Axis All Camera Station Create action rules for access control in AXIS Camera Station Secure Entry

© Axis Communications AB

2

Step 1 – Make arming and disarming cardholders with different PIN Credentials. 4
Step 2 – Create an arming rule. 6
Step 3 – Create an disarming rule. 8
Bonus step – Create rule to lock down doors when intrusion system is armed. 8

Creating the rule. 11

Creating the rule. 13

Step 1 – Upload audio clip and retrieve PlayClip-URL 15
Step 2 – Create the rule. 16

Step 1 – Create relevant access rules for each floor combination 18
Step 2 – Add the A9188 Relay’s to the system 19
Step 2 – Create rules to trigger IOs based on access rule access. 19

Step 1 – Create the DTMF sequence on your Axis Intercom 21
Step 2 – Create the rule that triggers on the DTMF sequence and accesses the door. 21

Step 1 – Create a rule locking down the ‘vault’ based on ‘back office’ door position 24
Step 2 – Create rule to return the ‘vault’ to default status when the ‘back office’ door is closed. 25

3

4

There is a possibility to connect to an intrusion system with for instance the relays of a A91
series with specific PIN-codes for arming and disarming.
For this example, we will have one specific door (Intrusion control) with separate card reader
with keypad configured for managing the arming and disarming.

Step 1 – Make arming and disarming cardholders with different PIN Credentials.

Create cardholders with one separate PIN each. One for arming and one for disarming.

5

6

Add the Cardholders, the “Intrusion control” door and the schedule “Always” to a new access
rule:

Step 2 – Create an arming rule.

Go to Configuration → Recordings and events → Action rules and create a new rule.

Select device event.

7

Configure the trigger as an Access request granted with the filter on the specific arming PIN
configured earlier.

Select Set Output as the action.

’
This could be a relay of a A91 series device or an output of any Axis camera that is connected to
the intrusion system to control it.

8

Step 3 – Create an disarming rule.

Repeat the last step, but with the disarming code and deactivating the output.

Bonus step – Create rule to lock down doors when intrusion system is armed.

You can also create a rule that locks down the main entrance when the intrusion system is
armed. This requires a wire connected to an input on a Axis device, like the A91 series.

Select the Input/Output trigger

9

Trigger on when input 1 is active.

Create an action for Access Control

.
You also need to create the inverted rule for when the intrusion system is not armed.

10

11

This rule is to setup a rule that sends a notification to the AXIS Camera Station mobile app if
there is a door alarm like door forced open in the system.

Creating the rule.

Add trigger

Select Device Event

Select the AXIS A1601, the Event you want to trigger on, filter on the door name and the status.

12

Add an action

Select Send mobile app notification

Fill out the message and the camera that the notification should highlight for the security staff.

13

Similar to the last scenario this guides you to create e rule to trigger on door forced open and set
a PTZ to go to a preset position and open a live view window.

Creating the rule.

Add trigger

Select Device Event

Select the controller and Door forced, filter the event on door name and status.

14

Add a Live view action

Select the PTZ (Or virtual PTZ) camera and check the preset checkbox and select the preset
relevant area, bringing the live view to the top of the application.

15

Using this setup, a rule can be created to send a personalized message to greet a VIP entering
the premises, given that you have a network speaker or intercom by the door.

Step 1 – Upload audio clip and retrieve PlayClip-URL

In the web interface of the Axis speakers you can navigate to the Audio clips page and upload a
custom audio clip.

Once that is done, you can easily copy the correct link to play that clip to your windows clipboard
from the web interface.

16

Step 2 – Create the rule.

Add the Device Event trigger

Here you can either setup a rule to give a personalized greeting message to a specific person
when he or she uses their card, knowing their card number from the system. Or a Generic VIP
greeting when someone enters that is part of a specific access rule in the system.

17

As action you select to Send HTTP Notification and paste the link you copied from the previous
state.

A current limitation in the Device interface tab from within AXIS Camera

Station is that the copied link retrieved from the speaker interface will not
have the correct IP address to the speaker. This needs to be updated to

the correct IP address for the HTTP notification to work.

18

This describes a workaround that you can apply to configure elevator access control to floors
based on Access rules before the feature is available.

Step 1 – Create relevant access rules for each floor combination

Firstly you need to have a door named something like “Elevator reader” that is installed inside
the elevator. Then Access rules needs to be created for each relevant floor combination that is
needed for access management, in this example we create an access rule for floors 1, 3 and 5.
Add the “Elevator reader”-door to the rule with a relevant schedule.

19

Step 2 – Add the A9188 Relay’s to the system

Under Configuration → Recording and events →I/O Ports, add the A9188’s relay’s to the
system.

Step 2 – Create rules to trigger IOs based on access rule access.

Add the Device Event trigger

20

Input the correct name of the relevant access rule as trigger.

Select the Action Set Output

Now, add all the relevant relays connected to the Elevator interface panel enabling specific floor
buttons

21

Step 1 – Create the DTMF sequence on your Axis Intercom

In the web interface of the Axis Intercom, you create a DTMF Sequence for the correct SIP
account where the VoIP call is being initiated.

Step 2 – Create the rule that triggers on the DTMF sequence and accesses the door.

Add the Device Event trigger

22

If SIP is enabled on the Axis Intercom and you have a DTMF trigger created this is visible under
the Device Events of the Intercom under the category Call

You can then also select to filter on the specific sequence if you have the need of triggering
multiple things depending on different input.

23

Select the Action for Access Control

Now you can select to access a specific door based on the DTMF sequence.

24

In some instances, you want to be able to block access attempts to a door based on the door
status of a second door. For instance, like an airlock-function.

Step 1 – Create a rule locking down the ‘vault’ based on ‘back office’ door position

Create a rule trigger on Device Event

Select the AXIS A1601 Network Door Controller, choose the Door position event and filter on the
door in question and that the door is opened.

25

Add an Access Control action in the rule.

Select Door actions, the door to be locked down and select the action “Lockdown”.

Step 2 – Create rule to return the ‘vault’ to default status when the ‘back office’ door is
closed.

Basically, this is the inverse of Step 1

Create a rule trigger on Device Event

26

Select the AXIS A1601 Network Door Controller, choose the Door position event and filter on the
door in question and that the door is closed.

Add an Access Control action in the rule.

27

Select Door actions, the door to release from lockdown and select the action “Back to default”.