Manual event – Milestone XProtect Essential 2014 User Manual
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Advanced configuration
Name
Description
Frames per second
Only relevant if using pre-alarm images, a feature available for
selected cameras only. Specify required frame rate. Used in
combination with the Number of pre-alarm images field, this field
indirectly allows you to control how long before the event you want
to receive pre-alarm images from.
Send e-mail if this event
occurs
Only available if e-mail notification (see "Configure email
notifications" on page 132) is enabled. Select if XProtect Essential
should automatically send an e-mail when the event occurs.
Recipients are defined as part of the e-mail notification
configuration. When using e-mail notifications, also bear in mind
individual cameras' scheduling (see "E-mail notification" on page
127).
Attach image from camera
Only available if e-mail notification (see "Configure email
notifications" on page 132) is enabled. Select to include an image,
recorded at the time the event is triggered, in the e-mail notification,
then select the relevant camera in the list next to the check box.
Delete
Delete a selected event.
Add
When a specific hardware input event is selected, clicking Add adds
a timer event (see "Add a timer event" on page 110) to the selected
hardware input event.
Properties available in XProtect Enterprise and XProtect Professional only:
Send SMS if this event occurs
Select if the system should automatically send an SMS when the
event occurs. You define the recipients of the SMS notifications as
part of the SMS notification configuration. When you use SMS
notifications, remember that you may have set individual camera
scheduling.
The setting is only available if you have enabled SMS notifications.
Manual event
When you add manual events (see "Add a manual event" on page 109), specify the following
properties:
Properties available in all XProtect software versions:
Name
Description
[List of defined global events
and cameras]
Contains a Global node and a list of all defined cameras. You can
configure as many manual events as required, no matter whether
they are global or camera-specific. A + sign next to the Global node
indicates that one or more global manual events have already been
configured. A + sign next to a camera indicates that one or more
manual events have already been configured for that camera.