Two-way Coppernic access integration for Genetec Security Center

As physical security increasingly relies on mobility, Coppernic mobile terminals let field teams verify access anywhere - including offline. The ADDONXPERT CopperAccess plugin connects those terminals to Genetec Security Center in both directions: it keeps them provisioned with up-to-date access-control data, and it brings the access activity recorded in the field back into Security Center for reporting.


• Automatic provisioning of Offline terminals - export cardholders, credentials, access rights, photos and presence status to Coppernic terminals, scheduled or on demand (SFTP). Your teams verify access even without connectivity.
• Precise sector targeting - export only the cardholders with access to a given sector and its full sub-hierarchy.
• Department & Mustering information - optionally include cardholders' Department and Mustering data in the export.
• Tailor-made exports - choose the exported values (last name, first name, photo, presence status) and add up to 22 extra columns (cardholder & credential custom fields, card format, activation/expiration dates, groups, role, status, security clearance, email, mobile...).
• Access brought back into Security Center - Coppernic terminal logs are imported automatically: each imported access appears in Security Desk (granted, denied, expired or unknown credential, access-rule denial), tied to the door and the cardholder, at the real event time.
• Traceability & reporting - imported history feeds the Door, Cardholder and Credential activity reports, filterable by entity and time range.

Overview

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Application

Plugin configuration

In Config Tool, the CopperAccess plugin provides the following options:

• Configuration of SFTP file transfer servers
• Configuration of CopperAccess exports, on demand or periodic (hourly with minute offset, daily, weekly, monthly)
• Sector-based filtering of the exported cardholders
• Selectable column values - last name, first name, photo and presence status (on/off)
• Up to 22 additional export columns - cardholder & credential custom fields, card format, activation/expiration dates, groups, role, status, security clearance, email, mobile...
• Optional Department and Mustering fields, optional badge ID alignment with the card format
• Automatic import of Coppernic access logs (on/off, with configurable periodicity)

Operational use

The 'CopperAccess' plugin allows you to leverage the following features:

• List events from exports (Automatic and/or manual)
• Export files via a 'Hot Action' event in Security Desk

In the field - on the Coppernic terminal

On the Coppernic terminals (Android app, fully offline), field agents can:

• Access control - check people at a zone entry/exit by badge (contactless) or barcode; the screen shows granted/denied with the denial reason, the cardholder photo and details, and the agent can override the result and add a comment
• Zone control (on-the-fly) - verify presence in a zone, without a direction
• Emergency evacuation (mustering) - at a muster point, record present and missing people (badge scan or manual entry) to produce a present/absent list

Every control is logged on the terminal and brought back into Security Center on the next export.

Access import & reporting

Beyond provisioning the terminals, CopperAccess brings field access back into Security Center:

• Automatic import of access logs from Coppernic terminals on each export (on/off, with configurable periodicity)
• Events in Security Desk for every imported access - granted, denied, expired credential, unknown credential, access-rule denial - tied to the door and the cardholder, timestamped at the real log time
• Imported history feeds the Door activities, Cardholder activities and Credential activities reports, filterable by entity and time range

Key Features and Capabilities