About intrusion detection areas

2025-07-09

An intrusion detection area entity represents a zone (sometimes called an area) or a partition (group of sensors) on an intrusion panel.

Intrusion detection areas might be created automatically by the Intrusion Manager role when the intrusion panels on which they are configured are enrolled in your system.

You can assign cameras to intrusion detection areas and intrusion detection inputs in Config Tool and monitor them in Web App. For information see, Assigning cameras to intrusion detection areas and Assigning cameras to intrusion detection inputs. Intrusion detection areas are automatically updated when the zones they correspond to are updated on the intrusion panels.

In Web App you can view Intrusion areas and Devices on the map after you select them from the layers panel.

To enable event notification for intrusion detection, in Web App click Options > Events > Intrusion detection .

To add devices to a watchlist, follow these steps:

Select the devices that you wish to add or remove from the Watchlist () and save the settings.
Click an area on the map, and then click the overflow menu () and add it to the watchlist.

Users can view the states and changes in the side panel. In the inputs section, if the Show abnormal state inputs only option is enabled, only inputs with abnormal states are displayed.

In the Intrusion area list, inputs linked to a recording camera display a thumbnail with a snapshot recorded in the last five minutes. Users can also click an input to view the live camera stream.

Users can perform the following actions on intrusion detection areas:

Note:

You might not be able to perform some of the actions, depending on the type of intrusion panel you are using.

Arming mode

Master: Master arm is arming an intrusion detection area in such a way that all sensors attributed to the area would set the alarm off if one of them is triggered. Some manufacturers call this arming mode “Away arming”.
Perimeter: Perimeter arm is arming an intrusion detection area in such a way that only sensors attributed to the area perimeter set the alarm off if triggered. Other sensors, such as motion sensors inside the area, are ignored.

Arming delay

Default: Use the default arming delay time.
Custom: Customize the arming delay-time.

Arming override

Force: Forcefully override the armed system.
Bypass: Bypass the armed system.

Disarm

Disarm the area, by causing all sensors attributed to the selected intrusion detection area to be ignored by the intrusion panel.

Trigger intrusion alarm

Trigger an intrusion alarm on the selected intrusion detection area.