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Milestone XProtect Smart Client; User’s Manual
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Event Control
If manual triggering of events has been defined on your surveillance system, you can trigger
events from the Smart Client.
Note: Depending on your user rights, access to manually triggering events may be restricted.
What is an Event?
Events are used by the surveillance system for triggering actions.
Typically, events on the surveillance system are generated automatically. For example, detected
movement can be defined as an event which in turn triggers an action, such as recording on a
camera. However, it is also possible to trigger events manually.
Depending on surveillance system configuration, manually triggered events can be used for a wide
variety of purposes, including triggering combinations of actions.
For example, the manual triggering of an event could make a camera record with a particular
frame rate, activate two different outputs, and send an e-mail alert to three different recipients.
Manual events can be global or tied to a particular camera/device.
Exactly what happens when you manually trigger an event is defined by your surveillance system
administrator.
Ask your surveillance system administrator if in doubt about using manually triggered events in
your organization. Your surveillance system administrator may occasionally know manually
triggered events under the name event buttons.
Manually Triggering an Event
To manually trigger an event, select the required event in the Event Control section, and click the
Activate button.
The list of selectable events is grouped by server (engine) and camera/device with which the event
is associated. Global events are displayed immediately under the relevant server (engine). In the
above example, Event 1 (the selected event) is a global event.
Output Control
If external outputs have been defined on your surveillance system, for example for switching on
lights or sounding a siren, such outputs can be triggered from the Smart Client.