Assigning cameras to local doors - Security Center 5.12

Security Center Administrator Guide 5.12
Product
Security Center
Content type
Guides > Administrator guides
Version
5.12
Language
English
Last updated
2024-09-13

To display camera feeds in the Security Desk Monitoring task, you can assign local and federated cameras to local door entities. This allows Security Desk operators to monitor door events, such as Door forced or Access denied.

Before you begin

To monitor doors with cameras, you must have one of the following Security Center configurations:
  • An Archiver role with available cameras
  • A Security Center Federation™ role that can connect to an external Security Center system with cameras

What you should know

  • If multiple cameras are associated with a door, it creates a composite entity where cameras linked to side (A) display in a Security Desk tile. You can cycle through or unpack a composite entity in Security Desk.
  • If a video file is unavailable, a video request returns the video file that is closest to the requested time stamp.
  • If the playback video associated with an access control event is no longer available, the next available video recorded closest to the time of the event is displayed instead.

Procedure

  1. From the Config Tool homepage, open the Area view task.
  2. Select the door entity to configure, and click the Hardware tab.
  3. In the Door side (In) section, click Associate a camera ().
  4. From the Camera list, select a camera.
    If the camera has a PTZ motor, you can also include the PTZ preset number to ensure that the camera points towards the door.
  5. To assign another camera to the door side, click Associate a camera () again.
  6. Repeat the steps for Door side (Out).
  7. Click Apply.
Parent topic: Mapping door entities to physical door wiring