of the complex can be involved in the system response

Extended functionality

Due to its modular architecture, Axxon PSIM provides integration with various systems, which helps to create software systems to implement any functionality. Axxon PSIM vertical solutions are installed separately depending on the required tasks.

Auto PSIM

The Auto PSIM software package is designed for automated traffic monitoring and control. Key features:

1. license plate number recognition;
2. searching for matches between the recognized plate number and the numbers in the database;
3. determining the vehicle speed

Face PSIM

The Face PSIM software package is designed for automatic identification of a person based on the results of a comparison of a face captured on video and reference images, which are stored in the face recognition database. Key features:

1. reading the biometric parameters of a captured face;
2. comparing a face captured on video and reference images stored in the face database based on their biometric parameters;
3. maintaining a reference face database used for face recognition;
4. searching for recognized faces in the database;

5. determining the gender and age of recognized faces;

6. counting unique visitors by recognized faces

POS PSIM

The POS PSIM software package is designed to control cash transactions in the retail sector. Key features:

1. simultaneous viewing of the video image, the receipt contents and the POS terminal events in real time;
2. simultaneous recording of the video image, the receipt contents and the POS terminal events;
3. creating user queries allowing to search the video archive by receipt contents and by system events;
4. integration with common POS terminals

DetectorPack PSIM

DetectorPack PSIM is designed for integration and operation of the following detection tools in Axxon PSIM: queue length detection, people counter detection, stopped vehicle detection, detection of light indication control, heat map detection, detection of moving against crowd flow, barcode detection, train detection, smoke detection, fire detection, sweethearting detection, fluid level detection. The DetectorPack also includes a Neurotracker and a Person location tracker

PSIM WEB Report System

Axxon PSIM WEB Report System is a site that is located in the local network or Internet according to requirements to security system that is performed on the basis of Axxon PSIM software package. Administration and working with this system is performed entirely through the Web interface. Key features are generation and export of the following types of reports:

1. report by performed changes and by event log;

2. report on data of Auto PSIM module;

3. report by work time accounting;

4. report on the number of visitors in the monitored object;

5. queue length report;

6. POS events report

ACFA PSIM

ACFA PSIM software package contains the following subsystems:

1. Access Control System (ACS).
2. Fire and Security Alarm (FSA).
3. Perimeter Intrusion Detection Systems (PIDS).
4. Service modules.

Each FSA/ACS/PIDS system is a combination of software and hardware. The hardware is represented by a third-party manufacturer FSA/ACS/PIDS system integrated into the ACFA PSIM software package. The software consists of the integration modules which allow configuring the interaction between the ACFA PSIM software and the hardware.

Key features of the integration modules:

1. processing the information incoming from the security panels, alarm sensors and other notifiers (if FSA functions are integrated);
2. processing the information incoming from the readers, electromechanical locks and other tools of access control (if ACS functions are integrated);
3. processing the information incoming from perimeter security sensors and sensors mounted on the object entry (if the PIDS functions are integrated);
4. managing the alarm actuators and firefighting-related actuators, i.e. sound and light notifiers (if the FSA functions are integrated);
5. managing the actuators – security lighting tools, tools of entry control, i.e. turnstiles, turnpikes, etc. (if the PIDS functions are integrated);
6. managing the access-related actuators – devices for locking and unlocking gates (if the FSA functions are integrated).

Axxon PSIM provides unlimited possibilities for scaling and adapting to solve various tasks

Distributed video surveillance system

Axxon PSIM can be used to build a distributed video surveillance system that consists of the Servers and the Remote workstations. Key features:

• remote interaction of the software cores and automatic replication of the internal databases between the Servers and the Remote workstations;
• creation of a single base of the system settings and events logged into the system with their subsequent processing and generation of alerts and system reactions;
• software-based optimization of video streams when there is insufficient bandwidth in the communication channels

Notification services

To notify the responsible persons, Axxon PSIM allows sending messages with attached video recordings, as well as voice messages. For example, in case of alarm, an email will be sent with a video recording of the moment the event occurred. Possible notification options:

• SMS;
• E-mail;
• voice messages (V-dial);
• voice alerts (VNS);
• Telegram bot

Users and permissions

In Axxon PSIM, you can configure access to system components and regulate administration rights. The following objects are used for this:

• Administrator who has full rights to administer all components of a video surveillance and audio control system.
• User rights — a set of rights to administer, manage and/or monitor certain components of the video surveillance system.
• Operators — registered users who are provided with certain rights.

In addition to creating users directly in Axxon PSIM, you can set up synchronization with the LDAP address book and Active Directory users

Fault tolerance and reliability

Failover: a failover system automatically switches to a standby server when communication with the primary server is lost, and prevents data loss

The System restart service is designed to monitoring the health of Axxon PSIM software modules and automatically restart them if there is no response during the specified time interval

IP device support

Drivers Pack

IP camera support in Axxon PSIM is provided through the Drivers Pack module specially developed by AxxonSoft and regularly updated to support new IP devices.

Drivers Pack allows adding support for new IP devices without having to wait for the release of new versions of Axxon PSIM and without reinstalling the software package.

The release includes Drivers Pack 3.73 for IP devices support. For details about Drivers Pack, its latest version, and what hardware it supports, see the following page: https://www.axxonsoft.com/products/integration/supported-ip

ONVIF

AxxonSoft is a member of ONVIF (Open Network Video Interface Forum), an organization dedicated to 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

Many IP cameras support multimedia streaming via RTSP. Axxon PSIM supports receiving such streams without the need to integrate a video camera via Drivers Pack

Remote access

Mobile clients: access to video surveillance from iOS and Android devices

Web Client: access to Axxon PSIM via browser

Distribution package and activation

Axxon PSIM is supplied as a software installation package (distribution package) available for download on the company's official website: https://www.axxonsoft.com/support/downloads/axxon-psim. The distribution package contains all components necessary for Axxon PSIM installation.

To activate the functionality of the software, you need the psim.sec activation key provided by the AxxonSoft manager. The activation key determines the configuration of the software package. If there is no key file, Axxon PSIM will run in demo mode for two months, counting from the date the psim.exe executable file was created, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Product documentation

System Requirements

Installing the Axxon PSIM Software

License key

Complete Axxon PSIM Documentation