Milestone XProtect Go 2014 - Manual (Page 183)

Milestone XProtect ® Go 2014 Administrator's Manual
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Viewing alarms
The following can play a role with regards to alarms and who can view/control/manage them and to
what degree. This is because alarms are controlled by the visibility of the object causing the alarm.
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Source/device visibility: if the device causing the alarm is not set to be visible to the user, the
user cannot see the alarm in the alarm list in XProtect Smart Client.
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Right to trigger manually defined events: if manually defined events are available in your
system, these can determine if the user can trigger selected manually defined events in
XProtect Smart Client.
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External plug-ins: if any external plug-ins are set up in your system, these may control user's
rights to handle alarms.
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General access rights: can determine whether the user is allowed to (only) view or also to
manage alarms.
Time profiles for alarms
Alarms can be based on time profiles (for alarms) (see "Add a time profile (for alarms)" on page 185).
Time profiles for Alarms are periods of time to use when you create alarm definitions. You can, for
example, create a time profile for alarms covering the period from 2.30 PM till 3.30 PM on Mondays
and use that time profile to make sure that certain alarm definitions are only enabled within this period
of time.
Alarms and XProtect Central
To a large extent, the Alarms feature covers the same functionality as XProtect Central.
However, configuration of former XProtect Central functionality is now included in the Alarms feature.
XProtect Central was an independent product consisting of two parts: a dedicated server and a
number of dedicated clients. Alarms, on the other hand, is an integrated part of your system. This
means that much configuration needed in XProtect Central has become redundant with the
introduction of Alarms. Client-wise, the Alarms feature uses XProtect Smart Client. However, you must
still configure the features Alarms, Time Profiles (for Alarms) and General Settings in the Management
Application. These features are very similar to XProtect Central. You cannot reuse old alarm and map
definitions from XProtect Central. You must redefine your alarms and maps definitions in the Alarms
feature.