Milestone XProtect Express 2014 - Manual (Page 108)

Milestone XProtect ® Express 2014 Administrator's Manual
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minutes after the event under which they are defined has occurred. Timer events may be used for a
wide variety of purposes, typically for stopping previously triggered actions. Examples:

A camera starts recording based on a hardware input event, for example when a door is
opened. A timer event stops the recording after 15 seconds

Lights are switched on and a camera starts recording based on a manual event. A timer event
stops the recording after one minute, and another timer event switches the lights off after two
minutes
To add a timer event, select any event you have previously configured, click the Add button, and
specify required properties (see "Timer event" on page 115). Your system comes with two simple
schedule profiles, Always on and Always off, which you cannot edit or delete. If these do not meet
your needs, you can create any number of customized schedule profiles for each camera. You can
reuse a customized schedule profile for more than one purpose if you want to. Save your configuration
changes by clicking Save in the yellow notification bar in the upper-right corner of the Management
Application.
Tip: You can add as many timer events as required under an event. This way, you can, for example,
make one timer event trigger something 10 seconds after the main event, another timer event trigger
something else 30 seconds after the main event, and a third timer event trigger something else 2
minutes after the main event.
Configure general event handling
Before configuring events of any type, configure general event handling, such as which ports XProtect
Express 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.
1. Expand Advanced Configuration, right-click Events and Output, and select Properties.
2. Specify required properties (see "Ports and polling" on page 110). Your system comes with
two simple schedule profiles, Always on and Always off, which you cannot edit or delete. If
these do not meet your needs, you can create any number of customized schedule profiles for
each camera. You can reuse a customized schedule profile for more than one purpose if you
want to.
3. Save your configuration changes by clicking Save in the yellow notification bar in the upper-
right corner of the Management Application.
Test a generic event
If you have added a generic event, a quick and easy way to test your generic event is to first set up an
event notification and then use Telnet to send a small amount of data which triggers the generic event
and in turn the event notification.
For this example, we have created a generic event called Video. Our generic event specifies that if the
term video appears in a received TCP data package, this should trigger the generic event. Your
generic event may be different, but you can still use the principles outlined in the following:
1. In the Management Application navigation pane, expand Advanced Configurations, then
expand Cameras and Storage Information, right-click a camera to which you have access in
XProtect Smart Client, and select Properties.