Associating Cameras with Doors and Devices

When a camera is associated with a door or device, you can view recorded video clips for the events that occur on that device, or open a live video stream for the camera from event entries. When viewing live video, you can also invoke commands for the door or device.

For example, if you assign a camera to the door configuration Lab 1, you can right-click an event for that door to view live or recorded video for that door.

To associate a camera with a door or device, do the following:

Step 1            Select Devices in Camera View from the Events & Alarms menu, in the Video submenu.

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Step 2           In the resulting window, drag-and-drop the devices and doors from the left pane to the cameras listed in the right pane.

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You can associate cameras with more than one device, and devices can be associated to more than one camera.

Tip           Be sure to associate cameras only with devices that are in the camera’s view.

Note      If the correct cameras do not appear, see Updating the Camera Inventory.

Step 3            (Optional) You can also associate cameras with devices by editing the camera properties.

a.  Double-click a specific camera in the Video or Hardware - Tree windows.

b.  In the resulting window, switch to the Devices in View page.

c.  Check the devices to be associated with the selected camera.

Associated cameras are listed in the far-right table.

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d.  Click Save and Close.

Step 4            (Optional) Exit and relaunch the ICPAM client to ensure that the camera associations appear correctly in the Events window.

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Tip   In the Events main window, you can display a Video column that indicates a camera is associated with a door or device. Click Columns in the menu bar, check the Video box and click OK. The Video column displays three dots if a camera is associated with the door or device.

 

Note     Follow the same steps to associate cameras with devices if you have launched a 7X camera driver.

Tip            For more information about configuring Cisco VSM cameras, see the Cisco Video Surveillance Manager User Guide.

 

See also:

Enabling Video Monitoring