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Senstar Symphony Server
The Senstar Symphony Client includes functionality to manage devices, security, rules, sites, and settings.
Devices
Symphony supports cameras, digital input/output devices, and access control devices.
Hardware
Hardware can provide data Symphony can use data from digital input and output devices to trigger events.
Add a hardware device
You can add hardware devices to Symphony.

Introduction
Senstar Symphony is award-winning, intelligent video surveillance software that offers a single, innovative, and open IP video platform for video management, video analytics, system integration, and alarm management.
Senstar Symphony Server
The Senstar Symphony Client includes functionality to manage devices, security, rules, sites, and settings.
- Log in to the server configuration interface
  You can open the server configuration interface in a browser.
- Senstar Symphony Server services
  The Senstar Symphony Server runs the following services.
- Devices
  Symphony supports cameras, digital input/output devices, and access control devices.
  - Cameras
    Symphony is compatible with analog and IP cameras from a wide variety of manufacturers.
  - Templates
    A template is a collection of configuration settings that you can apply to cameras.
  - Hardware
    Hardware can provide data Symphony can use data from digital input and output devices to trigger events.
    - Add a hardware device
      You can add hardware devices to Symphony.
  - Integrations
    The Integrations tab in the Senstar Symphony Server configuration interface is where you add security solutions to the Senstar Symphony Server.
  - Access control devices
    Symphony can use data from access control devices to trigger events.
  - Device tree
    The device tree organizes and displays devices in the client interface.
  - Carousels
    Carousels are configurations for video panels in the client interface that can loop through multiple cameras and display video for a set time.
- Security
  Security settings in Symphony allow you to configure authentication for users, set and change permissions for users and groups quickly, and add watermarks to video.
- Rules
  Symphony can generate alarms from rules. Rules include events, action sets, and schedules.
- Licenses
  License settings in Symphony allow you to view and refresh licenses.
- Settings
  Settings in Symphony allow you to configure servers, general settings, email notifications, health monitoring, Enterprise Manager, updates, and backup and restore.
- Analytics
  Senstar Symphony video analytics provide real-time alerts, smart video search, and reporting.
Senstar Symphony Client
The Senstar Symphony Client includes functionality to monitor cameras, manage video, generate reports, and configure alarms.
Senstar Symphony Web Client
The Senstar Symphony Web Client includes functionality to monitor cameras, manage video, generate reports, and configure alarms.
Senstar Symphony Player
The Senstar Symphony Player is an application that can view video files created in the Senstar Symphony Client.
Legal information
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Add a hardware device

You can add hardware devices to Symphony.

In the server configuration interface, click Devices > Hardware.
Click Add Hardware.
In the Manufacturer list, select the manufacturer of the hardware device.
In the General section, specify the settings for the hardware device.
The settings are specific to the manufacturer.
Click Save.