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General information

This action initiates an alarm in the system and starts and starts recording to the archive.

Configuring an action

To configure the this action, do the following:

1. Go to the Programming tab.
2. In the Event rules or Cycle rules list, click Create... (see Configuring macros).
3. Select a start condition that triggers a macro (see Configuring start conditions).
4. Click the Image Added button below start conditions.
5. From the
alarm initiating mode (1, always or only when there are no other active alarms
6. drop-down list, select Camera: Initiate alarm.
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7. In the Working mode parameter, select the alarm initiation mode:
   1. Initiate always,
   2. Initiate if no active (only if there is no active alarm on the specified camera in the system at the moment).
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8. In the Camera parameter, select from the list a camera or group of cameras
,
9. on which you want to initiate an alarm
(2). An implicit selection of a camera is also allowed—
10. . In addition, an implicit camera selection is allowed—Camera that initiated command execution
(see Configuring filters for event-driven macros)
11. .
    

    Note
    title Attention!
    If

the start of the macro was triggered by the activation of

12. a macro is initiated by an event from an input or output (see Configuring

filters for event-driven macros

13. start conditions) that is not connected to any camera, you need to select a specific camera for this action. If you select a group of cameras or a camera that initiated the macro, the action

will not

14. doesn't start.

If you selected
15. Set the Random checkbox if you select a group of cameras or
an Axxon-
16. domain
in the previous step, set the Random (3) checkbox
17. to initiate an alarm on a random camera from
this
18. the specified group/
Axxon-
19. domain.
Select
20. In the Record to parameter, select an archive to record to
(4).Select the alarm priority (5). The higher
21. .
22. If necessary, click the Image Added button and add additional parameters.
23. In the Alarm flag position parameter, enter the time in seconds to offset the alarm flag in the past relative to the actual occurrance time of the event that triggered the macro.
    

    Info
    title Note
    If the alarm flag position is set, the event that was just taken into processing is played back from the moment corresponding to the flag position in the past, and not from the alarm start.

24. In the Alarm priority parameter, select the priority of the alarm. When an alarm is displayed on the Alert panel, the higher
it will be placed
25. the alarm priority, the higher it is positioned in the alarm list
on the Alarms Panel
26. .
Select
27. In the Scope parameter, specify the scope of visibility for the roles, the users of which
will be able to see the alarm initiated
28. can see an alarm generated by the macro
(6)
29. . If you don't specify any role in the
Scope field, the alarm will be
30. scope of visibility, an alarm is displayed for all users.
Select alarm assessments
31. In the Mandatory comment parameter, select an alarm assessment, after receiving which the operator must enter a comment
(7)
32. .
33. In the Time period of operator reaction to
alarm field
34. alarm parameter, specify the time within which
the
35. an alarm must be taken into processing, otherwise it will be assigned the Skipped status
(8)
36. . The minimum value is 2 minutes.
    

    Info
    title Note
    You can configure the Mandatory comment and Time period of operator reaction to alarm

fields

37. parameters in the system settings (see Configuring Alarm processing). If you specify these

fields

38. parameters in the macro settings, the system settings

will be

39. are ignored only

for

40. by the alarms initiated by this macro.

 

Enter the time in seconds by which the alarm flag will be shifted back relative to the time when the event that started the macro was received (9).

Info

title	Note

If the alarm flag position is set, the event that was just taken into processing will be played back from the moment corresponding to the flag position, and not from the alarm start.
42. Click the Apply Image Added button.

Configuration of the Initiate alarm action is complete.

Example use

When smoke is detected, the fire detector generates an event that triggers a macro. The maximum priority alarm is initiated and an audio notification is played.

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