Avigilon Alta Integration (Formally OpenPath)

Topics included in this article:

• Setup
• Capture Events and Review Footage from Badge Entries
• Facial Recognition That Learns Automatically
• Remote Unlock Feature
• Stop Alarm Monitoring with Badge Entry
• Helpful Links
• Contact Support or Sales

To set up the integration, read the instructions below or watch the following video:

Setup

If you use Avigilon Alta today, having it work with Rhombus is easy. First, login to your Avigilon Alta account and navigate to Users -> Role Management. In order for a user to update the Openpath credentials in the Rhombus console, that user must be assigned to a role with the following permissions:

The Avigilon Alta integration can be found in Settings -> Third Party Integrations

The Avigilon Alta integration can be found under "Badge Systems." 

Once you're there, all you need to do is enter your Avigilon Alta credentials, link your account to Rhombus - and voila, you're ready to go!

You can then associate any camera with a badge reader and select which events you want to automatically record.

Capture Events and Review Footage from Badge Entries

With the Avigilon Alta integration, Rhombus is automatically configured to capture the following events:

• When someone enters with a badge
• When a face does not match the badge used 

By combining our security cameras with Avigilon Alta technology, organizations can improve their access control experience, eliminate abuse from outside parties, and verify who is entering their space at a given time.

In the Rhombus Console - motion, people, and vehicle events are automatically created and indexed in the video feed. This feature saves customers hours of investigative work every day and allows them to pinpoint and find specific events without having to manually rewind or fast forward through footage.

This event indexing is also carried over with the Avigilon Alta integration. All Openpath events and activities are automatically indexed so that you can filter or skip to a particular event, allowing you quickly investigate and secure entry points.

Facial Recognition That Learns Automatically

This integration also combines the badge information from Avigilon Alta and connects it to names and faces. This ensures that you no longer have to manually review video footage and identify if the correct face is using the correct badge.

Now with Rhombus, the system will automatically learn people’s faces based on their badge and verify that the correct person is entering your building. It’s pretty slick if we do say so ourselves!

We’re excited about this integration with Avigilon Alta, and we can’t wait for you to try it out for yourself. You can also check out their corresponding announcement about this new integration, here. If you have any questions or would like to learn more about Rhombus, feel free to reach out to sales@rhombus.com.

Remote Unlock Feature

A camera that is associated with the Avigilon Alta integration has the ability to send a 'Unlock Door' signal. This will unlock the associated door for the set time you choose on the Avigilon Alta end (Ex. 3 sec, 5 sec, etc.). After the time is expired the door will lock. This feature is located in the top left hand corner of the camera view screen, just go ahead and click the button to activate this feature. 

Here is a photo for reference below on where to find the feature. 

Stop Alarm Monitoring with Badge Entry

Rhombus supports disabling Alarm Monitoring with an authorized badge entry when using the Avigilon Alta Integration. 

Note: Enabling this feature will stop alarm monitoring with either an in-person badge entry or a remote unlock event.

Helpful Links

• Logging in the Rhombus Console

Contact Support or Sales

Have more questions? Contact Rhombus Support at +1 (877) 746-6797 option 2 or support@rhombus.com.

Interested in learning more? Contact Rhombus Sales at +1 (877) 746-6797 option 1 or sales@rhombus.com.