RC-E User Manual
Management Client (RC-E Manager)
Example Rule Combining Time, Events, and Devices: When motion is detected (event condition) on
Camera 1, and the day of the week is Saturday or Sunday (time condition), Camera 1 and Camera 2 should
start recording (action) immediately, and a notification should be sent to the security manager (action); then,
5 seconds after motion is no longer detected on Camera 1 or Camera 2, the 2 cameras should stop recording
(stop action).
The required complexity of rules will vary from organization to organization: Some may require only a number of
simple rules; some may require a mix of simple and complex rules.
Create Many Simple or a Few Complex Rules?
Depending on your organization's requirements, it is often a good idea to create many simple rules rather than a few
complex rules.
Even though this will lead to you having more rules, it will generally make it much easier for you to maintain an
overview of what your rules do.
Keeping your rules simple also means that you will have much more flexibility when it comes to deactivating/activating
individual rule elements— with simple rules, you can deactivate/activate entire rules when required.
Default Rules
OnSSI RC-E comes with a number of default rules, ensuring that basic features work without any user intervention
being required. See Default Rules (on page 126).
Creating a New Rule
When you create rules, you will be guided by the wizard
Manage Rule
which provides a highly intuitive approach. It
helps you stay focused by listing only relevant options. It ensures that a rule will not contain missing elements. And
finally, based on your rule's content, it automatically suggests suitable stop actions (i.e. what should take place when
the rule no longer applies), ensuring that you will not unintentionally create a never-ending rule.
1. In the Overview pane (see "Panes Overview" on page 36), right-click the
Rules
item, and select
Add Rule...
:
Tip:
Instead of right-clicking to select
Add Rule
, you can press CTRL+N on your keyboard.
This will open the wizard
Manage Rule
.
The wizard will guide you through the process of specifying the content of your rule. The wizard makes the
process interactive, yet intuitive: based on your main selections, it will ask you to specify your exact
requirements for the rule.
2. Begin by specifying a name (compulsory) and a description (optional) of the new rule in the
Name
and
Description
fields respectively.
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. Then select the required type of condition for the rule: either a rule which performs one or more actions when
a particular event occurs, or a rule which performs one or more actions when a specific period of time is
entered:
Perform an action on <event>
If you select an event-based rule, the lower part of the wizard window will display an initial rule description.
Click the underlined items in the rule description in order to specify its exact content:
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