| Software |
AXIS
Camera Station |
AXIS
Camera Recorder |
AXIS
Camera Explorer |
AXIS
Camera Explorer for Pocket PC |
| Application |
Recording and security surveillance/remote
monitoring |
Recording and security surveillance/remote
monitoring |
Remote monitoring |
Remote monitoring |
| Live viewing |
Up to 25
(16 in same view) |
Up to 16 |
4 |
1 |
| Recording modes |
Scheduled,
motion detection,
alarm triggers |
Manual, scheduled,
motion detection,
alarm triggers |
Manual |
Manual |
| Provides
motion detection (whether camera has built-in video
motion detection or not) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Supports built-in video motion
detection in Axis cameras (saves use of bandwidth) |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Recording
length |
No limit |
Limited* |
Short-term
recommended |
Short-term
recommended |
| Archiving |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Remote viewing
and playback via the Web |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Remote viewing, playback and
administration via Windows client |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| User controlled
access per camera |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Audio support |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Alarm alert
functions (beep and e-mail) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Interactive PTZ control |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Event-based
search function |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Event logging |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Language
support |
English |
English,
German,
French, Spanish |
English, Japanese |
English |
| Works on PC/workstation |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Works on
PDA running Pocket PC 2002/2003 |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
* 600,000 image frames per camera (e.g. 24 hours at 7 fps or 1 week
at 1 fps) |
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