Axis Communications 700 User Manual
AXIS 700 Network Scan Server
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Safety Notices - Please observe all safety markings and instructions when using this product.
Caution! - potential hazard that can damage the product.
Important - potential hazard that can seriously impair operation.
Do not proceed any of the above notices until you have fully understood the implications.
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equipment seek the necessary authorizations for copying material. The instructions for use in the manual shall not be considered as an
inducement to make illicit duplications of material. Any duplication will be made at the user’s own risk.
Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) USA - This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency
energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause interference to radio communications. It
has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A computing device pursuant to Subpart B of Part 15 of FCC rules,
which are designed to provide reasonable protection against such interference when operated in a commercial environment.
Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference in which case the user at his/her own expense will be
required to take whatever measures may be required to correct the interference. Shielded cables should be used with this unit to ensure
compliance with the Class A limits.
Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Europe - This digital equipment fulfils the
requirements for radiated emission according to limit B of EN55022/1994, and the requirements for immunity according to
EN50082-1/1992 residential, commercial, and light industry (Compliance is not valid for unshielded network and printer cables).
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AXIS 700 User’s Manual Revision 1.2
Part No: 16848 Dated: September 1999
Copyright © Axis Communications AB, 1997 - 1999
AXIS 700 User’s Manual Preface
Preface
Thank you for purchasing the AXIS 700 Network Scan Server. This product has been developed
to connect your digital copiers and scanners anywhere in your network, simplifying distribution
and archiving of information. The AXIS 700 can also be integrated with workflow and document
management systems.
About This Manual
The manual provides introductory information as well as detailed instructions on how to set up
and manage the AXIS 700 in various network environments. It is intended for everyone involved
in installing and managing the AXIS 700. To fully benefit from the manual, you should be
familiar with basic networking principles.
This manual applies to the AXIS 700 with software release 1.14 and subsequent releases until
otherwise notified.
About Axis
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Axis Communications is dedicated to providing innovative solutions for network-connected
computer peripherals. Since the start in 1984, Axis has been one of the fastest growing companies
in the market and is now a leader in its field.
ThinServer™ Technology - Being the core of all Axis’ products, the ThinServer Technology
enables them to act as intelligent file server independent ThinServer devices. A ThinServer device
is a network server which includes “thin” embedded server software capable of simultaneous
multiprotocol communication, scalable RISC hardware and a built-in Web server which allows
easy access and management via any standard Web browser. The ThinServer Technology makes
it possible to connect any electronic device to the network, thus providing “Access to everything”.
Today, Axis Communications offers the ThinServer Technology as well as six major ThinServer
product lines consisting of:
Network Print Servers - offer you a powerful and cost-efficient method for sharing printer
resources in your network. They connect to any standard printer, featuring high performance,
simple management and easy upgrading across the network. The print servers are available in
Ethernet, Fast Ethernet and Token Ring versions.
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IBM Mainframe and S/3x - AS/400 Print Servers and Protocol Converters - includes a
wide range of LAN, coax and twinax attached print servers for the IBM host environment. By
emulating IBM devices, these servers provide conversion of the IPDS, SCS and 3270DS data
streams to the major ASCII printer languages.
Network Attached Optical Media Servers - provide you with a flexible and cost-efficient
solution for sharing CD-ROMs, DVD-ROMs and other optical media across the network. They
are available in Ethernet, Fast Ethernet and Token Ring versions.
Network Attached Hard Disk Servers - make it possible to easily make hard disk storage
available in Ethernet networks. Through direct access by clients, yet integrating into existing
security schemes and requiring a minimum of maintenance, they also provide a low total cost of
ownership for network storage.
Network Camera Servers - provide live images using standard Internet technology, thus
enabling access to live cameras via any standard Web browser. They offer a perfect solution for
remote surveillance over the Internet and their sharp images can bring life into any Web site.
These servers support Ethernet as well as PSTN and GSM phone lines.
Network Scan Servers - enable easy distribution of paper-based information across workgroups
and the enterprise. By sending digitized documents to your destination via the Internet/intranet,
you will reduce your faxing/mailing costs, as well as save time, thus improving your organization’s
efficiency.
Support Services
Should you require any technical assistance, please contact your local dealer. If your questions
cannot be answered immediately, your local dealer will forward your queries through the
appropriate channels to ensure you a rapid response.
If you are connected to the Internet, you can find online manuals, technical support, firmware
updates, application software company information, on any of the addresses listed below:
WWW: http://www.axis.com
FTP server: ftp://ftp.axis.com/pub/axis
Axis User Group - Joining the Axis User Group will provide you with a
number of benefits, such as regular product updates, access to the latest
technology information and much more. And the best part of it is that it is all
for free!.
Check out the Axis User Group site at http://www.axis.com/user_group/ for
more information and your registration form.
AXIS 700 User’s Manual Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Section 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
The AXIS 700 Network Scan Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Features and Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Section 2 Basic Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Hardware Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
AXIS Online CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Physical Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Connecting the AXIS 700 to the Scanning Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Connecting the AXIS 700 to the Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Assigning an IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Verifying the Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Section 3 Configuring the AXIS 700 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Accessing the Administration Pages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Specifying Network Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Specifying Destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Specifying System Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Specifying Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Specifying Paper Sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Configuring using FTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
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Section 4 Using the AXIS 700 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Scanning Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Scanning to Destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Adding Temporary Destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Adding Temporary Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Scanning Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Scanning to the Web Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Viewing Image Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
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Appendix A Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Restoring Factory Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Front Panel Indicator Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Error and Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Displaying the Log File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Appendix B LDAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Structure Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Usual attribute types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Example searches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Appendix C The Parameter List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Appendix D Updating the Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Obtaining the Updated Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Updating the Flash Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Appendix E Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Appendix F Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
AXIS 700 User’s Manual Section 1: Introduction
Section 1 Introduction
The AXIS 700 Network Scan Server
The AXIS 700 connects digital copiers and document scanners to
Ethernet networks. Together with a scanning device, such as a digital
copier or a scanner, it allows information such as documents,
photographs and reports to be sent across the enterprise environment
or around the world. The AXIS 700 can also be integrated with
workflow and document management systems.
By sending the digital documents to the destination via the
Internet/intranet, you will save time and faxing/mailing costs, and
thus improve your organization’s efficiency.
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The AXIS 700 is a stand-alone unit, located beside the scanning
device. You need one AXIS 700 for each scanning device.
We suggest that you place the scanning device and the AXIS 700 in
the workgroup area, e.g. next to your printers and facsimile machines.
This makes it convenient to distribute information electronically to email addresses and application servers.
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Features and Benefits
File Server
Independence
The AXIS 700 is connected as a node in an Ethernet network,
enabling scanning devices to be accessed through the network, via
Internet and intranet-related protocols. It can be used independently
of file servers, i.e. communication takes place directly between the
network client and the AXIS 700, without network licensing fees. This
results in high performance and reliability.
Simplicity The file-server independent approach makes the installation quick and
convenient. In most environments, the physical connection to the
network is the only installation required prior to using the AXIS 700.
No software needs to be installed on clients or file servers, except for
applications for viewing the generated images in TIFF, JPEG and
PDF format.
Internet/Intranet
Web Server
The built-in Web server enables access to the AXIS 700 from any
standard Web browser, such as Netscape Navigator or Internet
Explorer. Thus, the AXIS 700 can be accessed from Windows, OS/2,
Macintosh and UNIX workstations. The support includes scanning to
Web browser and Administration tools.
Ease of Use The AXIS 700 is designed to be as easy as possible to install and use:
• No special software to learn
• Integrated scanning device drivers, image-file creation and
network transfer methods
• Auto-detection of scanning device type at start-up
• Auto-selection of sheetfeeder or flatbed
• Destinations and profiles saved for regular use
• List of external e-mail addresses supported
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Flexibility From the AXIS 700 control panel, you can send scanned documents
directly to e-mail addresses and files on FTP servers or desktop file
directories. You can also use a standard Web browser to trigger and
save scanned documents. The available range of transfer methods and
image formats enables you to adapt the AXIS 700 to your needs rather
than the other way around.
Speed The AXIS 700 uses the AXIS ETRAX chip, a 32 bit RISC processor,
and supports scanning devices with built-in compression and imageprocessing modules.
Security The Administration tools can be protected by password.
Maintenance Updated software can easily be downloaded to the Flash memory of
the AXIS 700 over the network using FTP.
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AXIS 700 User’s Manual Section 2: Basic Installation
Section 2 Basic Installation
This section includes a brief product description and instructions for
installing the AXIS 700 in your network environment.
You install the AXIS 700 in these steps:
• Connecting the AXIS 700 to the scanning device
• Connecting the AXIS 700 to the network
• Assigning an IP address
• Verifying the installation
Hardware Inventory
Unpack and inspect all parts for damage. Contact your dealer if
anything is missing. All packaging materials are recyclable.
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Standard delivery
Hardware Model Variants Part Numbers
Network Scan Server AXIS 700 0075-1
Europe 14235
UK 14236
AXIS PS-C
Power Supply
AXIS PS-E
Media Title Part Numbers
CD-ROM AXIS Online CD
Printed Materials
Australia 14258
USA 14256
Japan 14257
Europe 15507
UK 15509
Australia 15510
USA 15508
Japan 15511
AXIS 700 User’s Guide 16849
AXIS 700 Instruction Label 16088
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Optional Accessories
Optional Accessories Model Variants Part Numbers
SCSI connectors
Additional memory
equipment
50-pin high-density shielded SCSI
connector (micro-D)
50-pin high-density shielded SCSI
connector (Centronics)
PLD. 15296
16 MB SO-DIMM memory module 14799
14260
14259
AXIS Online CD
The AXIS Online CD provides an easy-to-use electronic catalogue,
that includes all of the AXIS product software, utilities software, white
papers, user documents, technical references etc. It can be used within
all of the supported Axis computing environments.
Startup Procedures
for Windows
The AXIS Online CD will autostart from a local CD drive on
Windows 95/98 and NT platforms. Windows 3.1 users are required
to navigate to the CD root directory and click on the
file from within the Windows File Manager.
Startup Procedures
for Macintosh, UNIX
Navigate to the CD root directory and click on the
from within your preferred file manager application.
start.pdf file
and OS/2
Note:
If the Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0 is not installed on to your
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system, locate and run the appropriate installer from the
tools/Acrobat/ folder. Refer to the readme.txt file for full
path name details.
HTML Interface By clicking the HTML button from within the main installation
dialog, you access a Web browser interface to the contents of the AXIS
Online CD. This interface allows Network Administrators to
distribute the CD contents over intranet networks by simply
broadcasting a URL reference.
setup31.exe
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Physical Description
Back Panel
Network connectors
10baseT 10base2
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Reset button
SCSI connector
Power supply
Network Connectors The AXIS 700 is equipped with 10baseT and 10base2 connectors for
connection to the Ethernet network.
Power Supply The AXIS 700 can use either the AXIS PS-C or AXIS PS-E power
supply.
Reset Button The reset button is used for restoring the factory default settings. See
“Restoring Factory Default Settings” on page 69.
SCSI Connector The AXIS 700 is equipped with a 50 pin SCSI connector for
connection to a scanning device.
Front Panel The front panel indicators show the status of the AXIS 700. The
indicators have the following functions:
Status The status indicator flashes during start-up and turns off when the
AXIS 700 is ready for use. If it remains on, check the LCD for error
messages.
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Busy The busy indicator turns on when the AXIS 700 is allocated for use
and remains on during the scanning process.
Network The network indicator indicates network activity.
Power The power indicator indicates that power is connected to the AXIS
700.
Note:
While the AXIS 700 is idle, the Power indicator should be on, the
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Network indicator should flash randomly, and the Status and
Busy indicators should be off.
Control Panel The AXIS 700 message display consists of 2 lines of 16 characters
indicating status and menu options.
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Scan The Scan key digitize the material in the scanning device. For
magazines and books, use this key to digitize each page.
Send The Send key sends the digitized material to the selected
destination and releases the AXIS 700 for other users. For a single
page/stack of paper, use this key to digitize the material and send the
image in one step.
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Menu The Menu key scrolls the menu.
Enter The Enter key selects multiple destinations.
Up/Down The Up and Down keys scroll and select menu options.
Cancel The Cancel key cancels the process at any stage and clears any
selections made from the menu. It also resets error messages.
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Note:
The AXIS 700 will always use the destination and scanning
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options most recently shown, whether explicitly selected or not.
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Connecting the AXIS 700 to the Scanning Device
Caution!
Note:
Make sure that the power supply (AXIS PS-C, 12 V DC, 36VA or
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AXIS PS-E, 12 V DC, 13,2VA) included in the delivery is marked
with the correct mains voltage.
Always make sure that power is not connected to any of the units
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when making changes to the SCSI chain. The SCSI bus may
become damaged if you connect or disconnect units when the
power is on.
To connect the AXIS 700 to your scanning device, follow these steps:
1. Connect the SCSI cable to the SCSI connector on the AXIS 700.
2. Connect the SCSI cable to the scanning device.
3. The AXIS 700 uses a built-in SCSI terminator.
The scanning device must also be terminated properly. Refer to
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the scanning device documentation on how to do this.
Connecting the AXIS 700 to the Network
Important!
Always consult the Network Administrator before making
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changes to the network configuration.
To connect the AXIS 700 to your network, follow these steps:
1. Turn off the AXIS 700 by unplugging the power supply.
2. Connect the network cable to the appropriate network connector,
i.e. RJ-45 for 10baseT and BNC for 10base2, respectively.
3. Power up the scanning device.
4. Connect the external power supply to the AXIS 700. The AXIS 700
LED indicators will flash during power up and self test.
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During the self test, this message will appear on the display:
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x.xx is the software version number.
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Assigning an IP Address
To establish communication with the TCP/IP environment, you must
assign an IP address and optionally make up a unique host name for
your AXIS 700. The IP address can be set from the AXIS 700 control
panel, or using any of the conventional methods: DHCP, ARP, RARP
or BOOTP. Choose your preferred method.
On Windows NT networks, DHCP is the recommended method
since it allows a number of parameters to be set automatically,
provided the DHCP server has been configured to do so.
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On Macintosh networks, you can use DHCP or the control panel.
Refer to “Other Methods for Downloading the IP Address” on page 20
for more information on the DHCP, ARP, RARP and BOOTP
methods.
Control Panel To set the IP address from the control panel, follow these steps:
1. Acquire an unused IP address from your Network Administrator.
2. Power up the AXIS 700. Press Menu when this display appears:
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3. After a few seconds this display will be shown:
,3DGGUHVV
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4. Press Enter to edit the IP address:
(GLW,3DGGUHVV
5. Press Menu to move through the digits and highlight each
digit, one at a time.
6. Use to increase or decrease each highlighted digit, as
required.
7. Press Enter to confirm the changes.
8. Press Menu to display the default router address:
'HIDXOWURXWHU
9. Press Enter to edit the default router address:
(GLWURXWHU
10. To change the value, repeat steps 5-7 above.
11. Press Menu to display the subnet mask:
1HWPDVN
12. Press Enter to edit the subnet mask:
(GLWQHWPDVN
13. To change the value, repeat steps 5-7 above.
14. Press Menu to display the node address. This address is not
editable. The node address should equal the AXIS 700 serial number
found on the underside label of the unit.
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15. Press Menu once more to display the final instructions:
3UHVV LI\RX
DUHILQLVKHG
16. Press Enter to exit the IP settings. The AXIS 700 then
completes the startup sequence.
17. Note the name or IP address of the AXIS 700 on the instruction label
and attach it to the top cover.
When the Status indicator stops flashing and remains off, the AXIS
700 is ready for use.
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Note:
Verifying the
Network Settings
Note:
Should you make a mistake while editing the parameters, press
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Cancel to cancel the previous operation.
To verify the network settings, you can access the Advanced menu
from the AXIS 700 control panel.
1. Press Menu a few times, until you to reach the Advanced
menu.
2. Use to find the Network Settings option.
3. Press Enter to enter the submenus.
4. Use to scroll through the parameter settings.
If DHCP service is running on your network, this might cause
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that your assigned IP address is overridden when you restart your
AXIS 700. When you assign your IP address, make sure that the
check-boxes for DHCP, BOOTP and RARP on the web interface
administration pages Network settings/Detailed view are
unmarked (they are marked as default).
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Other Methods for
Downloading the
IP Address
DHCP DHCP is available in Windows NT, UNIX and NW5. It requires a
ARP ARP is available in Windows 95/98, Windows NT, UNIX and OS/2.
RARP RARP is available in UNIX. It downloads the IP address to each
As an alternative to the AXIS 700 control panel, you can use one of
these methods for downloading the IP address: DHCP, ARP, RARP
or BOOTP. All methods are enabled by default. If necessary, you can
disable the RARP, BOOTP and DHCP methods by editing the
configuration parameters.
The main characteristics of each of these methods are:
DHCP server on your network and operates on the entire network. It
allows for automatic but temporary assignment of IP addresses from a
central pool. DHCP will, when enabled, cause the selected host to
automatically allocate and download an unused IP address, default
router address and subnet mask to the requesting AXIS 700. It also
provides validation data that defines how long the IP addresses will
remain valid.
It requires the IP address for each new device to be downloaded
individually. Note that ARP does not work over routers.
device automatically. It requires a RARP daemon on your system and
operates within a single network segment only.
BOOTP BOOTP is available in UNIX. BOOTP is similar to RARP, but
operates on the entire network. It requires a BOOTP daemon on your
system.
Procedures for using each of the methods are outlined later in this
section.
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Before you begin Make sure the AXIS 700 is powered on and attached to the network.
System Privileges You will need administrator privileges on the Windows NT server or
root privileges on the UNIX system.
Ethernet Address Depending on the method you are using, you will need to know the
Ethernet address of your AXIS 700. The Ethernet address is based
upon the AXIS 700 serial number. You will find the number on the
underside label.
IP Address Acquire an unused IP address from your Network Administrator.
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Important!
Mapping a Host Name
to the IP Address
Note:
Do not use the IP address used in the examples.
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If you are using host names, you can map a unique host name to the
acquired IP address. Refer to your system manuals or to your Network
Administrator for instructions on how to perform the name mapping
on your particular system.
If the host name has not been included in the system host table,
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you can still perform the following instructions on how to
download the IP address. In this case, simply replace the host
name entry with the IP address wherever needed.
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Using DHCP Follow these steps to use the DHCP method:
1. Edit or create a scope in the DHCP manager of the DHCP
daemon. For Windows NT servers, refer to the “Windows NT
Resource Kit” on how to do this. The entries made in this scope
typically include the following parameters:
• Range of IP addresses
•Subnet mask
• Default router IP address
• Lease duration
• Mail server IP address
• DNS server IP address
• Domain name
• NTP server IP address
2. Activate the scope.
In the AXIS 700 configuration file, DHCP is enabled by default. The
IP address and all the other settings will be downloaded automatically.
You do not need to restart the AXIS 700.
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Using ARP in
Windows
Important!
In Windows 95/98 and Windows NT, you can download the IP
address using ARP. Perform the following commands to download the
IP address and verify the communication.
From the DOS prompt,
arp -s <IP address> <Ethernet address>
ping <IP address>
The
Ethernet address equals the serial number of the AXIS 700
type the following:
with each pair of digits separated by a hyphen.
Example:
arp -s 172.16.253.80 00-40-8c-11-00-86
ping 172.16.253.80
The host will return
‘Reply from 172.19.2.254...’ or a similar
message. This indicates that the address has been set and that the
communication is established.
Windows 95 only: If the ARP table is empty, you must first ping
o
an existing unit on your network before setting the IP address of
your AXIS 700. Type
arp -a to display the ARP table.
Notes:
Once the AXIS 700 has established communication using an
o
appropriate IP address, the
arp/ping commands can be used to
change the IP address only for 30 minutes. From then on it is
locked until you restart your AXIS 700. The reason for this is to
avoid accidental or unauthorized changes of the IP address.
Restart the AXIS 700 to make it accept the setting of the IP
address. You can perform a restart remotely via the AXIS 700 web
interface. See “Specifying System Settings ”on page 46.
o When you execute the
ping command for the first time, the
response time may be significantly longer than usual.
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Using ARP in
UNIX and OS/2
Notes:
In UNIX and OS/2, type the following commands to download the
IP address and verify the communication:
arp -s <host name> <Ethernet or node address> temp
ping <host name>
Ethernet address or node address equals the AXIS 700 serial
The
number with each pair of digits separated by a colon.
Example:
arp -s spserv 00:40:8c:11:00:86 temp
ping spserv
The host will return
‘spserv is alive’ or a similar message. This
indicates that the address has been set and that communication is
established.
arp -s command may vary between different systems. Some
The
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BSD-type systems expect the host name and Ethernet address in
reverse order. IBM AIX systems require the additional argument
ether for Ethernet networks, e.g. arp -s ether spserv
00:40:8c:11:00:86 temp
Once the AXIS 700 has established communications using an
o
appropriate IP address, the
arp/ping commands can be used to
change the address only for 30 minutes. From then on it is locked
until you restart your AXIS 700. The reason is to avoid accidental
or unauthorized change of the IP address. Restart the AXIS 700 to
make it accept the setting. You can perform a restart remotely via
the AXIS 700 web interface. See “Specifying System Settings ”on
page 46.
o When you execute the
ping command for the first time, the
response time may be significantly longer than usual.
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Using RARP
in UNIX
Follow these steps to download the IP address using the RARP
method:
1. Append the following line to your Ethernet address table. This is
typically performed by editing the file
<Ethernet address> <host name>
/etc/ethers.
Example:
00:40:8c:24:c0:1c spserv
2. If necessary, update your host table and alias name databases as
required by your system.
3. Start the RARP daemon, if it is not already running. This is typically
performed using the command
rarpd -a
4. Restart the AXIS 700 to download the IP address. You can perform
a restart remotely via the AXIS 700 web interface. See “Specifying
System Settings ”on page 46.
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Using BOOTP
in UNIX
Follow these steps to download the IP address using the BOOTP
method:
1. Append the following entry to your boot table. This is typically
performed by editing the file
<host name>:ht=<hardware type>:vm=<vendor magic>:\
:ha=<hardware address>:ip=<IP address>:\
:sm=<subnet mask>:gw=<gateway field>
/etc/bootptab.
where:
ht
ether for Ethernet
vm rfc1048
ha
The Ethernet or node address, i.e. the AXIS 700 serial number
ip
The IP address of the AXIS 700
sm
The subnet mask
gw
The default router address
Example:
spserv:ht=ether:vm=rfc1048:\
:ha=00408c24c01c:ip=172.16.253.80:\
:sm=255.255.0.0:gw=172.16.253.254
2. If necessary, update your host table and alias name databases as
required by your system.
3. Start the BOOTP daemon, if it is not already running. This is
typically performed using the command
bootpd -a
4. Restart the AXIS 700 to download the IP address, default router
address and subnet mask. You can perform a restart remotely via the
AXIS 700 web interface. See “Specifying System Settings ”on page 46.
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Verifying the Installation
Upon successful installation, the AXIS 700 will identify the attached
scanning device and display the name of the detected unit. If the
scanning device is not supported, an error message will be displayed.
If no destinations have been specified yet, the AXIS 700 will display:
&RQQHFWXVLQJ
:HEEURZVHU
If one or more destinations have already been specified, the AXIS 700
will display:
6HQGWR
[[[[[[
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where “
xxxxxx” is the first destination in the destination list.
To verify the communication, you can access the AXIS 700 using a
standard Web browser such as Netscape Navigator or Internet
Explorer:
1. Place a document in the scanning device.
2. Start your Web browser.
3. Enter the name or IP address of your AXIS 700 in the
location/address field and press Enter.
Example:
http://172.19.2.254
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4. The AXIS 700 Home Page, the Scan Document page, is
displayed. Click Scan. Depending on the image format specified
by the profile, the Web browser will display the image in an
associated image viewer or ask you to save the file.
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Section 3 Configuring the AXIS 700
This section describes how to configure the AXIS 700.
Before the AXIS 700 can be used for distributing documents, you
must specify these settings:
• Network protocol settings
• Destinations - E-mail addresses and file directories
Optionally, you can also modify these settings. However, when
installing the AXIS 700 for the first time, you can simply keep the
defaults.
• System settings - System information, Administrator password,
language, user privileges etc.
• Profiles
• Paper sizes
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Note:
You can configure the AXIS 700 from a standard Web browser such as
Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer. Alternatively, you can edit
the configuration file using a text editor and upload the file to the
AXIS 700 using FTP.
To access the AXIS 700 configuration file, you must first set the IP
address as described in “Assigning an IP Address ”on page 17.
Online help is available on every page within the AXIS 700
o
web interface. The help system is stored internally in the AXIS
700.
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