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Milestone XProtect ® Go 2014 Administrator's Manual
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Hardware input events:
Hardware input, such as door sensors, can be attached to input
ports on hardware devices. Input from such external hardware input
units can be used for generating events in XProtect Go.
Events based on input from hardware input units attached to
hardware devices are called hardware input events.
Some hardware devices have their own capabilities for detecting
motion, for detecting moving and/or static objects, etc. (configured
in the hardware devices' own software, typically by accessing a
browser-based configuration interface on the hardware device's IP
address). When this is the case, XProtect Go considers such
detections as input from the hardware, and you can use such
detections as input events as well.
Lastly, hardware input events can be based on XProtect Go
detecting motion in video from a camera, based on motion
detection settings in XProtect Go.
This type of hardware input events is also called system motion
detection events or VMD (Video Motion Detection) events. In earlier
XProtect Go versions, VMD events were an event type of their own.
Now, they are considered a type of hardware input event.
Hardware output:
Hardware output units can be attached to output ports on many
hardware devices, allowing you to activate lights, sirens, and more
from XProtect Go. Such hardware output can be activated
automatically by events, or manually from clients.
Manual events:
Events may be generated manually by the users selecting them in
their clients. These events are called manual events.
Manual events can be of the type Global events or Timer events:
Global events apply to all hardware whereas timer events are
separate events, triggered by the hardware input event, manual
event or generic event under which they are defined. Timer events
occur a specified number of seconds or minutes after the event,
under which they are defined, has occurred. Timer events may be
used for a wide variety of purposes, typically for stopping previously
triggered actions.
Example:
A camera starts recording based on a hardware input event, for
example when a door is opened. A timer event stops the recording
after 15 seconds.
Generic events:
Input may also be received in the form of TCP or UDP data
packages, which can be analyzed by XProtect Go, and
—if they
match specified criteria —used to generate events. Such events are
called generic events.