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Preparations Preparation for start-up of the Axxon PSIM software package consist startup consists of installing the its hardware and software components of the software package.

The requirements for computers onto which the on which you want to install Axxon PSIM software package will be installed are as follows are the following:

1. Select
the
2. a processor in accordance with the computer configuration using the
on-line
3. online calculator: https://sale.axxonsoft.com/calc/calculator.jsf. Documentation on the calculator is available here
: Documentation
4. .
5. RAM—at least 2 GB.
6. HDD
space available for Axxon PSIM installation—10 GB for installation of
7. free space—10 GB to install Axxon PSIM
software
8. + 20 GB
for installation of MS SQL Server
9. to install SQL Server 2019 Express (for Server and Remote Administrator Workstations).
10. HDD free space
available
11. designed for
storing video footage—as per requirements to the video archive capacity
12. video archive recording—in accordance with requirements for the archive depth (for Server and Remote Administrator Workstations).
13. Video card:
    1. Discrete: NVIDIA GeForce GT520 1 GB RAM or
with
14. 1. higher performance.
On-board
15. 1. Embedded: Intel HD Graphics 530 or
with
16. 1. higher performance.
Windows
17. Operating system—Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows Small Business Server 2011 SP1, Windows Home Server 2011 SP1, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Storage Server 2012 R2, Windows 10, Windows Server 2016
or
18. , Windows Server 2019, Windows 10 IoT Enterprise, Windows 11.

Installation of theAxxon PSIM software package installation includes the following stages:

connect the
1. Connect video capture cards to
the Servers;
2. servers.
3. Connect
connect the video
4. cameras and microphones to
the
5. video capture cards
;
6. connect pan/tilt/zoom (PTZ) devices to the Servers;
install the Axxon PSIM software package to the Servers
7. .
8. Connect PTZ devices to servers.
9. Install Axxon PSIM on servers, Remote Administrator Workstations, and Remote Clients.

The first stage of the Axxon PSIM software package installation involves installing equipment for digitizing video and audio signals on the PC. The Axxon PSIM installation kit includes one or several video capture cards (depending on the purchased type of license) intended to digitize video and audio signals. To install the video capture cards, perform do the following steps:

1. Cut off power to the computer onto which the
video capture card will be installed
2. installation is performed.
3. Remove the case cover from the system unit.
4. Install the video capture card into
a
5. the free PCI (PCI Express) slot.
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6. Restore the case cover back onto the system unit.

The Installing the video capture card is now installedcomplete.

The second stage of installation involves connecting video cameras and microphones to the video capture cardscard. The connections are made connection is performed using the provided interface cables with numbered BNC connectors (to connect video cameras) and RCA connectors (to connect microphones) . Connect the that are included in the installation kit. To connect microphones and video cameras to the video capture card as follows, do the following:

1. Connect
the
2. interface cables to the
appropriate
3. corresponding connectors
on
4. of the video capture card.
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5. Connect

the video

6. cameras to any of the 16 (8, 4) BNC connectors of the interface cable in the numerical order.

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7. Connect

the

8. microphones to any

of the

9. RCA connectors of the interface cable with numbers in the range

of

10. from 1 to 8.

Video cameras and microphones are now connected Connecting microphones and cameras to the video capture cardscard is complete.

If necessary, the third stage of installation involves connecting available PTZ devices. PTZ devices are connected to the Server server via serial (COM) ports (RS-232 interface). Since PTZ devices typically use an the RS-422 or RS-485 interface, they you must be connected connect them using special RS-422/485 Þ -> RS-232 converters.

Before connecting the you connect PTZ devices, refer to the appropriate documentation in order to become familiar with the pin-out schemes of the PTZ devices and of the utilized convertersdiscover their desoldering schemes and the desoldering schemes of the used converters that are given in the corresponding documentation.

The fourth and final stage of the Axxon PSIM installation involves installing the software provided in the installation kit. You must have the Windows OS administrator rights to proceed with installation.

You can install the install Axxon PSIM software package in one of the following configurations:

1. Server—the full-featured Axxon PSIM software kernel (the psim.exe
software
2. executable module).
The video surveillance system based on Axxon PSIM software uses Servers to receive
3. Servers are used to accept and process video signals that are coming from analog and IP
surveillance
4. cameras.
5. Remote Administrator Workstation (RAW)—the full-featured Axxon PSIM software kernel (the psim.exe
software
6. executable module).
The video surveillance system based on Axxon PSIM software uses Remote
7.  Remote Administrator Workstations are used for remote administering of Axxon PSIM
software
8. installed on
Servers
9. servers and other Remote Administrator Workstations of the distributed video surveillance system, as well as
the
10. specialized platforms: videogate, remote archive server,
remote
11. web server,
etc
12. and so on.
13. Remote Client—the software kernel with
limited
14. functionality intended for
an
15. the operator
workstation
16. work (the
psim_host
17. slave.exe
software
18. executable module). Remote Client provides remote video surveillance and audio
monitoring, i.e. acts as a Client.
19. control, that is, it acts in the client role.

To install Axxon PSIM, do the followingInstall the software as follows:

1. Power up the PC and
load
2. start the operating system.
3. Unpack the
installation kit
4. distributed package downloaded from the official website.
5. Start the Axxon PSIM
software
6. installation.
7. Install the required
configuration of
8. Axxon PSIM (Server/Remote Client/RAW) configuration by following the setup prompts.

Installing Axxon PSIM is now installedcomplete.