Switching to layout editing mode

The dialog board is used to display information about selected events and enable quick response to them by manually launching macro commands.

In addition, the board can display:

To configure the Dialog board, do the following:

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

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

  3. To allow the operators to hide the board from the layout, set the checkbox in the Allow hiding panel field.

  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 specified type. To go back to the full list of all events, select any event and clear the filter field.

    • To remove an added event type, click the button.
    • If you use the board to display a video, it isn't necessary to specify the event filter.

    If you don't select any event type, all system events are displayed on this board.

  5. If necessary, click the  button and configure additional parameters of the board interface.
    ParameterValueDescription
    Сообщение
    Show last event

    By default, the checkbox is clear. If you want to display the last event, set the checkbox

    Keep events log

    By default, the checkbox is clear. If you want to keep events log, set the checkbox

    Font

    If necessary, change the font style, size, modification, and character set

    ColorMain colors

    If necessary, select the required color from the palette

    Bookmark
    Mandatory comment

    By default, the checkbox is clear. To make the bookmark mandatory, set the checkbox

    Selected cameraShow selected camera

    Select this parameter if you want to display video from the selected camera

    AlarmShow 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

    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 cameraShow 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 cameraShow 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)

    Button
    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

    By default, the checkbox is clear. If you want to hide the board from the layout after clicking on the button, set the checkbox

    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

    Image
    Fit to frame

    By default, the checkbox is clear. If you want to fit the image to the size of the board, set the checkbox

    Load from file...

    Select this parameter if you want the board to display the still image. Allowable image format: jpeg, png, or bmp

  6. Click the Apply button to save the changes.

Configuring the Dialog board is complete.