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AXIS 200+ and 240 User’s Guide Appendix C -Modem Installation

Appendix C - Modem Installation

Using the Camera Server without a Network

The RS-232 port of your Axis Camera Server can be used to communicate with the camera server,

using an ordinary modem, an ISDN modem, a CDPD modem or a direct serial connection to a

computer.

We will in this chapter describe how to connect your camera server to a standard modem and how

to dial from a modem connected Microsoft Windows 95 PC, to your modem connected Axis

Camera Server.

The Axis Camera Server has “plug-and-play” functionality for a few selected modems. We suggest

you use one of the modems listed below since it makes installation and setup so much easier.

• USRobotics Courier 33600

• USRobotics Sportster 33600

• USRobotics Sportster Flash

• USRobotics Sportster MessagePlus

• USRobotics Sportster 28800

• USRobotics Sportster Voice 56k

• USRobotics 33600 Fax

• 3Com Impact IQ External ISDN Modem

• Diamond SupraExpress 56e

Notes:

Although most external modems are known to work well with Axis’ Camera Servers, only the

modems listed above have been fully tested by Axis Communications.

Modems not featured in the above list will normally require the setting of a modem specific initi-

ation string. Modem initialization takes place when the camera server starts up, during which the

following parameters must be set:

1 - Flow control must be set to hardware flow control.

2 - Echo mode, all commands should be echoed.

3 - All replies from the modem must be in ASCII form.