Setting up an Omnicast™ Federation™ - 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 federate one remote Omnicast™ system using Omnicast™ Federation™, you must create an configure a Omnicast™ Federation™ role.

Before you begin

Install the Omnicast™ Compatibility Pack corresponding to the version of the Omnicast™ system you plan to federate on the following servers and workstations:
  • On the server where the Federation™ role is to be hosted.
  • On the client workstation where Config Tool is running.
  • On all secondary servers you plan to assign to the Federation™ role.
  • On all Security Desk workstations viewing the federated cameras.
NOTE: Omnicast™ 4.8 has reached End of Life. For more information, see the Genetec™ Product Lifecyle page.

Procedure

  1. Open the System task and click the Roles view.
  2. Click Add an entity (), and click Omnicast™ Federation™.
  3. In the Directory field, enter the name of the Omnicast™ Gateway connecting you to the remote Omnicast™ system.
  4. Enter the username and password that the Federation™ role is going to use to log on to the remote Omnicast™ system.
    The rights and privileges of that user determine what the users on the Federation™ host can see and do on the federated system.
  5. From the Version drop-down list, select the version of the remote Omnicast™ system, and click Next.
    This drop-down list only shows the Omnicast™ versions for which a compatibility pack is installed.
  6. In the Federated events section, select the events that you want to receive from the federated system, and click Next.
    Events are necessary to monitor the federated entities in Security Desk and to configure event-to-actions for the federated entities.
  7. In the Basic information page, enter a name and description for the role.
  8. Select a Partition this role is a member of, and click Next.
    All federated entities are created in the partition you select. Only users that are part of the partition can view or modify those entities.
  9. Click Next > Create > Close.
  10. Select the new Federation™ role (), and click the Properties tab.
    The connection status should say Synchronizing entities, or Connected.
  11. Configure the options for Omnicast™ Federation™:
    Default live stream
    Default video stream used for viewing live video from federated Omnicast™ cameras (default=Remote).

    If your workstation does not require specific video stream settings for Federation™, you can use the default stream settings from Security Desk instead.

    Enable playback requests
    When this option is turned on, users can view playback video from federated Omnicast™ cameras.
    Federate alarms
    When this option is turned on, alarms are received from the federated Omnicast™ system.
  12. Click Apply.

After you finish

In the Area view task, expand the Omnicast™ Federation™ role () and make sure all the federated entities were imported by the role.

The entity hierarchy corresponds to the area view on the federated remote system.

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