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Documentation for Axxon PSIM 2.0. Documentation for other versions of Axxon PSIM is available too.
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Video and audio archives store copies of video and audio recordings created by Axxon PSIM.
All archives are divided into the following types:
- Main archive—the video server archive.
- Backup archive—archive created using the Backup archive module.
- Edge storage—archive stored in the embedded storage of the external IP device (NVR). Recording to this archive is not performed.
- Videogate archive—archive created using the Videogate module. Videogate is used to reduce the load on the network when sizeable data flows are transmitted from the video servers to the remote workstations.
If the videogate is on, data from the video servers is not transmitted directly to the remote workstations but through the videogate, which in turn distributes received data among the workstations. The videogate can function as a backup archive, unless it is the case where recording must be resumed; if the communication line fails, video recording is resumed from the beginning, instead of from the cut-off point.
The table compares the characteristics of archives and the corresponding functional modules.
Characteristics | Parameter | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Archive type | Main archive | Backup archive | Edge storage | Videogate archive |
Functional module used to create the archive | - | Backup archive | - | Videogate |
Source of recording | Recordings made by specified cameras and microphones | Copying from the main archive of the specified cameras | - | Video streams requested from server |
Distribution of archived recordings (available types of carriers) | Hard and network disks, removable disks | Hard and network disks, removable disks | Embedded storage of external IP devices | Hard and network disks, removable disks |
Tools to access archived recordings | Playback control panel, the Axxon_player.exe utility | Panel of Backup archive, the Axxon_player.exe utility | Playback control panel | Playback control panel, the Axxon_player.exe utility |
Recording modes | Cyclic (if free space on the storage medium runs out during the recording process, the archived data is overwritten starting from the earliest recordings) | Cyclic (if free space on the storage medium runs out during the recording process, the archived data is overwritten starting from the earliest recordings) | - | Cyclic (if free space on the storage medium runs out during the recording process, the archived data is overwritten starting from the earliest recordings) |
Saving audio (synchro audio recordings) together with video recordings in the archive | Available | Available | - | Available |
Recording period | Continuous recording | Continuous recording Recording at specified time intervals | - | Continuous recording Recording from active cameras |
Recording settings | FPS (number of frames per second), resolution, codec, key frame rate, video quality (set when configuring multistreaming—see Configuring the multistream video) | FPS (number of frames per second), bit rate (data volume per second) | - | FPS (number of frames per second), resolution, codec, key frame rate, video quality (set when configuring multistreaming—see Configuring the multistream video) |
Selection of cameras for recording | Not available | Available | - | Available |
Attention!
The features described in this section are affected by Rights to work with archives. By default, the documentation describes the work of the operator with maximum rights.
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