Setting up an Omnicast Federation - Security Center 5.11

To federate one remote Omnicast™ system using Omnicast Federation™, you must create and configure an Omnicast Federation role.

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 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. On 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 that 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.