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Selecting the Genetec Plugin will display the following screen in the Configuration Control:

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Plugin Enabled: select to enable the Genetec Plugin.

Name: the unique name of the plugin.

IP Address: the Genetec server IP address.

Port: the Port for the server connection, will default to 4590.

Use TLS: enable TLS for end-to-end communications security between Witness and Genetec.

Username: the username of a User in the Genetec server. This User must be allowed to generate alarms or generate bookmarks.

Password: the password of the User.

Application ID: this will be generated and available from the Genetec licence.

Generate Alarms: select to enable alarms in the Genetec Client.

Generate Bookmarks: select to enable bookmarks to be created in the recorded video when an alarm is triggered in the Genetec Client.

Mapping Cameras

Once the plugin has successfully connected to the Genetec Server it will retrieve a list of configured cameras. The mapping configuration is required to map each of the cameras configured in Witness to the corresponding cameras in Genetec. This process ensures that Witness creates bookmarks for the correct camera in response to an alarm in Witness. To map the cameras:

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If creating you own Alarms the Witness Rule User ID has to align with that of the Genetec Alarm Logical ID number.

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Genetec Recipients: there must be a Recipient or Group of Recipients configured in the Genetec Client who can receive the alarms sent by Witness.

Attached entities: there must be at least one entity; e.g. a camera configured in Witness that is linked to the Genetec Client. Add all of the cameras that can see alarm incidents.

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See the Genetec documentation for further information

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