Milestone XProtect Professional 2014 - Manual (Page 110)

Milestone XProtect ® Professional
2014
Administrator's Manual
www.milestonesys.com 110 Advanced configuration
Name Description
Output control on event:
Hardware output can be activated automatically when events occur.
For example, when a door is opened (hardware input event), lights
are switched on (hardware output).
When configuring the output control, you can select between all
output and events defined in XProtect Professional. You are not
limited to selecting output or events defined on particular hardware
devices. You can use a single event for activating more than one
output.
Before you configure events of any type, configure general event handling, such as which ports
XProtect Professional should use for event data. Normally, you can just use the default values, but it is
a good idea to verify that your organization is not already using the ports for other purposes. See
Configure general event handling (on page 114).
Before you specify use of hardware input and hardware output units on a hardware device, verify that
sensor operation is recognized by the hardware device. Most hardware devices are capable of
showing this in their configuration interfaces, or via CGI script commands. Also check the XProtect
Professional release notes to verify that input and output controlled operations are supported for the
hardware device and firmware used.
You do not have to configure hardware input units separately, any hardware input units connected to
hardware devices are automatically detected when you add the hardware devices to XProtect
Professional. The same goes for hardware output, but hardware output does require some simple
configuration in XProtect Professional.
If you want to configure hardware output and automatically trigger output when events occur, so
that, for example, lights are switched on when a door is opened or when motion is detected in video,
see Add a hardware output (on page 111) and Configure hardware output on event (on page 113).
When you are ready to configure events, see Add a hardware input event (on page 110), Add a
generic event (on page 112), and Add a manual event (on page 112). If you want to use timer events
with your other events, see Add a timer event (on page 113).
Add an analytics event
To add an analytics event, do the following:
1. Expand Events and Output, right-click Analytics Events and select Create New.
2. Specify required properties (see "Analytics event" on page 117). Click OK.
3. Save your configuration changes by clicking Save in the yellow notification bar in the upper-
right corner of the Management Application.
Add a hardware input event
With hardware input events, you can turn input received from input units attached to hardware devices
into events in your system.
Before you specify input for a hardware device, verify the hardware device recognizes sensor
operation. Most hardware devices can show this in their configuration interfaces, or via CGI script
commands. Also check the release notes to verify that input-controlled operation is supported for the
hardware device and firmware used.