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Multi-site physical security

Every site’s cameras, doors and sensors, watched from one place.

Bring the cameras and VMS you already run, organise them by site, building and zone, watch their health and tampering, set standing alerts per site, join footage to access control and plate readers, and limit each operator to their own sites and shifts.

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Investigator console
Four standing alert rules: an absence rule on the server-room camera, a crowding threshold, a search rule for vehicles at the north gate and a loitering dwell rule, each with its severity, channels and a test-fire action.Four standing alert rules: an absence rule on the server-room camera, a crowding threshold, a search rule for vehicles at the north gate and a loitering dwell rule, each with its severity, channels and a test-fire action.
Standing rules of four kinds, each with the channels it pages. Shown with demo data.

The situation

Each warehouse has its own VMS, its own guard and its own idea of what counts as an alert. Head office cannot see which cameras are down, and the badge system and the cameras have never been introduced.

How it works

Step by step, and the product each step happens in.

  1. 01

    Bring the cameras you have

    RTSP and ONVIF cameras, Milestone, Genetec, Axis and other VMS platforms, onboarded in bulk by CSV or API.

    In Video Intelligence

  2. 02

    Organise by site

    A site, building, floor, zone and camera hierarchy, with groups that drive permissions and search scope.

    In Video Intelligence

  3. 03

    Know when a camera fails

    Health monitoring, tamper detection and camera-down alerting with escalation.

    In Video Intelligence

  4. 04

    Alert on what matters per site

    Standing rules for absence, crowding, loitering and searches, scheduled by site hours and holidays.

    In Video Search & Alerts
    Investigator console
    Four standing alert rules: an absence rule on the server-room camera, a crowding threshold, a search rule for vehicles at the north gate and a loitering dwell rule, each with its severity, channels and a test-fire action.Four standing alert rules: an absence rule on the server-room camera, a crowding threshold, a search rule for vehicles at the north gate and a loitering dwell rule, each with its severity, channels and a test-fire action.
    Standing rules of four kinds, each with the channels it pages. Shown with demo data.

  5. 05

    Join doors and plates to footage

    Access control and ANPR events arrive beside the footage from the same door, and a question can join them.

    In Ask

  6. 06

    Scope each operator

    Operators see only their camera groups and zones, within their shift hours.

    In Investigations

What you get

  • Every site in one view

    One hierarchy and one alert model across sites, instead of a VMS per building.

  • Cameras that report their own failures

    A camera that goes dark or is tampered with raises an alert.

  • Least privilege for guards

    Access is scoped by camera, group, zone and shift.

The products involved

Questions, answered

Do we have to replace our VMS?

No. Milestone, Genetec, Axis, Avigilon, Hanwha, Bosch and others connect as they are, alongside direct RTSP and ONVIF cameras.

Which access control systems connect?

HID, Lenel OnGuard, Genetec Synergis, Gallagher, Nedap and Salto, plus ANPR readers.

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