Vodafone Business Surveillance – IP200 Installation User Guide
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5.2.2
Encoder Licensing
Encoders must also be licensed to connect to a Vodafone Business Surveillance Server. This can be done
during the account creation on Vodafone Business Surveillance Server or, if no licence has been assigned,
be requested by the encoder during configuration
In no licence is currently assigned the Server Settings page will provide a link where the user can request
a licence from the server (if available). The form will also show the features enabled within the selected
licence.
Step 3 - Adding video feeds to the encoder
There are two main ways to add an IP camera:
FastConnect – designed to make it simple to add new cameras ‘out-of-the-box’ directly to an
encoder, without the need for the user to know the camera IP Address or configure the camera in
advance of connection.
Auto-Discover – designed for discovering cameras, either directly
connected to the encoder or through a LAN connection that has
already been configured with the correct network settings.
Consider the following questions when deciding which method to use:
FastConnect
Auto-Discover
Who is it for?
Users with new Axis, Bosch or Canon
cameras who are directly connecting
the camera to the encoder
Users of a compatible camera who have
configured the camera to be on the same
network subnet as their encoder
Suitable for one-to-one
connections between camera
and encoder?
YES
YES
Suitable for finding cameras on
a LAN network?
NO
YES
Supports adding more than one
camera per port?
NO
YES
Compatibility
Axis, Bosch and Canon cameras on the
compatibility list
Any named camera on the camera compatibility
list
Prerequisites
- Camera must have default IP Address
and default admin password set.
- Camera must be connected directly to
the device.
- The LAN port configured for use on the
Series device must be set for Static IP.
- Encoder LAN port in use can either be set to
static IP for direct connection or configured to
connect to a LAN network.
- Camera must be pre-configured with an IP
Address that can be accessed by the encoder
(usually on the same sub-net)
As the IP200s do not have an analogue input, an analogue to digital converter/encoder is needed, if a
customer requires them to be connected to an analogue camera. Axis Single Channel Encoder is the
recommended converter for this solution. They can be powered over Ethernet or with an additional power
source.
IP200 only has two camera drivers; ONVIF or RTSP, and only H.264 is supported. Please ref to Appendix B for Camera
troubleshooting guides.
