An operator sees a black panel. Nobody knows yet whether the camera failed, the cable failed, the power dropped or the switch port is down. The ticket goes to the integrator, then to IT, then back, and eventually someone drives to site.
Often the fix is a reboot. Meanwhile that camera covers an area nobody is watching.
Integrating the CATHEXIS solution with network switches reduces guesswork and travel costs.
What network switch integration delivers:
You see whose problem it is in seconds. CATHEXISVision reads the port status and power draw from the switch and shows it alongside its own camera health data. A dead port, an unpowered device, and a powered camera that isn’t streaming are three different faults with three different owners. With this integration, your team can tell them apart from the control room.
You restart a stalled camera without sending anyone. You power cycle the switch port directly from CATHEXISVision, and the device restarts. The stream returns, and the action is logged. With that, the most common fault on a large video network has become a control-room task.
Network faults are handled like any other alarm. A port going down, a power overload, or an unknown device appearing on a camera port can trigger a CATHEXIS event — with priority, procedure, linked cameras, and a record for reporting. Switches can also be shown on your maps, displaying power per port and what is connected to each one.
Every switch, every site, one interface. Manage a whole estate through CATHEXISVision, and across multiple locations through CATHEXISConnect — instead of logging into switches site by site.
The result: fewer site visits, shorter camera downtime, and a recorded answer to the question that used to cost you a day.
