Add - Delete Alarms

1. Click New Alarm at the lower-left corner of the Alarms screen.

2. Type the name of the new alarm in the Name field.

3. Type the description and administrative description of the new alarm to the respective fields below the Name field.

4. Select whether the alarm is of high, average or low priority. The priority is used to define the order in which alarms are executed in case of multiple simultaneous alarms.

5. Select The Alarm is active until it is acknowledged to create the alarm as continuous; if the option is selected, the alarm will continue until a user acknowledges it through the Spotter application.

6. Alarm highlight colour allows administrators to define a custom colour for each alarm separately. 

7. In the View Alarms in Profiles menu, select the profiles in which the alarm will be used. 

Select trigger

8. Open the Trigger tab. The Trigger tab is used to define the triggers that start the alarm event.

9. Select the trigger Type from the drop-down menu.

   • Camera

   • Audio

   • Text data

   • Digital input

   • Metadata

   • External (Customized triggers, created under VMS Servers > Alarm Triggers)

10. Select the device that will trigger the alarm from the device list below the Type drop-down menu.

11. Select the triggering condition from the condition list on the right side of the screen. 

    • For camera-based triggers, you can select the mask used in motion detection to trigger the alarm. 

    • For audio-based triggers, you can set the alarm to trigger based on a high or low audio level. 

    • For text data based (e.g., VCA, metadata, etc.) triggers, you can set the alarm to trigger based on a text data string.

    • In addition, you can set an optional alarm ending trigger by marking Define ending input and selecting a string for ending the alarm. 

    • For digital input-based triggers, the alarm is triggered based on the change of the input’s polarity.

    • For External triggers, you can select the triggers created under Alarm Triggers. For channel based triggers, you can also select the channel.

Actions

12. Open the Actions tab. The Actions tab is used to define the actions performed by the alarm when it is triggered.

13. Select the action type from the Type drop-down menu. The action type defines the basic functionality of the alarm.

See more about Action types and settings in the next page.

Deleting an Alarm

1. On the VMS Servers tab, select the server.

2. Double-click on Alarms.

3. Select the alarm you want to delete by clicking on its name.

4. Click Remove Alarm at the lower-left corner of the Alarms screen.

5. The alarm is deleted from the system.