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TableofContents
Solutionoverview...........................................3
Getstarted................................................5
Findthedeviceonthenetwork....................................5
Openthedevice'swebpage.......................................5
Setanewpasswordfortherootaccount............................5
Securepasswords...............................................5
Verifythatnoonehastamperedwiththermware....................6
Webpageoverview..............................................6
Congureyourdevice........................................7
Thedeviceinterface.........................................8
Status........................................................8
Accesscontrol..................................................9
System........................................................9
Maintenance...................................................18
Learnmore................................................19
Security.......................................................19
Specications..............................................20
Productoverview................................................20
LEDindicators..................................................20
Buttons.......................................................
21
Connectors....................................................
21
Troubleshooting............................................27
Resettofactorydefaultsettings...................................27
Firmwareoptions...............................................27
Checkthecurrentrmwareversion.................................
27
Upgradethermware............................................27
Technicalissues,clues,andsolutions................................
28
Performanceconsiderations.......................................
29
Contactsupport.................................................29
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Solutionoverview
Solutionoverview
ThenetworkdoorcontrollercaneasilybeconnectedtoandpoweredbyyourexistingIPnetworkwithnoneedforspecialcabling.
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Eachnetworkdoorcontrollerisanintelligentdevicethatiseasilymountedclosetoadoor.Itcanpowerandcontroluptotworeaders.
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Getstarted
Findthedeviceonthenetwork
TondAxisdevicesonthenetworkandassignthemIPaddressesinWindows®,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManager.Both
applicationsarefreeandcanbedownloadedfromaxis.com/support.
FormoreinformationabouthowtondandassignIPaddresses,gotoHowtoassignanIPaddressandaccessyourdevice.
Browsersupport
Youcanusethedevicewiththefollowingbrowsers:
Chrome
TM
Firefox
®
Edge
TM
Safari
®
Windows
®
recommended
recommended
macOS
®
recommendedrecommended
Linux
®
recommendedrecommended
Otheroperatingsystems*
*TouseAXISOSwebinterfacewithiOS15oriPadOS15,gotoSettings Settings
Settings
> >
>
Safari Safari
Safari
> >
>
Advanced Advanced
Advanced
> >
>
Experimental Experimental
Experimental
Features Features
Features
anddisable
NSURLSessionWebsocket.
Ifyouneedmoreinformationaboutrecommendedbrowsers,gotoAXISOSPortal.
Openthedevice'swebpage
1.OpenabrowserandtypetheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisdevice.
IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddress,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManagertondthedeviceonthenetwork.
2.Typetheusernameandpassword.Ifyouaccessthedeviceforthersttime,youmustsettherootpassword.SeeSetanew
passwordfortherootaccountonpage5.
Setanewpasswordfortherootaccount
Thedefaultadministratorusernameisroot.There’snodefaultpasswordfortherootaccount.Yousetapasswordtherst
timeyoulogintothedevice.
1.Typeapassword.Followtheinstructionsaboutsecurepasswords.SeeSecurepasswordsonpage5.
2.Retypethepasswordtoconrmthespelling.
3.ClickAdduser.
Important
Ifyoulosethepasswordfortherootaccount,gotoResettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage27andfollowtheinstructions.
Securepasswords
Important
Axisdevicessendtheinitiallysetpasswordincleartextoverthenetwork.Toprotectyourdeviceaftertherstlogin,set
upasecureandencryptedHTTPSconnectionandthenchangethepassword.
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Thedevicepasswordistheprimaryprotectionforyourdataandservices.Axisdevicesdonotimposeapasswordpolicyasthey
maybeusedinvarioustypesofinstallations.
Toprotectyourdatawestronglyrecommendthatyou:
•Useapasswordwithatleast8characters,preferablycreatedbyapasswordgenerator.
•Don’texposethepassword.
•Changethepasswordatarecurringinterval,atleastonceayear.
Verifythatnoonehastamperedwiththermware
TomakesurethatthedevicehasitsoriginalAxisrmware,ortotakefullcontrolofthedeviceafterasecurityattack:
1.Resettofactorydefaultsettings.SeeResettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage27.
Afterthereset,securebootguaranteesthestateofthedevice.
2.Congureandinstallthedevice.
Webpageoverview
Thisvideogivesyouanoverviewofthedeviceinterface.
Towatchthisvideo,gotothewebversionofthisdocument.
help.axis.com/?&piaId=81253§ion=webpage-overview
Axisdevicewebinterface
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Thedeviceinterface
Toreachthedeviceinterface,typethedevice’sIPaddressinawebbrowser.
Note
Supportforthefeaturesandsettingsdescribedinthissectionvariesbetweendevices.
Showorhidethemainmenu.
Accesstheproducthelp.
Changethelanguage.
Setlightthemeordarktheme.
Theusermenucontains:
•Informationabouttheuserwhoisloggedin.
•
Changeuser:Logoutthecurrentuserandloginanewuser.
•
Logout:Logoutthecurrentuser.
Thecontextmenucontains:
•Analyticsdata:Accepttosharenon-personalbrowserdata.
•Feedback:Shareanyfeedbacktohelpusimproveyouruserexperience.
•Legal:Viewinformationaboutcookiesandlicenses.
•About:Viewdeviceinformation,includingrmwareversionandserialnumber.
•Legacydeviceinterface:Changethedeviceinterfacetothelegacydeviceinterface.
Status
NTPsync
ShowsNTPsynchronizationinformation,includingifthedeviceisinsyncwithanNTPserverandthetimeremaininguntil
thenextsync.
NTPsettings:ClicktogototheDateandtimepagewhereyoucanchangetheNTPsettings.
Deviceinfo
Showsdeviceinformation,includingrmwareversionandserialnumber.
Upgradermware:ClicktogototheMaintenancepagewhereyoucandoarmwareupgrade.
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Accesscontrol
Alarms
Devicemotion:Itisenabledbydefaulttotriggeranalarminyoursystemwhendevicemotionofthedoorcontrollerisdetected.
Casingopen:Itisenabledbydefaulttotriggeranalarminyoursystemwhencasingopenofthedoorcontrollerisdetected.
Externaltamper:Itisnotenabledbydefault.Turnontotriggeranalarminyoursystemwhenexternaltamperisdetected.
Forexample,whentheexternalcabinetisopenedorclosed.
•Supervisedinput:Turnontomonitortheinputstateandconguretheend-of-lineresistors.
-Touseparallelrstconnection,selectParallelrstconnectionwitha22KΩparallelresistoranda4.7
KΩserialresistor.
-Touseserialrstconnection,selectSerialrstconnectionandselectaresistorvaluefromtheResistor
valuesdrop-downlist.
Peripherals
Upgradereaders:Clicktoupgradereaderstoanewrmwareversion.Onlysupportedreaderscanbeupgradedwhentheyare
online.
System
Dateandtime
Thetimeformatdependsonthewebbrowser’slanguagesettings.
Note
Werecommendyoutosynchronizethedevice’sdateandtimewithanNTPserver.
Synchronization:Selectanoptionforsynchronizingthedevice’sdateandtime.
•Automaticdateandtime(manualNTSKEservers):SynchronizewiththesecureNTPkeyestablishmentservers
connectedtotheDHCPserver.
-ManualNTSKEservers:EntertheIPaddressofoneortwoNTPservers.WhenyouusetwoNTPservers,
thedevicesynchronizesandadaptsitstimebasedoninputfromboth.
•Automaticdateandtime(NTPserversusingDHCP):SynchronizewiththeNTPserversconnectedtotheDHCPserver.
-FallbackNTPservers:EntertheIPaddressofoneortwofallbackservers.
•Automaticdateandtime(manualNTPservers):SynchronizewithNTPserversofyourchoice.
-ManualNTPservers:EntertheIPaddressofoneortwoNTPservers.WhenyouusetwoNTPservers,the
devicesynchronizesandadaptsitstimebasedoninputfromboth.
•Customdateandtime:Manuallysetthedateandtime.ClickGetfromsystemtofetchthedateandtimesettings
oncefromyourcomputerormobiledevice.
Timezone:Selectwhichtimezonetouse.Timewillbeautomaticallyadjustedfordaylightsavingtimeandstandardtime.
Note
Thesystemusesthedateandtimesettingsinallrecordings,logsandsystemsettings.
Network
IPv4
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AssignIPv4automatically:SelecttoletthenetworkrouterassignanIPaddresstothedeviceautomatically.Werecommend
automaticIP(DHCP)formostnetworks.
IPaddress:EnterauniqueIPaddressforthedevice.StaticIPaddressescanbeassignedatrandomwithinisolatednetworks,
providedthateachaddressisunique.Toavoidconicts,werecommendyoutocontactyournetworkadministratorbeforeyou
assignastaticIPaddress.
Subnetmask:Enterthesubnetmasktodenewhataddressesareinsidethelocalareanetwork.Anyaddressoutsidethelocal
areanetworkgoesthroughtherouter.
Router:EntertheIPaddressofthedefaultrouter(gateway)usedtoconnectdevicesthatareattachedtodifferentnetworksand
networksegments.
IPv6
AssignIPv6automatically:SelecttoturnonIPv6andtoletthenetworkrouterassignanIPaddresstothedeviceautomatically.
Hostname
Assignhostnameautomatically:Selecttoletthenetworkrouterassignahostnametothedeviceautomatically.
Hostname:Enterthehostnamemanuallytouseasanalternativewayofaccessingthedevice.TheHostnameisusedintheserver
reportandinthesystemlog.AllowedcharactersareA–Z,a–z,0–9and-.
DNSservers
AssignDNSautomatically:SelecttoletthenetworkrouterassignsearchdomainsandDNSserveraddressestothedevice
automatically.WerecommendautomaticDNS(DHCP)formostnetworks.
Searchdomains:Whenyouuseahostnamethatisnotfullyqualied,clickAddsearchdomainandenteradomaininwhichto
searchforthehostnameusedbythedevice.
DNSservers:ClickAddDNSserverandentertheIPaddressoftheDNSserver.ThisprovidesthetranslationofhostnamestoIP
addressesonyournetwork.
HTTPandHTTPS
Allowaccessthrough:SelectifauserisallowedtoconnecttothedevicethroughtheHTTP,HTTPS,orbothHTTPandHTTPS
protocols.
HTTPSisaprotocolthatprovidesencryptionforpagerequestsfromusersandforthepagesreturnedbythewebserver.The
encryptedexchangeofinformationisgovernedbytheuseofanHTTPScerticate,whichguaranteestheauthenticityoftheserver.
TouseHTTPSonthedevice,youmustinstallanHTTPScerticate.GotoSystem>Securitytocreateandinstallcerticates.
Note
IfyouviewencryptedwebpagesthroughHTTPS,youmightexperienceadropinperformance,especiallywhenyou
requestapageforthersttime.
HTTPport:EntertheHTTPporttouse.Port80oranyportintherange1024-65535areallowed.Ifyouareloggedinasan
administrator,youcanalsoenteranyportintherange1-1023.Ifyouuseaportinthisrange,yougetawarning.
HTTPSport:EntertheHTTPSporttouse.Port443oranyportintherange1024-65535areallowed.Ifyouareloggedinasan
administrator,youcanalsoenteranyportintherange1-1023.Ifyouuseaportinthisrange,yougetawarning.
Certicate:SelectacerticatetoenableHTTPSforthedevice.
Networkdiscoveryprotocols
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Bonjour
®
:Turnontoallowautomaticdiscoveryonthenetwork.
Bonjourname:Enterafriendlynametobevisibleonthenetwork.ThedefaultnameisthedevicenameandMACaddress.
UPnP
®
:Turnontoallowautomaticdiscoveryonthenetwork.
UPnPname:Enterafriendlynametobevisibleonthenetwork.ThedefaultnameisthedevicenameandMACaddress.
WS-Discovery:Turnontoallowautomaticdiscoveryonthenetwork.
One-clickcloudconnection
One-clickcloudconnection(O3C)togetherwithanO3Cserviceprovideseasyandsecureinternetaccesstoliveandrecordedvideo
fromanylocation.Formoreinformation,seeaxis.com/end-to-end-solutions/hosted-services.
AllowO3C:
•One-click:Thedefaultsetting.PressandholdthecontrolbuttononthedevicetoconnecttoanO3Cserviceoverthe
internet.YouneedtoregisterthedevicewiththeO3Cservicewithin24hoursafteryoupressthecontrolbutton.
Otherwise,thedevicedisconnectsfromtheO3Cservice.Onceyouhaveregisteredthedevice,Alwaysisenabledand
thedevicestaysconnectedtotheO3Cservice.
•Always:ThedeviceconstantlyattemptstoconnecttoanO3Cserviceovertheinternet.Onceyouhaveregisteredthe
device,itstaysconnectedtotheO3Cservice.Usethisoptionifthecontrolbuttononthedeviceisoutofreach.
•No:DisablestheO3Cservice.
Proxysettings:Ifneeded,entertheproxysettingstoconnecttotheproxyserver.
Host:Entertheproxyserver’saddress.
Port:Entertheportnumberusedforaccess.
LoginandPassword:Ifneeded,enterusernameandpasswordfortheproxyserver.
Authenticationmethod:
•Basic:ThismethodisthemostcompatibleauthenticationschemeforHTTP.It’slesssecurethantheDigestmethod
becauseitsendstheusernameandpasswordunencryptedtotheserver.
•Digest:Thismethodismoresecurebecauseitalwaystransfersthepasswordencryptedacrossthenetwork.
•Auto:Thisoptionletsthedeviceselecttheauthenticationmethoddependingonthesupportedmethods.Itprioritizes
theDigestmethodovertheBasicmethod.
Ownerauthenticationkey(OAK):ClickGetkeytofetchtheownerauthenticationkey.Thisisonlypossibleifthedeviceis
connectedtotheinternetwithoutarewallorproxy.
SNMP
TheSimpleNetworkManagementProtocol(SNMP)allowsremotemanagementofnetworkdevices.
SNMP:SelecttheversionofSNMPtouse.
•v1andv2c:
-Readcommunity:Enterthecommunitynamethathasread-onlyaccesstoallsupportedSNMPobjects.The
defaultvalueispublic.
-Writecommunity:Enterthecommunitynamethathasread/writeaccesstoallsupportedSNMPobjects
(exceptread-onlyobjects).Thedefaultvalueiswrite.
-Activatetraps:Turnontoactivatetrapreporting.Thedeviceusestrapstosendmessagesforimportant
eventsorstatuschangestoamanagementsystem.Inthedeviceinterface,youcansetuptrapsforSNMPv1
andv2c.TrapsareautomaticallyturnedoffifyouchangetoSNMPv3orturnoffSNMP.IfyouuseSNMPv3,
youcansetuptrapsthroughtheSNMPv3managementapplication.
-Trapaddress:EntertheIPaddressorhostnameofthemanagementserver.
-Trapcommunity:Enterthecommunitytousewhenthedevicesendsatrapmessagetothemanagement
system.
-Traps:
-Coldstart:Sendsatrapmessagewhenthedevicestarts.
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-Warmstart:SendsatrapmessagewhenyouchangeanSNMPsetting.
-Linkup:Sendsatrapmessagewhenalinkchangesfromdowntoup.
-Authenticationfailed:Sendsatrapmessagewhenanauthenticationattemptfails.
Note
AllAxisVideoMIBtrapsareenabledwhenyouturnonSNMPv1andv2ctraps.Formoreinformation,see
AXISOSPortal>SNMP.
•v3:SNMPv3isamoresecureversion,whichprovidesencryptionandsecurepasswords.TouseSNMPv3,we
recommendyoutoactivateHTTPS,asthepasswordisthensentthroughHTTPS.Thisalsopreventsunauthorized
partiestoaccessunencryptedSNMPv1andv2ctraps.IfyouuseSNMPv3,youcansetuptrapsthroughtheSNMPv3
managementapplication.
-Passwordfortheaccount“initial”:EntertheSNMPpasswordfortheaccountnamed“initial”.Althoughthe
passwordcanbesentwithoutactivatingHTTPS,wedon’trecommendit.TheSNMPv3passwordcanonly
besetonce,andpreferablyonlywhenHTTPSisenabled.Oncethepasswordisset,thepasswordeldisno
longerdisplayed.Tosetthepasswordagain,youmustresetthedevicetofactorydefaultsettings.
Connectedclients
Thelistshowsallclientsthatareconnectedtothedevice.
Update:Clicktorefreshthelist.
Security
Certicates
Certicatesareusedtoauthenticatedevicesonanetwork.Thedevicesupportstwotypesofcerticates:
•Client/servercerticates
Aclient/servercerticatevalidatesthedevice’sidentity,andcanbeself-signedorissuedbyaCerticateAuthority(CA).
Aself-signedcerticateofferslimitedprotectionandcanbeusedbeforeaCA-issuedcerticatehasbeenobtained.
•CAcerticates
YoucanuseaCAcerticatetoauthenticateapeercerticate,forexampletovalidatetheidentityofanauthentication
serverwhenthedeviceconnectstoanetworkprotectedbyIEEE802.1X.Thedevicehasseveralpre-installedCA
certicates.
Theseformatsaresupported:
•Certicateformats:.PEM,.CER,and.PFX
•Privatekeyformats:PKCS#1andPKCS#12
Important
Ifyouresetthedevicetofactorydefault,allcerticatesaredeleted.Anypre-installedCAcerticatesarereinstalled.
Filterthecerticatesinthelist.
Addcerticate:Clicktoaddacerticate.
Thecontextmenucontains:
•Certicateinformation:Viewaninstalledcerticate’sproperties.
•Deletecerticate:Deletethecerticate.
•Createcerticatesigningrequest:Createacerticatesigningrequesttosendtoaregistrationauthoritytoapply
foradigitalidentitycerticate.
IEEE802.1x
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IEEE802.1xisanIEEEstandardforport-basednetworkadmissioncontrolprovidingsecureauthenticationofwiredandwireless
networkdevices.IEEE802.1xisbasedonEAP(ExtensibleAuthenticationProtocol).
ToaccessanetworkprotectedbyIEEE802.1x,networkdevicesmustauthenticatethemselves.Theauthenticationisperformedby
anauthenticationserver,typicallyaRADIUSserver(forexampleFreeRADIUSandMicrosoftInternetAuthenticationServer).
Certicates
WhenconguredwithoutaCAcerticate,servercerticatevalidationisdisabledandthedevicetriestoauthenticateitself
regardlessofwhatnetworkitisconnectedto.
Whenusingacerticate,inAxis'implementation,thedeviceandtheauthenticationserverauthenticatethemselveswithdigital
certicatesusingEAP-TLS(ExtensibleAuthenticationProtocol-TransportLayerSecurity).
Toallowthedevicetoaccessanetworkprotectedthroughcerticates,asignedclientcerticatemustbeinstalledonthedevice.
Clientcerticate:SelectaclientcerticatetouseIEEE802.1x.Theauthenticationserverusesthecerticatetovalidatethe
client’sidentity.
CAcerticate:SelectaCAcerticatetovalidatetheauthenticationserver’sidentity.Whennocerticateisselected,thedevice
triestoauthenticateitselfregardlessofwhatnetworkitisconnectedto.
EAPidentity:Entertheuseridentityassociatedwiththeclientcerticate.
EAPOLversion:SelecttheEAPOLversionthatisusedinthenetworkswitch.
UseIEEE802.1x:SelecttousetheIEEE802.1xprotocol.
Preventbrute-forceattacks
Blocking:Turnontoblockbrute-forceattacks.Abrute-forceattackusestrial-and-errortoguesslogininfoorencryptionkeys.
Blockingperiod:Enterthenumberofsecondstoblockabrute-forceattack.
Blockingconditions:Enterthenumberofauthenticationfailuresallowedpersecondbeforetheblockstarts.Youcansetthe
numberoffailuresallowedbothonpagelevelanddevicelevel.
IPaddresslter
Uselter:SelecttolterwhichIPaddressesthatareallowedtoaccessthedevice.
Policy:ChoosewhethertoAllowaccessorDenyaccessforcertainIPaddresses.
Addresses:EntertheIPnumbersthatareeitherallowedordeniedaccesstothedevice.YoucanalsousetheCIDRformat.
Custom-signedrmwarecerticate
ToinstalltestrmwareorothercustomrmwarefromAxisonthedevice,youneedacustom-signedrmwarecerticate.The
certicateveriesthatthermwareisapprovedbyboththedeviceownerandAxis.Thermwarecanonlyrunonaspecic
devicewhichisidentiedbyitsuniqueserialnumberandchipID.Custom-signedrmwarecerticatescanonlybecreated
byAxis,sinceAxisholdsthekeytosignthem.
ClickInstalltoinstallthecerticate.Youneedtoinstallthecerticatebeforeyouinstallthermware.
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Users
Adduser:Clicktoaddanewuser.Youcanaddupto100users.
Username:Enterauniqueusername.
Newpassword:Enterapasswordfortheuser.Passwordsmustbe1to64characterslong.OnlyASCIIprintablecharacters(code
32to126)areallowedinthepassword,forexampleletters,numbers,punctuation,andsomesymbols.
Repeatpassword:Enterthesamepasswordagain.
Role:
•Administrator:Hasfullaccesstoallsettings.Administratorscanalsoadd,update,andremoveotherusers.
•Operator:Hasaccesstoallsettingsexcept:
-AllSystemsettings.
-Addingapps.
•Viewer:Doesn’thaveaccesstochangeanysettings.
Thecontextmenucontains:
Updateuser:Edittheuser’sproperties.
Deleteuser:Deletetheuser.Youcan’tdeletetherootuser.
MQTT
MQTT(MessageQueuingTelemetryTransport)isastandardmessagingprotocolfortheInternetofThings(IoT).Itwasdesignedfor
simpliedIoTintegrationandisusedinawidevarietyofindustriestoconnectremotedeviceswithasmallcodefootprintand
minimalnetworkbandwidth.TheMQTTclientinAxisdevicermwarecansimplifyintegrationofdataandeventsproducedinthe
devicetosystemswhicharenotvideomanagementsystems(VMS).
SetupthedeviceasanMQTTclient.MQTTcommunicationisbasedontwoentities,theclientsandthebroker.Theclientscan
sendandreceivemessages.Thebrokerisresponsibleforroutingmessagesbetweenclients.
YoucanlearnmoreaboutMQTTinAXISOSPortal.
MQTTclient
Connect:TurnonorofftheMQTTclient.
Status:ShowsthecurrentstatusoftheMQTTclient.
Broker
Host:EnterthehostnameorIPaddressoftheMQTTserver.
Protocol:Selectwhichprotocoltouse.
Port:Entertheportnumber.
•1883isthedefaultvalueforMQTToverTCP
•8883isthedefaultvalueforMQTToverSSL
•80isthedefaultvalueforMQTToverWebSocket
•443isthedefaultvalueforMQTToverWebSocketSecure
Username:Entertheusernamethattheclientwillusetoaccesstheserver.
Password:Enterapasswordfortheusername.
ClientID:EnteraclientID.Theclientidentierissenttotheserverwhentheclientconnectstoit.
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Cleansession:Controlsthebehavioratconnectionanddisconnectiontime.Whenselected,thestateinformationisdiscarded
atconnectanddisconnect.
Keepaliveinterval:Thekeepaliveintervalenablestheclienttodetectwhentheserverisnolongeravailablewithouthaving
towaitforthelongTCP/IPtimeout.
Timeout:Thetimeintervalinsecondstoallowaconnecttocomplete.Defaultvalue:60
Devicetopicprex:UsedinthedefaultvaluesforthetopicintheconnectmessageandLWTmessageontheMQTTclienttab,
andinthepublicationconditionsontheMQTTpublicationtab.
Reconnectautomatically:Specieswhethertheclientshouldreconnectautomaticallyafteradisconnect.
Connectmessage
Speciesifamessageshouldbesentoutwhenaconnectionisestablished.
Sendmessage:Turnontosendmessages.
Usedefault:Turnofftoenteryourowndefaultmessage.
Topic:Enterthetopicforthedefaultmessage.
Payload:Enterthecontentforthedefaultmessage.
Retain:SelecttokeepthestateofclientonthisTopic
QoS:ChangetheQoSlayerforthepacketow.
LastWillandTestamentmessage
TheLastWillTestament(LWT)letsaclientprovideatestamentalongwithitscredentialswhenconnectingtothebroker.Ifthe
clientdisconnectsungracefullyatsomepointlater(maybebecausehispowersourcedied),itcanletthebrokerdeliveramessage
tootherclients.ThisLWTmessagehasthesameformasanordinarymessageandgetsroutedviathesamemechanics.
Sendmessage:Turnontosendmessages.
Usedefault:Turnofftoenteryourowndefaultmessage.
Topic:Enterthetopicforthedefaultmessage.
Payload:Enterthecontentforthedefaultmessage.
Retain:SelecttokeepthestateofclientonthisTopic
QoS:ChangetheQoSlayerforthepacketow.
MQTTpublication
Usedefaulttopicprex:Selecttousethedefaulttopicprex,thatisdenedinthedevicetopicprexintheMQTTclienttab.
Includetopicname:SelecttoincludethetopicthatdescribestheconditionintheMQTTtopic.
Includetopicnamespaces:SelecttoincludeONVIFtopicnamespacesintheMQTTtopic.
Includeserialnumber:Selecttoincludethedevice’sserialnumberintheMQTTpayload.
Addcondition:Clicktoaddacondition.
Retain:DeneswhichMQTTmessagesaresentasretained.
•None:Sendallmessagesasnon-retained.
•Property:Sendonlystatefulmessagesasretained.
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•All:Sendbothstatefulandstatelessmessagesasretained.
QoS:SelectthedesiredlevelfortheMQTTpublication.
MQTTsubscriptions
Addsubscription:ClicktoaddanewMQTTsubscription.
Subscriptionlter:EntertheMQTTtopicthatyouwanttosubscribeto.
Usedevicetopicprex:AddthesubscriptionlterasprextotheMQTTtopic.
Subscriptiontype:
•Stateless:SelecttoconvertMQTTmessagesintoastatelessmessage.
•Stateful:SelecttoconvertMQTTmessagesintoacondition.Thepayloadisusedasthestate.
QoS:SelectthedesiredlevelfortheMQTTsubscription.
Accessories
I/Oports
Usedigitalinputtoconnectexternaldevicesthatcantogglebetweenanopenandclosedcircuit,forexamplePIRsensors,dooror
windowcontacts,andglassbreakdetectors.
UsedigitaloutputtoconnectexternaldevicessuchasrelaysandLEDs.YoucanactivateconnecteddevicesthroughtheVAPIX®
ApplicationProgrammingInterfaceorinthedeviceinterface.
Port
Name:Editthetexttorenametheport.
Direction:
indicatesthattheportisaninputport.indicatesthatit’sanoutputport.Iftheportiscongurable,
youcanclicktheiconstochangebetweeninputandoutput.
Normalstate:Clickopencircuit,andforclosedcircuit.
Currentstate:Showsthecurrentstateoftheport.Theinputoroutputisactivatedwhenthecurrentstateisdifferentfromthe
normalstate.Aninputonthedevicehasanopencircuitwhenit’sdisconnectedorwhenthereisavoltageabove1VDC.
Note
Duringrestarttheoutputcircuitisopen.Whentherestartiscomplete,thecircuitgoesbacktothenormalposition.Ifyou
changeanysettingsonthispage,theoutputcircuitsgobacktotheirnormalpositionsregardlessofanyactivetriggers.
Supervised
:Turnontomakeitpossibletodetectandtriggeractionsifsomeonetamperswiththeconnectiontodigital
I/Odevices.Inadditiontodetectingifaninputisopenorclosed,youcanalsodetectifsomeonehastamperedwithit(thatis,cut
orshorted).Tosupervisetheconnectionrequiresadditionalhardware(end-of-lineresistors)intheexternalI/Oloop.
Logs
Reportsandlogs
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Reports
•Viewthedeviceserverreport:Clicktoshowinformationabouttheproductstatusinapop-upwindow.TheAccess
LogisautomaticallyincludedintheServerReport.
•Downloadthedeviceserverreport:Clicktodownloadtheserverreport.Itcreatesa.ziplethatcontainsacomplete
serverreporttextleinUTF–8format,aswellasasnapshotofthecurrentliveviewimage.Alwaysincludetheserver
report.ziplewhenyoucontactsupport.
•Downloadthecrashreport:Clicktodownloadanarchivewithdetailedinformationabouttheserver'sstatus.The
crashreportcontainsinformationthatisintheserverreportaswellasdetaileddebuginformation.Thisreportmight
containsensitiveinformationsuchasnetworktraces.Itcantakeseveralminutestogeneratethereport.
Logs
•Viewthesystemlog:Clicktoshowinformationaboutsystemeventssuchasdevicestartup,warningsandcritical
messages.
•Viewtheaccesslog:Clicktoshowallfailedattemptstoaccessthedevice,forexamplewhenawronglogin
passwordisused.
Networktrace
Important
Anetworktracelemightcontainsensitiveinformation,forexamplecerticatesorpasswords.
Anetworktracelecanhelpyoutroubleshootproblemsbyrecordingactivityonthenetwork.Selectthedurationofthetracein
secondsorminutes,andclickDownload.
Remotesystemlog
Syslogisastandardformessagelogging.Itallowsseparationofthesoftwarethatgeneratesmessages,thesystemthatstores
them,andthesoftwarethatreportsandanalyzesthem.Eachmessageislabeledwithafacilitycode,whichindicatesthesoftware
typegeneratingthemessage,andassignedaseveritylevel.
Server:Clicktoaddanewserver.
Host:EnterthehostnameorIPaddressoftheserver.
Format:Selectwhichsyslogmessageformattouse.
•RFC3164
•RFC5424
Protocol:Selecttheprotocolandporttouse:
•UDP(Defaultportis514)
•TCP(Defaultportis601)
•TLS(Defaultportis6514)
Severity:Selectwhichmessagestosendwhentriggered.
CAcerticateset:Seethecurrentsettingsoraddacerticate.
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Maintenance
Restart:Restartthedevice.Thisdoesnotaffectanyofthecurrentsettings.Runningapplicationsrestartautomatically.
Restore:Returnmostsettingstothefactorydefaultvalues.Afterwardsyoumustrecongurethedeviceandapps,reinstallany
appsthatdidn’tcomepreinstalled,andrecreateanyeventsandPTZpresets.
Important
Theonlysettingssavedafterrestoreare:
•Bootprotocol(DHCPorstatic)
•StaticIPaddress
•Defaultrouter
•Subnetmask
•802.1Xsettings
•O3Csettings
Factorydefault:Returnallsettingstothefactorydefaultvalues.AfterwardsyoumustresettheIPaddresstomakethedevice
accessible.
Note
AllAxisdevicermwareisdigitallysignedtoensurethatyouonlyinstallveriedrmwareonyourdevice.Thisfurther
increasestheoverallminimumcybersecuritylevelofAxisdevices.Formoreinformation,seethewhitepaper“Signed
rmware,secureboot,andsecurityofprivatekeys”ataxis.com.
Firmwareupgrade:Upgradetoanewrmwareversion.Newrmwarereleasescancontainimprovedfunctionality,bug
xes,andcompletelynewfeatures.Werecommendyoutoalwaysusethelatestrelease.Todownloadthelatestrelease,go
toaxis.com/support.
Whenyouupgrade,youcanchoosebetweenthreeoptions:
•Standardupgrade:Upgradetothenewrmwareversion.
•Factorydefault:Upgradeandreturnallsettingstothefactorydefaultvalues.Whenyouchoosethisoption,youcan’t
reverttothepreviousrmwareversionaftertheupgrade.
•Autorollback:Upgradeandconrmtheupgradewithinthesettime.Ifyoudon’tconrm,thedevicerevertstothe
previousrmwareversion.
Firmwarerollback:Reverttothepreviouslyinstalledrmwareversion.
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Learnmore
Security
Signedrmware
Signedrmwareisimplementedbythesoftwarevendorsigningthermwareimagewithaprivatekey.Whenarmwarehasthis
signatureattachedtoit,adevicewillvalidatethermwarebeforeacceptingtoinstallit.Ifthedevicedetectsthatthermware
integrityiscompromised,thermwareupgradewillberejected.
Secureboot
Securebootisabootprocessthatconsistsofanunbrokenchainofcryptographicallyvalidatedsoftware,startinginimmutable
memory(bootROM).Beingbasedontheuseofsignedrmware,securebootensuresthatadevicecanbootonlywithauthorized
rmware.
AxisEdgeVault
AxisEdgeVaultisasecurecryptographiccomputemodulewhichcanbeusedforcryptographicoperationsonsecurelystored
certicates.EdgeVaultprovidestamperprotectedstorage,enablingeachdevicetoprotectitssecrets.Itsetsafoundationforsafe
implementationofmoreadvancedsecurityfeatures.
AxisdeviceID
AxisdeviceIDworkslikeadigitalpassport,uniqueforeachdeviceunit.ItissecurelyandpermanentlystoredinEdgeVaultasa
certicatesignedbyAxisrootcerticate.AxisdeviceIDisdesignedtoprovetheoriginofthedevice,enablinganewlevelof
devicetrustthroughthelifecycleoftheproduct.
TolearnmoreaboutcybersecurityfeaturesinAxisdevices,gotoaxis.com/learning/white-papersandsearchforcybersecurity.
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Specifications
Specifications
TextmarkedwithULisonlyvalidforUL294installations.
Productoverview
4
1
17
18
15
11 139 1075 6 128
3
2
16
14
1
Groundingposition
2
Readerconnector,2x
3
Doorconnector,2x
4
Controlbutton
5
RelayovercurrentLED
6
ReaderovercurrentLED
7
Auxiliaryconnector
8
Relayjumper,2x
9
Relayconnector,2x
10
RelayLED,2x
11
12Vbackuppowerinput
12
Powerconnector
13
Networkconnector
14
PowerLED
15
StatusLED
16
NetworkLED
17
Externalconnector
18
Reversiblecablecover
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Specifications
LEDindicators
LED
Color
Indication
Green
Steadyforconnectiontoa100MBit/snetwork.Flashesfornetworkactivity.
Amber
Steadyforconnectiontoa10MBit/snetwork.Flashesfornetworkactivity.
Network
UnlitNonetworkconnection.
GreenSteadygreenfornormaloperation.
Amber
Steadyduringstartupandwhenrestoringsettings.
Status
Red
Slowashforfailedupgrade.
Green
Normaloperation.
Power
Amber
Flashesgreen/amberduringrmwareupgrade.
Red
Steadywhenshortcircuitedorifovercurrenthasbeendetected.
Relay
overcurrent
UnlitNormaloperation.
Red
Steadywhenshortcircuitedorifovercurrenthasbeendetected.
Reader
overcurrent
UnlitNormaloperation.
Green
Relayactive.
1
Relay
UnlitRelayinactive.
1.RelayisactivewhenCOMisconnectedtoNO.
Note
•TheStatusLEDcanbeconguredtoashwhileaneventisactive.
•TheStatusLEDcanbeconguredtoashforidentifyingtheunit.GotoSetup>AdditionalControllerConguration>
SystemOptions>Maintenance.
Buttons
Controlbutton
Thecontrolbuttonisusedfor:
•Resettingtheproducttofactorydefaultsettings.SeeResettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage27.
Connectors
Networkconnector
RJ45EthernetconnectorwithPoweroverEthernetPlus(PoE+).
UL:PoweroverEthernet(PoE)shallbesuppliedbyaUL294listedPoweroverEthernetIEEE802.3af/802.3atType1Class3orPower
overEthernetPlus(PoE+)IEEE802.3atType2Class4powerlimitedinjectorthatprovides44–57VDC,15.4W/30W.Powerover
Ethernet(PoE)hasbeenevaluatedbyULwithAXIST8133Midspan30W1-port.
Readerconnector
Two8–pinterminalblockssupportingbothRS485andWiegandprotocolsforcommunicationwiththereader.
Thespeciedpoweroutputvaluesaresharedbetweenthetworeaderports.Itmeansthat486mAat12VDCisreservedforall
readersconnectedtothedoorcontroller.
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Specifications
Selectwhichprotocoltouseintheproduct’swebpage.
ConguredforRS485
FunctionPinNote
Specications
DCground(GND)
1
0VDC
DCoutput(+12V)
2
Suppliespowertoreader.12VDC,max
486mAcombinedforall
readers
RX/TX
3–4
Fullduplex:RX.Halfduplex:
RX/TX.
TX
5–6
Fullduplex:TX.
Digitalinput—Connecttopin
1toactivate,orleaveoating
(unconnected)todeactivate.
0tomax30VDC
Congurable(InputorOutput)
7–8
Digitaloutput—Ifusedwith
aninductiveload,e.g.,arelay,
connectadiodeinparallel
withtheload,toprotect
againstvoltagetransients.
0tomax30VDC,opendrain,
100mA
Important
•Whenthereaderispoweredbythecontroller,thequaliedcablelengthisupto200m(656ft).
•Whenthereaderisnotpoweredbythecontroller,thequaliedcablelengthforreaderdataisupto1000m(3280,8ft)if
thefollowingcablerequirementsaremet:1twistedpairwithshield,AWG20-16.
ConguredforWiegand
FunctionPinNote
Specications
DCground(GND)
1
0VDC
DCoutput(+12V)
2
Suppliespowertoreader.12VDC,max
486mAcombinedforall
readers
D0
3
D1
4
O
5–6
Digitaloutput,opendrain
Digitalinput—Connecttopin
1toactivate,orleaveoating
(unconnected)todeactivate.
0tomax30VDC
Congurable(InputorOutput)
7–8
Digitaloutput—Ifusedwith
aninductiveload,e.g.,arelay,
connectadiodeinparallel
withtheload,toprotect
againstvoltagetransients.
0tomax30VDC,opendrain,
100mA
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Specifications
Important
•Whenthereaderispoweredbythecontroller,thequaliedcablelengthisupto150m(500ft).
•Whenthereaderisnotpoweredbythecontroller,thequaliedcablelengthforreaderdataisupto150m(500ft)
ifthefollowingcablerequirementismet:AWG20-16.
Supervisedinputs
Tousesupervisedinputs,installendoflineresistorsaccordingtothediagrambelow.
iInput
ii
0VDC(-)
UL:SupervisedinputswerenotevaluatedbyULforburglaryuse.OnlydoormonitorandREXsupportsupervisionwithendof
lineresistors.
Note
Itisrecommendedtousetwistedandshieldedcables.Connectshieldingto0VDC.
Doorconnector
Two4-pinterminalblocksfordoormonitoringdevices(digitalinput).
Onlydoormonitorsupportssupervisionwithendoflineresistors.Iftheconnectionisinterrupted,analarmistriggered.Touse
supervisedinputs,installendoflineresistors.Usetheconnectiondiagramforsupervisedinputs.Seepage23.
FunctionPinNotes
Specications
DCground
1,3
0VDC
Input
2,4
Forcommunicatingwithdoormonitor.
DigitalinputorSupervisedinput—Connectto
pin1or3respectivelytoactivate,orleaveoating
(unconnected)todeactivate.
0tomax30VDC
Important
Thequaliedcablelengthisupto30m(98.4ft)ifthefollowingcablerequirementismet:AWG24.
Relayconnector
Two4-pinterminalblocksforformCrelaysthatcanbeused,forexample,tocontrolalockoraninterfacetoagate.
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Specifications
FunctionPinNotes
Specications
DCground(GND)
1
0VDC
NO
2
Normallyopen.
Forconnectingrelaydevices.Connectafail-secure
lockbetweenNOandDCground.
Thetworelaypinsaregalvanicallyseparatedfromthe
restofthecircuitryifthejumpersarenotused.
COM
3
Common
NC
4
Normallyclosed.
Forconnectingrelaydevices.Connectafail-safelock
betweenNCandDCground.
Thetworelaypinsaregalvanicallyseparatedfromthe
restofthecircuitryifthejumpersarenotused.
Maxcurrent=2Aperrelay
Maxvoltage=30VDC
Relaypowerjumper
Whentherelaypowerjumperistted,itconnects12VDCor24VDCtotherelayCOMpin.
ItcanbeusedtoconnectalockbetweentheGNDandNO,orGNDandNCpins.
Powersource
Maxpowerat12VDC
1
Maxpowerat24VDC
1
DCIN
1600mA800mA
PoE800mA400mA
1.ThepowerissharedbetweenthetworelaysandAUXI/O12VDC.
NO NO
NO
TICE TICE
TICE
Ifthelockisnon-polarized,werecommendyoutoaddanexternalybackdiode.
Auxiliaryconnector
Usetheauxiliaryconnectorwithexternaldevicesincombinationwith,forexample,motiondetection,eventtriggering,andalarm
notications.Inadditiontothe0VDCreferencepointandpower(DCoutput),theauxiliaryconnectorprovidestheinterfaceto:
Digitalinput-Forconnectingdevicesthatcantogglebetweenanopenandclosedcircuit,forexamplePIRsensors,door/window
contacts,andglassbreakdetectors.
Supervisedinput-Enablespossibilitytodetecttamperingonadigitalinput.
Digitaloutput-ForconnectingexternaldevicessuchasrelaysandLEDs.ConnecteddevicescanbeactivatedbytheVAPIX®
ApplicationProgrammingInterfaceorfromtheproduct’swebpage.
6–pinterminalblock
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Specifications
FunctionPinNotes
Specications
DCground
1
0VDC
DCoutput
2
Canbeusedtopowerauxiliaryequipment.
Note:Thispincanonlybeusedaspoweroutandonthesecureside
sinceitsharespowerwiththerelays.
12VDC
Maxload=50mAforeach
I/O
DigitalinputorSupervisedinput–Connecttopin1toactivate,or
leaveoating(unconnected)todeactivate.Tousesupervisedinput,
installend-of-lineresistors.Seeconnectiondiagramforinformation
abouthowtoconnecttheresistors.
0tomax30VDC
Congurable
(InputorOutput)
3–6
Digitaloutput–Internallyconnectedtopin1(DCground)when
active,andoating(unconnected)wheninactive.Ifusedwithan
inductiveload,e.g.,arelay,connectadiodeinparallelwiththe
load,toprotectagainstvoltagetransients.EachI/Oiscapableof
driving12VDC,50mA(max)externalload,ifinternal12VDC
output(pin2)isused.Inthecaseofusingopendrainconnections
incombinationwithanexternalpowersupply,thentheI/Oscan
manageDCsupplyof0–30VDC,100mA.
0tomax30VDC,opendrain,
100mA
1
DCground
2
DCoutput12V,max50mA
3
I/Oconguredassupervisedinput
4
I/Oconguredasoutput
5
CongurableI/O
6
CongurableI/O
Externalconnector
4-pinterminalblockforexternaldevices,forexampleglassbreakorredetectors.
UL:TheconnectorhasnotbeenevaluatedbyULforburglar/realarmuse.
FunctionPinNotes
Specications
DCground
1,3
0VDC
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Digitalinput–Connecttopin1or3toactivate,or
leaveoating(unconnected)todeactivate.
0tomax30VDC
Congurable(Input
orOutput)
2,4
Digitaloutput–Connecttopin1or3toactivate,or
leaveoating(unconnected)todeactivate.Ifused
withaninductiveload,e.g.,arelay,connectadiode
inparallelwiththeload,toprotectagainstvoltage
transients.
0tomax30VDC,opendrain,
100mA
Powerconnector
2-pinterminalblockforDCpowerinput.UseaSafetyExtraLowVoltage(SELV)compliantlimitedpowersource(LPS)witheither
aratedoutputpowerlimitedto≤100Woraratedoutputcurrentlimitedto≤5A.
FunctionPinNotes
Specications
0VDC(-)
1
0VDC
DCinput
2
ForpoweringcontrollerwhennotusingPowerover
Ethernet.
Note:Thispincanonlybeusedaspowerin.
10.5–28VDC,max36W
UL:DCpowertobesuppliedbyaUL294,UL293orUL603listedpowersupply,dependingonapplication,withappropriateratings.
12Vbackuppowerinput
Forabackupsolutionusingabatterywithbuilt-incharger.12VDCinput.
UL:TheconnectorhasnotbeenevaluatedbyUL.
Important
Whenthebatteryinputisused,anexternal3Aslowblowfusemustbeconnectedinseries.
FunctionPinNotes
Specications
0VDC(-)
1
0VDC
Batteryinput
2
Forpoweringthedoorcontrollerwhenotherpower
sourcesareunavailable.
Note:Thispincanonlybeusedasbatterypowerin.
ForconnectiontoUPSonly.
11–13.7VDC,max36W
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Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
Resettofactorydefaultsettings
Important
Resettofactorydefaultshouldbeusedwithcaution.Aresettofactorydefaultresetsallsettings,includingtheIPaddress,to
thefactorydefaultvalues.
Toresettheproducttothefactorydefaultsettings:
1.Disconnectpowerfromtheproduct.
2.Pressandholdthecontrolbuttonwhilereconnectingpower.SeeProductoverviewonpage20.
3.Keepthecontrolbuttonpressedfor25secondsuntilthestatusLEDindicatorturnsamberforthesecondtime.
4.Releasethecontrolbutton.TheprocessiscompletewhenthestatusLEDindicatorturnsgreen.Theproducthasbeenreset
tothefactorydefaultsettings.IfnoDHCPserverisavailableonthenetwork,thedefaultIPaddressis192.168.0.90.
5.Usetheinstallationandmanagementsoftwaretools,assignanIPaddress,setthepassword,andaccesstheproduct.
Youcanalsoresetparameterstofactorydefaultthroughthedevice’swebpage.GotoMaintenance>Factorydefaultandclick
Default.
Firmwareoptions
Axisoffersproductrmwaremanagementaccordingtoeithertheactivetrackorthelong-termsupport(LTS)tracks.Beingonthe
activetrackmeanscontinuouslygettingaccesstoallthelatestproductfeatures,whiletheLTStracksprovideaxedplatformwith
periodicreleasesfocusedmainlyonbugxesandsecurityupdates.
Usingrmwarefromtheactivetrackisrecommendedifyouwanttoaccessthenewestfeatures,orifyouuseAxisend-to-endsystem
offerings.TheLTStracksarerecommendedifyouusethird-partyintegrations,whicharenotcontinuouslyvalidatedagainstthelatest
activetrack.WithLTS,theproductscanmaintaincybersecuritywithoutintroducinganysignicantfunctionalchangesoraffecting
anyexistingintegrations.FormoredetailedinformationaboutAxisproductrmwarestrategy,gotoaxis.com/support/rmware.
Checkthecurrentrmwareversion
Firmwareisthesoftwarethatdeterminesthefunctionalityofnetworkdevices.Whenyoutroubleshootaproblem,werecommend
youtostartbycheckingthecurrentrmwareversion.Thelatestrmwareversionmightcontainacorrectionthatxesyour
particularproblem.
Tocheckthecurrentrmware:
1.Gotothedeviceinterface>Status.
2.SeethermwareversionunderDeviceinfo.
Upgradethermware
Important
Preconguredandcustomizedsettingsaresavedwhenyouupgradethermware(providedthatthefeaturesareavailablein
thenewrmware)althoughthisisnotguaranteedbyAxisCommunicationsAB.
Important
Makesurethedeviceremainsconnectedtothepowersourcethroughouttheupgradeprocess.
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Troubleshooting
Note
Whenyouupgradethedevicewiththelatestrmwareintheactivetrack,theproductreceivesthelatestfunctionality
available.Alwaysreadtheupgradeinstructionsandreleasenotesavailablewitheachnewreleasebeforeyouupgradethe
rmware.Tondthelatestrmwareandthereleasenotes,gotoaxis.com/support/rmware.
Note
Becausethedatabaseofusers,groups,credentials,andotherdataareupdatedafterarmwareupgrade,therststart-up
couldtakeafewminutestocomplete.Thetimerequiredisdependentontheamountofdata.
1.Downloadthermwareletoyourcomputer,availablefreeofchargeataxis.com/support/rmware.
2.Logintothedeviceasanadministrator.
3.GotoMaintenance>FirmwareupgradeandclickUpgrade.
Whentheupgradehasnished,theproductrestartsautomatically.
4.Whentheproducthasbeenrestarted,clearthewebbrowser'scache.
Technicalissues,clues,andsolutions
Ifyoucan’tndwhatyou’relookingforhere,trythetroubleshootingsectionataxis.com/support.
Problemsupgradingthermware
FirmwareupgradefailureIfthermwareupgradefails,thedevicereloadsthepreviousrmware.Themostcommonreason
isthatthewrongrmwarelehasbeenuploaded.Checkthatthenameofthermwarele
correspondstoyourdeviceandtryagain.
Problemsafterrmware
upgrade
Ifyouexperienceproblemsafterarmwareupgrade,rollbacktothepreviouslyinstalledversion
fromtheMaintenancepage.
ProblemssettingtheIPaddress
Thedeviceislocatedona
differentsubnet
IftheIPaddressintendedforthedeviceandtheIPaddressofthecomputerusedtoaccessthe
devicearelocatedondifferentsubnets,youcannotsettheIPaddress.Contactyournetwork
administratortoobtainanIPaddress.
TheIPaddressisbeingused
byanotherdevice
DisconnecttheAxisdevicefromthenetwork.Runthepingcommand(inaCommand/DOSwindow,
typepingandtheIPaddressofthedevice):
•Ifyoureceive:Replyfrom<IPaddress>:bytes=32;time=10...
thismeansthattheIPaddressmayalreadybeinusebyanotherdeviceonthenetwork.
ObtainanewIPaddressfromthenetworkadministratorandreinstallthedevice.
•Ifyoureceive:Requesttimedout,thismeansthattheIPaddressisavailable
forusewiththeAxisdevice.Checkallcablingandreinstallthedevice.
PossibleIPaddressconict
withanotherdeviceonthe
samesubnet
ThestaticIPaddressintheAxisdeviceisusedbeforetheDHCPserversetsadynamicaddress.
ThismeansthatifthesamedefaultstaticIPaddressisalsousedbyanotherdevice,theremay
beproblemsaccessingthedevice.
Thedevicecan’tbeaccessedfromabrowser
Can’tlogin
WhenHTTPSisenabled,ensurethatthecorrectprotocol(HTTPorHTTPS)isusedwhenattempting
tologin.Youmayneedtomanuallytypehttporhttpsinthebrowser’saddresseld.
Ifthepasswordfortheuserrootislost,thedevicemustberesettothefactorydefaultsettings.
SeeResettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage27.
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TheIPaddresshasbeen
changedbyDHCP
IPaddressesobtainedfromaDHCPserveraredynamicandmaychange.IftheIPaddresshasbeen
changed,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManagertolocatethedeviceonthenetwork.Identify
thedeviceusingitsmodelorserialnumber,orbytheDNSname(ifthenamehasbeencongured).
Ifrequired,astaticIPaddresscanbeassignedmanually.Forinstructions,gotoaxis.com/support.
Certicateerrorwhenusing
IEEE802.1X
Forauthenticationtoworkproperly,thedateandtimesettingsintheAxisdevicemustbe
synchronizedwithanNTPserver.GotoSystem>Dateandtime.
Thedeviceisaccessiblelocallybutnotexternally
Toaccessthedeviceexternally,werecommendyoutouseoneofthefollowingapplicationsforWindows
®
:
•AXISCompanion:freeofcharge,idealforsmallsystemswithbasicsurveillanceneeds.
•AXISCameraStation:30-daytrialversionfreeofcharge,idealforsmalltomid-sizesystems.
Forinstructionsanddownload,gotoaxis.com/vms.
Performanceconsiderations
Thefollowingfactorsarethemostimportanttoconsider:
•Heavynetworkutilizationduetopoorinfrastructureaffectsthebandwidth.
Contactsupport
Contactsupportataxis.com/support.
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Date:January2023
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