# Emergency Lockdown

Verkada access controllers can perform emergency lockdown events to help protect you, your colleagues, and your assets. During a lockdown event, all selected doors and/or buildings are locked down, and access to these doors is restricted to authorized user groups.

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* You must be an [Access Site Admin](https://help.verkada.com/access-control/roles-and-permissions-for-access-control) to create a lockdown scenario for a site.

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* Lockdown outputs and inputs require a lockdown scenario for the site where the controller is installed.
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## Create a lockdown scenario

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#### In Verkada Command, go to **All Products** > **Access** .

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#### Select a **site** from the **All Sites** menu\*\*.\*\*

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#### Click **Lockdowns**, then to create a new lockdown scenario.

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#### Follow the instructions in the configuration window to configure the lockdown scenario.

a. Under **Create**, provide a name and emergency message for the lockdown scenario.\
b. Under **Doors**, select doors from the site(s) that will lock down when the lockdown scenario is triggered.\
c. Under **Permissions**, specify who is able to trigger the lockdown scenario, release the lockdown scenario, or unlock doors during the lockdown scenario.
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If multiple sites are assigned to a lockdown scenario:

* If a user is not an [Access Site Admin](https://help.verkada.com/access-control/roles-and-permissions-for-access-control) for all the\*\* \*\*sites in the scenario, they can only add or remove doors from the sites where they have admin permissions.

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* If an [AUX input](https://help.verkada.com/access-control/configuration-and-setup/configure-the-ax11-io-controller) is configured to trigger the lockdown scenario, a user must be an [Access Site Admin](https://help.verkada.com/access-control/roles-and-permissions-for-access-control) for **all** assigned sites to edit or delete the AUX input configuration.
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## Clone a lockdown scenario

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#### In Command, go to **All Products** > **Access** .

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#### Select a **site** from the **All Sites** menu\*\*.\*\*

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#### Click **Lockdowns**, then select a lockdown.

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#### At the top right, click **Clone** .

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#### Select a site to cone to and click **Next**.

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#### Follow the configuration window to configure the lockdown scenario and make changes.

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## Initiate a lockdown from Command

Once a lockdown scenario has been created, you will see a new **Lockdown** ![](https://134288481-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FaaHs5RfKqv9Z49mi02cC%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-05cc68071250443bf25b1dafb7ec5f3cf4210e01%2F992cc1cbb4bc651c1dc57375782953df9fe48843.png?alt=media)icon at the bottom left of your navigation bar.

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#### At the bottom of your navigation bar, click **Lockdowns** .

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#### Select the lockdown to initiate.

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#### Click **Activate** to begin the lockdown.

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Lockdowns can also be triggered remotely from the [Verkada Pass App](https://help.verkada.com/access-control/configuration-and-setup/verkada-pass-app).
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## Configure an AUX input to initiate a lockdown locally

Once a lockdown scenario has been created, you can configure an AUX input on an access controller to trigger the lockdown scenario when the AUX input is activated.

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#### In Verkada Command, go to **All Products** > **Access** .

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#### Under **Controllers**, select the access controller where you want to set up an AUX input.

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#### From the access controller’s details page, click **Add** and select **AUX Input**.

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#### Under **Settings**:

a. Enter a unique name.\
b. Select the desired name, port, and connection type.\
c. Click **Next**.
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#### Under **Actions:**

a. Select **Lockdown Trigger** as the **Input Type**.\
b. Select the **Lockdown Scenario** that you want to trigger when the AUX input is activated.
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#### Click **Done**.

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If an AUX input is configured to trigger a Lockdown Scenario that includes doors on other access controllers, the AUX input’s access controller will establish a local connection with the other access controllers through the local area network (LAN).\
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When the AUX input is activated, the local connection(s) will lock down all doors in the lockdown scenario through the local network. For more details, see [Cross-Device Local Connection for Access Control](https://help.verkada.com/access-control/configuration-and-setup/cross-device-local-connections-for-access-control).
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## Release a lockdown from Command

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#### Log in to Command.

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#### Click **Release Lockdown** on the red banner at the top of the page.

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#### Click **Confirm**.

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Lockdowns can also be released remotely from the [Verkada Pass App](https://help.verkada.com/access-control/configuration-and-setup/verkada-pass-app).
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**Prefer to see it in action?** Check out the [video tutorial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQMEbHMQO4k).
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**Need more help?** Contact [Verkada Support](https://app.gitbook.com/s/NRq5qDDjsYNxwNzF1bcB/need-help/contact-verkada-support).
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