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Introduction

ICD-002 is a network communication protocol based on XML. The protocol is used over standard TCP/IP client-server connections.

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Witness supports integration with many different types of external systems through the use of plugins. These are stand-alone software libraries which are dynamically loaded by the Integration Manager and contain code which knows know how to convert the Witness data into the required format for the external system. Navtech Radar can easily develop bespoke plugins to interface with a specific type of equipment or application, however, ICD-002 has been developed to provide a comprehensive communication protocol which is based on open standards in order to make it as easy as possible to integrate with a large number of different systems.

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The plugin can be selected during setup and will automatically be installed in the correct location.

When installing ClearWay™, in the Choose Components page of the ClearWay™ Setup wizard, open Integration Plugin options and select ICD002:

Configuring the ICD-002 Plugin

When the plugin is installed and licensed, a plugin configuration with default settings is automatically generated. The settings can be viewed and edited by enabling the Config Function, then selecting the plugin in Integration Configurations, within the Configuration Tree. Configuration settings will then be available in the Configuration Panel. 

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Once you have made changes to the plugin configuration and committed the changes by saving, the plugin will automatically restart itself based on the new configuration. Note that any connections to 3rd party systems will be dropped during this restart.

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Alarm Response Timeout (s): The period of time for before an alarm to time times out.

Alarm Queue Check Interval (s): This setting specifies how often the system checks the Alarm Queue.

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