alarm receiver
An alarm receiver is a device that receives events from
many different intrusion panels, either over a telephone line, a private IP network, or
the Internet.
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.
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.
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.
Contact ID
Contact ID is the communication protocol that the Receiver intrusion detection extension uses to
communicate with third-party alarm receivers.
intrusion detection unit
An intrusion detection unit entity represents an
intrusion device (intrusion panel, control panel, receiver, and so on) that is monitored
and controlled by the Intrusion Manager role.
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.
intrusion detection (hardware)
In Security Center, intrusion detection refers to the detection
of an intrusion into a secured area by an intrusion detection unit (hardware
device).
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.
intrusion panel
An intrusion panel (also known as alarm
panel or control panel) is a wall-mounted unit where the alarm sensors
(motion sensors, smoke detectors, door sensors, and so on) and wiring of the intrusion
alarms are connected and managed.
Also known as: alarm
panel
intrusion panel area
An intrusion panel area is and entity that represents
an area, zone, or partition (group of sensors) configured on the intrusion panel. These
areas only report events and cannot be controlled (armed, disarmed) from Security Center. On a map, an intrusion panel area is
represented by an icon.
intrusion panel input
An intrusion panel input entity represents a sensor
(motion sensor, smoke detector, door sensor, and so on) configured on the intrusion
panel. These inputs report events and can be added to a Security Center map as an icon.
Receiver
The Receiver extension
integrates alarm receivers into Security Center
so that operators can monitor alarms forwarded by the alarm receivers from connected
intrusion panels.
receiver unit
A receiver unit is an entity in the area view that contains
the intrusion panels connected to an alarm receiver.
Receiver activities
The Receiver activities task is
an investigation task that reports on the events sent by alarm receivers and connected
intrusion panels. There is a receiver activities report for each manufacturer supported
by the Receiver extension.
unit
A unit is a hardware device that communicates over an IP network that can
be directly controlled by a Security Center role. We distinguish four types of
units in Security Center:
- Access control units, managed by the Access Manager role
- Video units, managed by the Archiver role
- ALPR units, managed by the ALPR Manager role
- Intrusion detection units, managed by the Intrusion Manager role