Before you can monitor GPS units in Security Center, you must add them to the plugin
role.
You can add GPS unit entities to Security Center
using a Cradlepoint router as a push data source.
Before you begin
Configure the Vehicle Monitoring plugin to accept data sources.
What you should know
For instructions on configuring your specific router model,
refer to the manufacturer's documentation.
Procedure
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From the Config Tool home page, open the Area view
task.
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Click Add an entity and select GPS
unit.
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From the Model list, select Data
source, and enter an entity Name.
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Click the Properties tab. In the Data
source section, enter a unique identifier for the data
source.
This identified is prefixed to each NMEA sentence sent from the router. If the
router cannot prefix a unique identifier to the NMEA sentence, use the IP
address of the router.
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From the router's configuration page, click .
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Ensure that Enable GPS is selected, and click
Save.
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In the Send to Servers section, click New
entry, and configure the following settings:
- In the Client name field, enter Genetec
Security Center
(GSC).
- Enter the IP address and
Port of the Security Center server running the
Vehicle Monitoring plugin role.
- Ensure that Use UDP is selected.
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Click Next, and configure the following settings:
- Set the language to NMEA.
- Ensure that only the Prepend System ID and
Report NMEW GGA sentences options are
selected.
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Click Next and set the time interval for reporting data.
The default is 10 seconds.
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Click Finish.
After you finish
- From the router's configuration web page, click , and ensure that the System Identifier
field matches the identifier prefix you set for the GPS unit.
- Confirm that the router's GPS fix is working. On the Cradlepoint NetCloud site,
click , and verify that the router's location data is up to date.
- Verify that your system is receiving data from
your data source. In Security Desk, drag the GPS unit entity to a monitoring
tile. Ensure that the entity is online and that the Current
data section is up to date.