The network video product company Axis Communications has added the AXIS F34 Main Unit to its AXIS F Series. The Swedish firm describes it as hardware and software package that allows for setup of a discreet HDTV surveillance system covering four closely situated indoor areas.
Erik Frännlid, Axis’ Director of Product Management, says: “With AXIS F34 Surveillance System, we’ve focused on putting together a smart and efficient solution that’s easy to buy, install and use. Everything that’s required for a video surveillance system is in one box. Small business owners get a highly discreet four-camera surveillance system with easy and secure remote monitoring and management, even from mobile devices.”
The F34 includes one F34 Main Unit with an external power supply and four thumb-sized F1004 Sensor Units that can be recessed- or surface-mounted on ceilings and walls using the included accessories. Also supplied are two Surveillance microSDXC Card 64 GB (with SD card adaptors), engineered to handle continuous overwriting. The cards work with the F34 Main Unit’s built-in SD card slots for local storage of recordings and enable the system to run independently without the need for an external PC or a recording device for day-to-day operation. Freely downloadable video management software, AXIS Camera Companion 3.10, offers remote monitoring and management from any device with the software application.
The system operates with two Axis 64 GB cards that allow one to two weeks’ worth of video recording to be retained before overwriting. The F34 is part of a series of products, based on a divided network camera concept, where the camera is split into a sensor unit—made up of a lens and image sensor with a cable—and a main unit, which is the body of the camera. The cable connects the sensor unit with the main unit and lets installers mount the small sensor unit in tight places, while the main unit can be placed elsewhere where there is space. Four-channel main units such as AXIS F34 can connect to four sensor units at a time.
With F34, the four F1004 Sensor Units can be installed in four indoor locations up to 15 m (49 ft) from the AXIS F34 Main Unit. Since AXIS F1004 supports 720p resolution, the main unit can simultaneously stream full frame rate HDTV 720p videos from the four connected sensor units through its one Ethernet port.
When an F34 Main Unit is used with 1080p AXIS F Sensor Units, the main unit can stream 1080p videos at 12.5/15 frames per second (50/60 Hz) or 720p videos at full frame rate (25/30 fps) from each channel. The F34 also supports quad view streaming, which combines four separate views from the connected sensor units into one for simultaneous viewing.
Besides Axis’ Zipstream technology and Video Motion Detection 3, the F34 Main Unit supports active tampering alarm and third-party applications based on the AXIS Camera Application Platform. The main unit can be powered using Power over Ethernet or an external power supply. The F34 Main Unit is available now for sale. AXIS F34 Surveillance System, and the 3.10 version of AXIS Camera Companion will be available in October.
Visit: www.axis.com/products/axis-f-series. Pictured is the F4005-E Dome Sensor Unit.
