AXIS A9161 User Manual

AXISA9161NetworkI/ORelayModule

UserManual

AXISA9161NetworkI/ORelayModule

TableofContents

Safetyinformation..........................................3

Hazardlevels...................................................3

Othermessagelevels.............................................3

Hardwareoverview..........................................4

Howtoaccesstheproduct....................................5

Accessthedevice...............................................5

Howtoaccesstheproductfromtheinternet.........................5

Howtosettherootpassword.....................................5

TheDashboardPage.............................................5

Applications...............................................7

Applicationlicenses.............................................7

Howtouploadandstartanapplication.............................7

ApplicationConsiderations........................................7

Systemconguration........................................8

Conguration–StepbyStep......................................8

SelectaLanguage...............................................8

ConguretheHardware..........................................8

SettheDateandTime............................................9

ConguretheNetworkSettings....................................

MaintenanceInstructions.........................................

Scheduleconguration......................................12

EventConguration.........................................13

ViewtheEventLog..............................................13

SetUpActionRules.............................................13

Systemoptions.............................................16

Security.......................................................

Date&Time....................................................

Network.......................................................

Maintenance...................................................

Support.......................................................23

Advanced......................................................

Resettofactorydefaultsettings...................................24

Troubleshooting............................................25

Howtocheckthecurrentrmware.................................

Howtoupgradethermware.....................................25

EmergencyRecoveryProcedure....................................25

Symptoms,possiblecausesandremedialactions......................25

Specications..............................................27

LEDindicators..................................................

Buttons.......................................................

Connectors....................................................

ConnectionDiagrams............................................31

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Safetyinformation

Safetyinformation

Hazardlevels

DANGER

Indicatesahazardoussituationwhich,ifnotavoided,willresultindeathorseriousinjury .

WARNING

Indicatesahazardoussituationwhich,ifnotavoided,couldresultindeathorseriousinjury.

CAUTION

Indicatesahazardoussituationwhich,ifnotavoided,couldresultinminorormoderateinjury.

NO

TICE

NO NO

TICE TICE

Indicatesasituationwhich,ifnotavoided,couldresultindamagetoproperty.

Othermessagelevels

Important

Indicatessignicantinformationwhichisessentialfortheproducttofunctioncorrectly.

Note

Indicatesusefulinformationwhichhelpsingettingthemostoutoftheproduct.

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Hardwareoverview

Hardwareoverview

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Relayconnector

2

12/24Vpowerconnector(DCOUT)

3

SupervisedI/Oandpowerconnector(DCOUT)

4

Cableclips

5

Networkconnector(PoE)

6

Powerconnector(DCIN)

7

Tamperingalarmbypassjumper

8

Relayjumper

9

Controlbutton

Forinformationabouttheproduct’sLEDindicators,seeLEDindicatorsonpage27.

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Howtoaccesstheproduct

Howtoaccesstheproduct

ToinstalltheAxisproduct,seetheInstallationGuidesuppliedwiththeproduct.

Accessthedevice

1.OpenabrowserandentertheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisdevice.

2.Entertheusernameandpassword.Ifyouaccessthedeviceforthersttime,youmustsettherootpassword.SeeHowto
settherootpasswordonpage5.

3.AXISI/OManageropensinyourbrowser.ThestartpageiscalledtheDashboard.

Howtoaccesstheproductfromtheinternet

Anetworkrouterallowsproductsonaprivatenetwork(LAN)toshareasingleconnectiontotheinternet.Thisisdonebyforwarding
networktrafcfromtheprivatenetworktotheinternet.

Mostroutersarepre-conguredtostopattemptstoaccesstheprivatenetwork(LAN)fromthepublicnetwork(internet).

IftheAxisproductislocatedonanintranet(LAN)andyouwanttomakeitavailablefromtheother(WAN)sideofaNAT(Network
AddressTranslator)router,turnonNATtraversal.WithNATtraversalproperlycongured,allHTTPtrafctoanexternalHTTPport
intheNATrouterisforwardedtotheproduct.

HowtoturnontheNAT-traversalfeature

•GotoPreferences>AdditionalDeviceConguration>SystemOptions>Network>TCP/IP>Advanced.

•ClickEnable.

•ManuallycongureyourNATroutertoallowaccessfromtheinternet.

SeealsoAXISInternetDynamicDNSServiceatwww.axiscam.net

Note

•Inthiscontext,a“router”referstoanynetworkroutingdevicesuchasaNATrouter,networkrouter,internetgateway,

broadbandrouter,broadbandsharingdevice,orasoftwaresuchasarewall.

•ForNATtraversaltowork,NATtraversalmustbesupportedbytherouter.TheroutermustalsosupportUPnP

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Howtosettherootpassword

ToaccesstheAxisproduct,youmustsetthepasswordforthedefaultadministratoruserroot.ThisisdoneintheCongureRoot
Passworddialog,whichopenswhentheproductisaccessedforthersttime.

Topreventnetworkeavesdropping,therootpasswordcanbesetviaanencryptedHTTPSconnection,whichrequiresanHTTPS
certicate.HTTPS(HypertextTransferProtocoloverSSL)isaprotocolusedtoencrypttrafcbetweenwebbrowsersandservers.The
HTTPScerticateensuresencryptedexchangeofinformation.SeeHTTPSonpage16.

Thedefaultadministratorusernamerootispermanentandcannotbedeleted.Ifthepasswordforrootislost,theproductmustbe
resettothefactorydefaultsettings.SeeResettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage24.

Tosetthepassword,enteritdirectlyinthedialog.

TheDashboardPage

ThedashboardpageinAXISNetworkIOmoduleisthestartscreenthatshowsinformationabouttheIOsandrelays.ClickoneachIO
orrelayrowtoexpandformoresettings.FromthispageyoucannavigatetoSchedules,EventlogandPreferences.

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Howtoaccesstheproduct

Toreturntothedashboardpageromtheproduct’sotherwebpages,clickDashboardinthemenubar.

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Applications

Applications

AXISCameraApplicationPlatform(ACAP)isanopenplatformthatenablesthirdpartiestodevelopanalyticsandotherapplications
forAxisproducts.Tondoutmoreaboutavailableapplications,downloads,trialsandlicenses,gotoaxis.com/applications.

TondtheusermanualsforAxisapplications,gotoaxis.com.

Applicationlicenses

Someapplicationsneedalicensetorun.Licensescanbeinstalledintwoways:

•Automaticinstallation—requiresaccesstotheInternet

•Manualinstallation—obtainthelicensekeyfromtheapplicationvendoranduploadthekeytotheAxisproduct

Torequestalicense,theAxisproductserialnumber(S/N)isrequired.Theserialnumbercanbefoundontheproductlabelandunder
Preferences>Additionaldeviceconguration>SystemOptions>Support>SupportOverview.

Howtouploadandstartanapplication

Touploadandstartanapplication:

1.GotoPreferences>Additionaldeviceconguration>Applications.

2.UnderUploadApplication,clickBrowse.LocatetheapplicationleandclickUploadPackage.

3.Installthelicense(ifapplicable).Forinstructions,seethedocumentationprovidedbytheapplicationvendor.

4.Starttheapplication.GotoApplications,selecttheapplicationinthelistofinstalledapplicationsandclickStart.

5.Conguretheapplication.Forinstructions,seethedocumentationprovidedbytheapplicationvendor.

Note

•Applicationscanbeuploadedbyproductadministrators.

•ApplicationsandlicensescanbeinstalledonmultipleproductsatthesametimeusingAXISCameraManagement,version

3.10andlater.

Togeneratealoglefortheapplication,gotoApplications.SelecttheapplicationandclickLog.

ApplicationConsiderations

Ifanapplicationisupgraded,applicationsettings,includingthelicense,willberemoved.Thelicensemustbereinstalledand
theapplicationrecongured.

IftheAxisproduct’srmwareisupgraded,uploadedapplicationsandtheirsettingswillremainunchanged,althoughthisisnot
guaranteedbyAxisCommunications.Notethattheapplicationmustbesupportedbythenewrmware.Forinformationabout
rmwareupgrades,seeHowtoupgradethermwareonpage25.

IftheAxisproductisrestarted,runningapplicationswillrestartautomatically.

IftheAxisproductisrestoredorresettofactorydefault,uploadedapplicationsandtheirsettingsareremoved.Forinformation
aboutrestoringtheAxisproduct,seeMaintenanceonpage23.Forinformationaboutfactorydefault,seeResettofactorydefault
settingsonpage24.

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Systemconfiguration

Systemconfiguration

Toopentheproduct’sSetuppages,clickPreferences>AdditionaldevicecongurationintheDashboardpage.

TheAxisproductcanbeconguredbyadministrators.Formoreinformationaboutusersandadministrators,seepage16.

Conguration–StepbyStep

BeforeyoustartusingyourAXISNetworkIORelayModule,youshouldcompletethefollowingsetupsteps:

1.IfEnglishisnotyourrstlanguage,youmaywantAXISNetworkIORelayModuletouseadifferentlanguage.Seepage8.

2.Congurethemoduleandconnecteddevices.Seepage8.

3.Setthedateandtime.Seepage9.

4.Congurethenetworksettings.Seepage10.

Forinformationaboutmaintenancerecommendations,seepage1 1.

SelectaLanguage

ThedefaultlanguageofAXISNetworkIORelayModuleisEnglish,butyoucanswitchtoanyofthelanguagesthatareincludedinthe
product’srmware.Forinformationaboutthelatestavailablermware,seewww .axis.com

Youcanswitchlanguagesinanyoftheproduct’swebpages.

Toswitchlanguages,clickthelanguagedrop-downlist
displayedintheselectedlanguage.

Note

•Whenyouswitchlanguages,thedateformatalsochangestoaformatcommonlyusedintheselectedlanguage.The

correctformatisdisplayedinthedataelds.

•IfyouresettheproducttofactorydefaultsettingsthelanguageswitchesbacktoEnglish.

•Ifyourestoretheproduct,itwillcontinuetousetheselectedlanguage.

•Ifyourestarttheproduct,itwillcontinuetousetheselectedlanguage.

•Ifyouupgradethermware,itwillcontinuetousetheselectedlanguage.

andselectalanguage.Alltheproduct’swebpagesandhelppagesare

ConguretheHardware

Beforeyoucanmanagetheconnecteddevices,thehardwaremustbeconguredintheDashboardpage.

DevicescanbeconnectedtotheAxisproductbeforecompletingthehardwareconguration.However,theconnectionofdevices
willbeeasierifyoucompletethehardwarecongurationrst.Thisisbecausethehardwarepinchartwillbeavailablewhenthe
congurationiscomplete.Thehardwarepinchartisaguideonhowtowirethehardwareandcanbeusedasareferencesheet
formaintenance.Formaintenanceinstructions,seepage11

ConguretheIOs

IntheDashboardpageyoucanmakevariouschangesandsettingsfortheIOs.

•ClickonanIOrowtoexpandandmaketheoptionavailable.

•ClickChangestatetosettheIOActiveorInactive(foroutputonly)

•ClickSettingstochangename,type,activestateandschedulefortheIOs.

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Systemconfiguration

-ChooseDigitaloutputorDigitalinputdependingonyoursystemsetup.

-ChooseSupervisedinputtoreportonthestatusoftheconnectionbetweenthenetworkIOmanangerconnected
devices.Iftheconnectionisinterrupted,aneventisactivated.Usingsupervisedinputrequiresexternalcircuitry,
seeSupervisedinputsonpage31.

-ChooseActivestateGroundedcircuitorOpencircuitdependingonyoursystemsetup.

-SelectascheduletousewhenDigitalOutputischosen.

Note

Youcanmakethescheduleafallbackschedule.Iftheproductnormallyusesanotherschedulethroughits
connectiontoanotherdevice(forexample,AXISA1001)butthatconnectionislost,theproductwillusethe
fallbackscheduleinstead.

•ClickSaveorCanceltonish.

ConguretheRelays

IntheDashboardpageyoucanmakevariouschangesandsettingsfortherelays

•ClickonanRelayrowtoexpandandmaketheoptionsavailable.

•ClickChangestatetosettherelayActiveorInactive

•ClickSettingstochangenameandschedulefortherelay.

-Selectascheduletouse.

Note

Youcanmakethescheduleafallbackschedule.Iftheproductnormallyusesanotherschedulethroughits
connectiontoanotherdevice(forexample,AXISA1001)butthatconnectionislost,theproductwillusethe
fallbackscheduleinstead.

•ClickSaveorCanceltonish.

Howtousesupervisedinputs

Choosesupervisedinputtomonitorstatusofthecableconnections,switchesandotherdevices.Iftheconnectionisinterrupted,
aneventisactivated.

Tousesupervisedinputs:

1.Installendoflineresistorsonalltheusedsupervisedinputs.Seetheconnectiondiagramonpage31.

2.GotoDashboard>IOs>SettingsandselectSupervisedinputs.

SettheDateandTime

TosetthedateandtimeoftheAxisproduct,fromtheDashboardgotoPreferences>Additionaldeviceconguration>System
Options>Date&Time.

Youcansetthedateandtimeinthefollowingways:

•Getthedateandtimefromanetworktimeprotocol(NTP)server.Seepage10

•Setthedateandtimemanually.Seepage10.

•Getthedateandtimefromthecomputer.Seepage10.

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Systemconfiguration

GettheDateandTimefromaNetworkTimeProtocol(NTP)Server

1.GotoPreferences>Additionaldeviceconguration>SystemOptions>Date&Time.

2.SelectyourTimezonefromthedrop-downlist.

3.Ifdaylightsavingtimeisusedinyourregion,selectAdjustfordaylightsaving.

4.SelectSynchronizewithNTP.

5.SelectthedefaultDHCPaddressorentertheaddressofaNTPserver.

6.ClickSave.

WhensynchronizingwithanNTPserver,dateandtimeareupdatedcontinuouslybecausethedataispushedfromtheNTPserver.For
informationaboutNTPsettings,seeNTPCongurationonpage20.

IfyouuseahostnamefortheNTPserver,aDNSservermustbecongured.SeeDNSCongurationonpage20.

SettheDateandTimeManually

1.GotoPreferences>Additionaldeviceconguration>SystemOptions>Date&Time.

2.Ifdaylightsavingtimeisusedinyourregion,selectAdjustfordaylightsaving.

3.SelectSetdate&timemanually.

4.Enterthedesireddateandtime.

5.ClickSave.

Whensettingthedate&timemanually,dateandtimearesetonceandwillnotbeupdatedautomatically.Thismeansthatifthe
dateortimeneedstobeupdated,thechangesmustbemademanuallybecausethereisnoconnectiontoanexternalNTPserver.

GettheDateandTimefromtheComputer

1.GotoPreferences>Additionaldeviceconguration>BasicSetup>Date&Time.

2.Ifdaylightsavingtimeisusedinyourregion,selectAdjustfordaylightsaving.

3.SelectSetdate&timemanually.

4.ClickSyncnowandsave.

Whenusingthecomputertime,dateandtimearesynchronizedwiththecomputertimeonceandwillnotbeupdatedautomatically.
Thismeansthatifyouchangethedateortimeonthecomputeryouusetomanagethesystem,youshouldsynchronizeagain.

ConguretheNetworkSettings

Tocongurethebasicnetworksettings,gotoPreferences>Additionaldeviceconguration>SystemOptions>SystemOptions
>Network>TCP/IP>Basic.

Formoreinformationaboutnetworksettings,seeNetworkonpage18.

BasicTCP/IPSettings

TheAxisproductsupportsIPversion4(IPv4).

TheAxisproductcangetanIPv4addressinthefollowingways:

•DynamicIPaddress–ObtainIPaddressviaDHCPisselectedbydefault.ThismeansthattheAxisproductissettoget
theIPaddressautomaticallyviaDynamicHostCongurationProtocol(DHCP).

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