Axis Aperio Installation and user guide

June 15, 2023
Rev. 1.0
© Axis Communications AB
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Configure Aperio™Wireless locks
within AXIS Camera Station

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Contents
Introduction 3
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Step 1 –Adding/updating & setting up devices 4
To add the devices 4
To update the devices 5
To setup the devices 6
Step 2 –Connecting the Aperio Hub and wireless locks 8
To connect the devices 8
To create doors 11
Considerations and limitations 14

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Introduction
This document will show you how to configure Aperio™wireless locks within AXIS
Camera Station, set up related doors and cardholder management.
Please note that Axis doesn’t take any responsibility for how this configuration may affect your
system. If the modification fails or if you get other unexpected results, you may have to restore the
settings to default.
Prerequisites
AXIS Camera Station 5.54
AXIS Door Controller 11.6.16.1
Aperio™locks configured to Aperio™hub via the PAP tool

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Step 1 –Adding/updating & setting up devices
Start by adding the unit(s) to Axis Camera Station and ensuring that they are running the latest
firmware. For the devices used we require the use of HTTPS for end-to-end security, these
devices should also use ACS as an NTP.
To add the devices
Follow these steps if you need to add the devices:
1. In Axis Camera Station open the configuration tab via the “+” symbol found at the top of
the screen.
2. From the left menu select “Devices” and under this drop-down select “Add Devices”
3. On this page if the units are in your network, you should see them, if they are missing
then you can try do a manual search via the button “Manual Search”. If they still cannot
be found, please check the units are powered and are on the same network.
4. If the units are greyed out, this means they require the password for the unit, this is
entered by clicking on the “Enter password” under status for the unit.
5. Once you see the units you wish to add, you can hold down the “ctrl” key and select the
units, then click add found on the bottom left.
6. Follow the pop-up wizard to add these devices

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To update the devices
Follow these steps to update your devices:
1. In Axis Camera Station open the configuration tab via the “+” symbol found at the top of
the screen.
2. From the left menu select “Devices” and under this drop-down select “Management”
3. From this page hold “ctrl” and select the devices, once selected press the update
firmware button.
4. In the popup select the latest firmware in the list for each device (for the A1601 ensure to
select the latest Secure Entry track) and press “OK”
5. The update can be monitored via the “tasks”

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To setup the devices
Follow these steps to setup your devices:
1. In Axis Camera Station open the configuration tab via the “+” symbol found at the top of
the screen.
2. From the left menu select “Devices” and under this drop-down select “Management”
3. Right click on the device and select “Security – HTTPS –Enable/Update”
4. This will create a task in the task and alarms, once this has completed, HTTPS is
enabled on this device.

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5. Next to setup is the time & date on the device, we do this but right clicking on the device
in Devices –Management and selecting “Set Date and Time…”
6. In the pop-up select yes, In the next pop-up under “Time Mode” choose the first option,
“Synchronize with server computer time”
7. This will then add a task in the task and alarms, once completed the time will now be
synched with the computer server time.

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Step 2 –Connecting the Aperio Hub and wireless locks
These steps will show you how to connect the wired Aperio hub and wireless locks configured.
To connect the devices
Follow these steps to connect the hub and locks:
1. In Axis Camera Station open the configuration tab via the “+” symbol found at the top of
the screen.
2. Select Devices –Management and in the list click on the IP address link on the controller
you have connected to the Aperio™Hub.
3. In the new webpage tab for the controller select “Apps” here you will find the “AXIS Door
Controller Extension” click on the three dots right of the application and select activate
license, in the popup you can then select your license you have purchased.
4. Once the license is activated start the application via the toggle switch.

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5. Next in the options go to Access control –Wireless locks, in the new page click on the “+
connect hub”
6. In the pop-up window select the RS485 port that has the Aperio hub connected, you can
then choose if you wish to give the hub a “nice name”.
7. After you will see the option to connect the locks you have paired already via the Aperio
application by clicking the “+ Connect wireless lock”

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8. In the next pop-up select the lock address from the drop-down, once selected you can
give this lock a “nice name” and using the tick options below enable any functions the
chosen lock has, then click save, you can repeat this for all locks that will be connected
to this hub.
9. Once you have added all your locks to the hub you will see them on the webpage with
the current status.

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Step 3 –Creating doors with wireless locks
These steps will show you how to connect create wireless doors with the controller used in the
previous steps.
To create doors
Follow these steps to create doors:
1. In Axis Camera Station open the configuration tab via the “+” symbol found at the top of
the screen.
2. Expand the “Access control” section and select “Doors and zones” in this page select the
“+ Add door” button.
3. In the pop-up give the door a name, select the controller via the dropdown and door type
as “wireless Door” then press next.

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4. On the next page under Overview card, select the wireless lock you paired with the hub
via the dropdown. And choose the identification profile you wish to use with the door, you
can create a custom identification profile. (Please visit the User Manual for how to create
this)
5. Depending on the functions of your lock, using the cards you can any sensors such as
wireless door monitor, then via the sides add the wireless reader and door handle
detection (if capable). Once you have configured the required settings click save top left.

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6. On the Doors and zones overview page you can now see the configured wireless door,
this page also displays the battery status of the lock and if the lock is currently online or
offline.
For more information on how to configure access management please see the user manual
found at AXIS.com

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Considerations and limitations
•License required for Aperio functionality via the AXIS Door Controller Extension
application.
•AXIS door controllers only support the AH30 Wired hub.
•Up to 16 wireless locks per controller.
•Locks required to be configured to the Aperio Hub via Aperio’s software prior to
following this guide.
•Up to 2 Aperio Hubs per controller.