Event Action

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It relies on the Event Action tabbed page to enable/disable the event(s) that will launch action(s) from the metadata source, which is when the connection to the Metadata Server is lost.

 

To access the Event Action tabbed page for the metadata source:

 

1. From the Tree Console, click the topic Metadata Server.

 

2. Click the Metadata Server to which the metadata source to configure belongs.

 

The Properties tabbed page opens in the Configuration Pane for the metadata source to configure by default.

 

3. Click the Event action tab.

 

The Event action tabbed page then opens.

 

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The featured settings on the Event Action tabbed page are:

Group

Icon / Setting

Description

Event

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Adds an event.

ØThe available event is Connection lost, which means the metadata source loses the connection to the Metadata Server.

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Deletes the selected event.

ØClick any of the event info cells to select the event.

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Edits the selected event.

ØClick any of the event info cells to edit the info.

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Copies the event setting to another device.

Event Name

Delivers the event type.

ØOnly one type is available: Connection lost, which means the metadata source loses the connection to the Metadata Server.

Schedule

Delivers the applied “schedule”, which means one or more time period(s) in which the occurrence of the event is taken effective.

ØUse the Add schedule settings to apply a schedule to the event.
ØTo create/delete/edit a schedule, see Schedule.

Stop Related Action

Sets whether to stop the action launched by the metadata source sometime after the event occurs, or manually close.

Sec.

Sets when to stop the action launched by the metadata source after the event occurs.

Ø1 to 60 seconds are configurable.

Action list

Delivers all the actions set up for the metadata source to take when the event occurs.

Add schedule

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Adds a schedule.

ØAvailable options are the schedules created as described in Create A Schedule.

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Deletes the selected schedule.

ØClick a schedule to select it.

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Edits the selected schedule.

ØClick a schedule to select it.

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Moves the selected schedule up.

ØClick a schedule to select it.

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Moves the selected schedule down.

ØClick a schedule to select it.

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Opens a schedule overview dialog that shows the applied schedule(s) in a daily view or a weekly view.

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Copies the schedule setting to another event.

Schedule Name

Delivers the name of the schedule.

ØClick the Schedule name cell to change the schedule to some other schedule.

Property

Sets whether to allow or block the applied schedule’s time period(s).

Description

Delivers a brief description for this schedule for the easier identification of it.

Add action

Action List

Delivers all the actions set up for the metadata source to take when the event occurs.

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Adds an action for the metadata source to take when the event occurs.

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Deletes the selected action.

ØClick an action to select it.

Action properties

1.Sets whom to send the alert email(s) to.
2.Sets which digital output pin to turn on.
3.Sets which associated camera to go to the “preset point”.
ØThis group of settings is available only when any of the available actions is added.

 

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If you choose "manually close" in the column of stop related action, the action will stop until you close it in the close alarm window. Play alarm sound, Video popout, and Video edge display could be manually closed. However, other actions which are not supported to be manually closed would follow the setting of stop _ sec. to stop (Except the action "Go to Preset" and "Start Patrol", you can see more detail in Optical PTZ setting).