Milestone Analytics 2.2 Generic VA - Manual (Page 26)

Milestone XProtect Analytics 2.2 – Generic VA; Administrator’s Manual
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Event Mapping Tool
The Event Mapping Tool is used for making analytics detections trigger surveillance system events.
What happens when the surveillance system is triggered is highly individual as it depends entirely
upon the configuration of your surveillance system. Example: In connection with license plate
recognition, triggered events are often used to subsequently trigger output signals for raising of
parking barriers, etc. However, triggered events can also be used for making cameras record in
high quality or similar. You can even use a triggered event to subsequently trigger combinations of
such actions. For more information about coupling events with actions, see the Administrator’s
Manual for your surveillance system.
You access the Event Mapping Tool by clicking the Event Mapping Tool icon in the
Administrator application’s toolbar. Alternatively, use Windows’ Start menu, selecting All
Programs > Milestone XProtect Analytics > Generic VA > Generic VA Event Mapping Tool.
Event Mapping Tool’s Structure
The Event Mapping Tool consists of three sections:
 An expandable list of servers, connections to cameras, and
analytics rules/lists. In this area you select the type of
analytics detection you want to map with a surveillance
system event.
With Generic VA, you will initially see a placeholder rule—simply called Rule—for each
connection. This is because Generic VA can be used with potentially any type of analytics.
You are therefore able to customize and copy the placeholder rule according to the type of
analytics your organization uses (see page 27 for more information)
 A Custom Events section, in which you select the surveillance system events you want to
trigger based on the selected analytics detection.
 A Generic Events section, in which
you have the option of making the
selected analytics detection send
data that will trigger a generic
event on XProtect Professional or
XProtect Enterprise surveillance
systems. Generic events are
surveillance system events based
on the analysis of received data in
the TCP and/or UDP format.
Note that Generic events work with
XProtect Enterprise and XProtect Professional surveillance systems only, not with XProtect
Corporate.