Starting the Avigilon AI Appliance for the First Time
Install the Avigilon AI Appliance in a location free of dust and particles, vibration, and within the specified
operating temperature range. Otherwise any issues that arise will not be covered by the warranty.
You must configure the device for the first time before connecting it to your security network.
Important:
If static IPs are required, a laptop computer is required to manually configure the IP
address for the device. Ensure the laptop is not assigned any of these IP addresses: 169.254.100.99
or 169.254.100.100, and has an IP subnet mask of 255.255.0.0.
1. Connect power to the device and wait for it to start up. It may take several minutes to start up the first
time it is powered on.
Check that the appliance LED indicators display the correct status. See
for
more information.
2. If you are configuring the device with a static IP address, connect a DHCP enabled port on your
configuring laptop with an Ethernet cable directly to the
camera network
(eth0) port on the device.
Otherwise, connect the device to the corporate network using the
corporate network
(eth1) port.
3. On the connected laptop or network workstation, discover the appliance. Use File Explorer on a
Windows computer or Finder® on a Macintosh computer.
You are looking for a device labeled “VMA-AIA1-CGx-xxxxxxxxxx”, where xxxxxxxxxx is the serial
number of your appliance. If you cannot locate the appliance, see
4. Click to open the device in a supported web browser. For a list of supported web browsers, see
.
Important:
The Avigilon AI Appliance is configured with a self-signed certificate, which
generates a connection warning in the web browser.
Starting the Avigilon AI Appliance for the First Time
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