Designing network video solutions

This classroom-based course uses hands-on exercises with AXIS Site Designer to teach you how to design a network video surveillance system that takes into consideration surveillance goals, camera placement, light levels, and video analytics apps. You will get to know the tools Axis offers to facilitate the design process, learn how to use VAPIX commands for communication with and between Axis products, and understand how to handle physical sabotage and cyber threats. Examples of sites covered include a convenience store, a school, and a car dealership.

Format: Instructor-led classroom
Length: 2.5 hours
Language: English
Price: Free of charge

1. Designing a network video surveillance system Understand the difference between detection, recognition and identification, how resolution affects images, and some dos and don’ts of camera placement. 

2. Axis tools Learn about tools Axis offers, and when and how to use them. 

3. VAPIX Find out what VAPIX is and how to use it for communication with and between Axis products. 

4. Security Explore various aspects of security, including physical sabotage, tampering, and cybersecurity.

After completing the course, you will:

• Be familiar with the cornerstones of a network video surveillance system
• Understand how product selection and camera placement affect usability of a system
• Know how to make decisions about products and product placement based on customer needs
• Know how to use Axis tools to facilitate the design process
• Understand how to use VAPIX to communicate with Axis products
• Know how to take security aspects of a surveillance installation into consideration

We recommend that you take the blended learning course Network video fundamentals before attending this course. It may also be helpful to join a Get to Know AXIS Site Designer also.

Typically these three courses are scheduled to run consecutively for your convenience.  

For system integrators and installers in the network video surveillance industry who focus on designing solutions.

Mike Ruck  Technical Trainer UK and Ireland