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NetDVMS 6.5e
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(recorded at the time of the event) to be included in the e-mail alert, also check the
Include image
from camera
check box and select the required camera in the list next to the check box.
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When ready, click
OK.
This will return you to the
I/O Setup
window.
4. In
the
I/O Setup
window, your newly defined event is now listed (you may have to click the expand icon in
front of the name of the camera or other device to see the listing):
Click
OK
to close the
I/O setup
window and return to the
Administrator
window.
For system administrators defining actions to be triggered by events, the event will now be selectable in line
with other events defined on NetDVMS.
How to add an Event Button
Events can be used for automatically triggering actions in NetDVMS, such as starting or stopping recording on
cameras, triggering e-mail notifications, making PTZ cameras move to specific preset positions, activating output, etc.
An event may also trigger several actions simultaneously.
Several types of events exist (see
About Input, Events & Output ...
). In most cases, events occur and actions are
triggered without the need for human intervention by NetDVMS users: System administrators define the criteria for
each event, for example a certain amount of detected motion or input from a specific sensor; when the criteria are
met, the system interprets it as an event, and automatically triggers the required actions.
However, you may also want users to be able to manually force an event to occur. For this purpose, NetDVMS lets
you define event buttons. Event buttons let users manually trigger events from NetGuard-EVS. In NetGuard-EVS,
event buttons are actually not buttons; instead users manually trigger events by selecting them from a list. See also
About Event Buttons
for examples of the many ways in which you can use event buttons.
To add an event button, do the following:
1. In
the
Administrator
window
, click the
Event Buttons...
button.
This will open the
Event Buttons
window
.
2. In
the
Event Buttons
window, first select the camera or other device for which you want the event button to
be available, then click the
Add new event...
button.
Note that you are also able to make the event button globally available (i.e. available to users regardless of
which camera/device they have selected in NetGuard-EVS. To make the event button globally available,
simply select
Global
(at the top of the list) instead of a particular camera/device.
