Settings

The Settings screen allows you to configure Axon Capture settings for the following subjects:

  • Location tracking
  • ID prefix
  • Cellular uploads

It also provides a way to log out of your Axon Evidence account and contact Axon Support.

The Contact Us option also shows the Axon Capture version information and agency the app is logged in to.

Adjust settings

This procedure provides the general steps for making changes on the Settings screen. Additional information about each setting appears in the following sections.

  1. Open the Axon Capture app.
  2. Tap the Settings icon in the upper left of the screen. The Settings screen appears.
  3. Adjust the settings as needed. Refer to the following sections for additional information about each setting.
  4. When you have finished adjusting settings, tap the close icon in the upper left of the screen.

ID prefix

The ID Prefix setting allows you to apply text at the beginning of evidence file IDs. This feature helps save you time and reduces ID tagging errors. For example, if the IDs used by your agency always begin with the year and a hyphen, you can specify an ID prefix value of "2016-" and eliminate the need to enter those five characters each time you tag an evidence file with an ID. When you tag a file, the ID prefix appears automatically in the ID box when you start to edit the box.

If you want to provide a prefix for the IDs that you can tag evidence files with:

  1. To the right of ID Prefix, tap the blank space.
  2. Type the characters that should appear at the beginning of all IDs.

If you want to edit or remove a prefix:

  1. To the right of ID Prefix, tap the prefix text.
  2. Edit the characters in the prefix text, as needed.

Location tracking

The Location Tracking setting controls whether Axon Capture tags evidence files with GPS data from the mobile device. Axon Capture relies upon the mobile device to provide location data. The availability and accuracy of location data is dependent on the mobile device. Generally, a mobile device relies on cellular, Wi-Fi, and GPS modules to determine the geolocation of the device.

When an evidence file that uploads to Axon Evidence includes geolocation metadata, Axon Evidence can use the information to show the evidence location on a map.

To control whether this feature is enabled, to the right of Location Tracking, tap the switch.

  • If the switch is toggled to the right, location tracking is enabled.
  • If the switch is toggled to the left, location tracking is disabled.

Cellular upload limits

Axon Capture lets you limit the size of evidence files that it can upload with a cellular data connection. This helps you prevent unplanned data usage charges from a cellular provider. When Axon Capture accesses the Internet using a Wi-Fi connection, the cellular upload limit does not apply.

By default, Axon Capture does not limit file sizes for cellular uploads.

If you want to limit file sizes for cellular uploads:

  1. To the right of Cell Upload Limit, tap the toggle switch.
    • If the switch is toggled to the right, the cellular upload limit feature is enabled.
    • The Max File Size box appears below the switch.
  2. Tap the Max File Size box and then type the largest size in megabytes for cellular uploads that you want to permit.
    • Valid values are whole numbers only. For example, if you enter 8 and later attempt to upload evidence when a Wi-Fi connection is not available, Axon Capture will not upload any evidence file that is larger than 8 megabytes.

If you do NOT want to limit file sizes for cellular uploads, then to the right of Cell Upload Limit, tap the toggle switch. If the switch is toggled to the left, the cellular upload limit feature is disabled and the Max File Size box does not appear.