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General information about configuring Automatic connection

This setting is used to automatically connect:

• the Client to the Server without having to re-enter the Server name, username and password when starting the app;
• the Client to Servers belonging to different domains (see Cross-System Client);
• the Client to the nodes of the FailOver system (see Configuring Failover VMS).

If you connect automatically

It is possible for the Client to automatically connect to Servers on different Axxon domains—Cross-System Client.

For this to take place, the following conditions must be true:

• Professional, Enterprise or Unified license has been activated on each Server to which the Client is connected (see Axxon One license types). For example, some of the Servers may have an Enterprise license activated, and some may have a Unified one;
• connection to all Servers made via with the same user name/password combination on each Axxon domain;

• Server names and IP addresses are unique.

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, the Servers specified in the Automatic connection parameters group will be used first. If these Servers are unavailable, the system will try to connect to the Servers from the Preferred servers parameters group

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following the set order (see Selecting Preferred Servers).

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Configuring Automatic connection

To configure automatic connection, do the following:

1. Select the Options tab (1) → Automatic connection (

Configuration of automatic connection to Servers on different Axxon domains is performed as follows:

1. Go to Settings → Options → Automatic connection (1-2).
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2. Configuring the protocol used by Clients to connect to the Server allows prioritizing reliability or speed of data transmission From the drop-down list (3). The , select the connection protocol is set individually for each Server in an Axxon domain. All Clients connected to the Server will receive video streams over the selected protocol.Descriptions and recommendations for selecting a protocol .
   Description of the protocol and recommendations for selection are given in the table.
   

   Protocol	Description
   TCP	This protocol is more reliable

   but bandwidth-intensive. Recommended

   , but has a busy connection. We recommend selecting it for Servers with a small

   numbers

   number of cameras
   UDP unicast	UDP

   is typically faster but less reliable for data transmission. Unicast involves data transmission

   protocol has a higher data transmission speed, but it is less reliable. The unicast scheme is used to transmit data to a single recipient.

   This protocol is best for Servers with many cameras connected to a single Client.

   You must select this protocol for a Server with a large number of cameras and which has several Clients working with it

   UDP multicast

   Multicast refers to data transmission

   The multicast scheme is used to transmit data to a group of recipients. This protocol is

   designed

   best suited for

   Servers with many cameras connected to multiple Clients.Important

   a Server with a large number of cameras and which has many Clients working with it. Attention! This protocol

   has to

   must be supported by all network

   components, in particular, switches. 

   elements, including switches

   The connection protocol of the Clients to the Server determines the choice either in favor of connection reliability or in favor of data transmission speed. You must select the connection protocol for each Sever of the domain. All Clients connected to the Server will receive video streams via this protocol.
3. For automatic authorization when connecting to Servers, enter the username and password Type the user name and password needed for logging in to each Axxon domain (4). If you leave these fields emptyblank, manual authorization will be required performed manually when you start the Client starts.Client.
   

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   Cross-System Client connects to all Servers using a single username-password pair that must be created in each domain (see Cross-System Client).

4. In Specify the Connection timeout parameter field (5), which determines how long one must wait specify the wait period for a successful connection before considering the attempt to be unsuccessful. The default timeout value is 60 seconds, the maximum value is 300 seconds (5 minutes). When using If you use this setting, an automatic connection attempt will attempt to connect occur immediately. If the connection fails, the Server will wait for a user-specified the period of time specified by the user (timeout) and retry repeat the connection attempt.
5. Specify the maximum number of automatic connection attempts after the specified timeout (6).
6. Indicate Specify the Servers to which you want to connect to. For each Server, perform do the following steps: 
   1. select the Select a Server in from the list or enter the Server IP address (7);.
   2. indicate Specify the port for connecting to the Server (8).
      

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      If you leave the Port field is left blank, the standard port (20111) 20109 will be used for connectingconnection.

   3. Click the Add button (9).
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      title	It is possible to If you use Cross-System Client, you can connect to only one Server on an Axxon domain. So when a Server is added of each domain (see Cross-System Client). That is why when you add a Server to the list, all other Servers on the Axxon in that domain become unavailable for selection.
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7. After When you use Cross-System Client, select the main domain after adding all Servers have been added to the list, . To select the main Axxon domain, set the Main checkbox (10) in the corresponding column of the Server that is on the domain.
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   When connecting, the Client will use the parameters (maps, layouts, user rightspermissions) of the main Axxon domain. 
   To select a main Axxon domain, select the check box in the relevant column of a Server that is on the Axxon domain (10).
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Click Export to save the automatic Server connection and Preferred Servers (see Selecting Preferred Servers) configuration to the JSON file.
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To load the preset configuration to other Clients, do the following:

1. Click Import.
2. Click Apply Image Removed.

2. If you want to configure automatic connection to a node of the FailOver system, do the following:
   1. Set the Discover cluster checkbox (11).
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   2. Enter the IP address of any Server of the cluster (12) and click the Image Added button.
   3. From the drop-down list (13), select a node that you want to add to autoloading. 
   4. Click the Add button.
3. Click the Apply Image Added button.

Configuration of automatic connection of the Client to Servers is complete. The next time you start Axxon One, it will connect to the selected Servers.

Changing the Server port

To change the port of an already To change a port on an added Server, do the following:

1. Select this the Server again from the list again (1).
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2. In the Port field Enter a new port (2), specify a new number.
3. Click the Edit button (3).

Auto-connection to Servers on different Axxon domains is now complete.

The next time Axxon One is started, connection to the selected Servers with the specified user credentials will occur automatically.

If the Client is connected to several Servers, the Server settings are reproduced for each Server (see Server settings).

Changing the port of the added Server is complete.

Exporting and importing the configuration of automatic connection

To save the configuration of automatic connection to Servers and preferred Servers (see Selecting Preferred Servers) to a JSON file, click the Export button.

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To load the configuration on the Clients, do the following:

1. Click the Import button.
2. Click the Apply Image Added button.

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