AXIS Camera Station User Manual User Manual AXIS Camera Station User Manual What's new? What's new? To see all videos about new features in each release, go to this playlist. AXIS Camera Station 5.35 Set up AXIS A1601 Network Door Controller Now you can set up AXIS A1601 Network Door Controller in AXIS Camera Station. See Set up AXIS A1601 Network Door Controller. To see the videos about how to set up, go to this playlist. • Configure access control BETA on page 116 - Configure identification profiles - Configure card formats and PIN length - Add a door and configure the door with door monitor, emergency input, reader, or REX device. - Add a zone • Access management BETA on page 130 - Add cardholders, credentials, groups, and access rules - Import and export cardholder data - Export reports • Door dashboard in split view • Data search Add video streams You can add more than one video streams to AXIS Camera Station for live view and continuous recording. See Find your video streams on page 43. Find more than one devices When you manually search for devices, you can enter addresses of more than one devices. See Find your devices on page 42. Add demo cameras You can add .mkv files as demo cameras to AXIS Camera Station and configure a .dewarp file to dewarp the video stream of the demo camera. See Find your demo cameras on page 44. To watch this video, go to the web version of this document. www.axis.com/products/online-manual/34074 2 AXIS Camera Station User Manual What's new? AXIS Camera Station 5.34 New audio control In the new design of audio control in the live view, you can mute other views and listen to a specific view only. See the audio section in Live view on page 19. New navigation system You can choose to have views, cameras, or both in the navigation system. See Client settings on page 94. Switch device connection between IP and hostname You can change how AXIS Camera Station communicates with devices. See Connection on page 64. Upgrade device firmware with factory default values When you upgrade a device firmware, you can choose to keep the existing settings or reset all to factory default values. See Upgrade firmware on page 59. To watch this video, go to the web version of this document. www.axis.com/products/online-manual/34074 AXIS Camera Station 5.33 Set up an Axis body worn system Now you can set up an Axis body worn system in AXIS Camera Station. See Set up an Axis body worn system. For how to create a connection file, see Body worn settings on page 149. To watch this video, go to the web version of this document. www.axis.com/products/online-manual/34074 Set up an Axis body worn system 3 AXIS Camera Station User Manual What's new? To watch this video, go to the web version of this document. www.axis.com/products/online-manual/34074 Playback and export Axis body worn camera recordings Export format You can export your recordings or incident reports to .mp4 and .mkv formats. See Export recordings on page 30, Incident report on page 100, and Scheduled export on page 99. User permissions The User permissions page is improved for better usability. See Configure user permissions on page 107. Map settings from Site Designer The map settings from Site Designer can be imported when adding devices using the Site Designer configuration. See Import Site Designer projects on page 44. To watch this video, go to the web version of this document. www.axis.com/products/online-manual/34074 AXIS Camera Station 5.32 Push-to-talk The Push-to-talk button is available in the live view for cameras with a built-in speaker or an associated external speaker. See Streaming profiles on page 48 and Live view on page 19. By default, Push-to-talk is used for simplex and half-duplex modes, but you can configure to use it for all duplex modes. You can also configure the release delay time to keep audio transmitted from the microphone after you release the button. See Streaming on page 96. To watch this video, go to the web version of this document. www.axis.com/products/online-manual/34074 4 AXIS Camera Station User Manual What's new? AXIS Camera Station 5.31 Average bitrate For continuous recordings, you can calculate the average bitrate based on required retention time and specified storage. See Configure average bitrate on page 73. Zipstream You can configure Zipstream in your video profiles. See Streaming profiles on page 48. Retry incident report and export recordings tasks Under the Tasks tab, you can retry the failed incident report and export recordings tasks. See Tasks on page 145. Find devices by IP ranges When you add devices, you can specify IP address ranges and port ranges to search for multiple devices. See Add devices on page 41. To watch this video, go to the web version of this document. www.axis.com/products/online-manual/34074 5 AXIS Camera Station User Manual AXIS Camera Station features AXIS Camera Station features For more information about the AXIS Camera Station features, go to the Feature Guide. 6 AXIS Camera Station User Manual Helpful links for an administrator Helpful links for an administrator Here are some links you might be interested in. Enjoy the reading! • Log on to AXIS Camera Station server on page 15 • Configure devices on page 41 • Configure storage on page 66 • Configure recording and events on page 68 • Configure connected services on page 97 • Configure server on page 99 • Configure licenses on page 104 • Configure security on page 107 7 AXIS Camera Station User Manual Helpful links for an operator Helpful links for an operator Here are some links you might be interested in. Enjoy the reading! • Log on to AXIS Camera Station server on page 15 • Configure client on page 94 • Live view on page 19 • Playback recordings on page 28 • Export recordings on page 30 8 AXIS Camera Station User Manual Quick start Quick start This tutorial will walk you through the basic steps to make your system up and running. Before you start, you may need to: • Configure your network depending on your installation. See Network configuration. • Configure your server ports if needed. See Server port configuration. • Consider security issues. See Security considerations. After necessary configurations, you can start to work with AXIS Camera Station. For an administrator: 1. Start AXIS Camera Station 2. Add devices 3. Configure recording method on page 9 For an operator: 1. Live view cameras on page 10 2. Playback recordings on page 10 3. Add bookmarks on page 10 4. Export recordings on page 10 5. Play and verify recordings in AXIS File Player on page 11 Start AXIS Camera Station AXIS Camera Station Service Control automatically starts after the installation is complete. Double-click the AXIS Camera Station Client icon to start the AXIS Camera Station client. When starting the client for the first time, it automatically attempts to log on to the AXIS Camera Station server installed on the same computer as the client. You can connect to multiple AXIS Camera Station servers in different ways. See Log on to AXIS Camera Station server. Add devices The first time you start your AXIS Camera Station, you are navigated to the Add devices page. AXIS Camera Station automatically searches the network for connected devices and displays a list of devices found. See Add devices. 1. Select the cameras to add from the list. If your camera is not listed, click Manual search. 2. Click Add. 3. Select Quick configuration or Site Designer configuration. Click Next. See Import Site Designer projects on page 44. 4. Use the default settings and ensure the recording method is set to None. Click Install. Configure recording method 1. Go to Configuration > Recording and events > Recording method. 9 AXIS Camera Station User Manual Quick start 2. If you want to enable motion detection recording: 2.1 Select a camera. 2.2 Turn on Motion detection. 2.3 Click Apply. 3. If you want to enable continuous recording: 3.1 Select a camera. 3.2 Turn on Continuous. 3.3 Click Apply. Live view cameras 1. Click the Live view tab to navigate to the camera live view. 2. Click a camera to navigate to the live view of that camera. A blue dot after the camera name shows that continuous recording is in progress. A red dot after the camera name shows that motion detection recording is in progress. 3. Click to navigate from Live view to Recordings. A red line in the timeline shows that motion detection recording has been taken for that period. A blue line in the timeline shows that continuous recording is in progress. Playback recordings 1. Go to the Recording tab. 2. In the timeline of the camera, use the mouse wheel to zoom in and out and drag the timeline to make the marker pointing at your desired position. 3. To start playing the recording from the desired position, click . Add bookmarks 1. Go to the Recording tab. 2. In the timeline of the camera, use the mouse wheel to zoom in and out and drag the timeline to make the marker pointing at your desired position. 3. Click . 4. Enter the bookmark name and description. Use keywords in the description to make the bookmark easy to find and recognized. 5. Select Prevent recording deletion to lock the recording. A locked recording can't be deleted unless actively unlocked.