Motion detection is a common requirement for building security. To use an Axis camera to record motion-detected video: an
Axis media server (usually running on a network computer other than the Supervisor PC) must be available; the camera itself
must be configured (using its interface) to record or stream motion-detected events to the station; the browser must be configured
to stream video.
Prerequisites: The Axis network and camera are connected, configured and report {Ok}. The Axis media server has been set up
to receive motion-detected video. The Axis camera has been configured to record detected motion.
- Expand.
- To confirm that the camera is configured for motion-detected alarms, right-click the camera node in the Nav tree and click
.
The camera’s Property Sheet opens.
- Confirm that the
Host Name identifies the IP address and path to the video server.
- To view events, double-click the Events node in the Nav tree and click Discover.
A discovery job runs and displays one or more motion-detected points in the Discovered pane.
- To move the point(s) to the Database pane, click Add, update any properties and click OK.
- If the camera’s firmware version is earlier than 5.60, expand the Motion Detected node in the Nav tree, double-click the Proxy Ext, expand the Point Id properties and confirm that they are correctly configured for the camera.
NOTE: The configuration of these properties is required by Axis cameras whose firmware version is earlier than version 5.60.
- To confirm that the camera is sending motion-detected events to the server, open a browser, enter the camera’s IP address
in the
Address property and use the camera’s firmware interface to confirm the event.
- To observe the event in the station, double-click the node in the Nav tree and expand Most Recent Event.
The Description and Timestamp properties report the event.