Axis Camera Station — ACS 5

VMS · P0 · HIGH NDAA OK

Axis-heavy schools often run ACS as the recorder, not raw VAPIX.

HTTPS REST (ACS Web Services) · VAPIX passthrough · RTSP

Preferred when Axis cameras are managed by ACS rather than raw VAPIX. Complements axis_vapix for edge devices.

8events mapped

5health probes

4fixtures

P0catalog tier

Install to site

Licensing: None beyond existing ACS installation.

inventoryhealthlive_uriplayback_urievents

vms_acscamera_axis

Vendor key	Platform type	Priority	Label
CameraTampering	video.tamper	P2	Camera tamper / scene change
MotionDetected	video.motion	INFO	Motion (after hours zone)
RecordingError	recorder.retention	P3	Retention below target
DeviceLost	video.loss	P2	Video loss
IOInputActive	io.duress	P1	Duress / panic input
RecordingStarted	system.heartbeat	INFO	Connector heartbeat
SystemEvent	system.heartbeat	INFO	Connector heartbeat
AccessDenied	door.access_denied	P4	Access denied

emitted into config/health-probes.json on install · executed by VPS workers

ID	Check	Kind	Params
tcp_reach	TCP reachability	tcp	{"timeout_ms":2000}
tls_cert	TLS certificate validity	tls	{"timeout_ms":3000}
auth_probe	Authenticated health probe	http_probe	{"timeout_ms":5000}
clock_skew	Device clock skew < 5s	clock	{"max_skew_s":5}
stream_uri	Live stream URI resolves	rtsp_options	{"timeout_ms":4000}

Method	Path	Purpose
GET	/Acs/Api/DeviceRegistry/V1/GetDevices	Device inventory
GET	/Acs/Api/ServerConfiguration/V1/GetServerInformation	Server health / version
GET	/Acs/Api/EventManagement/V1/GetEvents	Event stream / poll