RC-E User Manual
Management Client (RC-E Manager)
4. On the wizard's next step, specify which time conditions should be met in order for the rule to apply.
In this example
... we want the rule to apply between 1:00 and 8:00 on Saturdays, so two time conditions are
required: one which specifies use of a start time and end time, and one which specifies use on a particular
day of the week. We therefore select
Within the time period <start time> to <end time>
and
Day of week is
<day>
:
Our selection is immediately reflected in the initial rule description in the lower half of the wizard window:
Tip
: If we had previously created a suitable time profile covering the required period of time, we could have
just selected the time condition Within selected time in
<time profile>
, then pointed to the time profile in
question. Read more about time profiles under
Managing Time Profiles
(see "
Manage Time Profiles
" on page
138).
5. Click the underlined items in the rule description in order to specify its exact content:
start time:
Clicking the start time link lets you specify required start time.
In this example
... we want the start time to be one o'clock in the afternoon, so we specify 1:00, and click
OK:
end time:
The
end time
link works just like the
start time
link. We specify 8:00.
days:
Clicking the
days
link lets you specify required days of the week.
In this example
... our rule should only apply on Saturdays, so we select
Saturday
, and click
OK
:
Click
Next
to move to step 3 of the wizard.
6. On step 3 of the wizard, first specify which actions to perform.
In this example
... we want to start patrolling according to a specific patrolling profile. We therefore select the
action
Start patrolling on <device> using <profile> with PTZ priority <priority>
:
Based on the selection of actions, the wizard automatically extends the rule description in the lower part of
the wizard window.
In this example
... Based on our selection
Start patrolling on <device> using <profile> with PTZ priority
<priority>
, the wizard automatically prompts us to specify the required camera, patrolling profile and its priority
(see "Actions and Stop Actions Overview" on page 110):
We click the
device
link, expand the relevant camera folder, select the required camera, and click
OK
:
Next we click the
profile
link, select the required patrolling profile from our list of previously defined patrolling
profiles, and click
OK
:
Finally, we click the
priority
link to set the priority (see "Actions and Stop Actions Overview" on page 110) of
the patrolling profile.
By doing this, we have further specified the content of the wizard's rule description.
Click
Next
to move to step 4 of the wizard.
7. On step 4 of the wizard, select stop criteria. Stop criteria are important in many types of rules. Without a stop
criterion, many actions could go on indefinitely once started.
In this example
... Without a stop criterion, the rule in this example would start patrolling within the specified
time period, but never stop it. Based on the elements in our rule description, the wizard therefore
automatically suggests the stop criterion
Perform stop action when time interval ends
:
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