RC-E User Manual
Management Client (RC-E Manager)
9. Click
Finish
. This will add your new rule to the list of rules.
Use Specific PTZ Patrolling Profile During Specific Part of Day
Tip
: When patrolling stops, you can—if needed—get the PTZ camera to
start patrolling immediately after according to
another patrolling profile
(see "
Use Different PTZ Patrolling Profiles for Day/Night
" on page 121).
Prerequisites
When a PTZ camera patrols according to a patrolling profile, it continuously moves between different preset positions.
Therefore, the required preset positions and at least one patrolling scheme must be defined for the PTZ camera in
question. Before creating a rule like this, always verify the following:
The camera in question is a PTZ camera
At least two preset positions are defined for the camera
How to define preset positions...
To define preset positions for a PTZ camera, expand Devices in the Management Client's Site Navigation
pane (see "Panes Overview" on page 36) and select Cameras. In the overview pane (see "Panes Overview"
on page 36), select the required PTZ camera from the list, then select the Presets tab in the properties pane
(see "Panes Overview" on page 36). For descriptions of the exact functionality of the Presets tab, see Preset
Positions (see "PTZ Presets Tab (Camera Properties)" on page 83).
At least one patrolling profile is defined for the camera
How to define a patrolling profile...
To define patrolling profiles for a PTZ camera, expand Devices in the Management Client's Site Navigation
pane (see "Panes Overview" on page 36) and select Cameras. In the overview pane (see "Panes Overview"
on page 36), select the required PTZ camera from the list, then select the Patrolling tab in the properties
pane (see "Panes Overview" on page 36). For descriptions of the exact functionality of the
Patrolling
tab, see
Patrolling (see "PTZ Patrolling Tab (Camera Properties)" on page 80).
Creating the Rule
1. In the Management Client's Site Navigation pane, expand
Rules and Events
, then right-click Rules and
select
Add New Rule...
:
Tip
: Instead of right-clicking to select
Add New Rule
, you can press CTRL+N on your keyboard.
2. The
Manage Rule
wizard opens. Type a name for the new rule in the
Rule name
field.
In this example
... the rule will only cover a specific camera (simply called
PTZ Camera
) and how it should
patrol on Saturday afternoons. We therefore overwrite the default rule name (e.g.
New Rule 001
) with a
descriptive name:
Tip
: Always use a descriptive name for the rule. Once you have several rules, you will find that descriptive
names are a great help when identifying individual rules.
3. On Step 1 of
Manage Rule
, select the required rule type.
In this example
... we want to base the rule on a time period. Therefore, we select
Perform an action in a
time interval
:
Click
Next
to move to the next step of the wizard.
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