You configure the settings of the Omnicast™ Federation™ role from the Roles view of the System task in Security Center Config Tool.
NOTE: In Security Center 5.11.3.0 and later, Omnicast Federation is not supported and the role
is in a permanent warning state.
Omnicast Federation - Identity tab
Click the Identity tab to view descriptive information about this
role and jump to the configuration page of related entities.
- Role group
- An advanced setting that is only necessary if you plan on hosting more than 40
Omnicast Federation roles on the same server.NOTE: This setting is hidden by default. To show it, click the Name field, and type Ctrl+Shift+A.
Omnicast Federation - Properties tab
Click the Properties tab to configure the connection parameters to
the remote Omnicast system, and the default video
stream and events you want to receive from it.
- Connection status
- Shows the connection status of the Federation role to the remote Omnicast system. Click Reset to force the Federation™ role to reconnect to the remote system.
- Directory
- Name of the Omnicast Gateway connecting you to the remote Omnicast system.
- Version
- Version of the federated Omnicast system. This list only contains Omnicast versions that you have installed a compatibility pack for.
- Username and password
- Credentials used by the Federation role to log on to the remote Omnicast system. The rights and privileges of that user determine what your local users can see and do on the federated remote system.
- 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.
- Federated events
- Select the events that you want to receive from the federated Omnicast system. Events are necessary if you plan to monitor the federated entities in Security Desk, or to configure event-to-actions for the federated entities.
Omnicast Federation - Resources tab
Click the Resources tab to
configure the servers assigned to this role. The Omnicast Federation™ role does not
require a database.
- Servers
- Servers hosting this role.