Designing a security system involves far more than selecting devices. A clear and accurate system topology is essential to define how equipment connects together, identify communications infrastructure, allocate device references and produce documentation that can be used throughout installation, commissioning and future maintenance.
The CCTVDesign System Topology Designer provides a fast and structured way to create logical topologies for CCTV, access control, intercom, intruder alarm and other networked security systems. Device groups, communications rooms, riser points and cabinets can be arranged across multiple floors, with upstream connectivity automatically represented in a scalable engineering schematic.
The tool automatically generates communications summaries, device schedules, connection summaries and reference allocations while validating the design to identify missing information, duplicate references and potential configuration issues before installation begins.
Whether you’re preparing a quotation, producing a detailed design package or documenting an existing installation, the System Topology Designer produces professional engineering documentation suitable for design reviews, installation teams and client handover
Who is it for?
The calculator is designed for:
- CCTV system designers
- Security consultants
- Integrators and installers
- Sales and Bid Engineers
- Project Engineers
- Commissioning Engineers
- End users documenting existing systems
Features
- Multi-floor building support
- Communications rooms, riser points and cabinet modelling
- Logical upstream connection routing
- Automatic system topology schematic generation
- Device group scheduling
- Communications point summaries
- Automatic device reference generation
- Multiple device and connection types
- Design validation with clickable error checking
- JSON project save and reload
- Professional PDF schematic generation
- Professional PDF device schedule generation