RC-E User Manual
Management Client (RC-E Manager)
Pause PTZ Patrolling and Go to PTZ Preset on Input
In this example, we assume that patrolling has already been set up for the PTZ camera, and that the external input
unit is a door sensor connected to an input port on a device on the RC-E system: When the door sensor is activated,
the PTZ camera will pause patrolling, move to a preset position covering the door area, remain at the preset position
for 15 seconds, then resume patrolling.
Prerequisites
This rule is based on an input being activated, and on a patrolling PTZ camera moving to a specific preset position.
Therefore, an external input unit must be available, i.e. connected to the input port of a device on the RC-E system.
Furthermore, the preset position to which the PTZ camera should move when the rule is applied must have been
defined. Before creating a rule like this, always verify the following:
An external input unit is successfully connected to an input port on a device, and the states of the input unit
(activated/deactivated) work as required.
The camera in question is a PTZ camera with the required preset positions and patrolling defined.
How to define preset positions and patrolling profiles...
When a PTZ camera patrols according to a patrolling profile, it moves between a number of preset positions.
Thus, before you able to define patrolling profiles for a PTZ camera, the preset positions required for the
patrolling profiles must be defined.
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
. This will display a list of cameras in the
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 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 cover a specific camera (
simply called PTZ Camera
) and how it should behave
upon an activated input. 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 an event. Therefore, we select
Perform an action
on
<event>
.
Our selection is immediately reflected in the initial rule description in the lower half or the wizard window.
Click the underlined items in the rule description in order to specify its exact content:
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