General information

In Axxon One, you can create and configure detection tools and their sub-tools (child detection tools). Sub-tools process the data received from parent detection tools.

To create and configure detection tools, you must have permissions to do so (see General information about users).

  • You can create detection tools and sub-tools for enabled and disabled cameras if camera video streams are enabled (see Configuring video stream settings).
  • You cannot create detection sub-tools if the parent detection tools don't have the settings applied (you must click the Apply button).

Several identical detection tools can operate on the same camera stream:

Detection toolsNumber of identical detection tools for one camera
Motion detection, Neurotracker, Object Tracker, Neurocounter10
Water Level Detection, Queue detection, Visitors Counter, Masks DetectionUnlimited

For other detection tools and their sub-tools, you cannot create identical detection tools and their sub-tools for one camera.

Creating a detection tool

To create a detection tool, do the following:

  1. Select the Settings tab → Detection Tools.
  2. Below the required camera, click Create…. The list of available categories of detection tools will be displayed (see General information about detection tools and their sub-tools).

  3. Select a detection tool.

    A window in which you can configure a detection tool opens:

  4. Click the Apply button.

Creation of a detection tool is complete. The detection tool is displayed below the selected camera in the objects tree.

Creating a sub-tool

To create a sub-tool, do the following:

  1. Create the required detection tool and specify its parameters (see General information about detection tools and their sub-tools).

  2. Below the created detection tool, click Create…. The list of available sub-tools is displayed.

  3. Select a sub-tool. A window in which you can configure a sub- tool opens.

  4. Click the Apply button.

Creation of a sub-tool is complete. The sub-tool is displayed below the selected camera and below the detection tool in the objects tree.

Removing a detection tool/sub-tool

To remove a detection tool/sub-tool, do the following:

  1. Select the Settings tab → Detection Tools.

  2. Below the required camera, select the detection tool/sub-tool.

  3. Click the Remove button.

    If you created sub-tools for the detection tool, they also will be removed from the existing configuration.

  4. To save the changes, click the Apply button. To cancel the changes, click the Cancel button.

Removing a detection tool/sub-tool is complete. The removed detection tool/sub-tool won’t be displayed below the camera in the objects tree. 

Bulk creation of detection tools/sub-tools of the same type for different cameras

To bulk create detection tools/sub-tools of the same type for different cameras, do the following:

  1. Create and configure the required detection tool/sub-tool for one camera or select the existing detection tool/sub-tool in the objects tree.

  2. Click the button in the lower right corner.

    When you select a sub-tool, in the camera list, only those cameras that have the same parent detection tool will be available.

  3. Set the checkbox next to the required cameras. To quickly select a large number of cameras, press the Shift key, select the first and the last cameras for which you want to create a detection tool/sub-tool. The checkbox will be set for all selected cameras when you select any of them.

  4. Click the Apply button. The number of cameras for which the detection tool/sub-tool is created is indicated in brackets.

Bulk creation of detection tools/sub-tools of the same type for different cameras is complete. The detection tools/sub-tools of the selected cameras will be displayed in the objects tree.

Bulk application of settings for detection tools/sub-tools of the same type

For bulk application of settings for detection tools/sub-tools of the same type, do the following:

  1. Change the values of the parameters in the settings of one detection tool/sub-tool.

  2. Click the button in the lower right corner.

  3. Set the checkbox next to the required cameras with the same type of the detection tool/sub-tool. To quickly select a large number of cameras with the same type of the detection tool/sub-tool, press the Shift key, select the first and the last cameras for which you want to change settings of a detection tool/sub-tool. The checkbox will be set for all selected cameras with the same type of the detection tool/sub-tool when you select any of them.

    You cannot bulk change detection areas (see Configuring a detection area) and ignore areas (see Configuring a skip area).

  4. Click the Apply button. The number of cameras with the same type of detection tool/sub-tool for which the settings are applied is indicated in brackets.

Bulk application of settings for detection tools/sub-tools of the same type is complete. In the settings of the detection tools/sub-tools, the selected cameras will have the same values of the parameters.

Bulk removal of detection tools/sub-tools

To bulk remove detection tools/sub-tools, do the following:

  1. Select the Settings tab → Detection Tools.

  2. Use the Ctrl key to select the detection tools//sub-tools that you want to delete in the objects tree.

    You can select detection tools of one level only. For example, if you select Motion detection, you cannot select Line Crossing detection and vice versa.

  3. Click the Remove button.

  4. Click the Apply button to save the changes. Click the Cancel button to cancel the changes.

Bulk removal of detection tools/sub-tools is complete. The removed detection tools/sub-tools won’t be displayed in the objects tree.