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To install Axxon One with any type of installation, do the following:

1. Open

the 

2. the Axxon One

 distribution

3.  distribution package.
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4. Run the setup.exe executable

file

5. file.

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   If you cannot run the installation files downloaded from the internet, allow running programs and unsafe files in Windows OS.

6. In the dialog

box

7. window, choose the required language from the list and click the Install button.
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8. Select the Axxon One installation type in the dialog
box
9. window by
clicking
10. selecting the appropriate option
button
11. :

    1. Server and client

—installs

12. 1. —installation of the client and

Server

13. 1. server services. We recommend selecting this type of installation if you use no more than five

Servers

14. 1. servers in one place that must work within the same domain.
       Axxon One

Server

15. 1. server: 

       1. Interacts with devices (cameras, microphones, inputs, outputs, and so on) that constitute a security system.

       2. Stores archived data on its own disk

space

16. 1. 1. spaces and interacts with archives located in network storage.

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

       3. Analyzes the incoming video using

detection tools

17. 1. 1. detectors.

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

    2. Failover server and client

—installs

18. 1. —installation of the client and

Server

19. 1. server services enhanced with the FailOver capability. In emergency (power outage, network problems), the FailOver technology restores the

Server

20. 1. server configuration on another

Server

21. 1. server (see Configuring

FailOver

22. 1. Failover VMS). We recommend selecting this type of installation if you use from 5 to 30 (minimum 3)

Servers

23. 1. servers in one place that must work within the same domain.

    2. Client
—installs
24. 1. —installation of only the client
application
25. 1. that allows the user to connect to any
Server
26. 1. 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 computer where Axxon One was not previously installed.

27. 1. If you use more that 30

Servers

28. 1. servers in one place or if they are located in different places, and you need to have a single user management on all

Servers

29. 1. servers, you must consult an AxxonSoft manager or technical support service.

To record all installation-related events to a log file, select
30. 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 and control the entire installation process (all available windows described on the page will be displayed).
31. Click the Next button.
    A dialog
box
32. window with a selection of components for installation opens.

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    To view the list of components that will be installed,

click 

33. click Image Modified.

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On

34. In Windows 11 OS and Windows Server 2019 OS, errors can occur in the

Server

35. server operation when Guardant drivers are installed. We don't recommend installing Guardant drivers. Installation of Guardant drivers is disabled by default. For the correct installation of Guardant drivers, you must disable the check of the drivers digital

signature

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

Select

37. Set the checkboxes next to the components that you want to install. We recommend installing all components.

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    By default,

the 

38. the Axxon

One 

39. One distribution package includes only the

basic 

40. basic DetectorPack. For the information on installing DetectorPack add-ons,

see 

41. see Installing DetectorPack add-ons.

42. Click the Install button. All selected components will be installed. The installation process can take considerable time. After that, the preparation process for

the 

43. the Axxon One

 installer

44.  installer will be initiated.
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NotetitleAttention!

Starting with Axxon Driver Pack 3.51, this driver package requires the Windows update KB2999226 to be installed. If this update isn't installed in the system, you will see a warning. To continue installation, download the update from the Microsoft official website. When installing the update, consider the bitness of your system.

46. Info
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    The following software is installed among the prerequisites: PostgreSQL 10.8.0

Server

47. 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

48. 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

49. installation (Quiet Mode)). NET Framework 2.0, .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and .NET Framework 4.0. Acrobat Reader that is necessary for

exporting

50. viewing the exported frames in PDF format and printing

freeze frames

51. them (

see

52. see Frame export).

53. Click the Next button
on
54. in the welcome screen of Installation Wizard.
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55. To proceed with installation, carefully read and accept the terms of the license agreement by selecting the radio button next
to 
56. to I accept the terms of the License Agreement and click the Next button.
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57. Select the folder for storing the log database and the metadata database used

in 

58. in Axxon One. 

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    title Attention!

You can specify the

59. The path to the folder for storing the system log database and metadata database: can be specified only once during the installation process

. If necessary, you can change it

60. ,

but you will need to reinstall Axxon One (without losing the configuration and video archive).
The path to the folder for storing the log database and the metadata database

62. must contain only Latin letters and

numbers

63. digits, must be local.

By default, the log database and the metadata database will be located in the X

64. The default path is <Drive letter with the largest amount of free memory>:\AxxonOneData\

folder

65. (in the Data and vmda_db subfolders, respectively)

, where X is the drive letter with the largest amount of free memory

66. . In future, you can place the metadata database

can be placed

67. 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).  To reduce the load on the system disk, 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, you can refer to Disk storage subsystem requirements.

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68. By default, shortcuts are added to both

quick launch bar

69. Quick Launch Toolbar and desktop.

Clear the corresponding checkboxes if

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

71. By default, upon connecting to the

Server

72. server, the

Client

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

an

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

 installation

75. installation time, but the

Clients

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

Server

77. server.

78. Click the Next button.
79. By default, the Axxon
One Server name is identical to the computer name. If the computer name contains forbidden characters, you have to set an appropriate name for the Server according to the recommendations, and click the Next button.
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80. 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.

81. Click the Next button.

82. In the window that opens, select an installation

method

83. type and click

the

84. the Next button

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

85. . 
    If the Standard installation

method

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

Step

87. 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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88. Select a user account in the file browser:

    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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       title Attention!
       The file browser helps to navigate through the

Server

89. 1. server's file system (such as when choosing disks for archive volumes). The user account for the Windows file browser

will be

90. 1. is created with administrator

privileges

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

92. Specify the path

to 

93. to Axxon One

 folders

94.  folders and configuration files. By default, the files and folders of the configuration are stored in the C:\ProgramData\AxxonSoft\AxxonOne\ folder.

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

numbers

95. digits.

96. Specify the path to the folder for

installing 

97. installing Axxon One. By default, Axxon One

will be

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

99. Click the Next button.

100. Specify the range of ports

to be

101. that are used for the

Server

102. server. To do

so

103. 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 

104. to forward the port manually

 in

105.  in cases

where

106. when it is necessary to give the

Client

107. client access to the

Server

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




109. For a full list of ports,

see 

110. see Ports used by Axxon One. After you

install 

111. install Axxon One, you can change the range of ports manually (

see 

112. see Configuring the Server ports).
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     Connected devices

will

113. only work on ports from the specified range.

 If

114. 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

115. server is installed, it occupies 10 ports, including one for sending emails (via the SMTP service, see

The

116. Email notifier

object

117. ). Attention! The Failover server and 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 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

118. are required for mobile Client; 2 ports are required for any number of speakers in the system (see The Speaker object); 1 port is required for recording metadata into the database; 2 ports are required for operation of service

detection tools

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

detection tools

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

detection tools

121. detectors based on

neurotracker

122. Neural tracker; 2 ports are required for operation of

neurocounter

123. Neural counter.

124. If necessary, specify an alternative

Server

125. server address—the external address of the switch if the

Server

126. server is behind

the 

127. the NAT. Interface specification format: "IP address1 or DNS name1, IP address2 or DNS name2".

128. To restrict visibility of the

Servers

129. servers on particular networks in the list of

Servers

130. servers during Axxon One configuration, do the following:

     1. Click the Select network interfaces button. The Network interfaces window opens.

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

Server

131. 1. server is allowed, meaning that

Servers

132. 1. servers on the relevant networks are visible in the list. If you don't want for the

Servers

133. 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

134. 1. is still

be

135. 1. possible

be

136. 1. to reach the

Servers

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

     2. Click the Apply button.

138. Click the Next button.

139. 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). Using the same Axxon-domain name doesn't guarantee that the

Servers

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

Servers

141. servers into one Axxon-domain, you must use Axxon One interface to add each

Server

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

Axxon-

143. domains.

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     A dialog
box
144. window opens, showing the installation parameters corresponding to the selected type of installation.
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145. 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
146. window opens informing you that the installation
of 
147. of Axxon One
 is completed
148.  is complete.
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149. Click the Finish button to confirm completion of the installation.

Installation of Axxon One is now complete.