Strateg i c Alli anc e Solution Br ie f

Genetec and Barco

Genete c Sec u r ity Cent er incorporates Barco CMS visualization

Barco, leading global supplier in visualization for control rooms and Genetec inc., glo bal leader in IP v ideo

surveillance, access control and license plate recognition unified in a single platform have a long-standing

prove n history of coope ratio n and software inte gration. Bo th parties have inv ested in a major upd ate of the

integration based on their latest software platforms to maximize value for the joint customer community:

View B etter, Share Faster, Resolve Quicker.

Genetec

enetec

Security Center is a uniﬁed security platform that seamlessly

blends IP secur ity sys tems within a single intuitiv e interf ace to s implify your

operations. Security Center is a highly ﬂexible platform to evolve with the

customer, dependable without interruption, leveraging deep technology

integration with partners. The Security Center platform consists of Omnicast Video Management, Synergis

Access Co ntro l and A utoVu L icens e Plate Reco g niti o n.

Barco

arco provides ﬂexible and missioncritical visualization products and software consisting of high-quality

displays, rear-projection and nearseamless LCD video walls, graphic controllers and a Control room

Management suite (CMS) - an advanced software for easy display wall management, efficient

collaboratio n and f ast decis ion making based on sharing the rig ht visual information at the right time eas ily .

General Concept

he operator in the control room uses the Genetec Security Desk task-based client interface for easy

management of the Barco CMS-powered video wall(s) or display(s). Through the Barco CMS task, the

operator can select pre-conﬁgured CMS perspectives on the Barco video wall(s) – a perspective being a

grouping of sources providing situational awareness. The operator can preview the particular perspective

prior to launching it on the display wall, as well as edit the perspective on the ﬂy. As such, the common

operational picture on the video wall is easily tuned based on the current events, increasing situational

aware ness, without any nee d for additio nal training. Ins tallation and integr ation time is minim ized throug h

easy set-up and auto ma ted database sy nc hro niza tio n.

Benefits

• Increased situational awareness thanks to Genetec Security Center managed common operational

picture on the Barco C MS -powered video wall(s) and displays

• Shorter reaction times thanks to easy sharing of perspectives through the Genetec Security Center

platform

• Reduced training time thanks to integr ate d di splay management and visual c ollabora tion

• Reduced installation time – thanks to easy set-up and continued database synchronization between

the 2 platfor ms

• Ultimate visual collaboration by fully le veraging the persp ective concep t within the Genetec Sec urity

Center platform including previewing, launching and editing perspectives on the ﬂy, as events require

• Trusted integration – a comfort level for the customer based on proven integration for almost a

decade

Barco CMS Functionality within Genetec Security Center

Fig 1

The Genetec Security Center software (v 5.4) interfaces

with the Barco CMS environment through a Security

Desk task called a Barco CMS task.

Fig 2

The Barco CMS task represents a dedica t ed “Barc o wo rks pace”

and hosts the list of the CMS Displays (multiple Barco

displays), Perspectives and Sources. These can be visualized

in a logica l or list/tree view, accor ding to the pre fere nce of the

user. Sources or perspectives can be dragged

and dropped

onto a selec ted dis p lay.

Fig 3

The CMS Task

allows to preview the grid

positioning of the sources and perspectives within the

CMS Task.

In addition to camera sources, all other source types

suppor ted by C MS c a n be added to the perspective . This

effectively integrates 3rd party information,

extend ing the vie w ing c apab i litie s o f the Se c urity C e nter

solution to screen-scraping, DVI encoding/decoding,

and baseband inputs as supported in Barco’s audio-

visual environment.

A particular preconﬁgured CMS perspective can be

edited on the ﬂy, with respect to source deleting,

adding or grid position adaptation. The newly made

perspective can be saved under its original name or

saved as a new but modiﬁed version. Saving

perspecti ves happens automatically both in the Secur ity

Center and CMS server databases.

Fig 4

It is also poss ible to create new perspectives from scratch.