Avigilon Control Center System Integration Guide
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1. User Name Password 4 In the dialog box enter the Avigilon Server IP Address Port User Name and Password then click OK Use the username and password created for the integration See Adding an Integration User in Avigilon on page 4 5 Click OK The Avigilon PP4 Gateway searches both software systems for alarms that can be mapped together Mapping Alarms 1 Open the Avigilon PP4 Gateway configuration application 2 Confirm that the server configurations are correct then click OK Avigilon Control Center System Integration Guide with UTC Picture Perfect 3 In the Picture Perfect Alarms area select an alarm to map X 2 m 1 New Alam 41 Input Group 8 M0 DOWNSTREAM MICRO COMM FAIL v Micro ryan micro Alarm kor np AlamHistory ALARM HISTORY IVERFLOW 8 M0 DOWNSTREAM MICRO COMM FAIL v Alarm ALARM HISTORY OVERFLOW New Alam 10 New Alam 12 c M0 DOWNSTREAM MICRO COMM L ERUSHTON 1 NVR SERVER08 NVR SERVER08 NVR SERVER08 NVR SERVER08 NVR SERVER08 NVR SERVER08 NVR SERVER08 NVR SERVER08 NVR SERVER08 NVR SERVER08 NVR SERVER08 a Select an alarm category b Select an alarm that was configured in Picture Perfect from the top drop down list See Picture Perfect Alarm Configuration on page 4 for more information c Select the options for the alarm 4 In the Avigilon NVR Alarms area select an Avigilon alarm See Avigilon Alarm2. UTC Picture Perfect External Interface EIF license For More Information For more detailed information about the procedures outlined in this guide refer to the specific software documentation e Avigilon Control Center Client User Guide e Avigilon Control Center Server User Guide e ODBC and JDBC Connection Instructions for the Picture Perfect 4 0 Informix Database e Picture Perfect 4 User Manual Avigilon Control Center System Integration Guide with UTC Picture Perfect Installation Server Install the following on any server in your network in the following order 1 Install the Picture Perfect Server software 2 Install the Avigilon Control Center Server software 3 Set up an Open Database Connectivity ODBC connection to the Picture Perfect database The Avigilon PP4 integration communicates with the Picture Perfect database through an ODBC connection a Install the 32 bit version of the IBM Informix Client SDK software even if you are running a 64 bit system http www1 4 software ibm com webapp download search jsp rs ifxdl f you are installing the IBM Informix Client on a 64 bit system install the software through command prompt Run command prompt as an Administrator then enter the following commands set PATH WINDIR SysWOW64 PATHS run installer b Configure the ODBC and JDBC connection as described in the manual ODBC and JDBC Connection Instructions for the Picture Perfect
3. 4 0 Informix Database When you complete the Setting up an ODBC Data Source procedure for a 64 bit system do not access the IBM Informix ODBC Driver from the Control Panel Access the driver set up window from here C NWindowsNSyswow64Nodbcad32 exe c Inthe ODBC Data Source Administrator dialog box duplicate the IBM INFORMIX ODBC DRIVER entry from the User DSN tab to the System DSN tab 4 Install the Avigilon PP4 Gateway software integration Client Install the following as needed Install the Avigilon Control Center Client software on the computers that require access to the Avigilon Control Center System Avigilon Control Center System Integration Guide with UTC Picture Perfect Checking the License After you have installed all the required software check that the licenses were properly applied To check the Avigilon Third Party Integration License ACC PP4 NVR 1 Open the Avigilon Control Center Admin Tool 2 Select the Settings tab and click Licensing The License Activation dialog box appears The dialog box must say ntegration Connections Yes or the software was not properly licensed To check the Picture Perfect license 1 Open Picture Perfect and select the Help menu and select About Picture Perfect In the dialog box check that the EIF license is displayed Avigilon Control Center System Integration Guide with UTC Picture Perfect Configuration The Avigilon PP4 Gateway software is used to dire
4. Configuration on page 4 for more information 5 Click Add Mapping 6 Repeat step 3 to 5 until all the alarms you require are mapped 7 Click Save Avigilon Control Center System Integration Guide with UTC Picture Perfect Backing Up Mapped Alarms After you finish mapping all the alarms in the Avigilon PP4 Gateway you can choose to back up a copy of the mappings 1 Navigate to C Program Files Avigilon Avigilon Picture Perfect 4 Gateway NOTE The filepath may be different depending on how your system is configured 2 Copy and paste the GatewayParams xml file to a back up location Restoring Mapped alarms When you have a backup copy of the mapped alarms you can restore the integration to use the back up copy any time 1 Open the Avigilon PP4 Gateway configuration application to stop the Gateway Windows service 2 Locate your backup copy of the GatewayParams xm1 file 3 Copy and paste the backup GatewayParams xml file into the C Program Files Avigilon Avigilon Picture Perfect 4 Gateway folder Allow Windows to overwrite the copy that is currently in the folder Close the Avigilon PP4 Gateway configuration application to start the Gateway Windows service To check if the mapped alarms were restored correctly open the Avigilon PP4 Gateway configuration application again Avigilon Control Center System Integration Guide with UTC Picture Perfect Monitoring Alarms Once the alarms
5. QVIGILON THE BEST EVIDENCE Avigilon Control Center System Integration Guide with Picture Perfect 4 United Technologies Company INT PP4 A Rev3 Copyright 2013 Avigilon All rights reserved No copying distribution publication modification or incorporation of this document in whole or part is permitted without the express written permission of Avigilon In the event of any permitted copying distribution publication modification or incorporation of this document no changes in or deletion of author attribution trademark legend or copyright notice shall be made No part of this document may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system published used for commercial exploitation or transmitted in any form by any eee ecvene mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the express written permission of Avigilon Picture Perfect is a registered trademark of UTC Fire amp Security Avigilon has made every effort to identify trademarked properties and owners on this page All brands and product names used in this document are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies Avigilon Tel 1 604 629 5182 Fax 1 604 629 5183 http www avigilon com Revised 2013 2 27 Table of Contents introduction s dre ce a a i De ee Sa 1 Requirements 002 c cece eee esee 1 For More Information else 1 Instalatii 5 i crea ese nain c
6. ct alarm communication between the Picture Perfect and Avigilon Control Center software Configure the two applications for their connection to the Avigilon PP4 Gateway software Adding an Integration User in Avigilon To protect the security of the Avigilon Control Center Server add a user to the Avigilon software specifically for connecting to the integration See the Avigilon Control Center Client User Guide for details about how to add users This user must have the following permissions to enable all the integration features View Live Images The Avigilon PP4 integration user name and password is required to add Avigilon Servers to the Avigilon PP4 Gateway configuration application Picture Perfect Alarm Configuration Alarms are manually created in the Picture Perfect software Create the alarms needed for the integration and route the alarms as required See the alarms configuration section in the Picture Perfect 4 User Manual for more information Avigilon Alarm Configuration Alarms are manually created in the Avigilon Control Center Client software Create the Avigilon alarms you want mapped to the alarms in the Picture Perfect software then assign the required cameras and settings for the alarm 1 In the Avigilon Control Center Client software select Tools Setup then select the Avigilon Server to define the alarm on 2 On the server Setup dialog box click Alarms 3 On the Add Alarm dialog box click Add 4 On
7. enever the Avigilon PP4 Gateway configuration application is opened the Avigilon PP4 Gateway service is stopped Configuring Server Settings Configure the Avigilon PP4 Gateway to access the two applications The Avigilon PP4 Gateway configuration application remembers the server configuration so you do not need to repeat this procedure if the settings remain the same 1 Open the Avigilon PP4 Gateway software Select Start gt All Programs gt Avigilon gt Avigilon Picture Perfect 4 Gateway 2 Complete the following fields Picture Perfect and ACC Settings Xa Picture Perfect Hostname TEES Request Manager Port 8088 User Id install Password eeeseese EIF Event Port 20000 Informix DB DSN DSN pphost Host rhel48 Server rhel48 Service sglexec Protocol onsoctcp Database Name proteus User ld informix Password eeeeeese Avigilon NVRs IP Address User Name 10 10 20 12 administrator 10 10 20 22 administrator 127 0 0 1 noptz Add 9m n the Picture Perfect area complete the required fields to access the Picture Perfect server Avigilon Control Center System Integration Guide with UTC Picture Perfect In the Informix DB area complete the required fields to access the ODBC that was set up as part of the integration installation See nstallation on page 2 for more information 3 Click Add to add the Avigilon Server n Add Avigilon NVR IP Address
8. from Picture Perfect and Avigilon Control Center have been mapped in the Avigilon PP4 Gateway alarms that are triggered in Picture Perfect will appear in both applications To monitor alarms in the Picture Perfect software see the alarm monitoring section of the Picture Perfect 4 User Manual To monitor alarms in the Avigilon Control Center software see the alarm monitoring section of the Avigilon Control Center Client User Guide
9. r a a acad 2 SelVOl od nope etu P RIA Rin ERU te n e a pee 2 Client s cine ct eh tee ER A A 2 Checking the License 00 00 eee eee eee 3 Contiguration 3 21asd lt sa tdanseuld EATER RE RA 4 Adding an Integration User in Avigilon 4 Picture Perfect Alarm Configuration 4 Avigilon Alarm Configuration lille esses 4 Avigilon PP4 Gateway lees 6 Configuring Server Settings 0 02 eee eae 6 Mapping Alarms seleee tee 7 Backing Up Mapped Alarms 0 eee eee 9 Restoring Mapped alarms 9 Monitoring Alarms sees 10 Avigilon Control Center System Integration Guide with UTC Picture Perfect Introduction The UTC Picture Perfect 4 PP4 and Avigilon Control Center software integration allows for the two systems to share alarms The integration enables alarms created in one software to be mapped to the other software so alarms can be monitored in both Requirements Vendor Requirements Avigilon Control Center Server Software 4 10 or later Avigilon Avigilon Third Party Integration License ACC PP4 NVR Avigilon Avigilon PP4 Gateway software integration AvigilonPicturePerfect4Gateway ex The file can be downloaded at http avigilon com support and downloads for software integration and plug in downloads UTC Picture Perfect 4 with Service Pack 3
10. the Select Alarm Trigger Source page select External Software Event from the Alarm Trigger Source drop down list and click Next 5 On the Select Linked Cameras page select the cameras to link to this alarm and set the Pre Alarm Record Time and the Recording Duration Click Next 6 Select the groups or users who should receive alarm notifications then click Next 7 Optional If you would like to trigger an action when an alarm is acknowledged select the Activate selected digital output s on alarm acknowledgement check box a Select the digital outputs to be activated and specify the duration Avigilon Control Center System Integration Guide with UTC Picture Perfect b Select the Require user confirmation before activating digital output check box if users need to confirm the alarm before the digital output action is initiated c Click Next 8 Enter a Name for the alarm and set the alarm Priority The alarm name is used to identify the alarm during the integration 9 Ensure the Enable Alarm check box is selected and click Finish Avigilon Control Center System Integration Guide with UTC Picture Perfect Avigilon PP4 Gateway The Avigilon PP4 Gateway is composed of two parts the Avigilon PP4 Gateway Windows service that runs automatically in the background and the Avigilon PP4 Gateway configuration application that is used to configure the connection and alarm mappings between the UTC and the Avigilon systems NOTE Wh
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