Axis Communications 240 manual The CRON Script, EyeGet - the JPEG Script

The CRON Script

The AXIS 240 includes a CRON script service that facilitates periodic command execution. It allows you to program event and/or time triggered functions within the AXIS 240.

From the AXIS 240 Home Page, you can access an on-line editor for generating the CRON script file. Alternatively, you can use a common text editor and download the file via ftp.

For example, you can program the AXIS 240 to store a new fullsize image on an ftp server every 5 minutes.

The AXIS 240 can also be activated by logical transitions on its input ports. Thus, by connecting a digital microcircuit to an entrance door, the AXIS 240 could be triggered to take a snapshot on each occasion the door opens and then, for example, send an e-mail with the snapshot to an operator.

Refer to the AXIS 240 User’s Manual for more information.

EyeGet - the JPEG Script

When using the AXIS 240 over the Internet, we recommend that it is accessed over an assisting web server and not directly. This is because the AXIS 240 has limited capacity for handling the extra amount of buffering that the Internet may generate.

Axis has developed a JPEG collector program that periodically collects JPEG snapshots from your AXIS 240 and writes them to a local file on your web server for later retrieval.

The program is called EyeGet and is available in both Windows and UNIX versions. You can download EyeGet free of charge from http://www.axis.com/products/axis_neteye_200/scripts.shtml