User Manual

Table Of Contents

Version 2.2 March 2005 iControl Confidential page 5

Current states

Current states refer to the status of all of your devices. If a device has a yellow

triangle next to it, the triangle indicates that the device has recognized a change

that creates an alarm. The following table shows the possible states and the

alarm conditions of Starter Kit devices.

Device

Possible state

Example

Alarm Condition

Door/Window

Sensor

Open, Closed

Open indicates the

door or window is

open

Open

Motion

Sensor

Occupied, Empty

Occupied means a

person is in the

monitored area

Occupied

Additional optional devices, such as freeze, water, smoke and heat sensors

have their own associated states as well but are not described here since they

are not part of the iControl Starter Kit.

Pictures window

Here you will see thumbnails of pictures or video from each of your iControl

cameras. In the Summary page shown earlier, three thumbnails are shown, as

three cameras are active. If your hover the cursor over a thumbnail, the name of

the associated camera is displayed. You can also click on the thumbnail and it

will expand. From there you can take a new picture, view past pictures, watch

live video and delete pictures.

Alarm History

This window shows the record of the alarms recognized by the devices installed

in your iControl System. An alarm occurs whenever a device detects a change,

such as a door/window sensor detecting a door open or a motion sensor detects

movement. (These are the only two types alarms available from the devices in

the Starter Kit. Other optional devices provide alarms for freezing, water

leakage, etc. and these devices will be offered in the future). For each change,