Milestone XProtect Express 2014 - Manual (Page 170)

Milestone XProtect ® Express 2014 Administrator's Manual
www.milestonesys.com 170 Advanced configuration
When you edit an existing time profile, remember that a time profile may contain more than one time
period, and that time periods may be recurring.
Analytics events are typically data received from external third-party video content analysis (VCA)
providers. An example of a VCA-based system could be an access control system.
Alarms properties
Alarms definition
When you configure Alarm definitions (see "Add an alarm" on page 169), specify the following:
Name Description
Enable Enables the Alarms feature.
Name
Enter a name. The alarm's name appears whenever the alarm is
listed.
Alarm names do not have to be unique.
Description Enter a description (optional).
Triggering event
This first list shows both system-related events and events from
plug-ins (for example access control systems or similar).
From the second list, select the event message to use when the
alarm is triggered.
Sources
Select which cameras and/or other devices the event should
originate from in order to trigger the alarm. Plug-in defined sources,
for example license plate recognition, access control systems and
MIP-plugins appear in the list if installed.
Your options depend upon which type of event you have selected.
Time profile
If you select Time profile, you must select when the alarm should
be enabled for triggering. If you have not defined alarm time profiles
(see "Add a time profile (for alarms)" on page 169), you will only be
able to select Always. If you have defined one or more time
profiles, they will be selectable from this list.
Event based
If you select Event based, you must select which events should
start and stop the alarm. Events available for selection are
hardware events defined on cameras, video servers and input (see
"Overview of events and output" on page 104). You can also use
global/manual event definitions (see "Add a manual event" on page
106).
Note that when you select Event based, you cannot define alarms
based on outputs
—only on inputs.
Time Limit
Select the time-limit within which the operator must respond to the
alarm.