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Choosing Your Application AXIS 2100 User’s Guide
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Choosing Your Application
The AXIS 2100 can be used in a wide variety of applications. Installing directly onto an Ethernet
network or via a V.90-compatible modem, the product is completely independent and requires no
additional software on your viewing desktop. Crisp live images are available directly within your
preferred browser as soon as the product is installed, and your application can be further developed
using the camera’s easy-to-use Wizards or Administration Tools.
Not to be regarded as a comprehensive catalog of possible applications, this section describes
several typical applications and includes reference information that will help you prepare for the
installation and configuration of the unit.
Networking Applications
If you have access to a local Ethernet connection at your chosen point of installation, you only need
to plug the AXIS 2100 onto your LAN/WAN and set the IP Address to instantly view the images
from any desktop on your network.
However, the AXIS 2100 offers more than just access to live video images. By using the available
Wizards to guide you through the process, you can configure the camera for any number of
exciting applications, including:
• Viewing images in a custom-designed Web page.
• Uploading images to a remote FTP server on a LAN/WAN network to accommodate a large
viewing audience, where a high volume of Web page hits is anticipated.
• Connecting an external alarm device to the AXIS 2100 and uploading pre and/or post alarm
images to a target FTP server when an alarm or time-based event occurs; and optionally, send-
ing e-mail messages containing a single image and a link to the camera.
Note: Once the AXIS 2100 is physically connected and installed on your network, you can then access
live video from any desktop browser on your network - with no further configuration whatso-
ever. Whether you are an advanced or novice user, you should use the Wizards - available from
the camera’s Home Page - to configure your preferred application. Advanced users can optionally
use the Web-based Administration Tools to refine their application once the basic configuration
has been established using the Wizards.