Symphony can interface with 3rd party systems (such as alarm panels or access control products) using any of following ways:
• Using I/O Device
• TCP tab in Actions
• SDK
• Packaged Integrations
Symphony can communicate with external systems by interfacing with dry contact (or Input/Output) devices. This is the simplest form of access control support.
• To receive alarms via I/O device, configure a Rule where the input is the dry contact of a network camera or external IO device.
• Symphony can also close relay's on I/O devices by configuring the Actions tab in the Rule Wizard.
Another way of sending alarms to external systems is by using the TCP tab in the Actions menu. On alarm, the Rule Action will be to send a plain text message to a designated IP/Port on the network.
Symphony can communicate more richly with 3rd party systems via the Aimetis SDK. The SDK includes numerous sample applications with source code, which demonstrate communicating over a TCP/IP network.
Symphony has pre-packaged integrations with Access Control Manufacturers. For more information, refer to the Technical Paper on Access Control Support.