RC-E User Manual
Management Client (RC-E Manager)
Activating a Rule
When you want to activate the rule again, simply select the required rule, select the
Activate
check box, and save the
setting.
Validating Rule(s)
You are able to validate the content of an individual rule or all rules in one step.
Why would I need to validate the content of rules?
When you create a rule, the
Manage Rule
ensures that all of
the rule's elements make sense. However, when a rule has existed for some time, one or more of the rule's elements
may have been affected by other configuration, and the rule may no longer work. For example, if a rule is triggered by
a particular time profile, the rule will not work if the time profile in question has subsequently been deleted. Such
unintended effects of configuration may be hard to keep an overview of; rule validation helps you keep track of which
rules have been affected.
IMPORTANT:
Validation takes place on a per-rule basis; each rule is validated in isolation. It is currently not possible
to validate rules against each other (for example in order to see whether one rule conflicts with another rule), not even
if using the
Validate All Rules
feature.
Furthermore, it is not possible to validate whether configuration of prerequisites outside the rule itself may prevent the
rule from working. For example, a rule specifying that recording should take place when motion is detected by a
particular camera will validate OK if the elements in the rule itself are correct, even though motion detection (which is
enabled on a camera level, not through rules) has not been enabled for the camera in question.
To validate an individual rule or all rules in one step, do the following in the Management Client:
1. In the Overview pane, right-click the rule you wish to validate, and select
Validate Rule
or
Validate All Rules
(depending on your needs):
2. A simple dialog will inform you whether the rule(s) validated successfully or not. If you chose to validated
more than one rule and one or more rules did not succeed, the dialog will list the names of the affected rules.
Manage Time Profiles
Time profiles are periods of time defined by the administrator. Time profiles can be used when creating rules (see
"Manage Rules" on page 133), for example, a rule specifying that a certain action should take place within a certain
time period. An alternative to Time profiles are Day Length Time profiles (see "Manage Day Length Time Profiles" on
page 140).
Time profiles are assigned to roles (see "Manage Roles" on page 147). By default, all roles are assigned the default
time profile
Always.
This means that members of roles with this default time profile attached has no time-based limits
to their user rights in the RC-E system. An alternative time profile can easily be assigned to a role.
Time profiles are highly flexible: they can be based on one or more single periods of time, on one or more recurring
periods of time, or a combination of single and recurring times. Many users will be familiar with the concepts of single
and recurring time periods from calendar applications, such as the one in Microsoft Outlook.
Time profiles always apply in local time. This means that if your system has recording servers placed in different time
zones, any actions (e.g. recording on cameras) associated with time profiles will be carried out in each recording
server's local time. Example: If you have a time profile covering the period 08.30 to 09.30, any associated actions on a
recording server placed in New York will be carried out when the local time is 08.30 to 09.30 in New York, while the
same actions on a recording server placed in Los Angeles will be carried out some hours later, when the local time is
08.30 to 09.30 in Los Angeles.
Time profiles are created and managed in the Management Client by expanding the Site Navigation pane (see "Panes
Overview" on page 36)'s
Rules and Events
folder, then selecting
Time Profiles
. A
Time Profiles
list will appear in the
overview pane.
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