The video surveillance system supports many of the entities in Security Center.
| Icon | Entity | Description |
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Archiver (role) | Controls the video units and manages the video archive. |
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Auxiliary Archiver (role) | Supplements the video archive produced by the Archiver. It can archive any camera on the system. |
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Media Router (role) | Manages the routing of all audio and video streams on the network. |
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Media Gateway (role) | Transcodes Security Center video for Genetec™ Mobile, the Web Client, and the Genetec™ Web App and supports the Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP), which external applications can use to request raw video streams fromSecurity Center. |
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Unit Assistant (role) | Manages system-wide operations on video units. |
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Wearable Camera Manager (role) | Manages manage body-worn camera (BWC) devices in Security Center. |
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Network | Network (with specific streaming capabilities) that the Media Router takes into account while making routing decisions. |
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Server | Server on your network. Used to host the roles needed on your system. |
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Area | Logical grouping of cameras and camera sequences. |
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Analog monitor | Represents a physical analog monitor connected to a video decoder. |
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Body-worn camera | Video recording system that is typically used by law enforcement to record their interactions with the public or gather video evidence at crime scenes. |
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Camera | Single video source on the system. Might support audio. |
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Camera (PTZ enabled) | PTZ camera (dome camera). |
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Camera sequence | Prearranged order for the display of video sequences in a rotating fashion within a single tile in Security Desk. |
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Monitor group | Group of analog monitors sharing common characteristics. |
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Schedule | Date and time range, might support daytime and nighttime. |
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Video unit | IP unit incorporating one or more video encoders. |
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Partition | Group of entities on the system visible only to a group of users. |
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User | Individual who uses Security Center applications. |
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User group | Group of users sharing common characteristics. |