Milestone XProtect Smart Client 2013 - Manual (Page 149)

Milestone XProtect ® Smart Client
2014
User's Manual
www.milestonesys.com 149 Events and alarms
Events and alarms
Alarms
About alarms
The Alarm and Map features are only available when connected to certain types of surveillance
system (see "Surveillance system differences" on page 42). Particular user rights may be required.
On the surveillance server, virtually any kind of incident or technical problem (events) can be set up to
trigger an alarm. These can all be viewed from the Alarm Manager tab, which provides a central
overview of your surveillance system incidents, status, and possible technical problems.
The Alarm Manager tab is either displayed or hidden depending on the settings defined by your
surveillance system setup.
You cannot set up alarm triggers in the XProtect Smart Client, this is done by the surveillance system
administrator as part of the surveillance system configuration.
The Alarm Manager tab provides a dedicated view for your alarm or event handling. The tab itself
displays the number of active alarms (up to nine
—more alarms than this are shown with a 9+) . The
Alarm Manager tab includes an alarm list, an alarm preview (for previewing video associated with
individual alarms or events), and, if available, a map position (for geographical display of alarm
indicators). Click the Report button, to display relevant reports on the incidents (see "View alarm
reports" on page 156).
The Alarm Manager tab
The Alarm Manager tab is either displayed or hidden depending on the settings defined by your
surveillance system setup.
The alarm preview
If alarms or events have video associated with them, when you select a particular alarm in the alarm
list, the alarm preview displays the recorded video from the selected alarm or event. If there are many
cameras associated with an alarm, or if you have selected more than one alarm, the preview displays
several previews. If there is no video associated, the alarm preview will be gray. You can change the
alarm preview's properties in setup mode (see "Enter setup mode" on page 34).