Milestone Central 3.7 - Manual (Page 49)

Milestone XProtect 3.7; Administrator’s Manual
Client: Alarms
Alarm Definitions
You must define alarms before they can be used in XProtect Central.
You define alarms based on events registered on your XProtect Corporate, XProtect Enterprise or
XProtect Professional installations: when a particular event (for example Motion Detected) is
registered on an XProtect Corporate, XProtect Enterprise or XProtect Professional installation, an
alarm can appear in XProtect Central.
Tip: If XProtect Corporate systems are connected to your XProtect Central solution, you can even
use XProtect Corporate’s custom events/user-defined events for triggering alarms in XProtect
Central.
If required, the same event can be used to trigger several different alarms in XProtect Central.
Defining a New Alarm
To define a new alarm, do the following:
1. In the Client’s Navigation section, right-click Alarm Definitions, then select New Alarm...
This will open the Alarm Definition dialog.
2. Type a name for the alarm in the Name field. The alarm’s name will appear whenever the
alarm is listed, for example in the Client’s Alarm Overview section, in logs, etc.
Tip: Alarm names do not have to be unique, but using unique and descriptive alarm names
can be advantageous in many situations.
3. Optionally, type a description text in the Description field.
Tip: Description texts can, for example, be used to include a list of actions which operators
must complete if the alarm occurs.
4. In the Event message list, select the event which should be used to trigger the alarm.
Some event messages will only work with XProtect Corporate systems.
What does External Event mean? An External Event is any event not directly related to
a camera or server, for example input from buttons, sensors, external data streams,
XProtect Corporate custom events/user-defined events, etc.
5. In the Sources list, select which servers, cameras or other devices the event should
originate from in order to trigger the alarm. Your options depend upon which type of event
you have selected in the Event message list.
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