Things to make note of:
- It is generally advised that you have an installer on site for firmware updates, as doors will remain in their current state for the duration of the update. Propping doors open/ temporarily unlocking all doors can prevent you from being locked in/ out.
- Firmware updates can take several minutes per control unit.
- When doors are disconnected, they will continue to work as usual due to internal memory.
- You can stagger firmware updates by only connecting a number of doors at a time.
- Check the existing software version
- Back up your current database – Go to the Net2 Server Configuration Utility, select the “Database” tab, then click “Create Copy”.
- Install the Net2 in your new PC or Server – make sure to unzip the folder. Select the Lite version. If you have a Pro licence, it will transfer over with the database.
Specification guide – http://www.paxton.info/720 - Download the latest software version from the link http://paxton.info/1438
- Import your database – Go to the Net2 Server Configuration Utility, select the “Database” tab, then click “import copy”.
- Please go to the TCP IP nodes tab and detect the controller. After this ensure you tick them all and apply the settings.
- You can stagger firmware updates by only connecting several doors at a time.
- If your doors are networked, disconnect (untick) all your doors from the Net2 Configuration Utility’s “TCP/IP Nodes” tab, click apply and reset the services. Please do this from the old PC.
- Go to Net2 software and confirm the controllers are online – complete the migration.
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