Document purpose

This document, Monitoring: Administrator's Guide, is a reference aid for system administrators, configuration and installation specialists, and users with administrator rights on the Intellect PSIM.
This guide describes the following:

1. Purpose of Monitoring
2. Hardware and software requirements for Monitoring
3. Installation procedure for Monitoring
4. Configuration of Monitoring components

Purpose of Monitoring

Monitoring is designed to automate the activities of personnel at service companies involved in the operation of Intellect-powered video surveillance systems. The purpose of Monitoring is to improve the quality of operation for such video surveillance systems.

Features of Monitoring

Monitoring receives, records, and visualizes messages about the state of security system components, based on the following key parameters:

1. Camera operability
2. Network functioning
3. Operability of video subsystem software
4. Amount of recorded video
5. Hard disk operability
6. Operability of fire/security and access control systems
7. UPS signals

In addition, the module allows monitoring the actions of monitoring operators: recorded is performed of whether an alarm has been accepted, how much time passed before the alarm was accepted, and so forth. The built-in system for statistics and analysis generates reports on system operation: reports on alarms, downtime, statistics on security system operation, and more.