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To install Axxon One , regardless of the with any type of installation, it is necessary to perform do the following steps:

1. Open

the 

2. the Axxon One

 distribution

3.  distribution package.
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4. Run the

Setup

5. setup.exe executable file.

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   If you cannot run the installation files downloaded from the

Internet

6. internet,

do as follows:

7. allow running programs and unsafe files in Windows OS.

8. In the dialog

box

9. window, choose the required language from the list and click the Install button.
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10. Select the Axxon One installation type in the dialog
box
11. window by
clicking
12. selecting the appropriate option
buttonServer and Client—installs Client and Server services. Axxon One Server
13. :
    1. Client—installs only a Client application that allows the user to connect to any Server and perform administration/management/monitoring operations with the protected object based on the permissions granted by the administrator.

    2. 1. Server and client—installation of the client and server services. We recommend selecting this type of installation if you use no more than five servers in one place that must work within the same domain.
          Axxon One server: 

          1. Interacts with devices (cameras, microphones, inputs, outputs,
    etc.
    3. 1. 1. and so on) that constitute a security system.
    Writes video footage to archives on system disks;

    4. 1. 1. Stores archived data on its own disk spaces and interacts with archives

    on NAS.

    5. 1. 1. located in network storage.

          2. Stores databases of events and databases of object motion metadata.

          3. Analyzes the incoming video using detectors

    6. Hosts metadata database.

    Employs detection tools to analyze live video

    7. 1. 1. .

          2. Keeps configurations of the security system, user settings, custom layouts, macros,

    etc

    8. 1. 1. and so on.

    FailOver Server and Client—installs Client and Server

    9. 1. Failover server and client—installation of the client and server services enhanced with the FailOver capability. In emergency (power outage, network problems), the FailOver technology restores the

    Server

    10. 1. server configuration on another

    Server. Please refer to the section titled Configuring FailOver VMS for details on how to install VMS with the FailOver capability

    11. 1. server (see Configuring Failover VMS). We recommend selecting this type of installation if you use from 5 to 30 (minimum 3) servers in one place that must work within the same domain.

        2. Client—installation of only the client that allows the user to connect to any server and perform administration/management/monitoring operations with the protected facility based on the permissions granted by the administrator.

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    We offer a separate installation package containing only the Axxon One Client. To obtain it, contact our technical support. You can download additional packages from the official website. 

    This installation package is intended only for Client updates. You cannot install it on a PC where Axxon One was not previously installed.

    To record

    12. 1. If you use more that 30 servers in one place or if they are located in different places, and you need to have a single user management on all servers, you must consult an AxxonSoft manager or technical support service.

    13. Set the Enable full installation log (increases the time of product installation) checkbox if you want to record all installation-related events to a log file
    , select the Enable full installation log checkbox
    14. and control the entire installation process (all available windows described on the page will be displayed).
    15. Click the Next
     button
    16. button.
        A dialog
    box prompts you to select the
    17. window with a selection of components for installation opens.

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        To view the list of components that will be installed

    components

    18. ,

    click 

    19. click Image Modified.

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    On

    20. In Windows 11 OS and Windows Server 2019 OS, errors

    may

    21. can occur in the

    Server

    22. server operation when Guardant drivers are installed.

    It is recommended not to install

    23. We don't recommend installing Guardant drivers. Installation of Guardant drivers is disabled by default. For the correct installation of Guardant drivers,

    it is necessary to

    24. you must disable the check of the drivers digital

    signature

    25. watermark in the operating system and disable Secure Boot in BIOS.

    Select

    26. Set the checkboxes

    for

    27. next to the components that you want to install. We recommend installing all components.

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        By default, the Axxon One distribution package includes only the basic DetectorPack. For the information on installing DetectorPack add-ons, see Installing DetectorPack add-ons.

    28. Click the Install button. All selected components will be installed. The installation process

    may

    29. can take considerable time. After that, the preparation process for

    the 

    30. the Axxon One

     installer

    31.  installer will be initiated.
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    Note
    title Attention!
    Starting from Axxon Driver Pack 3.51, this driver package requires the Windows update KB2999226 to be installed. If this update is missing, you will see a warning. To continue installation, download the upgrade from the official Microsoft website. When installing the upgrade, consider the bitness of your system.

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        The following

    required

    33. software is installed

    , if necessary

    34. among the prerequisites: PostgreSQL 10.8.0

    Server

    35. server database. If an older version of PostgreSQL is installed, it is updated to version 10.8.0. A new log database is automatically created (name: ngp,

    user name

    36. username: ngp, password: ngp). By default, PostgreSQL is installed on the system disk. You can change the path using the command line options of the installation file (see Silent

    install

    37. installation (Quiet Mode)). NET Framework 2.0, .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and .NET Framework 4.0. Acrobat Reader

    , which

    38. that is necessary for

    exporting

    39. viewing the exported frames in PDF format and printing

    freeze frames

    40. them (

    see

    41. see Frame export).

    42. Click the Next button
    on
    43. in the
    setup wizard's
    44. welcome screen of Installation Wizard.
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    45. To proceed with installation, carefully read and accept the terms of the license agreement by selecting the radio button next
    to 
    46. to I accept the terms of the License Agreement and click the Next button.
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    47. Select the folder for storing the log database and the metadata database used

    in 

    48. in Axxon One

    , and click the Next button

    49. . 

        Note
        title Attention!
        The path to the folder for storing the system log database and

    the

    50. metadata database

    should

    51. : can be specified only once during the installation process, must contain only Latin letters and

    numbers. Note

    52. digits, must be local. The default path is <Drive letter with the largest amount of free memory>:\AxxonOneData\ (in the Data and vmda_db subfolders, respectively). In future, you can place the metadata database in the network storage (see Configuring storage of the system log and metadata). You can change the path by reinstalling Axxon One (without losing the configuration and video archive).

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    53. To reduce the load on the system disk,

    it is recommended to store the

    54. we recommend storing the system log database and the metadata database on a separate physical disk. To calculate the required amount of disk space for the system log database, the metadata database and Axxon One

    software package

    55. , you can

    use the 

    56. refer toDisk storage subsystem requirements

    page

    57. .

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    The log database and the metadata database will be located in the X:\AxxonOneData\ folder (in the Data and vmda_db subfolders, respectively), where X is the drive letter with the largest amount of free memory.

    In the future, the metadata database can be placed in the network storage (see Configuring storage of the system log and metadata).

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    60. By default, shortcuts are added to both

    quick launch bar

    61. Quick Launch Toolbar and desktop.

    De-select the corresponding checkboxes if

    62. If it's not required, clear the Add shortcut to Quick Launch Toolbar checkbox and the Add shortcut to Desktop checkbox.

    63. By default, upon connecting to the

    Server

    64. server, the

    Client may

    65. client can be automatically updated (see Automatic update of a remote Client). If it's not required, clear

    the

    66. the Create

    an

    67. archive for automatic update checkbox. In this case, you can save Axxon One

    VMS

    68. installation time, but the

    Clients

    69. clients will not be automatically updated upon their connection to the

    Server

    70. server.

    71. Click the Next button.
    72. By default, the Axxon
    One Server name is identical to the PC name. If the PC name contains forbidden symbols, you have to set an appropriate name for the Server according to the recommendations, and click the Next button.
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    73. One processes are added to Windows Defender Exception. If it's not required, clear the Add processes to Windows Defender Exception checkbox.
        

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        The Add processes to Windows Defender Exception checkbox is available starting with Axxon One 2.0.8.

    74. Click the Next button.

    75. In the window that opens, select an installation

    method

    76. type and click

    the

    77. the Next button. 
        If the

    Custom installation method is selected, you can perform advanced configuration of the installation of Axxon One. 
    If the

    78. Standard installation

    method

    79. type is selected, you are prompted to select an Axxon-domain (

    Step

    80. step 25). Default values will be used for other settings.
        If the Custom installation type is selected, you can perform advanced configuration of the installation of Axxon One. 
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    81. Select a user account in the file browser:

    82. 1. Use default AxxonOne File Browser account.
        2. Use Local System account.

        3. Specify username and password for new or already existing user.
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    info

    83. 1. title

    Note

    84. 1. Attention!

           The file browser helps to navigate through the

    Server

    85. 1. server's file system (such as when choosing disks for

    log

    86. 1. archive volumes). The user account for the Windows file browser

    will be

    87. 1. is created with administrator

    privileges

    88. 1. permissions.

    Note

    title	Attention!

    89. 1. After installation of Axxon One, make sure that a file browser account has been created in Windows and belongs to the Administrators group.

    90. Use default AxxonOne File Browser account.
    91. Use Local System account.

    92. Specify

    username and password for new or already existing user.
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    93. the path

    to 

    94. to Axxon One

     folders

    95.  folders and configuration files.

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    96. By default, the files and folders of the configuration are stored

    at

    97. in the

    following path:

    98. C:\ProgramData\AxxonSoft\AxxonOne\ folder.

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        Note
        title Attention!
        The specified paths must contain only Latin characters and digits.

    99. Specify the path to the folder for

    installing 

    100. installing Axxon One.

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    101. By default, Axxon One

    will be

    102. is located in the C:\Program Files\AxxonSoft\AxxonOne\ folder.

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    The installation path for Axxon One and its databases should contain only Latin letters and numbers.

    104. Click the Next button.

    105. Specify the range of ports

    to be

    106. that are used for the

    Server

    107. server. To do

    so

    108. this, specify the lower end of the range, as well as the number of ports. This range can be used by the local network administrator

    to 

    109. to forward the port manually

     in

    110.  in cases

    where

    111. when it is necessary to give the

    Client

    112. client access to the

    Server

    113. server from another network. The minimum possible number of ports is 20.

    
    

    114. For a full list of ports,

    see 

    115. see Ports used by

    the

    116. Axxon One

    Software Package

    117. . After you

    install 

    118. install Axxon One, you can change

    it

    119. the range of ports manually (

    see 

    120. see Configuring the Server ports).
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         Connected devices only work on ports from the specified range. If not enough ports are allocated, then some of the devices may not work or can be unstable. The number of ports that you select affects the scalability of the system. Keep the following in mind when specifying the number of ports: After the

    Server

    121. server is installed, it occupies 10 ports, including one for sending

    E-mails

    122. emails (via the SMTP service, see

    The E-mail

    123. Email notifier

    object

    124. ). Attention! The

    FailOver Server

    125. Failover server and

    Client

    126. client installation type (see Configuring Failover VMS) uses 9 base ports and preset port ranges for each node (see Ports used by the FailOver system); In a 64-bit configuration, 4 ports are required for any number of IP devices. In a 32-bit configuration, 4 ports are required for each 32 cameras; Each archive requires 1 port; 1 port is required for viewing

    Video Footage through

    127. archive in the Web-Client; 2 ports are required for each decoded video stream on the currently opened layout in the Web-Client; 2 ports

     are

    128. are required for mobile Client; 2 ports are required for any number of

    loudspeakers

    129. speakers in the system (see The Speaker

    Object

    130. object); 1 port is required for recording metadata into the

    DB

    131. database; 2 ports are required for operation of service

    detection tools operation

    132. detectors; 2 ports are required for operation of scene analytics

    detection tools operation

    133. detectors; 2 ports are required for

    neuro tracker operation

    134. operation of scene analytics detectors based on Neural tracker; 2 ports

     are

    135. are required for

    neural counter

    136. operation

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    title	Attention!

    Connected devices will only work on ports in the specified range. If not enough ports are allocated, then some of the devices may not work or work unstable

    137. of Neural counter.

    138. If necessary,

    set

    139. specify an alternative

    Server

    140. server address—the

    outside local address for a Server behind the 

    141. external address of the switch if the server is behind the NAT. Interface specification format: "IP

    -

    142. address1 or DNS

    -

    143. name1, IP

    -

    144. address2 or DNS

    -

    145. name2".

    146. To restrict visibility of the

    Servers

    147. servers on particular networks in the list of

    Servers

    148. servers during Axxon One

    setup

    149. configuration, do the following:

         1. Click the

    button

    150. 1. Select network interfaces

    ..

    151. 1. button. The Network interfaces window opens.

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         2. By default, use of all available network interfaces on the

    Server

    152. 1. server is allowed, meaning that

    Servers

    153. 1. servers on the relevant networks

    will be

    154. 1. are visible in the list. If you

    do not

    155. 1. don't want for the

    Servers

    156. 1. servers on the networks of certain network interfaces to be visible in the list, clear the relevant checkboxes.

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            Depending on the network topology, it

    will

    157. 1. is still

    be

    158. 1. possible

    be

    159. 1. to reach the

    Servers

    160. 1. servers manually (if broadcasting is allowed between the network segments).

         2. Click the Apply button.

    161. Click the Next button.

    162. Create a new Axxon-domain with the name Default (for the definition of an Axxon-domain see Appendix 1. Glossary). If you want to add the computer to an Axxon-domain at a later time, select Server will be manually added to already existing domain later. Click the Next button.

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         When reinstalling Axxon One, you have the option of using the previous domain (select Use existing configuration).

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    163. Using the same Axxon-domain name

    does not

    164. doesn't guarantee that the

    Servers

    165. servers will be in the same Axxon-domain. To place all

    Servers

    166. servers into one Axxon-domain, you

    should

    167. must use Axxon One interface to add each

    Server

    168. server to the necessary Axxon-domain. Axxon-domain configuration is described in detail in Configuring

    Axxon-

    169. domains.

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         A dialog
    box appears
    170. window opens, showing the installation parameters corresponding to the selected type of installation.
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    171. Verify your installation settings and click the Next button to begin installation of Axxon One.
         Installation of Axxon One is then performed.
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         After installation, a new dialog
    box will appear
    172. window opens informing you that the installation
    of 
    173. of Axxon One
     is completed
    174.  is complete.
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    175. Click the Finish button to confirm completion of the installation.

    Installation of Axxon One is now complete.complete.

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