Add a manual event

With manual events, your users with required rights can trigger events manually from their clients. Manual events can be global (shared by all cameras) or tied to a particular camera (only available when the camera is selected). You can use manual events for a wide variety of purposes, for example:

As start and stop events for use when scheduling cameras' online periods. For example, you can make a camera start or stop transferring video to the surveillance system based on a manual event.
As start and stop events for controlling other camera settings. For example, you can make a camera use a higher frame rate based on a manual event or you can use a manual event for triggering PTZ on event.
For triggering output. Particular output can be associated with manual events.
For triggering event-based notifications.
In combinations. For example, a manual event could make a camera start transferring video to the surveillance system while an output is triggered and an e-mail notification is sent to relevant people.

To add a manual event, do the following:

Expand Advanced Configuration > Events and Output. Right-click Manual Events > Add New Manual Event
In the list in the left side of the Manual Event Properties, select global or a camera as required.
Click the add button and specify required properties. When ready, click OK, or click the Add button again to add a timer event to the event you have just created.
Save your configuration changes by clicking Save in the yellow notification bar in the upper-right corner of the Management Application.