Avigilon Control Center System Integration Guide with GE Facility Commander Wnx INT-GE-C-Rev3
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Table of Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Avigilon Control Center System Integration Guide with GE Facility Commander Wnx Introduction The GE Facility Commander Wnx® (FCWnx) and Avigilon Control Center software integration allows for the two systems to combine alarm monitoring abilities. Integrations with FCWnx 7.0 enables alarms created in one software to be monitored in both. While integrations with FCWnx 7.5 enables alarms triggered in FCWnx to activate response actions in the Avigilon Control Center.
Avigilon Control Center System Integration Guide with GE Facility Commander Wnx Installation Server Install the following on any server in your network. Only the FCWnx API software and the Avigilon FCWnx Gateway software integration need to be installed on the same server: 1. The Facility Commander Wnx Server software. 2. The Avigilon Control Center Server software. 3. The FCWnx API software 4.
Avigilon Control Center System Integration Guide with GE Facility Commander Wnx Configuration The Avigilon FCWnx Gateway software is used to direct alarm communication between the Facility Commander Wnx and Avigilon Control Center software. Configure the two applications for their connection to the Avigilon FCWnx Gateway software.
Avigilon Control Center System Integration Guide with GE Facility Commander Wnx Adding an Integration User in Avigilon To protect the security of the Avigilon Control Center Server, add a user to the Avigilon software specifically for connecting to the integration. See the Avigilon Control Center Client User Guide for details about how to add users.
Avigilon Control Center System Integration Guide with GE Facility Commander Wnx b. Select the Require user confirmation before activating digital output check box if users need to confirm the alarm before the digital output action is initiated. c. Click Next. 8. Enter a Name for the alarm and set the alarm Priority. The alarm name is used to identify the alarm during the integration. 9. Ensure the Enable Alarm check box is selected and click Finish.
Avigilon Control Center System Integration Guide with GE Facility Commander Wnx Avigilon FCWnx Gateway The Avigilon FCWnx Gateway is composed of two parts: the Avigilon FCWnx Gateway Windows service that runs automatically in the background, and the Avigilon FCWnx Gateway configuration application that is used to configure the connection and alarm mappings between the Facility Commander Wnx and the Avigilon systems.
Avigilon Control Center System Integration Guide with GE Facility Commander Wnx • SQL Server Instance: enter the FCWnx database: \. The default instance name is SPSQL. • SQL Server User Name: enter your username for the FCWnx database. • SQL Server Password: enter your password for the FCWnx database. 3. Click Add to add the Avigilon Server. 4. In the dialog box, enter the Avigilon Server IP Address, User Name and Password, then click OK.
Avigilon Control Center System Integration Guide with GE Facility Commander Wnx 4. Click Add Mapping. 5. Repeat step 3 and 4 until all the alarms you require are mapped. 6. Click Save. Backing Up Mapped Alarms After you finish mapping all the alarms in the Avigilon FCWnx Gateway, you can choose to back up a copy of the mappings. 1. Navigate to C:\Program Files\Avigilon\Avigilon FCWnx Gateway\. NOTE: The filepath may be different depending on how your system is configured. 2.
Avigilon Control Center System Integration Guide with GE Facility Commander Wnx Monitoring Alarms Once the alarms from Facility Commander Wnx and Avigilon Control Center have been mapped in the Avigilon FCWnx Gateway, you can begin to use the integration. When an FCWnx alarm is triggered, it will activate the mapped Avigilon alarm and the configured alarm actions are started. • To monitor alarms in the FCWnx software, see the alarm monitoring section of the Facility Commander Wnx User Manual.
Avigilon Control Center System Integration Guide with GE Facility Commander Wnx Troubleshooting This section contains solutions to issues that may appear in the Avigilon FCWnx integration. If the suggested solutions do not resolve your issue, contact Avigilon Support at support@avigilon.com.
