General description

This document describes the XProtect Access integration between Milestone XProtect video management system (VMS) and the OnGuard access control (AC) system. This integration supports the following standard XProtect Access features:

• Retrieve and refresh configuration from the OnGuard AC system, e.g. doors and event types

• Receive AC event streams and hardware status changes from the OnGuard system

• Display and search cardholder information - both data and images

• Create alarms in XProtect alarm manager based on AC events

• Synchronization of alarm status between XProtect and OnGuard

• Association of access control events to cameras for simultaneous display of events and video

• Association of access control hardware to cameras for simultaneous display of doors and video

• Select and categorize events from the OnGuard system to view and work with events in groups

• Trigger system actions based on AC hardware events. For example: start recording, go to PTZ preset, display access request, triggered by door forced, access granted, and access denied

• Personalized login to support segmented database systems

• AC hardware status display and command interaction on VMS client map user interface

• Create customized access reports based on search queries in XProtect Smart Client

• Smart Client pop-up access request notifications

• AC hardware interaction via XProtect web and mobile clients

• Connect to the OnGuard web administration interface from the XProtect Smart Client