Help with Axis 241Q setup

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pander
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Help with Axis 241Q setup

Post by pander »

Hi to all this is my first post here so please be gentle with me :wink:
I am at present trying to set up a dedicated box that is currently running Ubuntu 10.04 and Zoneminder, 1.24.x there is a Geovision GV650 capture card installed also an Axis 241Q video server also attached via router, now the problems that I am seeking help with is as of yet I can only get Zoneminder to monitor 1 stream of the four available from the Axis server and only if I turn off password protection to the Axis server, where I am a little confused is that each of the four streams has the same IP address and it is only the channel No that is different IE 1-4, so how do I configure Zoneminder to monitor all four channels separately and still use the password protection on the Axis server.

Secondly the Geovision GV650 card doesn't seem to be recognised at all even though it has a BT878 chip, I have tried different things to get it working but due to my lack of experience working with Linux I didn't have much luck I have also tried a couple of the how to's but I don't really know what I am doing so was hoping for some help through this forum.

Thirdly when using a web cam with the system I can only seem to get a blue screen or a red screen depending on the settings used.
I am keen to get this system working so any assistance would be very much appreciated.

Hopeful of a favourable response.
Martin :D
Carrier82
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Re: Help with Axis 241Q setup

Post by Carrier82 »

Zoneminder can be setup to monitor separate channels on the Axis video server. At least on Axis 2400 you create up to four separate monitors with the channel number specified in the image path, for example camera 2 it would be:
/axis-cgi/mjpg/video.cgi?camera=2&resolution=704x576
I'm quite sure this same applies to 241Q, but the path might vary between models.

Somebody has been successful with 240 on this thread, I suppose the settings might be same with 241:
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewto ... 10&t=19370

Have you searched the forum regarding the problems with capture card and webcam? There might be quite many threads already and it would probably be better to continue discussion within those threads as this is labeled Axis 241Q.
Carrier82
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Re: Help with Axis 241Q setup

Post by Carrier82 »

Username and password can be specified before the Axis IP address. For example username:password@192.168.14.15 in source tab.
pander
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Re: Help with Axis 241Q setup

Post by pander »

Hi carrier82, thank you for your prompt reply, I did try the settings that you have suggested but to no avail :( and I can't seem to find much info on Zoneminder & the Axis 241Q I do understand that the settings for other servers may work with this one but it doesn't seem to be that well documented and as you stated the path required for the separate images may vary I guess it's finding it that's the hard part.
As for the other problems I'm not to worried about at the moment it may be better to tackle one at a time.

Regards Martin.
Carrier82
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Re: Help with Axis 241Q setup

Post by Carrier82 »

Try rtsp. rtsp://<ip>/mpeg4/#/media.amp where # is channel number.
http://www.axis.com/files/manuals/um_24 ... n_0908.pdf
pander
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Re: Help with Axis 241Q setup

Post by pander »

Hi Carrier82, thank you for the heads up on the U/M I did already have it and I did read that on page 16 but I disregarded it as I thought it was not relevant to Zoneminder for some reason :? still thank you for the pointer because after trying that setting I still could not get it to see the stream so I played around for a while putting it in different ways and then BINGO the setting I found that worked was /mpeg4/#/media.amp where # is place a channel number

REMOTE PROTOCOL RTSP
REMOTE METHOD RTP/RTSP
REMOTE HOST NAME <IP ADDRESS OF SERVER>
HOST PORT 554
HOST PATH /mpeg4/#/media.amp
IMAGE COLOURS 24 BIT COLOURS
CAPTURE WIDTH 704
CAPTURE HEIGHT 576

ORIENTATION NORMAL

I hope this is of help to anyone else who may read this

Regards Martin
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