Milestone XProtect Professional 2014 - Manual (Page 183)

Milestone XProtect ® Professional
2014
Administrator's Manual
www.milestonesys.com 183 Advanced configuration
All user-interaction with maps, including adding and maintaining maps, takes place in XProtect Smart
Client. For detailed information, see the XProtect Smart Client documentation.
Example: Map in XProtect Smart Client
In order to use maps, the Event Server service must be running. The Event Server service is
automatically included if you run a Typical installation of your surveillance server installation (see
"Install your system software" on page 27).
Add an alarm
For a detailed overview of Alarms and how the feature works, see About alarms (on page 181).
To add/configure an alarm, do the following:
1. Expand Alarms, right-click Alarm Definition and select Create New.
2. Specify required properties (see "Alarms definition" on page 184). 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 time profile (for alarms)
Time profiles are periods of time used for the Alarms feature only.
To add a time profile for an alarm, do the following:
1. Expand Alarms, right-click Time Profiles, and select Create New. The small month overview
in the top right corner of the Time Profile Properties window can help you get a quick
overview of the time periods covered by the time profile, as dates containing specified times
are highlighted in bold.
2. In the calendar, select the Day View, Week View, or Month View tab, then right-click inside
the calendar and select either Add Single Time... or Add Recurring Time....
3. If you select Add Single Time..., specify Start time and End time. If the time is to cover whole
days, select the All-day event box.
—or—
If you select Add Recurring Time..., specify time range, recurrence pattern, and range of
recurrence. Click OK.
4. Save your configuration changes by clicking Save in the yellow notification bar in the upper-
right corner of the Management Application.