Configuring Vehicle Monitoring plugin data sources - Vehicle Monitoring 2.3.18.0

Before you add GPS push data sources as GPS units to Security Center, you must configure the Security Center Vehicle Monitoring plugin's data source settings.

1. From the Config Tool homepage, open the Plugins task.
2. From the entity tree, select the Vehicle Monitoring plugin role, and click the Data sources tab.
3. To configure a push data source, click Add ():

   Data source name

   Enter a name for the data source.

   Tip: For better search indexing, it is a best practice to indicate that the router is submitting NMEA data.

   Input type

   Select the input type that you require and configure the settings for it:

   • UDP socket

     Data format

     Select the type of data that you require. Depending on the Input type you selected, choose from the following:

     • NMEA
     • TAIP
     • Genetec GPS data
     • Genetec metadata
     • Genetec mixed data

     Vehicle ID position

     Choose where the vehicle ID is situated in the NMEA sentence.

     Socket

     Define the communication information so the data source can communicate with your system:

     (Optional) Listen IP address type

     Choose to target all IP addresses or specific IP addresses.

     NOTE: Most use cases require all IP addresses be used.

     Listen port

     If your computer has multiple network interfaces, specify the port that the UDP socket should listen on.

     Receive timeout

     Set how long each socket read waits for data before a timeout. When a socket read times out, it immediately attempts another read.

   • MQTT
     NOTE: The supported MQTT version is 3.1.1.

     Data format

     Select the type of data that you require. Depending on the Input type you selected, choose from the following:

     • NMEA
     • TAIP
     • Genetec GPS data
     • Genetec metadata
     • Genetec mixed data
     • Component health

     Vehicle ID position

     Choose where the vehicle ID is situated in the NMEA sentence.

     Broker hostname

     Enter the hostname used by the data broker.

     Broker port

     Enter the port used by the data broker.

     Topic

     Information that the broker uses to filter messages for each connected client.

     SSL protocol

     Select a compatible version of the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.

   • Rest endpoint
     NOTE: The Rest endpoint input type is depreciated and its use is no longer recommended. The REST API input type is recommended as a replacement. For more information, refer to the REST API section of Configuring Vehicle Monitoring plugin data sources.

     Listen port

     If your computer has multiple network interfaces, specify the port that the UDP socket should listen on.

     NOTE: The recommended value is 443. Additional data sources increment from this value.

     (Optional) HTTPS

     Activate this setting to use HTTPS communication protocol.

     (Optional) Authenticate

     Activate this setting to configure authentication information used with HTTPS protocol.

     (Optional) Authentication host

     The host address associated with the endpoint.

     (Optional) Authentication port

     The port associated with the endpoint.

     NOTE: The default port is 443.

     End Points

     Select a data format and enter the URI path associated with the endpoint.

4. To configure a pull data source Add ():

   Data source name

   Enter a name for the data source.

   Data source format

   Select the type of data source that you require.

   Data source URL

   Input the URL where your data source is located.

   Poll interval

   Define a time period after which the system polls for new data.

5. Click Apply.