AXIS Camera Station Administration
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AXIS Camera Station User’s Manual
6. Next, set the motion detection sensitivity level in the
Motion Detection
window. Under normal viewing conditions, i.e. when there is no motion in the
image, move the sensitivity slider until there are a few blue bars in the
Motion
detected
bar.
7. When there is motion in the camera's image, set the
Recording at
slider to
the level where you want the recording to begin. If the
Motion Detected
bar
exceeds this setting, there will be an alarm and recording will begin.
When motion is detected with your new settings, the green
Motion
Detected
icon is shown. The red
Recording
icon is also displayed, and will
remain for several seconds, depending on the
Images to start/stop
setting
on the
Recordings
tab, see
Recordings
, on page 25.
Record to Hard Disk
Save Recordings to...
Specify where to store your images. This field must always begin with a disk
drive letter, hard disk drive letters "C" to "K" can be used.
The same directory can be specified for multiple cameras, in which case sub-
directories are created in the specified directory.
External storage devices can be used if they are shared and available as shared
disks in Windows. The AXIS Camera Station service user must be changed, as
AXIS Camera Station uses a default Local user (who usually does not have
access to external storage devices).
1. Go to AXIS Camera Station’s
Service Properties
dialog in Windows
Control
Panel | Administrative tools | Services | AXIS
Camera Station | Action |
Properties | Log On
(tab).
2. Choose
This account
and browse to the user that has access rights to this
device.
Save recordings for
(days)
Specify the number of days to store saved recordings on hard disk. The value
"default" is specified under the
General
tab, see page 38.
Backup old recordings
to external storage
Images will be deleted when more hard disk space is needed, or when the
recording is older than the amount of days specified in
Save recordings for
. If
2. Set the sensitivity
level of the motion
detector until a few
3. Set threshold
should begin,
where recordings
according
to the sensitivity
slider position.
appear in the Motion
Detected bar.
blue bars
1. Choose to
configure the
settings for day
or night.
