Configuring an alarm

This procedure uses a Motion Detected event in a connected camera to trigger an alarm. The steps use both the web UI and Workbench interfaces.

Prerequisites: All cameras have been discovered or added to the station.

Click the Events tab and click the Discover button ().
The discovery job searches for events.
Add Motion Detected to the database and double-click on Motion Detected.
Click on the Alarm Setup tab and notice that the alarm has already been mapped back to the camera.
Using Workbench, find a camera under the AxisVideoNetwork in your Supervisor station and, under the camera, the Motion Detected point.
Delete the Alarm Settings extension.
Open the alarm palette and drop a BooleanChangeOfStateAlarmExt on the point.
Open the videoDriver palette and drop a VideoAlarmExtParameters component on the BooleanChangeOfStateAlarmExt.
Double-click on the alarm extension, scroll to the bottom of the view, click on the folder next to the Camera Ord property, select your camera and save your changes.
Wave your hand in front of the camera.
The alarm console should report an alarm.
You can use this method to reference a camera to other alarms in your system and to play the associated video.
Expand ConfigServices and double-click the AlarmService.
Notice that a videoRecipient has been added to the AlarmService.
Niagara Enterprise Security adds this recipient automatically when you configure a video network. If you are using video in a standard station, you will need to add this recipient yourself. A videoRecipient is required to move a camera to a preset based on an alarm.