Assigning cameras to doors - Security Center 5.10

Security Center Administrator Guide 5.10
Applies to
Security Center 5.10
Last updated
2023-06-12
Content type
Guides > Administrator guides
Language
English
Product
Security Center
Version
5.10

To display a camera feed in a Security Desk monitoring tile when a door event occurs, such as Door forced or Access denied, you can assign cameras to door entities.

Before you begin

To monitor doors with cameras, you must have one of the following Security Center configurations:
  • An Archiver role with available cameras.
  • An Omnicast™ Federation™ role to connect to an external Omnicast™ system.
  • A Security Center Federation™ role to connect to an external Security Center system with cameras.

What you should know

  • If there are multiple cameras associated with a door, by default the cameras linked to side (A) of that door are displayed in a Security Desk tile. A door associated to multiple cameras is a composite entity. You can cycle through or unpack a composite entity in Security Desk.
  • If a video file is not available, a video request returns the video file that is closest to the requested time stamp.
  • If the playback video associated with an access control event is no longer available, the next available video recorded closest to the time of the event is displayed instead.

Procedure

  1. From the Config Tool home page, open the Area view task.
  2. Select the door entity to configure, and click the Hardware tab.
  3. In the Door side (In) section, click Associate a camera ().
  4. From the Camera drop-down list, select a camera.
    If the camera has a PTZ motor, you can also include the PTZ preset number to ensure that the camera points towards the door.
  5. To assign another camera to the door side, click Associate a camera () again.
  6. Repeat the steps for Door side (Out).
  7. Click Apply.
Parent topic: Mapping door entities to physical door wiring