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Avigilon Control Center System

Integration Guide

with Picture Perfect 4

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Avigilon Control Center System Integration Guide with Picture Perfect 4 INT-PP4-A-Rev3
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Table of Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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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.
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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.
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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 Integration Connections: Yes or the software was not properly licensed.
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Avigilon Control Center System Integration Guide with UTC Picture Perfect Configuration The Avigilon PP4 Gateway software is used to direct 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.
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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.
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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: Whenever the Avigilon PP4 Gateway configuration application is opened, the Avigilon PP4 Gateway service is stopped.
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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 Installation on page 2 for more information. 3. Click Add to add the Avigilon Server. 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.
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Avigilon Control Center System Integration Guide with UTC Picture Perfect 3. In the Picture Perfect Alarms area, select an alarm to map. 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 Alarm Configuration on page 4 for more information. 5.
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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.
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Avigilon Control Center System Integration Guide with UTC Picture Perfect Monitoring Alarms Once the alarms 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.