RC-E User Manual
Management Client (RC-E Manager)
In the Management Client's Site Navigation pane (see "Panes Overview" on page 36), you are able to work with the
following under
Rules and Events
:
Rules (see "Manage Rules" on page 133): Rules are a central element in RC-E. The behavior of your
surveillance system is to a very large extent determined by rules.
Time profiles
(see "Manage Time Profiles" on page 138)
:
Time profiles are periods of time defined in the
Management Client. They can be used when creating rules in the Management Client; for example, to create a
rule which specifies that a certain action should take place within a certain time profile.
Notification Profiles
(see "Manage Notification Profiles" on page 141)
:
With notification profiles you can set up
ready-made e-mail notifications, which can automatically be triggered by a rule, for example when a particular
event occurs.
User-defined Events
(see "Manage User-defined Events" on page 143)
:
User-defined events are custom made
events making it possible for users to manually trigger events in the system or react to inputs from the system.
Hardware Configurable Events:
(see "Hardware Configurable Events" on page 110)Some hardware is capable
of creating events themselves. For example, some cameras are themselves able to detect motion or
static/moving objects, and their detections can be used as events in RC-E. Such events must obviously be
configured on the hardware before they can be used in RC-E , therefore they are called hardware configurable
events. Read more about hardware configurable events for cameras (see "Manage Cameras" on page 75), inputs
(see "Manage Input" on page 88) and microphones (see "Manage Microphones" on page 85) respectively.
See Events Overview (on page 128) for a list of events.
User-defined Events
If the event you require is not on the
Events Overview
list, you can create your own user-defined events (see "Manage
User-defined Events" on page 143). Such user-defined events can be useful if you want to integrate other systems
with your surveillance system.
Example
: With user-defined events, you can use data received from a third-party access control system as
events in RC-E; the events can subsequently trigger actions. This way, you can, for example, begin recording
video from relevant cameras when somebody enters a building.
User-defined events can also be used for manually triggering events while viewing live video in the Ocularis Client.
Hardware Configurable Events
Some hardware is capable of creating events themselves. For example, some cameras are themselves able to detect
motion or static/moving objects, and their detections can be used as events in RC-E. Such events must obviously be
configured on the hardware before they can be used in RC-E , therefore they are called hardware configurable
events. Read more about hardware configurable events for cameras (see "Manage Cameras" on page 75), inputs
(see "Manage Input" on page 88) and microphones (see "Manage Microphones" on page 85) respectively.
Actions and Stop Actions Overview
When creating rules in the
Manage Rule
wizard (see Manage Rules (on page 133)), you are able to select between a
number of different actions:
Some of these actions will require a subsequent stop action.
Example:
If you select the action
Start recording
, recording will start and potentially continue indefinitely.
Therefore, the action
Start recording
has a compulsory stop action called
Stop recording
.
Manage Rule
makes sure you specify such stop actions when necessary; stop actions are typically specified on one
of the last steps of the wizard:
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