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    AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide[...]

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    AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide Page 3 ENGLISH AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide Minimum recomme nded requirements Install AXIS Ca mera St ation on a stand-alone computer dedicated mainly for ru nning this a pplicati on Hardwar e: • Intel Pentium 4 with 2 GHz processor •C D - d r i v e •5 1 2 M B R A M • Hard disk: 1 GB availabl[...]

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    Page 4 AXIS Camera Stat ion Installation Guide Overview This document will help yo u in stall A XIS Camera Station and configure it for your Axis Network Cameras and Axis Video Servers. A brief introduct ion to the func tionality of th e software is covered here, see the online Help or the AXIS Camera Station User’s Manual for a detailed des crip[...]

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    AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide Page 5 ENGLISH Network Configuration AXIS Camera St ation can recor d and play back video from cameras t hat are co nnected ov er a LAN (L ocal Area Networ k) or over a WAN (Wide Area Network). LAN The cameras can be connected direct ly to the server running AXIS Camera Station u sing an Ethern et network. Int[...]

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    Page 6 AXIS Camera Stat ion Installation Guide See the User’s Manual for details, ava ilable on the CD and o n www.axis.com[...]

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    AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide Page 7 ENGLISH Install AXIS Camera Station Software Install AXIS Camera Sta tion on th e dedicated stand-alon e PC from where y ou wish t o run th e main administration o f your cameras and video s ervers. 1. Insert the CD in the CD drive. If the installatio n CD does not auto-start, click au torun.exe in the [...]

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    Page 8 AXIS Camera Stat ion Installation Guide Note: If running Windows XP, you will need to permit the firewall to accept incoming requests from AXIS Camera St ation Client when prompted. 6. When the installation is finished, open AXIS Camera Station from Start > All Programs o r click the pr ogram ico n on your deskto p:[...]

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    AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide Page 9 ENGLISH AXIS Camera Station Activation The firs t time you st art the progr am you will be aske d to r egister your license. Activate the software with your License Key The License Key can be used for only one current installation. Once registered, it cann ot be us ed again . Do not requ est th e acce s[...]

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    Page 10 AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide There are two types of upgrade li censes available for purchase at your local Axis reseller: • Additional camera licens e . • Software u pgrade license . You can upgrade AXIS Camera Station for a limite d time from www.axis.com and then extend th e license. Licenses and the time period remaini ng a[...]

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    AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide Page 11 ENGLISH 2. Fill in the requested informat ion. The Licens e Key is found on the inside of the AXIS Camera Station CD casing. Click A ctivate. 3. Y our license information will be sent to Axis Communications and your software will be activa ted automa tically . 4. Y ou can now start using AXIS Camera St[...]

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    Page 12 AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide No or low-speed Internet connection: Register manually If AXIS Cam era Stati on is install ed on a comp uter witho ut (or w ith low-speed) access to the Internet, you can acquire the Access Code that is needed to act ivate the sof tware from th e Axis Web site and enter it manually . 1. Click Grac e pe[...]

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    AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide Page 13 ENGLISH 3. You will see yo ur Server ID (a code contai ning in formatio n about yo ur PC), make a no te of it. You will need the Server ID when filling in information on the Inte rnet fo rm for your Access Code. 4. You can now use AXI S Camera Station for 5 days. During the grace period you can r eceiv[...]

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    Page 14 AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide 6. Enter your Access Code. L icense Key and Ser ver ID are fill ed in autom aticall y. 7. Cli ck Ac t i v a t e . 8. Y ou can now start using AXIS Camera Station. Using the Demo version Another op tion is to install AXIS Camera Station a s a 30-day demo version, which work s with 4 came ras and include[...]

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    AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide Page 15 ENGLISH Configure AXIS Camera Station After installing the software, it must be configured for your camera s and video servers. The firs t time AXIS Camera Station is started, a search function automa tically f inds an d in stalls cam eras/ video servers on your network. If the re are more cameras on y[...]

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    Page 16 AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide Adding a Camera/video server to AXIS Camera Station 1.From AXIS Camera Station, click Options > Camera settings. Note: All settings can be found under Options. Only a few of the most essential settings are covered in this guide. See the online Help or User’s Manual for a full description. 2. From [...]

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    AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide Page 17 ENGLISH 4. Click on the desired camera/v ideo server an d th en OK. 5. All pe rtinent inform atio n appears in the window . Camera Name is how the came ra wi ll appear in AXIS Camera Station. If you lik e, you may ch ange th e name to something more descript ive such as “Ba ckdoor” or “Garage”.[...]

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    Page 18 AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide Note: The Camera Enabled box should be checke d. If this box is not checked when registering a camera, recordings and live viewing are not possible 7. If ca meras are set u p to u se a comm on user name and password, chec k the Use master password bo x under Credentials. If the camera has a u nique pas[...]

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    AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide Page 19 ENGLISH Defining default camera views from AXIS Camera Station To define the camera views as seen fro m the main AXIS Camera Station user interface, click on Options > Views from t he file menu. 1. Select the view according to the nu mber of cameras you want to co nfigure. 2. Specify the default vie[...]

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    Page 20 AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide AXIS Camera Station User Interface The backgr ound record ing servi ce retrieves images from the connected cameras and stores th em to hard disk . From AXIS Camera Station you can st art or s top the backgr ound service, click File > Start Server or Stop Server or rig ht-cli ck on the AXIS Camera St[...]

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    AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide Page 21 ENGLISH AXIS Camera Station C ontrols View Select ion Select a view and you will get a window showing live imag es direct from the camera. It is possib le to click in the imag e from Pan/Ti lt/ Zoom cameras to move the camera or zoom using the mouse scroll wheel. No Live Images Click the No Live Ima ge[...]

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    Page 22 AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide Monitor I/O When click ing th is button, th e I/O S tatus of I/Os defined in AXIS Camera St ation ar e display ed. Moni torin g I/O d efines wh en events, such as an alar m or mo tion det ection, should be trig gered. Each I/O is shown on one line, alon g with a colored indicator: • green indicator m[...]

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    AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide Page 23 ENGLISH 4-camera playback Here you can play record ed events from four cameras simultan eously. Select a date an d time, and then press the search bu tton. Al l the events found for the 4 camera s will be play ed starting at the specified date and time u p to the present time. Event Log The event log s[...]

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    Page 24 AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide Pan/Tilt/Zoom and Audio controls These controls are only visible i f the c onn ected camera has PTZ capability or a connected audio mo dul e. Choose a camer a from the drop-do wn lis t “ Select a camera” for th e contr ols to ap pear. The recordin g prop erti es for installed Axis network cam eras [...]

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    AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide Page 25 ENGLISH AXIS Camera Station Client The AXIS Camera Station Client application is used for remote operations on client workstations , where you can perform the same tasks as from AXIS Camera Station using a similar user interface. Install AXIS Camera S tation Client Software 1. From the client workstati[...]

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    Page 26 AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide 6. The first time you connect , this window will appear: 7. Ente r the IP addres s or host name of the server PC where AXIS Camera Stat ion is installed and, if required, the User Name and P asswor d. 8. Cli ck OK . Notes: • When working with more one than on e AXIS Camera Station, a list of recently[...]

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    AXIS Camera Station Installation Guide Page 27 ENGLISH AXIS Camera Station Web Application A web br owser can be used on cl ie nt workstations to view cameras and perf orm sim ple operat ions, such as review or playback recordings. Once the AXIS Camera Station Web Access has been enabled in AXIS Camera Station under Options > General > Genera[...]

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    A X I S Ca m e r a S t a t i o n I ns t a l l a t i on G ui de Re v . 4 . 0 Ma y 20 0 6 Copyright © Axis Communications AB, 2004-2 006 Part No. 263 90[...]