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Introduction

ICD-001 is a network communication protocol based on XML. The protocol is used over standard TCP/IP client-server connections.

The Navtech ICD-001 documentationProtocol describes the protocol in detail, including message structure, message framing and all the message types.

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Overview

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The data is transmitted as the events occur, leading to real time reporting.

Installing the ICD-001 Plugin

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 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-001 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.

When installing Witness, in the Choose Components page of the Witness Setup wizard, open Integration Plugin options and select ICD001:

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When Witness generates events, such as alarms, or processes targets, it passes all this information to the Integration Manager. The Integration Manager is then able to use loaded plugins such as ICD-001 to convert this information into a suitable data format to send to external systems. In this case the plugin converts the data to XML message which are transmitted over a TCP/IP connection.

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The data is transmitted as the events occur, leading to real time reporting.

Configuring the ICD-001 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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The setting options are as follows:

Enable Plugin Enabled: When enabled the plugin will start and will always start when the Witness system starts. When disabled the plugin will stop and will not start until re-enabled.

Plugin Name: User friendlyname of the plugin.

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Status Reports: When enabled this will trigger status reports to be sent at a regular interval based on the Status Report Time. In addition it allows status reports to be sent when any status changes (i.e. health or system profile). This also enables support for the ICD-001 Request Status Command which provides the capability for external systems to request status reports. For more information please click hereview ICD-001 Status Report.

Area Report Filter: This sets the filter for the area status report. One or more area types can be selected. This filter can be useful when a site has a lot of areas of different types. This filter ensures the status report only includes relevant areas. By default only Alarm areas are reported. If you do not wish to report any area status data then you clear the selection on all types.

Alarm Reports: When enabled, Alarm Reports will be sent when alarms are raised. For more information please click hereview ICD-001 Alarm Report.

Camera Reports: When enabled, Camera Reports will be sent when cameras are tasked to follow targets. For more information please click hereview ICD-001 Camera Report.

Classification Reports: When enabled, the Classification Report will contain the statistics for each configured section and classification type. For more information please click hereview ICD-001 Classification Report.

Carriageway Statistics Report: When enabled, the Carriageway Statistics Report will contain the statistics for each section. For more details please click heresee ICD-001 Carriageway Statistics Report.

Carriageway Statistics Interval (s): This setting specifies how often the Carriageway Statistics are sent.

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