Milestone XProtect Professional 2014 - Manual (Page 112)

Milestone XProtect ® Professional
2014
Administrator's Manual
www.milestonesys.com 112 Advanced configuration
Add a manual event
With manual events, your users with required rights (see "Configure user and group rights" on page
165) can trigger events manually from their clients. Manual events can be global (shared by all
cameras) or tied to a particular camera (only available when the camera is selected). You can use
manual events for a wide variety of purposes, for example:
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As start and stop events for use when scheduling cameras' online periods (see "Online period"
on page 134). For example, you can make a camera start or stop transferring video to the
surveillance system based on a manual event.
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As start and stop events for controlling other camera settings. For example, you can make a
camera use a higher frame rate based on a manual event or you can use a manual event for
triggering PTZ on event (on page 105).
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For triggering output. Particular output can be associated (see "Configure hardware output on
event" on page 113) with manual events.
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For triggering event-based notifications (see "About notifications" on page 144).
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In combinations. For example, a manual event could make a camera start transferring video to
the surveillance system while an output is triggered and an e-mail notification is sent to
relevant people.
To add a manual event, do the following:
1. In the Management Application navigation pane, expand Advanced Configuration, then
expand Events and Output. Right-click Manual Events and select Add New Manual Event
2. In the list in the left side of the Manual Event Properties, select global or a camera as
required.
3. Click the add button and specify required properties (see "Hardware input event" on page
118). When ready, click OK, or click the Add button again to add a timer event (on page 113)
to the event you have just created.
4. Save your configuration changes by clicking Save in the yellow notification bar in the upper-
right corner of the Management Application.
Add a generic event
Your system can analyze received TCP and/or UDP data packages, and automatically trigger events
when specified criteria are met. This way, you can easily integrate your surveillance system with a
very wide range of external sources, for example access control systems and alarm systems and
more. Events based on the analysis of received TCP and/or UDP packets are called generic events.
1. Expand Advanced Configuration, then expand Events and Output. Right-click Generic
Events > Add New Generic Event.
2. In the Generic Event Properties window, click the Add button, and specify relevant
properties. When ready, click OK, or click the Add button to add a timer event to the event you
have just created.
3. Save your configuration changes by clicking Save in the yellow notification bar in the upper-
right corner of the Management Application.