Preliminary Preparation
To connect Honeywell WINMAG plus to TRASSIR VMS do the following in advance:
- install TRASSIR software;
- connect cameras to servers and add them in TRASSIR software;
- deploy Honeywell WINMAG plus software at least v5;
connect a Honeywell fire panel to Honeywell WINMAG plus software.
Verification of License
Open the settings and go to License in the settings tree.
Check for the string LICENSE_HONEYWELL_FIRE in the list of connected licenses.
If you do not have a license, please contact your manager to obtain one.
WINMAG Server Setup
To configure and use WINMAG, you need to purchase the following licenses: WINMAG plus base package, Option Fire System ESSER, WINMAG plus Option SDK
Before setting up the WINMAG server, you need to configure HTTPS certificate and install TRASSIR driver for WINMAG on your computer.
1. Configure the HTTPS Certificate
Certificate setup is done on the server with WinMag installed.
1. At the command line (Win+R), execute the command mmc to open Microsoft Management Console:
2. In the console that opens, click File - Add/Remove Snap-in...:
3. In the Add or Remove Snap-ins window select Certificates and press Add. In the Certificates snap-in window that opens select Computer Account, press Next, Finish, OK:
4. Go to Console Root\Certificates (Local Computer)\Trusted Root Certification Authorities\Certificates. Right-click Certificates and select All Tasks -Import…:
5. Follow the Certificate Import Wizard steps to add dssl.cer certificate:
dssl.cer
6. Next, go to Console Root\Certificates (Local Computer)\Personal and repeat steps 4-5, but for the dssl.pfx certificate:dssl.pfx
Selecting the required type in Explorer is mandatory, specifying a password in the Wizard is NOT required:
7. Go to Console Root\Certificates (Local Computer)\Personal\Certificates and double-click DSSL. In the Certificate window that opens go to the Details tab and press Thumbprint. Copy the thumbprint function:
Save Console.
8. Open a command prompt as administrator. Enter and run the command:
for testing (then delete):
netsh http add sslcert ipport=0.0.0.0:18000 certhash=eb53c158da0d5b931f3c21eae845ffea06b3f232 appid={4067C545-6DB8-4197-BF5A-46A72EDC0414}
for public use:
netsh http add sslcert ipport=<IPAddress:port> certhash=<CertHash> appid={4067C545-6DB8-4197-BF5A-46A72EDC0414}
The syntax is described here.
The [ appid= ] value should not change. If it does, change it in the instructions!
You need to add a uniform resource locator reservation entry for the HTTP driver server:
netsh http add urlacl url=https://+:18000/ user="Network Service"
Certificate added.
2. WINMAG setup
Prior to setting up, you need to install the TRASSIR driver for WINMAG on your computer. To do this, copy the driver files to the appropriate folder on your PC. The full path to the driver folder may look as follows:
C:\Honeywell\WINMAG+\Common\Drivers<your driver name>
The folder has roughly the following contents:
1. Open WINMAGConfig.exe and enter your username and password:
The Core button should be green for successful authorisation.
2. After successful authorisation, the WINMAGConfig opens on the General tab. In the configuration tree, go to HW/UI Configuration and double-click Hardware configuration in the configuration tree:
3. Hardware configuration tab opens. Select Network configuration:
4. In the configuration tree, select WINMAGplus:Master and press Add. In the Network Templates selection window that opens, select the EsserNet value and press Add & Close:
5. A new EaterNet(<net id>) network element appears in the configuration tree. Save the network element that appears by highlighting it and pressing the Save button (the button will become inactive):
6. In the configuration tree, select the network element and press Add. In the Object Templates selection window that opens, select the Esser EMZ 5008 Essernet network object (panel) and press Add & Close:
Repeat step 5 for the new element.
7. Add a configuration file (a file containing the panel devices) to the panel. In the configuration tree, select the last added Esser EMZ 5008 Essernet network object, press Import and open the configuration file by selecting it in Explorer:
In the Select Import File window that opens, check the integrity of the file and press Import All:
The devices are successfully added to the configuration tree to the Esser EMZ 5008 Essernet panel:
Important! Copy the configuration file to a folder TrassirWinmagDriver can read for its operation (the default folder is C:\Honeywell\nets)
8. Next, specify the path to the TRASSIR driver. Add a new network to the configuration tree, which will refer only to the driver. Repeat steps 4-5, in the Network Templates selection window select Multi-DriverHostNet and press Add & Close. Be sure to change the network name to TrassirWinmagDriver otherwise you will have to make changes to the SIAS script. To change the name, select the newly created Multi-DriverHostNet element in the configuration tree and change the Name field.
9. In the configuration tree, select Multi-DriverHostNet and enter the path to the driver executable in the Command Line Of The Driver field. The path is defined at the beginning of step 2 or (in our case) C:\Honeywell\WINMAG+\Common\Drivers\TrassirDriver\TrassirWinmagDriver.exe.
10. Press + to add an object for the driver and select DriverHost Object. Press Add & Close:
The name of the object in the tree must be DriverHostObject.
11. Import the file with I/O devices. Select the newly added DriverHostObject object, press Import button and select the DriverHostObject.txt file out of the delivery:
An I/O device AlarmsCollector will be added and the tree will look like the one below.
Important! Make sure the names of the objects are as follows: TrassirWinmagDriver-DriverHostObject-AlarmsCollector.
12. Make sure to check Drivers Start Automatically. Press Save button to save the settings.
13. Click Driver Configure to enter the driver settings and set the port and login/password to connect Honeywell integration to TRASSIR VMS. Press Save button to save the settings.
3. Add SIAS script
1. Copy TrassirAlalrmsCollector.efm and TrassirAlalrmsCollector.wxm files from the delivery to the WINMAG Sync\Winmagex directory.
2. Go to the SIAS Macros (1) configuration section, find the ausbed_macro.efm (2) script, add the <<< call_macro(TrassirAlarmsCollector) >>> line at the beginning of the script in the place as on the picture (3). Press the Compile button (4) and, if everything is done correctly, the message that there are no errors will be displayed.
Delivery archive:
Connect TRASSIR VMS to Honeywell WINMAG plus
To receive data from Honeywell devices in TRASSIR VMS from Russia, you need to remotely connect to a host with deployed WINMAG software and configure the TCP tunnel. Below is the configuration example in AnyDesk (version no higher than 6.3.2):
1. After remotely connecting to a host with deployed WINMAG software, press 
in the AnyDesk interface and select Setup TCP tunneling.
2. Specify the same Local and Remote ports and the IP address of the Remote host. Press Save.
After the license is added, Honeywell item appears in the Plugins section.
Interface Example:
- Name: module name displayed in the settings tree.
- Host: IP address of the system server (leave as default).
- Port: system connection port (leave as default).
- Login: login set in the Trassir driver in WINMAG ("trassir" by default).
- Password: password set in the Trassir driver in WINMAG ("trassir" by default).
Check Enable to connect.
Connection status will be displayed as Connected. In the Administrator and Operator interface, a list of devices connected to the Honeywell OPC panel appears in the object tree.
Receive events from WINMAG devices in TRASSIR VMS
To obtain test alarms, alarm simulation on the WinMag side is required. Open WINMAG+.exe and enter your username and password.
For successful authorisation, the Core button should be green
On the top bar, click the Chart View icon.
The device list opens. In the device list, select, for example, Button. Select the Simulate tab on the right. Select fire alarm from the drop-down list next to alarm.
The new alarm is displayed in Alarm Stack at the bottom.
The received alarms are displayed in TRASSIR operator interface:
Configure Honeywell WINMAG plus in TRASSIR VMS
Set up channel association of cameras and WINMAG devices in TRASSIR VMS
After a successful connection to the server, all objects corresponding to the devices of the connected system are created. You can select only the objects required for integration with the video surveillance system.
All objects of the connected system must be associated with the corresponding channels.
To do this, configure the following parameters in the settings window of each system object:
- Device name - object name received from the system server. To change it, rename the corresponding device on the system server.
- Associated video channel - video channel associated with an object. A single channel can be associated with multiple objects. For example, if there are several smoke detectors in a corridor, they can all be linked to one camera.
- Create object - the checkbox determines whether an object must be created for a device. By default, the checkbox is set by the system for all devices. If the device is not involved in the video surveillance system in any way, clear the checkbox. This will prevent unnecessary objects from being created in the system, which will make working with the server much easier.
- Import events - the checkbox defines if it is necessary to import the device events from ACS. By default, the checkbox is set by the system for all objects.
View events and archive of associated channels in TRASSIR VMS
Right-click the event to go to the archive of the associated camera.
In the archive, right-click the event to search for the event on the video (Seek to [time]) or play the interval when the event occurred on the video (Play [time from... to...].).
Place Honeywell devices on the map in VMS TRASSIR
To place the incident source and video channels on the map, open the server settings and go to the Server Settings → Map menu item.
Do the following:
- Upload the map image (see TRASSIR VMS Administrator's Guide, Creating a map).
- Add the incident source (video channel, Honeywell object) to the map (see TRASSIR VMS Administrator's Guide, Adding objects to the map).
- Add the video channels configured in Set up channel association of cameras and WINMAG devices in TRASSIR VMS section for their video to appear in the operator interface when incidents occur (see TRASSIR VMS Administrator's Guide, Adding objects to the map).
Once the map and objects are added, they will be displayed on the operator's screen when an alarm incident occurs.
The incident source and associated channel will be highlighted in red squares.
Configure the output of the associated camera to the alarm monitor using the Alarm Monitor script
Alarm Monitor is a universal script for processing various TRASSIR software events. It provides response to a variety of events detected by TRASSIR: motion detection, face detection and neural detector events. The script can display an alarm channel, send SMS messages, send notifications to email and Telegram, close alarm outputs, manage ACS access points, and save screenshots of events.
The scrip logic is based on the channel. Even the alarm input open/close actions are associated with the defined channels.
For the script to work correctly, the name of each channel must be unique. It is also not allowed to use channels and IP devices with completely matching names.
Install the script
To add the script, open Automation → New script → Load example → From file...
After loading the script, click Save and Run and configure it.
Script configuration
At the top of the script parameters, select the alarm type (Honeywell events alarm) to respond to and the types of reactions to those alarms.
Detailed configuration of the Alarm Monitor is available in instructions.
