To federate one remote Omnicast™ system using Omnicast Federation™, you must create and
configure an Omnicast Federation role.
Before you begin
Install the Omnicast Compatibility Pack corresponding to the version of the Omnicast
system that 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 that you plan to assign to the Federation role.
- On all Security Desk workstations viewing the federated cameras.
What you should know
- Omnicast 4.8 has reached End of Life. For more information, see the Genetec™ Product Lifecycle page.
- In Security Center 5.11.3.0 and later, Omnicast Federation is not supported and the role
is in a permanent warning state.
Procedure
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Open the System task and click the Roles view.
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Click Add an entity (
), and
click Omnicast Federation.
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In the Directory field, enter the name of the Omnicast Gateway
connecting you to the remote Omnicast system.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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On the Basic information page, enter a name and description for
the role.
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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.
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Click .
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Select the new Federation role (
), and click the Properties tab.
The connection status should say Synchronizing entities, or
Connected.
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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.
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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.