Security Systems

Starting with the Macula 1.30, Access Controls are extended and replaced with Security Systems.

Overview

The extended interface includes the following:

• Events: Allow you to search through Events

• Cardholders: Show a list of imported Cardholders and allow you to review related Events

• Doors: Display imported Doors, show their state, and enable you to send commands

• Zones: Display information about imported Zones, show their state, and enable you to send commands

• Partitions: Display information about imported Partitions, show their state, and enable you to send commands

• Outputs: Display information about configured Outputs, show their state, and enable you to send commands

• System: Display connected Security Systems, their status, and connected events.

Events

The Events section under the Security Systems tab allows you to review, filter, and investigate through the security system-generated events. Section interface consists of:

• The Main subsection with the Events list

  • Display search results in a table format with columns:

    • Time

    • Event

    • Source

    • Cardholder

  • It allows you to select a particular entry and review its details in the right panel.

• The Right panel with the details of a selected entry

  • Provides information about the selected event on:

    • The connected Channel screenshot (if the channel is attached and has recordings)

    • Cardholder Image (if any) and connected Events

    • Event Source

    • Event Type

    • Event Time

  • The Button View cardholder events under the Cardholder information displays an Event list connected with the particular Cardholder entry.

  • The Button View source events under the Time information will bring all the Events connected with the particular Item.

• The Bottom panel with the Search options:

  • The Source dropdown allows you to filter events by their source

  • The Event field is a free-form search by the event name

  • The Cardholder field is a free-form search by the Cardholder’s name

  • The Search interval field allows you to filter Events in two ways:

    • You can provide a Relative time range in days or hours

    • You can Provide a Date and Time Interval by adding start and end date and time

After search is complete and you select particular event, you can export selected event by clicking the Export button.

Available options for the export format: XLS, PDF, CSV

Cardholders

The Cardholders section will:

• Show you a list of imported Cardholders inside the Main subsection.

• You can select particular Cardholders, review their information in the Right panel, and view all the connected Cardholder events by clicking the View cardholder events button.

• You can refresh the Cardholders list by clicking the Refresh button at the Bottom panel.

Doors, Zones, Partitions, and Outputs

Doors, Zones, Partitions, and Outputs sections provide similar functionality. You can:

• Review the list of Source items and their status inside the Main subsection.

  • Items statuses can be color-coded by setting corresponding statuses on the server side inside the Macula Console app

• Review and interact with the particular Item (door, zone, etc.) inside the Right panel:

  • At the top of the Right panel, you will see the Channel screenshot if it is attached to the item and has recordings

  • Lock/unlock, Arm/Disarm, etc., by clicking corresponding buttons under the Channel screenshot, depending on the selected item

  • Review selected Item Source, Status, Last Updated time

  • View all the events connected to the selected item by clicking the View events button at the bottom of the Right panel.

System

The System section has very similar functionality but reviews the configured Security systems.

• Inside the Main subsection, you can see the list of configured Security systems under the Source column and Security system status (Connected, Disconnected, etc.) under the Status column.

• The Right panel Provides:

  • Connected channel screenshot (if assigned)

  • Contextual buttons if the system allows any requests

  • Information about the particular system Source, Status, and Last update time

  • The View Events button will bring the list of all the connected events.

Maps

Apart from the dedicated Security systems sections in Macula Console and Macula Monitor applications, it is also possible to place Security Item Markers onto Maps – either regular ones or geo maps. Markers on the map reflect available Security system's Item state. If such maps have been configured on the server, they will be available in the corresponding section on the left, in the Resources panel.

In the Macula Monitor application, place your Map into one of the Viewports either by dragging and dropping it or by pressing the … button next to the map Title and choosing the destination display.

Each Security system's Item Marker will reflect status according to the settings defined in the map configuration. Also, every Security Item Marker can be left-clicked to bring up a drop-down menu with associated Item actions, that will depend on your Security system capabilities and configuration.