Note:
The corporate network uplink port and the camera network uplink port must be on different
subnets.
In the Corporate and Camera panes, you can set how the Avigilon Blue Connect device obtains an IP
address for each network:
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Connect to the network through an automatically assigned IP address — Activate the
Automatic
button. This is the default setting.
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Manually assign a static IP address — Deactivate the
Automatic
button. Enter the appropriate values
in the
IP Address
,
Subnet Mask
and
Default Gateway
fields.
Settings are not implemented until you click
Apply
.
The DNS Pane
In the DNS pane, you can set how the Avigilon Blue Connect device obtains a named address from a DNS
server:
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Automatically select a DNS server and receive a named address—Activate the
Automatic
button.
This is the default setting.
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Manually assign specific DNS servers for addressing the Avigilon Blue Connect device—Deactivate
the
Automatic
button. Enter the appropriate values in the
Preferred Server
,
Alternate Server 1
, and
Alternate Server 2
fields.
Settings are not implemented until you click
Apply
.
Assigning a PoE Power Budget
Applicable to the VMA-BLU-8P device only.
On the PoE panel, you can see how much power is available to, and being used by, connected devices. The
default setting for all ports is Auto. This setting automatically detects and budgets the amount of power
required by the device connected to the port. For each port you can adjust this setting manually, or turn off
power output completely. If you want to manually adjust the power output of the ports you must calculate a
PoE power budget, see
.
Tip:
After the device is activated, the Avigilon Cloud Service platform subscriber can also view and
configure power availability and timezone of the device from the Avigilon Cloud Service platform
service.
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Click PoE from the Dashboard navigation bar to open the PoE panel.
The Budget bar indicates the total amount of power budgeted for all devices connected to the PoE ports.
The Consumption bar indicates the actual amount of power currently used by all the connected devices.
The DNS Pane
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