Milestone XProtect Advanced VMS 2014 - Manual (Page 153)

Milestone XProtect ® Advanced
VMS 2014
Administrator's Manual
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5. Select one or more conditions, for example Day of week is <day>:
Example only. Your selections may be different
Depending on your selections, edit the rule description in the lower part of the wizard window:
Example only. Your selections may be different
Click the underlined items in bold italics to specify their exact content. For example, clicking
the days link in our example lets you select one or more days of the week on which the rule
should apply.
6. Having specified your exact conditions, click Next to move to the next step of the wizard and
select which actions the rule should cover. Depending on the content and complexity of your
rule, you may need to define more steps, such as stop events and stop actions. For example,
if a rule specifies that a device should perform a particular action during a time interval (for
example, Thursday between 08.00 and 10.30), the wizard may ask you to specify what should
happen when that time interval ends.
7. Your rule is by default active once you have created it if the rule's conditions are met. If you do
not want the rule to be active straight away, clear the Active check box.
8. Click Finish.
For more information, see Perform an action on <event> and Perform an action in a time interval.
If you select a time-based rule, no more information is required on the wizard's first step.
If you select an event-based rule, the lower part of the wizard window will display an initial rule
description:
Click the underlined items in the rule description in order to specify its exact content:
o Event: Clicking the event link lets you select the event which must occur in order for the
rule to apply (for example Motion Started).