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Chapter 8: System Tab
airCam
™
Mini User Guide
Ubiquiti Networks, Inc.
Key button
Press this button in order to change the
administrator password.
•
Current Password
Enter the current password
associated with the administrator account. It is required
to change the
Password
or
Administrator Username
.
•
New Password
Enter the new password for the
administrator account.
•
Verify New Password
Re-enter the new password for
the administrator account.
Note:
Password length is 8 characters maximum,
passwords exceeding 8 characters will be
truncated.
Enable Read-Only Account
Click to enable the read-only
account and configure the username and password to
protect your device from unauthorized access. The default
option is
disabled
.
•
Read-Only Username
Specifies the name of the system
user.
•
Key button
Press this button in order to change the
Read-only password.
-
New Password
New password used for read-only
administrator authentication should be specified.
-
Show
Check this to display the read-only password
characters you have typed.
Change
Click to save changes to any of the fields on the
System
tab.
Maintenance
The controls in this section are dedicated for the device
maintenance routines: rebooting, resetting, generating of
the support information report.
Firmware Version
Shows the current firmware version.
Build Number
Displays the build number of the firmware
version loaded.
Update Firmware
Click
Update
to open the
Firmware
Upload
window to select and upload new firmware. For
firmware update instructions, refer to
“Updating the
Firmware” on page 20
.
Backup Configuration
Click
Download
to download the
current system configuration file.
Upload Configuration
Click
Choose File
to navigate to
and select the new configuration file or specify the full
path to the configuration file location. Click
Upload
to use
a previously downloaded configuration file to the system.
Note:
A new configuration is active after clicking
Apply
and the system reboot cycle is completed.
The previous system configuration is deleted
after you click
Apply
. It is highly recommended
to backup the system configuration before
uploading the new configuration.
Reboot
Click
Reboot
in order to initiate the full reboot
cycle of the device. Reboot is the same as the hardware
reboot which is similar to the power off - power on cycle.
The system configuration is not modified after the reboot
cycle completes. Any non-applied changes will be lost.
Reset to Defaults
Use this to reset the airCam Mini to the
factory default settings. This option will reboot the airCam
Mini and all factory default settings will be restored.
You may want to use the
Backup Configuration
option
to download your current settings before selecting this
option.
Support Info
This will generate a support information
file that the Ubiquiti support engineers can use when
providing customer support. This file only needs be
generated at their request.
Updating the Firmware
Note:
The system configuration is preserved
while the device is updated with new firmware
but it is still a good idea to download a backup
configuration before updating the firmware.
To update the firmware, perform the following steps:
1. Download the firmware file from www.ubnt.com.
2. Go to the
System
tab and click
Update
next to
Update
Firmware.
3. Click
Choose File
.
