Video Network views

The framework supports two video networks: Axis and Milestone.

Axis network

The Axis video driver (naxisVideo) supports Axis video cameras.

Supported features include:

Automatic discovery of cameras
PTZ operation, including Go To preset
Focus and iris
Surveillance Viewer
Remote video connections
Fox video streaming
Graphics widgets
Motion detection from the camera

These Axis features are not supported:

Alarm video playback
Live video playback
Switching between live and playback video
Bidirectional alarms

The Axis driver has been tested with these cameras:

Axis P5635–E PTZ Dome Network Camera with firmware version 6.50.2.3
AXIS M 1065-L Network Camera with firmware version 8.30.1.1

Other models may or may not work with the driver depending on the firmware version installed. It is recommended to upgrade the Axis camera to the current firmware when using this video driver.

Axis video driver requirements include the following:

IP access between the camera and remote network controller
Appropriate ports open; the defaults are port 80 for the web, port 554 for control, and port 9000 for data
Security status of each camera. The software defaults to TLS (Transport Layer Security) secure communication.

NOTE: If one or more of your cameras does not support or is not configured to support secure communication, you can add a second network with TLS disabled for those cameras. In this scenario, you can keep all of your https-supported cameras on the Axis TLS network and add the legacy http cameras to the non-TLS enabled network.

Milestone network

Milestone provides four video management software products:

XProtect Enterprise
XProtect Professional
XProtect Professional+
XProtect Corporate

The framework supports these three products with two drivers:

The Milestone Network (nmilestone) driver supports the XProtect Enterprise XProtect Professional, and XProtect Professional+ products.
The Milestone XProtect Network (xprotect) driver supports the XProtect Corporate product.

CAUTION: The Milestone products do not support secure communication, therefore, it is not possible to secure the connection between a station and its Milestone devices.