You can assign Security Center alarms to event
types reported by panel areas so that the people responsible for responding to the situation
are notified in the Alarm monitoring task of Security Desk.
Before you begin
Add recipients and cameras to the Security Center alarms you plan to use.
Procedure
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From the Config Tool home page,
open the Intrusion detection task.
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Expand the Intrusion Manager role from the entity browser, and then select the
intrusion detection unit you want to configure.
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Click the Areas tab, and select an area from the list.
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In the Alarms section, click , and then select a
Security Center alarm.
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If the Security Center alarm you need is not listed,
create one:
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In the Alarms section, click next
to a panel event.
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(Optional) In the Alarm name
field, modify the name as needed.
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In the Recipients section, click and
select the users and user groups that must respond to the alarm.
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In the Camera(s) section, click and
choose one or more cameras.
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Select either Live or
Playback.
This setting applies to all cameras listed.
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If you selected Playback, enter the number of seconds
before the alarm to start playing video.
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Click Create.
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Click Apply.
Results
The Security Center
alarm is shown next to the event. When the next panel event is reported, the assigned
Security Center alarm is reported to the
recipients listed for that alarm.