Using the Monitoring task, you can monitor events such as access
control events from doors and cardholders, license plate reads and hits from fixed and
mobile ALPR units, and camera related events, in real time.
What you should know
To monitoring events, you must monitor the entities that trigger those events. These
entities are selected in the Monitoring task. You can
customize how the Monitoring task displays information to suit
the purpose of the task. For example, if you are monitoring cameras, you can hide
everything else except for the canvas tiles to make the camera images bigger. You
can create multiple Monitoring tasks to monitor different sets of entities, for
example, only cameras or doors.
Procedure
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Select the events to
monitor.
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Select the entities that
are linked to the events you want to monitor.
After selecting the entities, events that occur in your system are shown
chronologically in the event list and in real time. You cannot change the order
of the events.
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To show the event list, drag the divider down from the top of the
Monitoring task window.
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To choose what event information to display in the event list, right-click a
column heading, and then click Select columns to choose
the information you want to display in the list.
In access control systems, you might only want to view cardholder and
credential fields. In ALPR systems, you might only
want to view plate numbers and context images.
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To clear the event list, click Clear event list () in the upper-right corner of the
Monitoring task.
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To monitor events in the canvas, choose one of the following two modes:
- Tile mode
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Tile mode is the main Security Desk canvas operating mode that
presents information in separate tiles. You can turn
monitoring on or off for each tile.
- Map mode
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Map mode is a Security Desk canvas operating mode that replaces tiles
and controls with a geographical map showing all active, georeferenced events in your
system. Switching to Map mode is a feature that comes with
AutoVu™, Correlation, or Genetec Mission Control™, and requires a license for one of these
major features.
NOTE: To switch
between tile mode and map mode, your account must have the
Switch to map mode privilege.
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From the area view, drag and drop the entities you want to view into the
canvas.
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(Optional) To protect the content in the tile from being overwritten by new
events, turn off monitoring for that tile.
Tip: This is helpful if you have a tile plugin displayed in the
canvas, and do not want an event to replace it.
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Select a tile in the canvas.
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In the tile widget, click Monitoring (), and click
Monitor events.
The checkmark beside Monitor events disappears
and tile ID background turns black.