The Axxon Next software package enables you to work with virtual Inputs. This involves triggering a virtual Input and producing a virtual Input event / alarm in the VMS. When triggered, the virtual Input status switches − Closed / Open.

Creating and configuring Virtual Inputs

To create and configure a virtual Input, complete the following steps:

1. Run IP Device Discovery Wizard (see Adding and removing IP devices).
2. In the form for manually adding an IP device, select  HttpListener in the Vendor drop-down list (1).
   
3. In the Port field, specify the port number that will be used Input status queries (2).
4. Click the  button

The IP Server object is automatically created to host 4 virtual Inputs.

You can configure virtual Inputs in the same way as real ones. Also you can specify the time-out when virtual Inputs reset their status in the Alarm ExpirationTime field of the IP Server object. It ranges from 0 to 100.

This setting is applied only after you disable and enable the Input again.

Switching Virtual Inputs

To switch Virtual Inputs, the HTTP request is used (see Switch between virtual IP-device states (HttpListener)).

The requests can be handled by macros (see Executing a Web-query). Create 2 macros for each Virtual Input: to switch to Closed and to switch to Opened.

You can run macros and requests from Dialog board (see Configuring the Dialog Board).

Virtual Inputs' status on map

You can add Virtual Inputs to maps just as you do with real ones (see Adding inputs and outputs).

Virtual Inputs status is color-coded (see Displaying device status).