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AXISCameraStation

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CongureStorageSettingsforIndividualCameras

WhencamerasareaddedtoAXISCameraStation,thecamerasaredistributedamongtheselectedrecordingdisks.Tochangethe

recordingdiskorthenumberofdaystokeeprecordingsforacamera,followthesesteps:

1.FromtheCongurationmenu,selectRecordingStorage.

2.SelectacamerafromCameras.

3.ClickEdittoopentheEditCameraRecordingStorageSettingsdialog.

4.Selectthedisktosaverecordingsto.

5.Setthemaximumnumberofdaystokeeprecordings.Alternatively,selectUnlimitedtokeeprecordingsuntilthediskisfull.

6.Optional:enablefailoverrecordings,seeFailoverRecordings,onpage34.

Note

Maximumdiskspacehasprecedenceoverthenumberofdaystokeeprecordings.Recordingswillbedeletedifthereisno

roomleftintheallotteddrivespace.

AddandCongureaRecordingDisk

Recordingscanbestoredonharddiskdrivesonthelocalcomputeroronanetworkshare.Topreventthediskfrombecomingfull,a

maximumdiskusageshouldbeset.

Toaddandcongurearecordingdisk,followthesesteps:

1.FromtheCongurationmenu,selectRecordingStorage.

2.Toaddaharddiskdrive,clickAddHardDiskDriveandselectthedrive.Itisnotrecommendedtousediskswithlessthan

10GBfreespaceortousethediskonwhichtheoperatingsystemisinstalled.

3.Toaddanetworkshare,clickAddNetworkShareandenterthepathtotheshare.

4.TosetthemaximumdiskspaceallowedtobeusedbyAXISCameraStation,selectthediskandusetheAXISCamera

StationRecordingsLimitslider.

5.Tochangethefolderwhererecordingswillbestored,selectthediskandclickEdittospecifynewfolder.

AddCamerasandVideoEncoders

CamerasandvideoencodersareaddedthersttimeAXISCameraStationisstarted,seeGetStarted,onpage10.Toaddadditional

camerasandvideoencoders:

1.FromtheCongurationmenu,selectAdd/EditCameras.

2.ClickAdd.

3.Followtheon-screeninstructionsintheAddNewCamerasdialog.ThestepsarethesameasinGetStartedwithAXIS

CameraStation.SeeGetStarted,onpage10.

Note

•Toadddoorcontrollers(AXISA1001NetworkDoorController)orI/Oaudiomodules(AXISP8221NetworkI/OAudioModule),

selectConguration>Add/EditAuxDevices.SeeAddAuxiliaryDevices,onpage36.

•Forinformationabouthowtoaddviewareas,seeUsingViewAreas,onpage35.

UsingViewAreas

Viewareasaresupportedbyselectedcameramodels.TouseviewareaswithAXISCameraStation,viewareasmustrstbeenabled

inthecamera: