Milestone XProtect Express 2014 - Manual (Page 168)

Milestone XProtect ® Express 2014 Administrator's Manual
www.milestonesys.com 168 Advanced configuration
Alarms
About alarms
The Alarms feature is a Milestone Integration Platform (MIP)-based feature that uses functionality
handled by the event server. It provides central overview and control of alarms in any number of
system installations throughout your organization.
You can configure alarms to be generated based on either:
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Internal events (system-related): for example, motion, server responding/not responding,
archiving problems, lack of disk space, and more.
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External events (integrated): for example, MIP plug-in events.
The Alarms feature also handles general alarms settings and alarm logging.
Configuring alarms
An alarm configuration may include:
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Dynamic setup of alarm handling based on users access rights
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Central overview of all components: servers, cameras, and external units
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Setup of central logging of all incoming alarms and system information
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Handling of plug-ins, allowing customized integration of other systems, for example external
access control systems.
Viewing alarms
The following can play a role with regards to alarms and who can view/control/manage them and to
what degree. This is because alarms are controlled by the visibility of the object causing the alarm.
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Source/device visibility: if the device causing the alarm is not set to be visible to the user, the
user cannot see the alarm in the alarm list in XProtect Smart Client.
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Right to trigger manually defined events: if manually defined events are available in your
system, these can determine if the user can trigger selected manually defined events in
XProtect Smart Client.
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External plug-ins: if any external plug-ins are set up in your system, these may control user's
rights to handle alarms.
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General access rights: can determine whether the user is allowed to (only) view or also to
manage alarms.
Time profiles for alarms
Alarms can be based on time profiles (for alarms) (see "Add a time profile (for alarms)" on page 169).
Time profiles for Alarms are periods of time to use when you create alarm definitions. You can, for
example, create a time profile for alarms covering the period from 2.30 PM till 3.30 PM on Mondays