The settings panel of the Computer object

1

The Identification number*
field

Automatically

Displays the computer name in the local network

Digits, letters, periods, hyphen, dash, underscore, and any characters

Depends on the number of the Computer objects registered in the system

A line containing digits, letters, periods, hyphen, dash, underscores, and any characters.

Number of characters—from 1 to 15

2

The Name*
field

Enter the value in the field

Sets the name of the Computer object in the video surveillance system with distributed architecture

Latin alphabet, Cyrillic, digits and service characters

Computer

A line containing a sequence of any characters (letters, digits, service characters except > and < characters), case-insensitive.

Number of characters—from 1 to 60

3

The Disable
checkbox

Set the checkbox

Disables the Computer object in the video surveillance system with distributed architecture 

Boolean type

Set—the Computer object is disabled and isn't used

Clear—the Computer object is enabled and used

The Archive disks tab

4

The Video
checkbox

Set the checkbox

Sets the disk for storing the video archive from cameras and also audio archive during synchronous audio and video recording

Boolean type

Clear

Set—the disk is used for storing the video archive

Clear—the disk isn't used for storing the video archive

5

The Audio
checkbox

Set the checkbox

Sets the disk for storing the audio archive from microphones

Boolean type

Clear

Set—the disk is used for storing the audio archive from microphones

Clear—the disk isn't used for storing the audio archive from microphones

6

The Disk
column

Automatically, enter the value in the field

Displays the names of the local disks available for storing the video and audio archives and also used to enter the names of the network disks used for archive storage

Names of the local disks (Latin alphabet), names of the network disks (UNC paths)

NA

Depends on the total number of the local and network disks

7

The GB column

Automatically

Displays the amount of free space on each available disk

Disk space in GB

NA

Depends on the total free disk space

Displays the current disk for the archive recording

Set—the archive is currently recorded on the specified disk

Clear—the archive isn't currently recorded on the specified disk

The Basic settings tab

9

The Connection
field

Enter the value in the field

Sets the name of the modem connection used in Windows

Latin alphabet, Cyrillic, digits and service characters

NA

A line containing a sequence of any characters (letters, digits, service characters).

Number of characters from 1 to 30

10

The Username
field

Enter the value in the field

Sets the login of the modem connection used in Windows

Latin alphabet, Cyrillic, digits and service characters

NA

A line containing a sequence of any characters (letters, digits, service characters), case-sensitive.

Number of characters from 1 to 30

11

The Password
field

Enter the value in the field

Sets the password of the modem connection used in Windows

Latin alphabet, Cyrillic, digits and service characters

NA

A line containing a sequence of any characters (letters, digits, service characters), case-sensitive.

Number of characters from 1 to 30

12

The Disable logging
checkbox

Set the checkbox

Disables the event logging to the event viewer database on the local computer

Boolean type

Clear

Set—events aren't logged into the event viewer database

Clear—events are logged into the event viewer database

13

The Only local protocols
checkbox

Set the checkbox

Enables logging to the events viewer database only the information about the events registered on this computer

Boolean type

Clear

Set—only the events registered on this computer are logged into the event viewer database

Clear—all required events are logged into the event viewer database

14

The Time synchronization
checkbox

Set the checkbox

Sets the time synchronization of all computers in the distributed system with the system time of this computer.
Time is automatically synchronized at midnight every 24 hours or when Axxon PSIM is started on the server that is the source of the time synchronization

Boolean type

Clear

Set—time is synchronized

Clear—time isn't synchronized

15

The Events archive length
field

Enter the value in the field

Sets simultaneously the event storage period for:

• events registered in the system on the local computer (Protocol table in the PSIM database or in a separate database);
• Incident server events (PROTOCOL_INC_SERVER table in the PSIM database)

Days

NA

More than 1

16

The Run x64 modules
checkbox

Set the checkbox

Sets the way to run the 64-bits modules

Boolean type

Up to 4.10.2—Clear, starting from 4.10.3—Set

Set—when you attempt to run a module, the 64-bit module variant runs. If such variant isn't found, the 32-bits module runs

Clear—64-bits modules don't run

Set—computer is used as a client

Clear—computer is used as a server or a RAW

Set—computer doesn’t switch to the sleep mode

Clear—computer switches to the sleep mode 

19

The Initial display
drop-down list

Select a value from the list

Sets the default display to be displayed after starting Axxon PSIM. If you don't select the display, the last active display is displayed after Axxon PSIM starts

Names of the display objects registered in the system

NA

Depends on the number of the display objects registered in the system

20

The Default user drop-down list

Select a value from the list

Sets the default user, that is, the user with the rights and permissions to start Axxon PSIM without a password

Names of the users registered in the system

NA

The list of users registered in Axxon PSIM

21

The Camera discovery tool
button

Click the button

Access to create, configure, and edit IP devices

NA

NA

The Camera discovery tool window that opens displays all available settings.

For more details, see Camera discovery tool

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Parameter

Method for setting the parameter value

Parameter description

Representation

Default value

Value range

22

The Speaker
drop-down list

Select a value from the list

Selects the speaker that must be used for the audio signal playback (it is used when organizing a video surveillance system using SIP-devices, see Configuring SIP-terminal)

Names of the Speaker objects registered in the system

NA

Depends on the number of the Speaker objects registered in the system

Selects the microphone that must be used for the audio signal transmission (it is used when organizing a video surveillance system using SIP-devices, see Configuring SIP-terminal) 

Selects the camera that must be used for the video signal transmission (it is used when organizing a video surveillance system using SIP-devices, see Configuring SIP-terminal) 

№

Parameter

Method for setting the parameter value

Parameter description

Representation

Default value

Value range

25

The Synchronize
checkbox

Set the checkbox

Activates the synchronization of the event viewer databases between the local and remote computers

Boolean type

Clear

Set—event viewer databases of the local and remote computers are synchronized

Clear—event viewer databases of the local and remote computers aren't synchronized

26

The Computer
field

Automatically

Displays the network name of the remote computer with which you must synchronize the event viewer database

Latin alphabet and service characters

NA

Depends on the number of the Computer objects registered in the system

27

The Name
field

Automatically

Displays the name of the remote computer in the network

Latin alphabet, Cyrillic, digits and service characters

NA

A line containing a sequence of any characters (letters, digits, service characters), case-insensitive.

Number of characters—from 1 to 60

28

The Change Connection String
button

Click the button

Enables the options of configuring and editing the connection parameters to the remote computer event viewer database

NA

NA

NA

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Parameter

Method for setting the parameter value

Parameter description

Representation

Default value

Value range