topic Re: Unsuccessful Factory Reset on Zone Director 1200 in ZoneDirector

Unsuccessful Factory Reset on Zone Director 1200

a12998 — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 03:54:54 GMT

After I turned off and on the power, the status light stays solid green on Zone Director 1200. I could not do F/D reset! I repeated the process multiple times. It doesn't work each time! Can anyone help? Thanks!

Re: Unsuccessful Factory Reset on Zone Director 1200

a12998 — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 03:56:12 GMT

Can I do a hard reset by using Console port? If so, how?

Re: Unsuccessful Factory Reset on Zone Director 1200

ms264556 — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 05:56:08 GMT

This is how ZD1200s die. Hopefully you're the original purchaser, and can contact support to get an RMA.

Re: Unsuccessful Factory Reset on Zone Director 1200

pranav — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 16:19:42 GMT

Hello A12998,

steps to perform a hard reset:

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- On the rear side of the AP you can see the "HARD RESET" hole which is located near the Ethernet ports.

- Insert a paper clip or any point object into the “HARD RESET” hole and press & hold it for 15-20 seconds.

- This factory defaults the AP.

- Now the AP can be accessed using it's default ip address 192.168.0.1 by directly connecting to a PC in the same subnet.

Regards,
Pranav Anand | Senior Technical Support Engineer

Re: Unsuccessful Factory Reset on Zone Director 1200

ms264556 — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 20:40:17 GMT

DId you read the posted issue and think "I have useful info to contribute"?
Or have you been forced to answer x forum posts per week, so you just used ChatGPT to generate some filler content?

This question was regarding a ZoneDirector 1200, not an AP, so after a factory reset the IP address will be 192.168.0.2.
You can see, from your ZD article and your AP article, that no devices have a hole labeled "HARD RESET". All ZoneDirectors have the factory reset button on their front panel. It's labeled "F/D" on the ZD1200.
When the ZD1200's ethernet interfaces show no signs of life, and both LEDs remain solid green at all times, then the ZD1200 is dead. I'm certain you have plenty of information internally on this, since it happens reliably to every old ZD1200 after running long enough.