Axis Communications 2120 - Manual (Page 7)

AXIS 2120 User’s Manual Product Overview 7
Wide Range of Applications - The AXIS 2120 offers live video over internet networks and
the Internet, and is ideal for use with many of today’s high-speed internet services. Allowing remote
access directly from your browser, you can view live images, manage and control the AXIS 2120 at
any time and anywhere. Use it for intruder detection, process control, industrial and public
monitoring, image archiving, or any other application.
Modem Support - The Point to Point Protocol (PPP) support allows you to use your AXIS
2120 remotely over a serial link, just as if it were located on your local network. After initially
setting up the unit using a local connection to a computer, you can then configure the unit for
remote use over an external modem.
ISP Support - Arrange for the image files to be uploaded to an Internet Service Provider (ISP)
and you can provide the global Internet community with browser access to your live images. Select
any supported ISP from the Web-based Wizards, or choose your own ISP as an imaging repository
for your images.
Security - The AXIS 2120 includes a self-contained Web server, which means that your digital
images can be protected just like any other Internet host. Data protection is normally implemented
by your Network Administrator using the unit security settings in combination with an
organization’s Internet firewall. The Administrator can subsequently restrict image access to
specific individuals, groups of user, company staff... or the whole Internet community.
Linux Operating System - The AXIS 2120 includes modified versions of the Boa Web server,
and Linux operating system - both of which are freely distributed under the GNU General Public
License, as published by the Free Software Foundation. This software provides a stable and reliable
platform for open-source development of the product.
In accordance with the GNU General Public License, Axis has published the kernel for this product
at http://developer.axis.com/.
AXIS Technology - Axis renowned chipset technology is built upon an open architechture that
is streamlined to provide device connectivity independent of any file server. The AXIS 2120 is
driven by a powerful AXIS ETRAX 32-bit RISC processor and includes the industry's first
dedicated digital video remote monitoring compression chip - the AXIS ARTPEC-1.