Milestone Central 3.7 - Manual (Page 19)

Milestone XProtect Central 3.7; User’s Manual
• State-based filterings: Simply select the states you want to load in your Client.
By default, all states except Closed and Auto closed are selected.
• Time-based filtering: By default all periods are selected. If you only want to load
alarms from a specific period in time, select Range, and specify the required time
range through the Range start and Range end fields. Date and time is indicated in
the following format: yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm. By selecting a date or time element (for
example the minute element), then clicking the field’s small up/down buttons, you
are able to specify exact values. Alternatively, simply overwrite the values.
Tip: You are able to combine the two filtering methods, for example if you only want to
load alarms in the Resolved state from a certain day in October 2007.
3. When ready, click OK.
Specifying Which Alarms to View in the List
By applying filters to the list of alarms displayed in the Alarm Overview list, you are able to target
the displayed alarms. To apply filters, do the following:
1. Click the Alarm Overview section’s View Filter button.
This will open the View Filter window:
2. In the View Filter window, you have up to four ways of filtering alarms:
• Time-based filtering: Use the Period start and Period end fields to specify a
required time range. Date and time is indicated in the following format: yyyy-mm-
dd hh:mm. By selecting a date or time element (for example the minute element),
then clicking the field’s small up/down buttons, you are able to specify exact
values. Alternatively, simply overwrite the values.
• Source-based filtering: Use the Source field to select a required source. Note
that selecting a server as your required source will not also select all cameras and
other devices under the server; only alarms related to the server itself will be
displayed. The Alarm Overview section’s alarm navigation tree (normally displayed
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