Avigilon GE Facility Commander Wnx Integration User Manual

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Checking the License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Creating an API Connection in FCWnx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Adding an Integration User in Avigilon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

FCWnx Alarm Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Avigilon Alarm Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Avigilon FCWnx Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Configuring Server Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Mapping Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Backing Up Mapped Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Restoring Mapped alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Monitoring Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

FCWnx Alarms Do Not Appear in the Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

No Response from Mapped Avigilon Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

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.

Requirements

Vendor Requirements

Avigilon Control Center Server Software 4.0.2.4 or later

Avigilon Avigilon Third Party Integration License:

ACC-GEFCWNX-NVR

Avigilon Avigilon FCWnx Gateway software integration:

Avigilon FcWnx Gateway.exe

The file can be downloaded at

http://avigilon.com/#/support-and-downloads/for­software/integration-and-plug-in-downloads/

GE Facility Commander Wnx 7.0 or 7.5

GE FCWnx API Connectivity License:

WXSWOPT-001APC

For More Information

For more detailed information about the procedures outlined in this guide, refer to the specific
software documentation.

• Avigilon Control Center Client User Guide

• Avigilon Control Center Server User Guide

• Facility Commander Wnx User Manual

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