Axis Camera Station Client vs. Avigilon Control Center

[smirkol 0]

We are installing encoders for a lot of analog cameras and are trying to decide between Axis Camera Station Client with Axis encoders and Avigilon Control Center with Avigilon encoders. Any advice or experience you can share will be appreciated. So far, we have performed a limited test and found some tradeoffs. Here's what we have found.

 

Speed: Axis wins. Axis downloaded video much quicker.

 

Motion Recording: Avigilon wins. When motion recording is utilized, Axis saves each bit of motion in its own AVI file, while Avigilon produces only one file. We occasionally have to burn hours of footage, so with Axis, there would be many, many files.

 

Encoders: Axis wins. Axis has a 16 channel rack mountable encoder, while Avigilon only has 4 channel encoders. I don't know if Avigilon has a case so you can rack mount four encoders???

 

Playback: Avigilon wins. Avigilon's player allows playback of saved footage for multiple cameras in one viewer. With Axis, you only get one camera at a time.

 

I'm no expert in either piece of software, so my review may not be completely accurate. Any insight you can offer will be great.

[ssmith10pn 0]

Avigilon has a rack mount bracket to hold 3 encoders in 1U

Avigilon 4 channel encoder requires ONE license. That should be the win right there.

 

 

 

[highaltitude 0]

Don't use Axis Camera Station, I've talked to rep's from Axis and they said they wouldn't use their own software. "We are a hardware company not a software company" -their words.

 

I've tried to use Axis Camera Station and it was clunky software and slow. While Avigilon is not my first choice, I have used it before with encoders and it works fine. You may want to try using Milestone and the Axis encoders (you can get a 30 day trial from their site to give it a shot). Good luck w/ you project!