add-on
An add-on is a software package that adds tasks, tools, or
specific configuration settings to Security Center systems.
alarm
An alarm entity describes a particular type of trouble situation
that requires immediate attention and how it can be handled in Security Center. For example, an alarm can indicate
which entities (usually cameras and doors) best describe the situation, who must be
notified, how it must be displayed to the user, and so on.
Access control unit events
The Access control unit events
task is a maintenance task that reports on events pertaining to selected access control
units.
Active manual actions
The Active manual actions
task is an operation task in Security
Desk that
you can use to view and cancel any active causes on CCURE doors and CCURE alarms.
antipassback
Antipassback is an access restriction placed on a secured
area that prevents a cardholder from entering an area that they have not yet exited
from, and vice versa.
area
In Security Center, an area
entity represents a concept or a physical location (room, floor, building, site, and so
on) used for grouping other entities in the system.
Area activities
The Area activities task is an
investigation task that reports on access control events pertaining to selected
areas.
Area view
The Area view task is an
administration task that you can use to configure areas, doors, cameras, tile plugins,
intrusion detection areas, zones, and other entities found in the area
view.
area view
The area view is a view that organizes the commonly used entities
such as doors, cameras, tile plugins, intrusion detection areas, zones, and so on, by
areas. This view is primarily created for the day to day work of the security
operators.
cardholder
A cardholder entity represents a person who can enter and
exit secured areas by virtue of their credentials (typically access cards) and whose
activities can be tracked.
Cardholder activities
The Cardholder activities task
is an investigation task that reports on cardholder activities, such as access denied,
first person in, last person out, antipassback violation, and so on.
CCURE manual actions audit trails
The CCURE
manual actions audit trails task is an investigation task in Security
Desk. You can use this task to search for
actions performed in Security Center synchronized
CCURE entities, and see which Security Center users performed the action and
when.
entity
Entities are the basic building blocks of Security Center. Everything
that requires configuration is represented by an entity. An entity can represent a
physical device, such as a camera or a door, or an abstract concept, such as an alarm, a
schedule, a user, a role, a plugin, or an add-on.
event
An event indicates the occurrence of an activity or incident, such
as access denied to a cardholder or motion detected on a camera. Events are
automatically logged in Security Center. Every
event has an entity as its main focus, called the event source.
event-to-action
An event-to-action links an action to an event. For example, you
can configure Security Center to trigger an
alarm when a door is forced open.
expansion server
An expansion server is any server machine in a Security Center
system that does not host the Directory role. The purpose of the expansion server is to
add to the processing power of the system.
Federation™
The Federation™ feature
joins multiple, independent Genetec™ IP
security systems into a single virtual system. With this feature, users on the central
Security Center system can view and control entities that belong to remote
systems.
Hardware inventory
The Hardware inventory task is a
maintenance task that reports on the characteristics (unit model, firmware version, IP
address, time zone, and so on) of access control, video, intrusion detection, and ALPR
units in your system.
intrusion detection area
An intrusion detection area entity represents a
zone (sometimes called an area) or a partition (group of sensors) on an intrusion
panel.
Maps
The Maps task is an operation task that
heightens your situational awareness by providing the context of a map to your security
monitoring and control activities.
Intrusion Manager
The Intrusion Manager role monitors and controls
intrusion detection units. It listens to the events reported by the units, provides live
reports to Security Center, and logs the events
in a database for future reporting.
Monitoring
The Monitoring task is an operation task
that you can use to monitor and respond to real-time events that relate to selected entities.
Using the Monitoring task, you can also monitor and respond to
alarms.
plugin
A plugin (in lowercase) is a software component that adds a
specific feature to an existing program. Depending on the context, plugin can refer
either to the software component itself or to the software package used to install the
software component.
Plugin
Plugin (with an uppercase, in singular) is the role
template that serves to create specific plugin roles.
plugin role
A plugin role adds optional features to Security Center. A plugin role is created by using
the Plugin role template. By default, it is represented by an orange puzzle piece
in the Roles view of the System task.
Before you can create a plugin role, the software
package specific to that role must be installed on your system.
Plugins
The Plugins task is an administration
task that you can use to configure plugin-specific roles and related
entities.
role
A role is a software component that performs a specific job within
Security Center. To execute a role, you must assign one or more servers to host
it.
Service Release
A Service Release (SR) is a standalone release that
includes minor functionality improvements, bug fixes, and the integration of new
hardware, intrusion devices, and plugins.
Service Release (SR)
Acronym: SR
XFEvent
In the CCURE 9000
system, an XFEvent is a work flow that can be configured to respond to different causes by
triggering an alarm, an event, or a chain of events.
XFEvent management
The XFEvent management task is an
operation task in Security
Desk that you can use
to see the current state of all XFEvents imported from CCURE 9000. For a selected event, you can apply manual
actions, view causes, and show instructions.