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Dialog board allows users to view info about alerts/detection events and quickly start macros to respondThe dialog board is used to display information about selected events and enable quick response to them by manually launching macro commands.

In addition, the panel board can display:

• video from the selected camera on the layout;
• video from the Related related camera for the selected camera on the layout;
• video from the Related related camera for the camera linked to the panelboard;
• alarm event from the selected or linked camera;
• still image.

You can To configure the Dialog board as follows, do the following:

1. Add an information a board to the layout (see Adding information boards to cells).

2. In the upper-right corner, click the button button.

3. To allow the operators to hide the information board , select the from the layout, set the checkbox in the Allow hiding panel check box (1) field.
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4. Select the event types that you want to display on the board and click the Add button.

   

   To add events of the same type from different devices, enter the name of the event in the Filter field. This will list only the events of the chosen specified type. To go back to the full list of all events, select any event and clear the filter field.

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   Configure the information board: 

5. If you want video on the board, then necessary, click the Image Removed button and select the item in the menu. You cannot add other elements if you have video here. 
   1. Selected camera – if you want to display video from the selected camera (1).
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   2. Related camera of selected camera – if you want to display video from the related (alternative, see Camera) camera of the selected camera (2).

   3. Related camera of linked camera – if you want to display video from the related (alternative, see Camera) camera of the linked camera (3). In this case, the panel must be connected to some camera window.

6. If you want to display a still image on the panel, select the Image element. To do this, select a desired image in JPEG, PNG or BMP format (1) and, if necessary, adjust it to panel size (2).
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7. If you want to display an alarm event in the panel from the selected or linked camera, select Alarm. If the panel is linked to any camera window, then alarms from this camera will be displayed. If the panel is not linked to any tile, then alarms from any selected camera will be displayed. 

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   When you add the Alarm item to the message panel, you can also add pre-programmed buttons to evaluate the alarm event. It is color-coded as follows: green – False alarm, yellow – Non-critical alarm, red – Critical alarm.

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8. If necessary, add a message that will be displayed on the panel in case of event (4). You can select the font and color (3) of the message. If it is necessary to display the event text, set the Show last event checkbox (1). To keep all events on the panel and be able to navigate between them, set the Keep events log checkbox (2).
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9. If necessary, add the comments field. Select the appropriate check box to make comments mandatory. 
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10. Add one or more Response Buttons. 
    To configure Response Buttons, you should set the mandatory and optional parameters (by clicking Image Removed):
    • enter the name of the Button (1);
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    • select a macro that will start when you click the Button (2);
    • if you want to hide the board after pressing the Response Button, select the checkbox (3);
    • select location for the Button: on the left, in the center, on the right (4);
    • select a color (5).
11. Click Apply to save the changes
12. Image Added button and configure additional parameters of the board interface.
    

    Parameter	Value	Description
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    Show last event	Image Added	By default, the checkbox is clear. If you want to display the last event, set the checkbox
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    Keep events log	Image Added	By default, the checkbox is clear. If you want to keep events log, set the checkbox
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    Font		If necessary, change the font style, size, modification, and character set
    Color	Main colors	If necessary, select the required color from the palette
    Bookmark
    Mandatory comment	Image Added	By default, the checkbox is clear. To make the bookmark mandatory, set the checkbox
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    Selected camera	Show selected camera	Select this parameter if you want to display video from the selected camera
    Alarm	Show alarm playack on selecteed camera1	Select this parameter if you want to display alarm events from the selected or linked camera on the board. If the board is linked to any video surveillance window (see Linking cells), only alarms from this camera are displayed. If the board isn't linked to any video surveillance window, alarms from any selected camera are displayed Note title Attention! When you add the Alarm element on the dialog board, you can add pre-configured buttons to assess the alarm event. The green button indicates the assigning of the False alarm status—Suspicious situation, the red one—Confirmed alarm. It isn't necessary to link macros with buttons in this mode (see Configuring Alarmed cameras layout).
    Related camera of selected camera	Show related camera from selected camera	Select this parameter if you want to display the video of the related camera from the selected camera
    Related camera of linked camera	Show related camera with linked camera	Select this parameter if you want to display the video of the related camera from the linked camera. In this case, the board must be linked to any video surveillance window (see Linking cells)
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    Enter text		Enter the name of the button
    Macro		From the drop-down list, select the macro that triggers when you press the button
    Close board when clicked	Image Added	By default, the checkbox is clear. If you want to hide the board from the layout after clicking on the button, set the checkbox
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    Alignment	Left	Select the location of the button on the board: left edge, center, right edge
    	Center
    	Right
    Color	Gray	Select the color of the button
    	Blue
    	Green
    	Yellow
    	Red
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    Fit to frame	Image Added	By default, the checkbox is clear. If you want to fit the image to the size of the board, set the checkbox
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    Load from file...		Select this parameter if you want the board to display the still image. Allowable image format: jpeg, png, or bmp

13. Click the Apply button to save the changes.

Configuring Configuration of the Dialog board is complete.