Milestone XProtect Express 2014 - Manual (Page 171)

Milestone XProtect ® Express 2014 Administrator's Manual
www.milestonesys.com 171 Advanced configuration
Name Description
Events triggered
Select the event to be triggered if the operator does not react
withing the time limit specified in Time limit. This could be, for
example, sending an email, SMS or similar.
Related cameras
Select (a maximum of 15) cameras for inclusion in the alarm
definition even though they are not themselves triggering the alarm.
This can be relevant, for example, if you have selected an external
event message (such as a door being opened) as the source of
your alarm. By defining one or more cameras near the door, you
could attach the cameras' recordings of the incident to the alarm.
Related map
Select a map to associate with the alarm definition.
The selected map is automatically be shown in XProtect Smart
Client whenever the alarm is listed. This might help you to quicker
identify the physical location of the alarm.
Initial alarm owner
Select a default user responsible for the alarm. You can only select
from users allowed to view all cameras and/or other devices
selected as source(s) for the event causing the alarm.
Initial alarm priority
Select a priority (High, Medium or Low) for the alarm. Priorities can
be used for sorting purposes and workflow control in the Smart
Client.
Initial alarm category
Select a category to which the alarm should initially be assigned.
This could be, for example, Building01, Burglary, ElevatorEast or
similar, depending on which categories have been defined.
Event triggered by alarm
Define an event to be triggered by the alarm in the Smart Client (if
needed).
Auto-close alarm
Select if the alarm should automatically be closed upon a particular
event. This is possible for alarms triggered by some (but not all)
events.
See also Alarm data settings (on page 171) and Alarm sound settings (see "Sound settings" on page
172) for further information on how to configure alarm settings.
Alarm data settings
When you configure alarm data settings, specify the following:
Alarm Data Levels tab, Priorities
Name Description
Level
Add new priorities with level numbers of your choosing or use/edit
the default priority levels (numbers 1, 2 or 3). These priority levels
are used to configure the Initial alarm priority setting (see "Alarms
definition" on page 170).
Name Type a name for the entity. You can create as many as you like.