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AXISCameraStation
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WhenusingAXISCameraStationforthersttime,GetStartedwithAXISCameraStationisstartedautomatically.Aftercompleting
GetStartedwithAXISCameraStation,camerashavebeenaddedandrecordingisenabledonallcameras.
Thischapterdescribeshowtocongurerecordingsettingsforindividualcameras,howtocongureliveviewsettingsandhowto
addmorecamerasandauxiliarydevices.Inaddition,thechaptergivesexamplesofhowtocongureAXISCameraStationtoget
themostoutofthesystem.
CongureRecording
MotionrecordingorcontinuousrecordingisenabledautomaticallywhencamerasareaddedtoAXISCameraStation.Toadjust
recordingsettings,ortodisablerecordingforsomecameras,gotoConguration>RecordingSettings.
AXISCameraStationsupportsthefollowingrecordingoptions:
•Motionrecording,seepage30.
•Continuousandscheduledrecording,seepage33.
•Manualrecording,seepage34.
•Ruletriggeredrecording.AruletriggeredrecordingisstartedandstoppedaccordingtoarulesetupinEventConguration,
seepage49.
•Failoverrecording,seepage34.Afailoverrecordingstartsautomaticallyiftheconnectionbetweenthecameraand
AXISCameraStationislostduringanongoingrecording.
Foreachtypeofrecording,amediaprolecanbecreated.Themediaprolecontainssettingssuchasvideoformat,resolutionand
framerate.Formoreinformation,seeCongureaMediaProle,onpage42.
MotionRecording
MotionrecordingcanbeusedwithallAxisnetworkcamerasandvideoencoders.Recordingonlywhenmotionisdetectedsaves
considerablyondiskspacecomparedtocontinuousrecording.
Toenableordisablemotionrecording,ortomodifysettings,followthesesteps:
1.FromtheCongurationmenu,selectRecordingSettings.
2.SelectoneormorecamerasandclickMotionDetection.Ifselectingseveralcameras,motionrecordingcanbeenabledor
disabledandschedulesettingscanbemodied.Prolesettingscanbemodiedifselectingcamerasofthesamemodel.
Motiondetectionsettingscanbemodiedifselectingasinglecamera.
3.Toenablemotionrecording,selectEnabled.Todisable,clearthebox.
4.Toadjustmotiondetectionsettingssuchastheareainwhichmovingobjectsaredetected,clickMotionSettings.For
moreinformationaboutmotionsettings,seeMotionDetection,onpage31.
5.Tochangesettingssuchasvideoformat,resolution,compressionandframerate,selectaproleorclickChangetocreate
anewprole.SeealsoCongureaMediaProle,onpage42.
6.Toschedulemotionrecording,clickCustomscheduleandselectascheduleorcreateanewschedule.
7.Whensatised,clickOK.
Iftoomany-ortoofew-movingobjectsaredetected,useMotionSettingstomodifytheareainwhichmovingobjectsaredetected,
oruseTriggerperiodtosettheminimumnumberofsecondsbetweentwosuccessivealarms.
Ifthesizeoftherecordedlesistoolargefortheavailablediskspace,trythefollowing:
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