Mapping Supervisor cameras to AX controllers before migration to N4

As part of AX to N4 compatibility restrictions, Supervisor cameras cannot be discovered under the NiagaraNetwork from an AX controller. This procedure describes a way to pre-configure your station before migration in order to retain the Supervisor camera to remote controller connection after migration.

Prerequisites: The camera device address is available. The Supervisor IP address is known.

If you map the desired Supervisor camera to the remoter controller before migration (using this procedure), the system maintains the camera relationship through the migration process and functions after migration for use with readers and alarms.

Perform the following steps:

Using the Niagara Enterprise Security 2.3 Workbench, navigate to the following location: Config > Drivers > AccessNetwork > Remote Reader Module > Points > Door 1 > Reader 1 > Badge Does Not Exist Alert
The property sheet view opens.
To open the ConfigFacets window, click the facets icon (>>) next to the Meta Data property.

Add facets as shown in the image above (also, refer to details in table below), where xxx.xxx.x.xxx is the IP address of the Supervisor platform and xxxx is the actual cameraHandleOrd for the camera you are mapping.

The following table indicates the key names, type, and values that go in the facets window.

Key	Type	Value
cameraOrd	String	`ip:xxx.xxx.x.xxx\|foxs:station:\|slot:/Drivers/Axis$20Video$20Network`
cameraHandleOrd	String	h:xxxx
goToPreset	Boolean	false
cameraPreset	dynamicEnum	1
sendAlarmToDisplay	Boolean	false
startRecording	Boolean	true

NOTE: The startRecording property works only for Milestone cameras but not for Axis Video cameras. Set the startRecording property to false for an AxisVideoCamera.

When this task is completed the station is ready for backup and migration as described in the tasks included with Migrating Niagara Enterprise Security stations topic.

Mapping Supervisor cameras to AX controllers before migration to N4

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