To extend your monitoring capabilities within Security
Desk, you can associate Security Center cameras users that have SIP accounts, so
that the live video stream from Security Center
cameras is displayed during active phone calls between these users.
What you should know
Video streams from a
Security Center camera
do not require a SIP connection, and are therefore not considered video calls. To
configure video calls between SIP entities, you must
configure the required audio
and video devices in Security Desk.
As opposed to SIP intercoms, which
allow you to associate cameras, doors, zones, and output devices to them, you can
only associate a camera to a Security Center
user.
Procedure
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From the Config
Tool open the
User Management task.
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Select a user from the list.
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Click the VoIP tab.
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In the Associated entities section, click Add
an entity (
).
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In the Entity association wizard search for and select the
camera entity that you want to associate to your user, and then click
Next. If you select a PTZ camera, you can select the
PTZ preset whose video stream you want to appear during an active call.
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Confirm your selection by clicking Next, and then
Apply.
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Once the Entity association wizard has closed, click Apply to save your changes.
The entity that you selected appears in the list of associated entities.
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(Optional) To configure the associated entity that you added, click
.
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(Optional)
Associate custom events to call states or Sipelia entity states.
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Associate additional cameras to your user by repeating the steps above.
Results
The camera you have selected is linked to the user. During an active call, the live
video stream from this camera appears in the conversation window or
Security
Desk tile of the users with which this
user is communicating. If you have associated multiple cameras, users are able to switch
between the different video streams.
Example
Let's assume that you have associated the following two cameras to user Charles:
Front Building Entrance and
Emergency Exit.
As shown in the following image, when Charles is in an active call with
Security Center users, those users can switch between
the live video streams of both cameras.
