Choosing your application – Axis Communications AXIS 2420 User Manual
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AXIS 2420 User’s Manual
Choosing Your Application
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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.