Documentation for Axxon PSIM 1.0.0-1.0.1.

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To merge several separate Axxon PSIM Servers with separate license keys and separate databases to a single common configuration, do the following:

  1. Update all Servers and Clients in the distributed system to the same Axxon PSIM version.

  2. Make sure that your network or firewall settings do not restrict any ports required for Axxon PSIM operation on any Server. See the list of ports by the following link:

    Complete guide The list of TCP ports used in Axxon PSIM™

  3. Combine all license files into a single license file. It will be used on all servers. To do this, please contact your AxxonSoft manager. Please note that the maximum allowed number of Clients is only limited by the license. Please contact your AxxonSoft manager for details.
  4. Create the single common configuration as follows:
    1. Select a Server to be the main Server in the distributed system. Put the single license file you received from the manager to the Axxon PSIM installation folder on this main Server. If you don't have the license file yet, enable the Axxon PSIM Demo mode as follows:
      1. Shut Axxon PSIM down.
      2. Remove the psim.sec license file from the Axxon PSIM installation folder to any other folder (e.g. to the Desktop).
      3. Pull out the USB dongle (Guardant or MatrixLock).
      4. Run Axxon PSIM.

    2. Configure the distributed system on the Hardware tab: add all the Servers, Video capture devices and other objects.

      Complete guide Configuration of hardware

    3. Configure connections on the Architecture tab: specify all the IP addresses and/or DNS names.

      Complete guide Configuration of distributed architecture

    4. Having configured the above, distribute the single license file between all Servers and enable database synchronization on each Server. Synchronize each secondary Server with the main Server. The SQL database of the main Server must be the source of synchronization.

      Complete guide Configuring database synchronization

    5. If the above configuration was performed in the Axxon PSIM Demo mode, proceed as follows:

      1. Create a backup copy of the database.

        Complete guide Creating the database backup copy

      2. Restore this backup on each Server.

        Complete guide Restoring database from backup copy

      3. Put the single psim.sec license file to the Axxon PSIM installation folder on each Server.

The merging according to these instructions will help you to start using Axxon PSIM immediately after completing all the actions described. If everything is configured correctly, Axxon PSIM will launch in a single distributed system.

Only the archive recorded from the main Server cameras will be available in Axxon PSIM. The archive recorded from other Servers can only be viewed using the Axxon Player utility. This is due to the fact that the camera unique IDs are changed when merging, so the archive becomes unavailable.

However, if cameras are numbered "continuously" on all the Servers so that their IDs and names are not repeated, the archive will be available on all the cameras given that they are added to the new DB with the same old IDs.

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