RC-E User Manual
Management Client (RC-E Manager)
3. Right-click the required input, and select
Enabled
.
Specifying Input Properties
Each input typically has several properties. You can access these properties in two ways:
In the Management Client's Site Navigation pane (see "Panes Overview" on page 36), expand
Devices,
and
select
Inputs
. In the Overview pane expand the required inputs folder and select the required input.
- or -
In the Overview pane (see "Panes Overview" on page 36), select a device group to define settings for all inputs in
the group, or expand a device group, and select the required input.
The properties of the selected input, or the common properties for all inputs in a selected device group, will be
displayed on the following tabs:
Settings
,
Info
, and
Events
.
To learn more about the properties of the selected input, or the common properties for all inputs in a selected device
group, see:
Viewing the Current State of an Input
The change of an input's state is regarded as an event by RC-E. Events can be used in rules and hereby trigger
actions when the state of an input is changed.
See Define Input- and Output-Related Rules (on page 94) for more information about how to include an input event in
a rule.
To view the current state of an input in the Management Client, do the following:
1. In the Site Navigation pane (see "Panes Overview" on page 36), expand
Devices
, and select
Inputs
.
2. In the Overview pane (see "Panes Overview" on page 36), expand the required inputs folder and select the
required input.
Tip:
You may select a group of inputs to view the current status of all inputs in the group.
3. Information about the current status of the selected input is presented in the preview pane.
When an input is deactivated, it is shown by a gray indicator:
When the input is activated, the indicator lights up green:
Fill in Properties on the Info Tab
Lets you view and edit basic information about an input. Contains the following fields:
Name:
Name of the input. Not compulsory, but highly recommended. Used whenever the input is listed in RC-E
and clients. Does not have to be unique.
To change the name, overwrite the existing name and click
Save
in the toolbar (see "Management Client
Overview" on page 34).
Tip:
If you change the name, it will be updated throughout RC-E. This means that if the name is used in, for
example, a rule, the name will automatically change in the rule as well.
Description:
Description of the input. Not compulsory. Will appear in a number of listings within RC-E. For
example, the description will appear when pausing the mouse pointer over the item's name in the Overview pane
(see "Panes Overview" on page 36):
On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc.
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