USER MANUAL. AXIS Camera Companion Mobile Viewing App

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1 AXIS Camera Companion USER MANUAL AXIS Camera Companion Mobile Viewing App AXIS Camera Companion Mobile Viewing App Created: September 23, 2014 Last updated: September 24, 2014

2 Axis Communications AXIS Camera Companion Mobile Viewing App Rev: 1.0 TABLE OF CONTENTS SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 3 1 MYAXIS 3 2 SITE LIST Import sites from a file 4 3 CAMERA OVERVIEW Refresh all cameras Camera status icons 5 4 LIVE VIEW Live View controls 6 5 RECORDINGS Recordings controls Timeline colors 8 6 SAVING CLIPS Saving clips controls 9 Rev: 1.0, Last updated: 24/09/2014 2

3 Axis Communications AXIS Camera Companion Mobile Viewing App System requirements Category Requirements A MyAxis account AXIS Camera Companion 2.20 or later Configuration A site with at least one Internet-connected camera Devices* ios devices: ios 7 or later (Optimized for iphone 5) devices: OS version 4.1 or later * All devices support both portrait and landscape mode. 1 MyAxis Sign in to your MyAxis account to download your sites and cameras. Figure 1: MyAxis Sign in. 2 Site list Access your sites: 1. Tap the site that you want to access. 2. Log in with your site password. Rev: 1.0, Last updated: 24/09/2014 3

4 Axis Communications AXIS Camera Companion Mobile Viewing App Figure 2: Site list. 2.1 Import sites from a file If you do not have Internet access you can setup your app with a site by importing it from a file: 1. Export your site from your AXIS Camera Companion Windows installation. 2. Send the site as an attachment from your Open the attachment with the AXIS Camera Companion app: ios devices: Use the default ios Mail app (recommended) devices: Use the Gmail app (recommended) 3 Camera overview The camera overview shows all the cameras in the site. Connected cameras are shown as video feed snapshots. Disconnected cameras are shown as status icons. Figure 3: Camera overview. Rev: 1.0, Last updated: 24/09/2014 4

5 Axis Communications AXIS Camera Companion Mobile Viewing App 3.1 Refresh all cameras ios devices: Press Refresh to update all the cameras. devices: Pull down the grid view to update all the cameras. 3.1 Camera status icons Camera connection and snapshot download in progress. The camera is connected. This icon is replaced by a video feed snapshot as soon as the snapshot is downloaded. If the download cannot complete, the icon remains. The camera is disconnected. Cannot log in to the camera. 4 Live View Watch live video feeds and take snapshots. Switch between high quality mode and performance-optimized mode when the situation demands it. Show or hide the toolbar by tapping the center of the video feed. Pinch to zoom digitally in the video feed. Double tap to zoom digitally in the video feed ( devices only). Figure 4: Live View. Rev: 1.0, Last updated: 24/09/2014 5

6 Axis Communications AXIS Camera Companion Mobile Viewing App 4.1 Live View controls Switch to Recordings. Take a snapshot from the video feed. If there is no video this control is disabled. ios devices: The first time you take a snapshot you have to grant permission to save images to your device. Only full screen snapshots are saved, even if the viewed snapshots are zoomed-in digitally. devices: Snapshots can only be taken when the video feed is not zoomed-in. ios Switch between high quality video mode (selected) and performanceoptimized mode (deselected). When High quality is selected, the app uses a high quality video stream, if this is available. 5 Recordings Navigate the timeline to take snapshots, play video recordings or save clips for offline viewing. Switch between high quality mode and performance-optimized mode when the situation demands it. Show or hide the toolbar and the timeline by tapping the center of the video feed. Pinch to zoom digitally in both the video feed and in the timeline. Rev: 1.0, Last updated: 24/09/2014 6

7 Axis Communications AXIS Camera Companion Mobile Viewing App Figure 5: Recordings. 5.1 Recordings controls Switch to Live View. ios/ Take a snapshot from the video feed. If there is no video this control is disabled. ios devices: The first time you take a snapshot you have to grant permission to save images to your device. Only full screen snapshots are saved, even if the viewed snapshots are zoomed-in digitally. devices: Snapshots can only be taken when the video feed is not zoomed-in. ios Switch between high quality video mode (selected) and performanceoptimized mode (deselected). When High quality is selected, the app uses a high quality video stream, if this is available. ios Switch to Save clips. Play a recording from the selected timeline position. If there is no recording at the center of the timeline, this control is disabled. Rev: 1.0, Last updated: 24/09/2014 7

8 Axis Communications AXIS Camera Companion Mobile Viewing App 5.1 Timeline colors ios Download of camera recording information (4-hour interval). Unsuccessful download of camera recording information (4-hour interval). Recording that is triggered by motion detection. Continuous recording that is set up according to a schedule. Recording that is not configured by AXIS Camera Companion. Low resolution recording that is triggered either by motion detection or set to record continuously according to a schedule. 6 Saving clips Save clips for offline viewing. View and share clips from the Photos app. Select the clips that you want from the timeline, and start downloading. Note: Once the download has started, wait for the download to complete before leaving the app. Leaving the app during download stops the download. Rev: 1.0, Last updated: 24/09/2014 8

9 Axis Communications AXIS Camera Companion Mobile Viewing App Figure 6: Saving clips. 6.1 Saving clips controls Set the start position for the clip that you want to download. Set the end position for the clip that you want to download. Start the download of the clips that you have defined in the timeline. Play a recording from the selected timeline position. If there is no recording at the center of the timeline, this control is disabled. Rev: 1.0, Last updated: 24/09/2014 9