By default, special layout display alerts from all cameras. You can limit this: alerts only from the selected layouts.

To do this:

1. Select the layout (see Selecting a layout for editing).
2. Open the context menu and select: Use in alarm layout.
   
3. Save changes (see Exiting Layout Editing mode). 

Also, you can customize the layout with active alarms to show:

1. An alarm and the Alarm Management option (1). If there are several alarms, the longest-standing alarm is displayed. If you classify an alarm, the next alarm is displayed.
   
2. An alerted camera in Live Video mode (2).
3. 2 additional cameras (3, 4) in Live Video mode (for example, the 2 nearest ones to the alarmed one).

Do the following:

1. Switch to the Layout Editing mode (see Switching to layout editing mode).
2. In the first cell, add a Dialog board (see Configuring a Dialog Board) with the Alarm element and 3 buttons (green, yellow and red) without specifying a macro (1). 
   
3. Leave the second cell empty (2).
4. In the third and fourth cells, add a message panel with Related camera of linked camera (3, 4).
5. Link cells as follows: 1 with 2, 2 with 4, 3 with 4 (see Linking cells).
6. Save the layout.

7. For each camera, select 2 stand-by cameras (for example, those closest to it, see Camera).

   In cell 4, the first stand-by camera will be displayed, in cell 3 − the second.