RC-E User Manual
Management Client (RC-E Manager)
overview pane (see "Panes Overview" on page 36). Select the required PTZ camera from the list, and select
the Presets tab in the properties pane (see "Panes Overview" on page 36). For details of how to define preset
positions on the
Presets
tab, see Preset Positions (see "PTZ Presets Tab (Camera Properties)" on page 83).
Once you have defined the required preset positions, patrolling profiles for the PTZ camera are defined on
the neighboring
Patrolling
tab. For details of how to define patrolling profiles on the
Patrolling
tab, see
Patrolling (see "PTZ Patrolling Tab (Camera Properties)" on page 80).
Creating the First Rule; Patrolling During Daytime
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 cover a specific camera and how it should patrol during daytime. 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 go to step 2 of the wizard.
4. On step 2 of the wizard, specify which time conditions should be met in order for the rule to apply.
In this example
... we want the rule to apply within a specific time profile, so we select the time condition
Within selected time in <time profile>
:
Based on our selection, the wizard prompts us to specify the required time profile in the rule description:
Click the underlined item to specify the exact content of the rule description.
In this example
... we click the time
profile
link, select the time profile
Daytime
, and click
OK
:
The rule description now reflects our selection:
Click
Next
to move to step 3 of the wizard.
5. On step 3 of the wizard, first specify which actions to perform.
In this example
...we want patrolling according to a specific patrolling profile. We therefore select the action
Start patrolling on <device> using <profile> with PTZ priority <priority>
:
Based on the selection of actions, the wizard extends the rule description, and prompts us to specify the
required device, patrolling profile and its priority (see "Actions and Stop Actions Overview" on page 110):
Click the underlined items in the extension of the rule description in order to specify their exact contents:
In this example
... we first click the
device
link and in the
Select device
dialog opening we select a device and
click
OK
:
Then we click the
profile
link and select a patrolling profile in the dialog opening and then click OK.
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