
Calipsa® Avigilon Integration
User Guide
Document number:C6733M
Publication date:03/23
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Calipsa® Avigilon Integration User Guide
Table of Contents
Introduction 3
Avigilon 3
Adding Avigilon VMS to Calipsa 3
Creating a Site 3
Copying Calipsa Configuration Email Address 4
Setting Up the Site 5
Enabling External Notifications 5
Setting up SMTP 6
Disabling the Bounding Boxes Setting 7
Setting Up Rules 8
Adding Video Attachment to Alarm Notification 8
Linking Cameras to Events 9
Adding your Monitoring Station SMTP Details 11
Accessing Calipsa Account Settings 11
Editing Global Configuration 11
Inputting Your Credentials 12
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Calipsa® Avigilon Integration User Guide
Introduction
This guide covers the steps required to integrate your Avigilon cameras with the Calipsa platform. Other
common integration steps, such as configuring your system to send alarms to your gmail account are
also covered.
Avigilon
Adding Avigilon VMS to Calipsa
This guide outlines the process of configuring Avigilon VMS to send email alerts to Calipsa.
Creating a Site
1. Under Add sites, enter the Site Name.
2. Under Is this a DVR/NVR site, select Yes.
3. Under Camera brand select Avigilon from the drop-down list.
4. Under Setup mode, select Manual from the drop-down list.
5. Under Notification email, enter the email address where you would like Calipsa to forward alarm
events to eg., Immix S-number, Gmail address, etc.
6. Under DVR/NVR Credentials, enter all relevant information.
7. Click Add site.
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Calipsa® Avigilon Integration User Guide
Copying Calipsa Configuration Email Address
1. Under the Site Configurationsection, click Emails.
2. Under Config email, click the blue icon next to the email address to copy the Calipsa
configuration email to your clipboard.
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