Milestone XProtect Transact - Manual (Page 43)

Milestone XProtect
®
Transact
Administrator's Guide
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Create a generic event triggered by transaction data
Generic events in XProtect Enterprise or XProtect Professional can be based on the analysis of
received TCP and UDP data packets as it is the case with transaction events from Milestone XProtect
XProtect Transact.
To add a generic event in XProtect Enterprise or XProtect Professional, do the following:
1. In the Administrator window, click the Generic Events... button. This will open the Generic
Events window.
2. In the Generic Events window, first select the Generic item, then click the Add new event...
button. This will open the Add New Event window in which you can specify the new event.
3. Now specify information in the following fields:
Name Description
Name
Specify a name for the event in the surveillance system. Note that
event names must not contain the following characters: < > & ' "
¥ / : * ? | [ ]
Event Protocol
Lets you select which protocol the surveillance system should listen
for in order to detect the transaction event. Select the same protocol
as the protocol specified for the transaction event that is to trigger
this generic event. You can also select Any to be able to receive
both TCP and UDP data packages.
Event rule type
Select how particular the surveillance system should be when
analyzing received data packages: Match if the received package
must contain only the exact message specified in the Event
message include field (see description in the following), Search if
the received package must contain the message specified in the
Event message include field, but may also have other content.
Event priority
Specify a priority between 0 (lowest priority) and 1000 (highest
priority) for the event, in case a received data package matches
more than one event.
Event rule string
In the Event substring field, specify the XProtect Transact event
string or parts of it that you want the surveillance system to look for
when analyzing the transaction data packages. Then click the Add
button to add the specified term(s) to the Event message include
field, the content of which is used when analyzing received data
packages. You are furthermore able to use processing order
parentheses and two different Boolean operators in the Event
message include field by clicking the buttons to the right of the
field.
Send Email if this event
occurs
Select to send an e-mail alert automatically when the event occurs.
To use e-mail alerts, the e-mail alert feature must be set up in the
surveillance system's E-Mail setup window.
Send SMS if this event occurs
Select to send an SMS alert automatically when the event occurs.
To use SMS alerts, the SMS alert feature must be set up in the
surveillance system's SMS settings window.