Define regions and lines in Genetec

HOW-TO GUIDEGenetec plugin · Config Tool

Use a region for activity within an area and a line for movement across a boundary.

Genetec plugin: start with default settings, draw the region and entrance line, enter the crossing rule, and test both workers crossing. English captions and chapter buttons follow each step.

0:00 Draw the region0:08 Check detection defaults0:17 Add and position the line0:24 Create the crossing rule0:32 Set the rule options0:45 Apply and test crossings

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1. Draw and name a region

1. Select the camera and open Analytics → EyesOnIt Configuration.
2. In Video preview & overlays, use Add Rectangle, Add Polygon, or Free Form. Hover over the toolbar icons to read their names.
3. Drag to establish rectangle or polygon bounds. For Free Form, click each vertex and double-click the last vertex to close the polygon.
4. Select the region’s General page. Set Region Name and keep Enabled on.
5. Drag the vertices to refine the boundary and check the preview against representative working positions.

Genetec plugin: name the region and check its boundary against the activity to monitor. Enlarge image

The center of the detected object’s box determines region membership. For a lab work area, include seated positions and visible hands. For a crossing, cover both sides of the boundary.

2. Add a crossing line

Choose Add Polyline in the preview toolbar. Genetec inserts a line that you can position by dragging its endpoints. Select the line in the configuration tree and enter Line Name. Add Vertex inserts a point in the selected segment; Flip Direction reverses the line’s direction.

Place both endpoints inside the region that supplies its detections. The native editor associates a line with a containing region and validates that relationship when saving. Check the line’s direction arrow and test the direction against real movement.

Genetec plugin: an unsaved campus draft demonstrates line endpoints and direction. Position the boundary for your own camera before applying it. Enlarge image

3. Create the crossing rule

1. Open the containing region’s Alert Rules. If you want crossing alerts only, select and remove the initial Detection condition rule.
2. Choose Add Alert Rule (+). A new rule starts as Detection condition, with Warning severity, 1 second dwell, 5 seconds reset, and Always hours.
3. Change Rule type to Line Cross. Enter a rule name and choose Line name. The line-cross fields initially show Either direction and 2 seconds cooldown; adjust them for your workflow.
4. Choose severity and active hours. Leave Generate Genetec event unchecked unless you also want native event delivery.
5. Save the rule, then apply the complete camera configuration.

The native labels Positive, Negative, and Either correspond to the directions offered by the line rule. Test each required direction with the selected object type and size filters.

Loading-bay example

Use the same loading-bay footage as the web UI example, provided to Genetec as an enrolled RTSP camera. Draw a region around the entrance and both approaches. The walkthrough keeps its neutral default name, Region. It keeps the default person filter at 50 confidence, turns Motion Detection off, and clears the default Minimum and Maximum object-size bounds for the initial test.

Add Loading bay entrance across the workers’ paths, with both endpoints inside the region. Use a Line Cross rule named Loading bay crossing, Either direction, 2 seconds cooldown, Review severity, and Always active hours. Test the worker entering with a loaded cart and the worker leaving with an empty cart.

Genetec plugin: the loading-bay example tracks the workers across the configured entrance line. The controlled test generated Loading bay crossing incidents. Enlarge image

Genetec plugin: the saved crossing rule uses Either direction and a two-second cooldown. Optional Genetec event delivery is off for this test. Enlarge image

Continue with conditions and alert rules and events and evidence.