The settings panel of the Operator protocol object

1

The Identification number* field

Automatically

Displays the identification number of the Operator protocol object in the system

Numbers, letters, periods, hyphen, dash, and underscore

NA

Depends on the number of the Operator protocol objects in the system

2

The Name* field

Enter the value in the field

Sets the name of the Operator protocol object in the system

Latin alphabet, Cyrillic,numbers, and service characters

Operator protocol

A line containing a sequence of any characters (letters, digits, service characters except > and < characters), case-insensitive.

Number of characters—from 1 to 60

3

The Disable checkbox

Set the checkbox

Disables the Operator protocol object in the system

Boolean type

Clear

Set—the Operator protocol object is disabled and isn't used

Clear—the Operator protocol object is enabled and used

4

The Display drop-down list

Select the value from the list

Sets the Display parent object for the given Operator protocol object

Names of the Display objects registered in the system

Name of the Display parent object

Depends on the number of the Display objects in the system

5

The X field

Enter the value in the field

Sets the X coordinate in the horizontal axis for the upper left corner of the Operator protocol window

% of the screen width

50

From 0 to M*100, where M is the number of the installed monitors

The Y field

Enter the value in the field

Sets the Y coordinate in the vertical axis for the upper left corner of the Operator protocol window

% of the screen height

From 0 to M*100, where M is the number of the installed monitors

The W field

Enter the value in the field

Sets the width of the Operator protocol window

% of the screen width

From 0 to M*100, where M is the number of the installed monitors

The H field

Enter the value in the field

Sets the height of the Operator protocol window

% of the screen width

From 0 to M*100, where M is the number of the installed monitors

The Allow moving checkbox

Set the checkbox

Allows moving the Operator protocol window

Boolean type

Clear

Set—allow moving the Operator protocol window using the mouse

Clear—disable moving the Operator protocol  window using the mouse

Opens the template window to set the position of the Operator protocol window

Sets the Operator protocol object, to which the events must be sent after the time specified by the Wait for operator response for parameter

8

The Type drop-down list

Select the value from the list

Sets the type of objects, the events from which must be displayed in the Operator protocol window

Available object types

NA

Depends on the objects registered in the system.

Only the objects for which the "INFORMATION" or "ALARM" value is selected in the Messages processing column on the Events tab in the ddi.exe utility are available for selection (see The Events tab)

The Number drop-down list

Select the value from the list

Sets the number of the object, which events must be displayed in the Operator protocol window

Sequence of numbers

NA

Depends on the number of the objects of the specified type registered in the system

The Name field

Automatically

Sets the name of the object, which events must be displayed in the Operator protocol window

Names of the objects registered in the system

Depends on the objects registered in the system

The Event type drop-down list

Select the value from the list

Sets the events displayed in the Operator protocol window

Events available for the selected object

Depends on the object type

The Request password drop-down list

Select the value from the list

Determines the necessity of a password to process the event

Boolean type

Set—password confirmation is required to process the event

Clear—password confirmation isn't required to process the event

The Region drop-down list

Select the value from the list

Sets the Region object corresponding to the monitored object

List of the Region objects created in the system

Depends on the number of the Region objects created in the system

The Parameter field

Enter the value in the field

Sets the parameter of the monitored object

Depends on the event type

Depends on the event type

From 1 to 10.

The lower the value, the higher the priority

Sets the name of the parameter, the value of which must be displayed in the Operator protocol window

The Description field

Enter the value in the field

Enters a short description of the specified parameter

Latin alphabet, Cyrillic, numbers, and service characters

From 0 to 255 characters

Depends on the number of the Map objects created in the system

ActiveX—archive opens in a separate window

Monitor—archive opens in the selected video surveillance monitor

Sets the time after which the event is assigned the Non-processed event type or the event is escalated

From 0 to 10000.

Fractional values can be specified; integer and fractional parts are point-separated. For example, to set 2 minutes 30 seconds time period, enter 2.500

Enters the maximum number of events that can be displayed simultaneously in the list of the current events

From 0 to 600.

• The value isn't specified or 0—the operator cannot delay the event processing;
• Greater than 0—the parameter sets the time for which the operator can delay the event processing;
• Fractional values can be specified; integer and fractional parts are point-separated. For example, to set 2 minutes 30 seconds time period, enter 2.500

The Functions group*

Enables the sorting of events by priority.The descending sorting is performed in the following order:

• Escalated, 
• Alarm,
• Information
• Standard (the last three event parameters can be set in the DDI file—see The Events tab)

Set—sorting by priority is enabled

Clear—sorting by order the events are received is enabled

Places new events at the end of the current events list

Set—new event is placed at the end of the list

Clear—new event is added at the beginning of the list

Set—when the event is processed in one of the operator protocols, it is deleted from other operator protocols

Clear—after the event is processed, it stays unprocessed in other operator protocols

Determines the necessity to enter the password to process the event 

Set—the event processing must be confirmed with a password

Clear—password isn't required for event processing

The Autoswitch checkbox

Set the checkbox

Enables autoswitch to the Current events tab of the Operator protocol window when a new event occurs

Boolean type

Clear

Set—autoswitch is enabled

Clear—autoswitch is disabled

Set—the cell of the last received event is automatically activated

Clear—when the event is received, the cell selected by the operator remains active

Set—the event processing buttons are displayed when a group of events is selected

Clear—the event processing buttons are hidden when a group of events is selected

Set—the comment field is automatically cleared after the event is processed by the operator

Clear—the comment text remains in the comment field after the event is processed by the operator

Set—the cell size is set equal to the size of the Operator protocol window area, that isn't occupied by the event control panel

Clear—the cell size is selected according to the content size

Set—the Apply to all button is unavailable in the Operator protocol window, and the operator cannot process all events at once

Clear—the Apply to all button is available 

Set—the Operator protocol window is displayed over all windows

Clear—the Operator protocol window is displayed in the standard mode

Set—the buttons for classifying the events (Alarm situation, Suspicious situation, False alarm) don't appear until the Comment field is filled

Clear—the operator can classify (process) the event without entering a comment

Prevents the operator from selecting multiple events using the Shift and Ctrl keys

Set—the operator cannot select multiple events using the Shift and Ctrl keys

Clear—the operator can select multiple events using the Shift and Ctrl keys

1

The Server field

Enter the value in the field

Sets the name of the database server, in which the required database is stored

Latin alphabet, Cyrillic, numbers, and service characters

Name of the server used by the system

Depends on the number of servers in the system

2

The Folder 
field

Enter the value in the field

Sets the name of the database, in which the events must be stored

Latin alphabet, Cyrillic, numbers, and service characters

Name of the main database used by the system

Depends on the number of databases used by the system

3

The User field

Enter the value in the field

Sets the username for authorization in the database server

Latin alphabet, Cyrillic, numbers, and service characters

4

The Password
field

Enter the value in the field

Sets the password for authorization in the database server

Latin alphabet, Cyrillic, numbers, and service characters

5

The Connection dialog
button

Click the button

Opens the window of the database server connection

NA

1

The Server field

Enter the value in the field

Sets the name of the database server, in which the required Event Viewer database is stored (if it is extracted to a separate DB)

Latin alphabet, Cyrillic, numbers, and service characters

Name of the server used by the Event Viewer database (if it is extracted to a separate DB)

Depends on the number of servers in the system

2

The Folder field

Enter the value in the field

Sets the name of the Event Viewer database (if it is extracted to a separate DB), in which the events must be stored

Latin alphabet, Cyrillic, numbers, and service characters

Name of the Event Viewer database (if it is extracted to a separate DB) used by the system

Depends on the number of the Event Viewer databases used by the system

3

The User field

Enter the value in the field

Sets the username for authorization in the Event Viewer database server (if it is extracted to a separate DB)

Latin alphabet, Cyrillic, numbers, and service characters

4

The Password
field

Enter the value in the field

Sets the password for authorization in the Event Viewer database server (if it is extracted to a separate DB)

Latin alphabet, Cyrillic, numbers, and service characters

5

The Connection dialog
button

Click the button

Opens the window of Event Viewer database server connection (if it is extracted to a separate DB)

NA

You can combine the Ctrl, Alt and Shift keys with any other keys on the keyboard. For example, the Ctrl+Shift+Alt+A or the Ctrl+A shortcuts are allowed, but the D+A or D+Ins shortcuts aren't allowed, and so on

• operator: the operator can select a full or a simple view on its own;
• full: the events are displayed as cells with a screenshot;
• simple—the events are displayed as lines without screenshots

• operator: the operator can elect the grouping options on its own;
• default: event grouping is disabled;
• object: the events are grouped by object;
• event: the events are grouped by event types;
• region: the events are grouped by regions