Milestone XProtect Advanced VMS 2014 - Manual (Page 211)

Milestone XProtect ® Advanced
VMS 2014
Administrator's Manual
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Alarm definition settings:
Enable Enable the Alarms feature.
Name
Type a name for the alarm. The name of the alarm appears
whenever the alarm is listed.
Instructions
Type a descriptive text about the alarm and how to resolve the
issue that caused the alarm.
The text appears in XProtect Smart Client when the user handles
the alarm.
Triggering event
Select the event message to use when the alarm is triggered.
Choose from two drop-downs:
 The first drop-down: Select the type of event to use. Choose,
for example, between analytics events, system events and
relevant plug-in related events.
 The second drop-down: Select the specific event message to
use. What messages you can select are based on what type of
event you have chosen.
Sources
Select which cameras and/or other devices, including plug-in
defined sources (VCA, MIP, and more), the event should come from
in order to trigger the alarm. Your options depend on the type of
event you have selected.
Alarm trigger:
Time profile
If you select Time profile, you must select when the alarm should
be enabled for triggering. If you have defined one or more time
profiles, select them from this list. If you have not defined time
profiles, you can only select Always
Event based
If you select Event based, you must select which events should
start and stop the alarm. You can select hardware events defined
on cameras, video servers and input. You can also use
global/manual event definitions.
If you use Event based alarm activation, you cannot define alarms
based on outputs, only on inputs.
Operator action required:
Time limit
Select a time limit for when operator action is required. The default
value is 1 minute. The time limit is not active before an event is
attached.
Events triggered Select which event to trigger when the time limit has been reached.