amani

After talking with Axis yesterday, I did learn something. If they (our MvaaS provider) are using API's that means they are using commands to pull streams. These are separate from what is set in the camera. The API commands contain stream parameters that may very well differ and be higher than what you are setting in the camera.

Thank you for the reply. I checked the AXIS 243Q Blade Video Server for one specific camera. Under Image Settings > Video Stream, I see Limited to 1 fps per viewer. My understanding is that every viewer should be limited to 1 fps, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

At 5 sites we have old Pelco cameras and at 2 sites we have new Axis cameras. There are 5 cameras at each site, and all the cameras are connected to a Axis video server. All our cameras set to record 1 fps, and if you view the camera directly you can see that it is showing you 1 fps. Here is where things really get odd. We use an outside vendor to record all our cameras. If I go to their website, and bring up 1 camera, say a fixed camera, I see video in real-time and bandwidth shoots through the roof (> 90% utilization). We were thinking of bringing our video recording in-house, but now that we see two different types of behavior from our cameras we can't be sure of our bandwidth requirement. I would appreciate any thoughts on why video directly from the camera is different from the video we see through our vendor.

Some of the coldest temps I've seen last year were around -34C without the windchill. Our current camera domes have heaters and fans, so I'm looking at cameras with similar setups. Thank you for the tip on FluidMesh.

I'm new to IP cameras, and have been tasked with coming up a new camera solution for the next 10 years. We have 25 Pelco Spectra III cameras in use, and 10 Axis 232D and 221 cameras. A majority of our cameras are connected to an Axis video servers using coaxial cable. I like the Axis cameras but I like what I've read about VideoIQ. My concern about the VideoIQ is that it may not handle the cold weather (think near the Canadian border). I want also to implement a fully-meshed network. I've heard about Firetide and Allied Telesis. Any recommendation about who might be better?