Enable

Enables the Alarms feature.

Name

Enter a name. The alarm's name appears whenever the alarm is listed.

Alarm names do not have to be unique.

Description

Enter a description (optional).

Triggering event

This first list shows both system-related events and events from plug-ins (for example access control systems or similar).

From the second list, select the event message to use when the alarm is triggered.

Sources

Select which cameras and/or other devices the event should originate from in order to trigger the alarm. Plug-in defined sources, for example license plate recognition, access control systems and MIP-plugins appear in the list if installed.

Your options depend upon which type of event you have selected.

Time profile

If you select Time profile, you must select when the alarm should be enabled for triggering. If you have not defined alarm time profiles, you will only be able to select Always. If you have defined one or more time profiles, you can select them from this list.

Event based

If you select Event based, you must select which events should start and stop the alarm. Events available for selection are hardware events defined on cameras, video servers and input. You can also use global/manual event definitions.

Note that when you select Event based, you cannot define alarms based on outputs—only on inputs.

Time Limit

Select the time-limit within which the operator must respond to the alarm.

Events triggered

Select the event to be triggered if the operator does not react within 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 XProtect 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 XProtect 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.