DVR Security System Review

The Axis 214 is a network camera that has two way audio, pant tilt and zoom features and a zoom lens. Due to the audio hardware of the speaker you can use it to communicate with anyone who is in the vicinity of the camera. The camera uses G.711 PCM and ADPCM audio compression and it can be connected to a PA system. Recording video at long range is possible with the Axis 214 due to its zoom hardware, the camera has an 18x optical zoom and 12x digital zoom. The lens is suitable for both day and night and has a 10mm wide focus range and auto focus capabilities.

Video resolution for the Axis 214 is 704*576 in PAL and 704*480 in NTSC, there are also 4 lower preset video resolutions available. Although the camera has PTZ functions take note that the feature has limits. If you plan to use the cameras PTZ functions regularly you may want to consider another camera in the Axis range more suitable for regular PTZ usage. The Axis 214 uses both MPEG-4 and JPEG video compression and is capable of recording images at 30 frames per second.

Axis camera station is compatible with the Axis 214, the camera is fully network compatible and includes software for setting up the required IP address. The surveillance camera camera includes Axis IP utility and this software runs on Windows and handles the job of setting up an IP address. Once the camera is networked you can view and control the device through an Internet browser so you can control it even if your away from your home or business.

Networking the camera gives you a number of options when it comes to notifying you or the relevant personnel about events that are detected by the camera. Once networked you can receive emails or messages to your mobile when the Axis 214 detects motion or if there is a camera outage. You can also receive images picked up by the Axis 214 via email that could prove useful if you want to inform your personnel about the appearance of a specific individual

For added security the camera is fitted with a terminal block for the input of 1 alarm, this can be triggered when the camera detects motion. Image processing by the camera is not completely dependent on the system the camera is attached to as it contains significant internal hardware. The Axis 214 contains an ETRAX 100LX 32 bit CPU and 32 megabytes of RAM, on top of this the camera has 8MB of flash memory.

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