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Assigning cameras to intrusion detection areas
By linking cameras to intrusion detection areas, the video footage associated with an intrusion event can be displayed and reviewed in Security Center SaaS.

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      - Preparing to add Honeywell Galaxy intrusion panels to Security Center SaaS
        Configure the settings on your Honeywell Galaxy intrusion panel before adding the panel to Security Center SaaS.
      - Configuring Honeywell Galaxy Dimension panels to communicate with Security Center SaaS
        To enable communication between a Honeywell Galaxy Dimension panel and Security Center SaaS, configure the panel access over Ethernet using the Galaxy RSS application.
      - Configuring Honeywell Galaxy Flex panels to communicate with Security Center SaaS
        To enable communication between a Honeywell Galaxy Flex panel and Security Center SaaS, configure the panel access over Ethernet using the Galaxy RSS application.
      - Adding Honeywell Galaxy intrusion panels
        To monitor, control, and report on a Honeywell Galaxy intrusion panel, you must add it to Security Center SaaS.
      - Preparing a Bosch intrusion panel to add to Security Center SaaS
        Configure the settings on your Bosch intrusion panel before adding the panel to Security Center SaaS.
      - Adding Bosch intrusion panels
        To monitor, control, and report on a Bosch intrusion panel, you must add it to a Genetec Cloudlink™ appliance in Security Center SaaS.
      - Configuring Bosch intrusion panel settings
        If you modify the settings on a Bosch intrusion panel, you must update the corresponding settings to ensure proper synchronization.
      - Adding input pins and output relays to maps
        To enable operators to monitor and control input pins and output relays, you can add them to maps in Genetec™ Configuration desktop.
      - Adding intrusion detection areas to your maps
        To enable operators to monitor and control intrusion detection areas, you can add the areas to maps in Genetec™ Configuration desktop.
      - Adding intrusion detection areas as shapes on maps
        You can add an intrusion detection area as a shape on a map. Their color updates automatically when the area’s state changes, helping operators respond to alarms faster.
      - Creating intrusion areas manually
        If the intrusion detection areas weren’t automatically created after the intrusion detection unit was enrolled, you must create them manually. This enables arming, disarming, and other actions.
      - Assigning cameras to intrusion detection areas
        By linking cameras to intrusion detection areas, the video footage associated with an intrusion event can be displayed and reviewed in Security Center SaaS.
      - Adding output relays to maps
        To enable operators to monitor and control output relays, you can add output relays to your maps in Genetec™ Configuration desktop.
      - Importing cardholders from intrusion panels to Security Center SaaS
        You can import existing cardholders from an intrusion panel after you add it to Security Center SaaS.
      - Adding Security Center SaaS cardholders to an intrusion panel
        To grant a cardholder access to an intrusion panel, you can add them to the panel in Genetec™ Configuration desktop.
      - Removing cardholders temporarily from an intrusion panel
        You can exclude cardholders or cardholder groups from an intrusion panel in Genetec™ Configuration desktop to temporarily remove their access.
      - Removing cardholders from an intrusion panel
        When a cardholder no longer requires access to an intrusion panel, you can delete them from the panel in Genetec™ Configuration desktop.
      - Assigning cameras to inputs
        By linking cameras to inputs, the video footage associated with an intrusion event can be displayed and reviewed in Security Center SaaS.
      - Configuring Security Center SaaS to trigger alarms on intrusion panels
        You can configure Security Center SaaS to trigger alarms on intrusion panels. This is done by physically connecting the input pin associated with an alarm to an output relay on the panel, and configuring the pair as a virtual alarm in Genetec™ Configuration desktop.
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Glossary

Assigning cameras to intrusion detection areas

2026-06-09

By linking cameras to intrusion detection areas, the video footage associated with an intrusion event can be displayed and reviewed in Security Center SaaS.

Procedure

From the homepage in Genetec™ Configuration desktop, open the Area view task.
Select the intrusion detection area to configure, and then click the Cameras tab.
Click Add an item ().
In the dialog box that opens, select a camera, and then click OK.
The camera is added to the Cameras list.
Click Apply.