The SALTO Virtual Network plugin uses the SALTO SHIP service to communicate with SALTO ProAccess SPACE.
SALTO ProAccess SPACE is an access control system that stores and distributes access data on credentials (keys). By integrating SALTO Virtual Network with Security Center, your security personnel can use Security Center to manage cardholders and credentials, monitor cardholder and door activity, and view the battery level of battery-powered door readers.
The following components comprise a SALTO Virtual Network integration in Security Center.
- Offline access points
- An OFFLINE access point is a battery-powered reader on a door. The SALTO Virtual Network employs data-on-card technology, which allows
credentials to carry updates from the system to the offline access points and vice
versa.NOTE: The Security Desk Monitoring task shows current events, which are events that occurred within the last minute. Events on offline doors are saved in the database and can be viewed by generating a report.
- Online access points
- An ONLINE access point is a reader that connects to the building's IP network. An online access point behaves like a regular access reader, but is also required so that cards can be re-validated, and to send and receive updates to offline access points.
- SALTO server
- The SALTO server hosts the following components:
- SALTO ProAccess SPACE: a web-based access control management tool that you use to create the doors, lockers, and areas (SALTO zones) to be managed in Security Center. The SALTO ProAccess SPACE server directly manages and communicates with the SALTO devices.
- SALTO SHIP, a web service provided by SALTO inside the ProAccess SPACE software. This component is used by the plugin to interface Security Center with the SALTO ProAccess SPACE server.
- SALTO SVN plugin
- The Genetec™ SALTO Virtual Network plugin connects to the SALTO ProAccess system through the SALTO SHIP service. Entities are imported from SALTO SHIP, and the plugin maintains a synchronization to the SALTO system for these entities and events. The plugin must be installed on every Security Center workstation and server that interacts with the SALTO ProAccess SPACE system through the SALTO Virtual Network plugin.