Integrating a DVR
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Building Technologies
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Fire Safety & Security Products
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Generic DVR add-on distribution
This guide also discusses how to prepare a distribution package (MM8000 Add-on)
of the files required for the Generic DVR integration. Refer to section 4 on p.19.
2.1
Understanding the Generic DVR ST
Composer environment
Composer is the common configuration tool environment that implements the DMS
Engineering.
When an MM8000 station is installed at a site, it needs to be configured for the
specific facility. The Composer software is developed for this purpose. It is a Win-
dows application that provides the general services and a multi-area user interface
as follows:
The user interface and common functionality to configure a system
The configuration environment that hosts Subsystem Tool plug-ins
Subsystem Tools
The specific functions of configuring the system components are implemented by
software modules called Subsystem Tools (STs). Composer provides for an exten-
sion interface for adding and integrating plug-in modules.
The subsystem tools can be plugged into Composer to form an environment de-
voted to the configuration of the control units of a system. Depending on the num-
ber and kind of subsystem tools, this environment allows configuration of a single
control unit up to a large security system including several control units of different
disciplines.
The end user perceives a single application for the configuration activities; however
the system is made up of different pieces of software: the Composer infrastructure
and the subsystem tools, as illustrated by the following picture.
Generic DVR ST
Unlike standard STs that are specialized for supporting a single control unit type,
the Generic DVR ST is a special subsystem tool (or meta-tool) that allows for sup-
porting multiple, customized DVR unit models. The configured models can then be
used for an easier configuration of DVR unit instances that fit one of the defined
models.
The Generic DVR ST is therefore an open tool that supports multiple application
models. This enables the engineer working with Composer to create DVR units (in-
stances of a model) with the required set of parameters.
2.2
Generic DVR models
As discussed above, the Generic DVR ST can handle multiple DVR models. The
corresponding files must exist in the folder:
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