Integrating video walls in Security Center consists of a series of steps that need to be followed in sequence.
The following table lists the tasks required to integrate a video wall in Security Center.
| Step | Description | Where to find more information |
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| Learn about the release | ||
| 1 | Read the release notes to learn about any known issues, limitations, supported software, and other information about this release of the plugin. | |
| 2 | Make sure the video wall you want to integrate is compatible with Security Center. | Product compatibility for the Video Wall plugin 3.1 |
| Install the plugin | ||
| 3 | Verify that the Security Center license has a valid certificate for the Video Wall plugin, by going to the Config Tool home page, clicking About > Certificates, and confirming that Video Wall is in the list. |
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| 4 | Ensure that the servers where the plugin will be installed meet the recommended system requirements and are running a compatible version of Security Center. | |
| 5 | On the Directory server, download and install the Video
Wall plugin. NOTE: This must be done
even if you will be running the plugin from a different
server.
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Downloading and installing the Video Wall plugin |
| 6 | On all Security Center servers and client workstations from which you want to monitor video walls, download and install the Video Wall plugin. | |
| Configure the plugin | ||
| 7 | Create the Video Wall plugin role on the server of your choice. | Creating the Video Wall plugin role |
| 8 | Create and configure the Media Gateway role, and then from the Plugins task, on the Properties page of the Video Wall plugin, select a Media Gateway user. | |
| 9 | From the Plugins task, connect to the video wall by adding a video wall unit. | Adding a video wall unit |
| 10 | Configure the properties of the video wall. NOTE: These setting might
vary depending on what video wall you are using.
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| 11 | Create video wall layouts so that you can apply them to video walls. | |
| 12 | Modify the layout pattern and change what is displayed on the video wall by adding cameras. | |
| 13 | Apply layouts to video walls. | Applying a video wall layout to a video wall |
| Configure alarm monitoring on the video wall | ||
| 14 | Create and configure alarms. | Security Center Administrator Guide and the Security Desk User Guide |
| 15 | Configure alarm monitoring on a video wall using the Video Wall widget. | Monitoring alarms on a video wall |