Axis Network Door Controller (A1001)

This document provides the steps needed to configure Axis PACS Devices using a simplified single 3VR user interface. Administrators can use System Manager to perform the following:Create, delete, and update users.

• Create, delete, and update user groups with the ability to generate schedules by selecting time periods for which they are valid

• Update name, description, and associated groups of doors

• Configure access types for each door, including ability to add and remove users as well as add and remove doors that can be accessed

• Fully customize schedules within the Axis PACS

Setup and Configuration

1. Connect peripheral devices to the Axis PACS Device.

2. Enter the IP address of the Axis PACS Device in a web browser in order to launch the AXIS Entry Manager.

3. Select the “Hardware Configuration” link.

   

4. Start New Hardware Configuration.

   

5. Enter the number of connected doors as well as the names to use. Pay close attention to the name entered here as it will be necessary during the 3VR plug-in installation.

   

6. Configure the doors/locks.

   

7. Enter the reader information and click “Finish”.

   

8. Open System Manager, expand the appliance name, right click the “Plug-ins” folder and select “Add Plug-in…”.

   

9. Choose the AxisPACS.3pg plug-in file.

   

10. Once the plug-in has installed successfully, left-click it and select “Edit Settings…” in the top-right corner.

    

11. Enter the IP address, username, and password of the device.

12. Click the Access Management link below Edit Settings.

13. Select the Doors tab in order to add identification types to the door readers.

    

14. In the Add Identification Type window, select which credentials are needed for this particular reader and assign any number of schedules to that identification type. More than one ID type can be added to each reader.

    

15. Navigate to the Users tab and add any number of users. The Retrieve button will retrieve the Card Numbers for the last card that was swiped on the selected reader.

    

16. Navigate to the Groups tab in order to configure access groups.

    

    • The Start and End dates list the start and end of when this group is valid

    • The Members box lists which Users are members of this group

    • The Doors box lists which Doors this Group has access to

    • The Schedules box lists specific time-spans for which this Group is valid.

17. If desired, you can navigate to the Schedules tab in order to create customer schedules. This step is optional.

    • Additional Schedules are used to add access times

    • Subtraction Schedules are used to subtract access times

    • Add any number of Schedule Items to your schedule.

      

18. Click the button next to the “Bound Cameras” property in order to bind cameras to the plug-in.

    

19. Bind some cameras to the plug-in. These will most likely be cameras pointing at the doors which the device is controlling.

    

20. Once channels have been bound, edit the individual channel’s plug-in settings.

    

21. Enter the name of the door that this camera will be watching.
    

    

22. Restart the plug-in.

    

23. Axis PACS Device events can now be monitored in the OpCenter under the “Monitor” tab. Events can also be searched for in the “Search” Tab.

Configuring a System of PACS Devices

1. In the PACS device’s web UI, navigate to the Setup tab and click Manage Network Door Controllers in System.

   

2. Add any other PACS devices to the system either by IP/ MAC address or from a list.

   

3. Once the system is configured, the Axis PACS plug-in can connect to any PACS device within the system and it will receive access control events from all PACS devices in that system.