Axon Capture for ios Devices User Manual

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1 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 Rev: C

2 Contents 1 Chapter 1: Introduction 2 Chapter 2: Installing Axon Capture on an ios Mobile Device 3 Chapter 3: Signing in to Your Evidence.com Agency 5 Chapter 4: Creating a Free Account with my.evidence.com 6 Chapter 5: Capturing Photos, Videos, and Audio 6 Capturing Photo and Video Files 7 Capturing Audio 8 Importing a Photo 9 Adding Metadata to Files 9 Annotating One Evidence File 11 Bulk Annotating Evidence Files with ID and Category 13 Chapter 6: Uploading Files to Your Evidence.com Agency 14 Viewing Upload History 15 Chapter 7: Axon Capture Settings 15 Adjusting Settings 15 ID Prefix 16 Location Tracking 16 Allow Cellular Uploads 16 Sign Out i

3 Chapter 1: Introduction Axon Capture is a mobile application (app) that allows you to perform the following actions: Capture audio, video, and photo evidence. Categorize files with a title, case ID, and a retention category. Enable the application to add geolocation metadata to evidence files automatically. Upload audio, video, and photo evidence captured with the application 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 application to delete evidence from the mobile device after it has uploaded successfully to Evidence.com. Notes: Axon Capture does not work with Evidence.com LITE accounts. Axon Capture cannot interact with Axon cameras. Axon View, a different application by TASER, does enable you to view and add metadata to video evidence files recorded on an Axon camera. For more information, see Photos taken with another application can be imported into Axon Capture. However, Axon Capture cannot import or otherwise work with audio and video files recorded by other applications. Use Axon Capture for any video and audio recording you intend to use with the Axon Capture application. If you experience issues with Axon Capture or have any feedback, please contact TASER Customer Service (evidencehelp@taser.com). 1

4 Chapter 2: 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 application. 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. 6 Tap Open. Axon Capture opens. 2

5 Chapter 3: Signing in to Your Evidence.com Agency Before you can upload evidence to your Evidence.com agency or annotate evidence with a retention category, you must first retrieve your agency s retention categories. 1 Open the Axon Capture application. 2 If the I Have an Account button appears, tap it and skip to step 5. 3 In the upper-right side of the screen, 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. 3

6 Axon Capture for ios Devices User Manual 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. Chapter 3: Signing in to Your Evidence.com Agency 4

7 Chapter 4: Creating a Free Account with my.evidence.com If your organization does not have an Evidence.com agency, you can create an individual 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 application. 2 If the Create a Free Account button appears, tap it and skip to step 5. 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 Chapter 3: Signing in to Your Evidence.com Agency. 5

8 Chapter 5: Capturing Photos, Videos, and Audio Axon Capture enables easy access to the camera application on your mobile device and automatically prompts you to apply metadata to the recorded evidence files when you are done capturing them. Capturing Photo and Video Files 1 In Axon Capture, go to the Capture screen and tap Photo or Video, as applicable. The camera application opens. 2 To take a picture, tap the round button at the bottom of the screen. Capture as many photos and videos as you need. 3 When you are done capturing photos or videos, tap Done. 6

9 Axon Capture for ios Devices User Manual 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 add metadata to the evidence, tap. 5 If you want to annotate the evidence files with metadata, see Adding Metadata to Files. Capturing 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 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. Chapter 5: Capturing Photos, Videos, and Audio 7

10 Axon Capture for ios Devices User Manual 3 If you want to pause the recording, tap the circular button again. If the Done button appears in the lower-right side of the screen, 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 add metadata to the audio file, tap. 6 If you want to annotate the evidence, see Adding Metadata to Files. Importing a Photo You can use Axon Capture to import a digital photo that is on the mobile device but not included in evidence managed by Axon Capture. You can import files only one at a time. For example, if you used the camera application on the mobile device to take a picture without first opening Axon Capture, you can upload the photo to Axon Capture with the Import feature. Note: Axon Capture cannot import or otherwise work with audio and video files recorded by other applications. Use Axon Capture for any video and audio recording you intend to use with the Axon Capture application. 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. Chapter 5: Capturing Photos, Videos, and Audio 8

11 Axon Capture for ios Devices User Manual 3 If you do not want to add metadata to the file, tap. 4 If you want to annotate the file with metadata, evidence, see Adding Metadata to Files. Adding Metadata to Files You can use Axon Capture to attach metadata, such as ID, title, and retention category to the files you record. Information that you apply does not alter the original evidence file. When you upload captured evidence files to your Evidence.com agency, the metadata that you apply to each evidence file also uploads. Other users in your agency who have adequate permissions can view the file. Whether you add metadata to the files immediately after capturing them or later by selecting them from the Evidence List screen, the following list explains the metadata 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 ID Prefix. 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 annotate 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. Annotating One Evidence File From the Evidence Review screen, you can apply ID, title, and retention category metadata to a specific evidence file. 1 In the Axon Capture app, tap (Evidence List). Chapter 5: Capturing Photos, Videos, and Audio 9

12 Axon Capture for ios Devices User Manual 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 annotate and then tap it. 4 Tap Edit. Chapter 5: Capturing Photos, Videos, and Audio 10

13 Axon Capture for ios Devices User Manual 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. 5 For each metadata box, make the necessary edits. 6 Tap Save. 7 When you have finished annotating the evidence file, in the upper left, tap. The Evidence List screen reappears. 8 If you want to return to the Capture screen, in the upper left, tap. Bulk Annotating Evidence Files with ID and Category If you need to apply an ID or retention category to more than one evidence file, you can use 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 application, 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 the 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 annotation, tap the circle to the left of the evidence thumbnail. Chapter 5: Capturing Photos, Videos, and Audio 11

14 Axon Capture for ios Devices User Manual 4 After you have selected all the files that you want to annotate, tap Edit. The Bulk Edit screen shows the ID and Category fields. 5 For each metadata box, make the necessary edits. 6 When you have finished bulk annotating the selected evidence files, in the upper right, tap Save. The Evidence List screen reappears. 7 At this point, you can upload the files to Evidence.com by tapping Upload. If you choose to upload the files later, see Chapter 6: Uploading Files to Your Evidence.com Agency. Chapter 5: Capturing Photos, Videos, and Audio 12

15 Chapter 6: Uploading Files to Your Evidence. com Agency Axon Capture uploads evidence located on the Axon Capture application 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 View All in the 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. 13

16 Axon Capture for ios Devices User Manual Viewing 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 View All and then tap View Upload History. 3 If you want to resume viewing the evidence list, tap. Chapter 6: Uploading Files to Your Evidence.com Agency 14

17 Chapter 7: Axon Capture Settings TThe 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 errors. For example, if the IDs used by your agency always begin with the year and a hyphen, you can specify an ID prefix value of and eliminate the need to enter those 5 characters each time you update 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. 15

18 Axon Capture for ios Devices User Manual Location Tracking The Location Tracking setting controls whether Axon Capture annotates 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, tap the switch to the right of Location Tracking. 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. 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 Log Out. The Log In option appears on the Settings page, confirming that you are signed out of your Evidence.com agency. Chapter 7: Axon Capture Settings 16

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