Axis Motion Recording on PTZ Movement

To enable motion based recording on an Axis device during PTZ movement, complete the following steps: <br> On the Axis camera’s web page, configure a recipient for the event. The Type should be TCP; the IP address should be the address of the exacqVision server; the port can be any open port. <br> Configure the… Continue reading Axis Motion Recording on PTZ Movement

Arecont Single-sensor Cameras Do Not Connect or Display Video After Restart on Windows 7 exacqVision Systems

Arecont single-sensor cameras with firmware 65218 and 65219 can fail to connect or display video after a Windows 7 exacqVision system restarts. This can occur because exacqVision software changed to the RTSP protocol starting with version 5.4. Arecont plugins in exacqVision versions earlier than 5.4 use TFTP, which is not affected by this issue. <br>… Continue reading Arecont Single-sensor Cameras Do Not Connect or Display Video After Restart on Windows 7 exacqVision Systems

Panasonic 360-degree Network Camera Multistreaming

Panasonic 360-degree network cameras can send up to three streams to exacqVision. This includes one JPEG stream, and two H.264 streams. All three streams are configured on the same page in the camera’s web configuration page. If you configure two additional streams on the camera in exacqVision Client, either the main stream or one of… Continue reading Panasonic 360-degree Network Camera Multistreaming

Certain LDAP Condition Causes exacqVision Crash

In exacqVision 5.4 and earlier, the following configuration can cause an exacqVision system to crash: *On the Add Systems page, the Use Single Sign-On option is selected for the server.*The LDAP tree that the system uses for authentication contains other LDAP servers that serve sub-trees.*One or more the sub-tree LDAP servers aren’t running or aren’t… Continue reading Certain LDAP Condition Causes exacqVision Crash

Vivotek VS8801 Encoder Enabling 2nd NIC for exacqVision

Title Vivotek VS8801 Encoder Enabling 2nd NIC for exacqVision Description This encoder requires the use of two IP addresses to view all 8 channels of video.  The first NIC allows access to channels 1-4 and the second NIC allows access to channels 5-8.  The following are instructions for enabling the 2nd NIC on the Vivotek VS8801 encoder.… Continue reading Vivotek VS8801 Encoder Enabling 2nd NIC for exacqVision

Video Pausing or Showing Latency on ACTi Series D and Series E Cameras

Video from an ACTi Series D and Series E camera can pause unexpectedly or show latency if the camera’s video bit rate mode is set to Variable. To change the video bit rate mode, open the camera’s web page configurator, select Video, and select Constant from the Video Bit Rate Mode drop-down list. High resolutions… Continue reading Video Pausing or Showing Latency on ACTi Series D and Series E Cameras

Axis M3007 Panoramic (Fisheye) Dewarping

With most panoramic cameras in exacqVision, you can dewarp a panoramic image by enabling Digital PTZ and digitally zooming into the fisheye image. However, Axis M3007 panoramic cameras are dewarped using multistreaming. To enable the panoramic views, the camera must be in Ceiling orientation. To select this orientation, open the camera’s web configurator, select Setup,… Continue reading Axis M3007 Panoramic (Fisheye) Dewarping

TRANSACQ: Saving data in pcap format

The most recent versions of Wireshark default to using an enhanced file format called pcap-ng when saving packet capture data. The Winpcap library used by Transacq is maintained separately from the Wireshark project, so it does not yet handle the pcap-ng format. Thus, Transacq data must be saved in the older pcap format. To save… Continue reading TRANSACQ: Saving data in pcap format

exacqVision Edge: Axis Filename Cannot Have Space or Special Characters (“Valid Package” Error)

When installing exacqVision Edge server for Axis cameras, the installation can fail because of an invalid filename, even if the package file exists and the file itself is valid. Because Axis cameras use the Linux operating system, they do not recognize spaces and certain special characters. This can be a problem when Windows appends (1),… Continue reading exacqVision Edge: Axis Filename Cannot Have Space or Special Characters (“Valid Package” Error)