Axis Communications AXIS 2420 user manual Choosing Your Application, Networking Applications

AXIS 2420 User’s Manual Choosing Your Application 31

Choosing Your Application

The AXIS 2420 can be used in a wide variety of applications and installs directly onto an Ethernet network, or over a V.90-compatible modem. Requiring no additional software on your viewing desktop, it is a completely self contained unit that delivers crisp live images to your browser. Using the Web-based Administration Tools and easy-to-use Wizards, you can quickly and easily develop your application.

This section contains a few examples of typical applications, and also includes other reference information to help you configure your product.

Networking Applications

If you have access to an Ethernet connection at your installation location, simply plug the AXIS 2420 into your LAN/WAN and set the IP address. You are then ready to view images from any desktop over your network.

However, the AXIS 2420 offers more than just convenient access to live images over the network. Using the available Wizards to guide you through the process, you can quickly and easily configure your product for a variety of exciting applications, including:

•Using Motion Detection to generate alarms and trigger uploads of recorded images.

•Connecting an external alarm device, e.g. a door switch, to the AXIS 2420 and uploading pre and/or post alarm images to a target FTP server when an alarm or time-based event occurs; and optionally, sending e-mail alerts containing images, and/or a link to the camera.

•Uploading images to a remote FTP server on a LAN/WAN network to accommodate a large viewing audience, where a high volume of Web page hits is anticipated.

Note: You can access live images from a desktop browser on your network as soon as the AXIS 2420 is physically installed on your network. Both advanced and novice users should then use the Wiz- ards to configure the chosen application. After the basic configuration has been established with the Wizards, advanced users can then use the Web-based Administration Tools for refining the application.