essential worker
An essential worker is an individual who does not need
to be counted in the mustering list because they are part of the team ensuring
everyone's safety. For example, a security guard, a mustering captain, or the driver of
a truck retrieving people from around campus.
Evacuation Assistant
Evacuation Assistant helps you manage and monitor
emergency evacuations to ensure the safety of individuals by tracking who has or has not
reached their designated mustering points. Evacuation Assistant is integrated into Security Center through a plugin role. You can track
evacuations in real time using the portal available through this role.
event
In the context of Security Center, 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.
Genetec™ Server
Genetec™ Server is the Windows service that is at the core of Security Center architecture, and that must be installed on
every computer that is part of the Security Center's
pool of servers. Every such server is a generic computing resource capable of taking on any
role (set of functions) you assign to it.
mustering area
A mustering area is an area in Security Center that represents where individuals
must gather during emergency evacuations.
mustering captain
A mustering captain is the person responsible for
ensuring everyone in a given area is safely evacuated and gathered to a designated
mustering area during an emergency evacuation. For example, there could be a mustering
captain assigned to each floor of a building.
mustering point
A mustering point refers to the reader that evacuees must
badge onto to confirm their safety during an emergency evacuation.
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.
secured area
A secured area is an area entity that represents a physical
location where access is controlled. A secured area consists of perimeter doors (doors
used to enter and exit the area) and access restrictions (rules governing the access to
the area).