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Documentation for Axxon PSIM 2.0. Documentation for other versions of Axxon PSIM is available too.
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Requirements for computers depend on the Axxon PSIM installation type. The following installation types are available:
- Servers are designed for digitization, processing, recording, transmission, and display of the incoming video signals from the cameras of the video surveillance system.
- Remote administrator workstations are designed for remote monitoring of video signals, for creating gateways and archives of video signals, for logging the events registered by Axxon PSIM, and for use as a web server for the transmission of video signals over HTTP (this protocol is used to transmit signals over the Internet and display them with standard web browsers). Configuration requirements for the remote administrator workstation depend on the functions it is designed to perform.
- Remote clients are designed to play back incoming video and audio signals from video surveillance system servers and to control cameras, microphones, PTZ devices, and so on.
Minimum requirements for computer configuration are specified in the table.
Component | Server and remote administrator workstation | Remote client | QTY per computer | Additional information |
Tower | Any | 1 | — | |
Motherboard | Any type that supports required processor and has the necessary set of inputs and slots | 1 | Pay attention to the number of free PCI (-e) slots and socket type of the processor | |
Processor | Select the processor in accordance with the computer configuration using the online calculator: https://sale.axxonsoft.com/calc/calculator.jsf. Documentation on the calculator is available here: Documentation | 1 | If the total number of processor cores is more than eight, it is recommended to use only 64-bit operating systems: Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, Windows 7 x64 Professional, Windows Server 2008 R2 x64, or higher. A processor supporting AVX instructions is required for the VA capture and recognition (the most recent Face PSIM documentation is available in AxxonSoft documentation repository) | |
RAM | At least 2 GB | — | Increasing the speed of memory, for example by using memory with a higher frequency or using memory in dual-channel (or more) mode, leads to a decrease in processor load and, consequently, to an increase in Axxon PSIM performance | |
Hard drive 1 | Space required for installation of the OS + 10 GB for installation of Axxon PSIM + 20 GB for installation of MS SQL Server | Space required for installation of the OS + 10 GB for installation of Axxon PSIM | 1 (+1) | Mirroring can be used to improve the fault tolerance |
Hard drive 2 | To maintain video/audio archive compatible with the requirements for the archive depth | — | — | External disk systems can be connected via SAS, SCSI, and Fiber Channel interfaces. Only necessary if you need to store video/audio archives |
DVD-RW | Any type of DVD-RW | 1 | To write the archive to an external carrier, for fallback recovery (optional) | |
Video card (GPU) | Discrete: NVIDIA GeForce GT520 1 GB RAM or with higher performance. Embedded: Intel HD Graphics 530 or with higher performance | 1 | Optional if it is not required to display video on the monitor. Axxon PSIM can operate without a video card if the processor has an embedded video core | |
| Audio card | Standard audio cards, MidiMan Delta, Comart Hera and Olkha 9P | 1 | Optional if audio surveillance is not required | |
Power supply unit | Any matching the computer tower. Capacity depends on the hardware configuration | 1 | Two fans are recommended: a suction fan and an induced draft fan. A redundant fan can also be installed | |
FAN & Temp Control | Any temperature control module | 1 | Optional | |
OS | Windows OS supported versions (see Operating system requirements) | 1 | It is recommended to block Internet access | |
| Architecture | x86, x64 | — | — | |
Attention!
If Axxon PSIM is installed on a computer with two processors, we recommend disabling the Hyper-threading. If it is enabled, the operating system does not allow Axxon PSIM to run on two processors simultaneously.
Note
The system time on the server must exactly match the time on the client or run a couple of seconds ahead. Otherwise, problems during reconnecting (for example, on connection loss) can occur.
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