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1 Axon Capture for ios Axon Capture Release: 3.x Release Date: February 2016 Document Revision: A

2 Apple, ios, and Safari are trademarks of Apple, Inc. registered in the US and other countries. Firefox is a trademark of The Mozilla Foundation registered in the US and other countries. Google, Google Play, Android, and Chrome are trademarks of Google, Inc. Microsoft, Windows, Internet Explorer, and Excel are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation registered in the US and other countries. Javascript is a trademark of Oracle America, Inc. registered in the US and other countries., Axon, Axon Body, Axon Body 2, Axon Pro, Axon Capture, Evidence.com, Evidence.com Pro, Evidence.com Lite, Evidence.com Dock, Evidence Sync, Evidence Mobile, TASER CAM, X2, X26, and X26P are trademarks of TASER International, Inc; and, Axon, Axon Flex, TASER, and X3 are trademarks of TASER International, Inc. registered in the US and in other countries. All rights reserved TASER International, Inc. TASER International, Inc. Page 2 of 13

3 Table of Contents Introduction... 4 Installing Axon Capture on an Android Mobile Device... 4 Sign In to Your Evidence.com Agency... 5 Create a Free Account with my.evidence.com... 6 Capture Photos and Videos... 6 Capture Audio... 7 Import a Photo, Video, or Audio Evidence File... 7 Tagging Evidence Files... 8 Tagging One Evidence File... 9 Bulk Tagging Evidence Files with ID and Category... 9 Upload Evidence to Your Evidence.com Agency View Upload History Settings Adjusting Settings Location Tracking ID Prefix Cell Upload Limit Sign Out TASER International, Inc. Page 3 of 13

4 Introduction Axon Capture is a mobile application (app) that allows you to perform the following actions: Capture audio, video, and photo evidence. Tag evidence a title, case ID, and a retention category. Enable the app to tag evidence with geolocation metadata automatically. Upload audio, video, and photo evidence captured with the app or saved on the mobile device to your Evidence.com agency, using either a cellular data connection or Wi-Fi Internet connection. Recorded evidence is stored on the mobile device. A setting within Axon Capture allows you to configure the app to delete evidence from the mobile device after it has uploaded successfully to Evidence.com. Note: Axon Capture does not work with Evidence.com LITE accounts. Axon Capture cannot interact with Axon cameras. Axon View, a different app by TASER, does enable you to view and tag video evidence files recorded on an Axon camera. For more information, see If you experience issues with Axon Capture or have any feedback, please contact TASER Customer Service (evidencehelp@taser.com). Installing Axon Capture on an ios Mobile Device Axon Capture is available from the App Store. 1. On the ios mobile device, open the App Store app. 2. Tap the search box, type Axon Capture, and tap Search. 3. In the list of search results, tap Axon Capture. 4. Tap Get and then tap Install. 5. Tap Accept. Axon Capture downloads and installs. TASER International, Inc. Page 4 of 13

5 6. Tap Open. Axon Capture opens. Sign In to Your Evidence.com Agency Before you can upload evidence to your Evidence.com agency or tag evidence with a retention category, you must first retrieve your agency s retention categories. 1. Open the Axon Capture app. 2. If the I Have an Account button appears, tap it and skip to step In the upper right, tap. The Settings screen appears. 4. At the bottom of the screen, tap Log In. The Log In screen appears. Below Please enter your agency, the box for specifying your agency shows the text youragency.evidence.com. 5. Tap youragency and then type the unique, first part of your Evidence.com agency s URL. For example, if your agency URL were example.evidence.com, you would type example. 6. Tap Continue. Username and Password boxes appear. 7. For each box, tap the box and type your information. 8. After you have entered your username and password, tap Log In. The Settings screen appears. 9. If you want to return to the Capture screen, in the upper left, tap. TASER International, Inc. Page 5 of 13

6 Create a Free Account with my.evidence.com If your organization does not have an Evidence.com agency, you can create a my.evidence.com account. Axon Capture can upload evidence files to a my.evidence.com account; however, my.evidence.com offers a limited feature set. For more information about Evidence.com, including how to contact TASER, see 1. Open the Axon Capture app. 2. If the Create a Free Account button appears, tap it and skip to step Error! Reference source not found.. 3. In the upper right, tap. The Settings screen appears. 4. At the bottom of the screen, tap Log In. The Log In screen appears. 5. At the bottom of the screen, tap Create a free account. The web page for registering with my.evidence.com appears. 6. Complete the registration steps on the my.evidence.com web site. After you have successfully registered with my.evidence.com, you can use that account to complete the steps in the Sign In to Your Evidence.com Agency section. Capture Photos and Videos Axon Capture enables easy access to the camera app on your mobile device and automatically prompts you to apply metadata tags to the recorded evidence files when you are done capturing them. 1. In Axon Capture, go to the Capture screen and tap Photo or Video, as applicable. The camera app opens. 2. Capture as many photos and videos as you need. 3. When you are done capturing photos or videos, tap Done. TASER International, Inc. Page 6 of 13

7 The Evidence Review screen appears or, if you captured more than one photo or video, the Bulk Edit screen appears. 4. If you do not want to tag the evidence, tap or Cancel. 5. If you want to tag the evidence, see the Tagging Evidence Files section. Capture Audio Axon Capture provides the ability to capture audio evidence. When you are done capturing audio evidence, Axon Capture automatically prompts you to apply metadata tags to the recorded audio-evidence files. 1. In Axon Capture, go to the Capture screen and tap Audio. The Audio Recording screen opens. 2. At the bottom of the screen, tap the circular button. Axon Capture begins recording audio evidence. 3. If you want to pause the recording, tap the circular button again. If the Done button appears in the lower right, the recording is paused. 4. When you have finished recording audio evidence, tap Done. The Evidence Review screen appears. 5. If you do not want to tag the audio-evidence file, tap. 6. If you want to tag the evidence, see the Tagging Evidence Files section. Import a Photo, Video, or Audio Evidence File You can use Axon Capture to import a photo, video, or audio evidence file that is on the mobile device but not included in evidence managed by Axon Capture. You can import files one at a time only. For example, if you used the camera app on the mobile device to record a video without first opening Axon Capture, you can add the video to Axon Capture with the Import feature. TASER International, Inc. Page 7 of 13

8 1. In Axon Capture, go to the Capture screen and tap Import. 2. On the Moments screen, tap the file that you want to import into Axon Capture as evidence. The Evidence Review screen appears. 3. If you do not want to tag the audio-evidence file, tap. 4. If you want to tag the evidence, see the Tagging Evidence Files section. Tagging Evidence Files You can use Axon Capture to tag the evidence you record with metadata, such as ID, title, and retention category. Tag information that you apply does not alter the original evidence file. When you upload captured evidence files to your Evidence.com agency, the tag information that you apply to each evidence file also uploads. Other users in your agency who have adequate permissions can view the evidence. Whether you tag evidence files immediately after capturing them or later by selecting them from the Evidence List screen, the following list explains the metadata tags that you can apply: ID Tap the ID box and type the case ID that you want to apply to the evidence file. If you specified an ID prefix, the prefix automatically appears in the ID box when you tap it. You can add text after the prefix. If necessary, you can also edit the prefix text. For information about specifying an ID prefix, see the ID Prefix section. Title Tap the Title box and type the title that you want to apply to the evidence file. The Title box is not available when you bulk tag more than one evidence file. Category Tap Category and then, on the Choose Category screen, tap the category that you want to apply to the evidence file. If you have not signed in to your Evidence.com agency or successfully applied a category, Axon Capture prompts for your Evidence.com agency so that it can get the correct list of categories. TASER International, Inc. Page 8 of 13

9 Tagging One Evidence File From the Evidence Review screen, you can apply ID, title, and retention category metadata to a specify evidence file. 1. In the Axon Capture app, tap (Evidence List). The Evidence List screen shows a list of evidence thumbnails. 2. If you want to limit the evidence list to one type of evidence, tap the evidence filter list in upper right corner and then tap the evidence type that you want to see. 3. Scroll to the thumbnail of the file that you want to tag and then tap it. The Evidence Review screen shows the media player in addition to metadata about the video, such as recording date and time and the ID, Title, and Category fields. 4. For each metadata box, make the necessary edits. 5. When you have finished tagging the evidence file, in the upper left, tap. The Evidence List screen reappears. 6. If you want to return to the Capture screen, in the upper left, tap. Bulk Tagging Evidence Files with ID and Category If you need to apply an ID or retention category to more than one evidence file, you can the Bulk Edit screen. This screen enables you to apply one ID and one retention category to all the files that you select. 1. In the Axon Capture app, tap (Evidence List). The Evidence List screen shows a list of evidence thumbnails. 2. If you want to limit the evidence list to one type of evidence, tap the evidence filter list in upper right corner and then tap the evidence type that you want to see. 3. For each evidence file that you want to include in bulk tagging, tap the circle to the left of the evidence thumbnail. 4. After you have selected all the files that you want to tag, tap Edit. The Bulk Edit screen shows the ID and Category fields. TASER International, Inc. Page 9 of 13

10 5. For each metadata box, make the necessary edits. 6. When you have finished bulk tagging the selected evidence files, in the upper right, tap Save. The Evidence List screen reappears. Upload Evidence to Your Evidence.com Agency Axon Capture uploads evidence to your Evidence.com agency only when you select the evidence files and start the upload. The user account that you signed in with becomes the owner of the evidence that you are uploading. 1. In the Axon Capture app, tap (Evidence List). The Evidence List screen shows a list of evidence thumbnails. 2. If you want to limit the evidence list to one type of evidence, tap the view selector list in upper right corner and then tap the evidence type that you want to see. 3. For each evidence file that you want to upload to your Evidence.com agency, tap the circle to the left of the evidence thumbnail. 4. After you have selected all the files that you want to upload, tap Upload. If you are signed in to an Evidence.com agency, Axon Capture immediately begins uploading the evidence to your Evidence.com agency. If you are not signed in, Axon Capture will begin uploading immediately after you sign in to an Evidence.com agency. View Upload History You can view a list of evidence files that Axon Capture has uploaded. 1. On the Capture screen, tap (Evidence List). 2. In the upper right, tap the evidence filter list in upper right and then tap View Upload History. TASER International, Inc. Page 10 of 13

11 The Upload History screen appears. 3. If you want to resume viewing the evidence list, tap. Settings The Settings screen enables you to configure Axon Capture settings for the following subjects: Location tracking ID prefix Cellular uploads Adjusting Settings This procedure provides the general steps for making changes on the Settings screen. Additional information about each setting appears in the following sections. 1. Open the Axon Capture app. 2. In the upper right, tap. The Settings screen appears. 3. Adjust the settings as needed. For additional information about each setting, refer to the following sections as needed. 4. When you have finished adjusting settings, in the upper left, click. ID Prefix The ID Prefix setting enables you to specify text at the beginning of IDs with which you tag captured evidence files. This feature helps save you time and reduces ID tagging errors. For example, if the IDs used by your agency always begin with the year and a hyphen, you can TASER International, Inc. Page 11 of 13

12 specify an ID prefix value of and eliminate the need to enter those five characters each time you tag a file with an ID. If you want to provide a prefix for the IDs that you can tag evidence files with: 1. To the right of ID Prefix, tap the blank space 2. Type the characters that should appear at the beginning of all IDs. If you want to edit or remove a prefix: 1. To the right of ID Prefix, tap the prefix text. 2. Edit the characters in the prefix text, as needed. Location Tracking The Location Tracking setting controls whether Axon Capture tags evidence files with GPS data from the mobile device. Axon Capture relies upon the mobile device to provide location data. The availability and accuracy of location data is dependent the mobile device. Generally, a mobile device relies on cellular, Wi-Fi, and GPS modules to determine the geolocation of the device. When an evidence file that uploads to Evidence.com includes geolocation metadata, Evidence.com can use the information to show the evidence location on a map. To control whether this feature is enabled, to the right of Location Tracking, tap the switch. If the switch is toggled to the right, location tracking is enabled. If the switch is toggled to the left, location tracking is disabled. Allow Cellular Uploads Axon Capture enables you to control whether it can upload with a cellular data connection. This helps you prevent unplanned data usage charges from a cellular provider. By default, Axon Capture allows cellular uploads. TASER International, Inc. Page 12 of 13

13 To control whether this feature is enabled, to the right of Allow Cellular Uploads, tap the switch. If the switch is toggled to the right, uploading evidence over a cellular data connection is enabled. If the switch is toggled to the left, uploading evidence over a cellular data connection is disabled. Sign Out 1. On the Capture screen, in the upper right, tap. The Settings screen appears. 2. At the bottom of the screen, tap Log Out. 3. On the confirmation dialog box, tap Continue. The Log In option appears on the Settings page, confirming that you are signed out of your Evidence.com agency. TASER International, Inc. Page 13 of 13

Axon Capture for ios Devices User Manual

Axon Capture for ios Devices User Manual IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Read all warnings and instructions. Save these instructions. The most up-to-date warnings and instructions are available at www.taser.com