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Advanced View: Creating Alert Actions
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period of time, highlight the period of time by clicking-and-dragging over the desired time range,
and then click Enable.
c. When you have finished creating your Advanced Schedule, click OK to save the schedule and
return to the Alert Action task.
6. Check the check boxes in the Severities check box group that correspond to the alert severities for
which audio alerts will be played.
7. Select Output Devices that will play the audio alerts through their headphone/speaker output jacks.
Any Camera Pod 120s that are connected to your appliance will be available for selection.
8. Select an Output Volume for the audio alert. By default, audio alerts are played at 75% of the
output device’s maximum volume.
9. Click OK to save this Alert Action.
Creating a Play Custom Audio Alert Action
If you are creating an Alert Action that will use the Play Custom Audio alert notification method:
1. Double click on the Alert Actions icon to start the Alert Actions task.
2. Click Add to open the Select Notification Method window.
3. Select Play Custom Audio Alert from the Select Notification Method pop-up window and then
click OK to open the Add Alert Action window.
4. Type in the Alert Action Name field a name for this Alert Action.
5. Specify Advanced Scheduling for the Alert Action (optional). By default, all Alert Actions are
assumed to be active 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. However, you can specify that an Alert Action
will be active only when alert conditions occur during specific time ranges. To configure Advanced
Scheduling:
a. Click Advanced Scheduling.... The Advanced Scheduling window opens.
b. By default, all time periods in the schedule are set to Enabled. To disable the Alert Action for a
currently enabled period of time, highlight the period of time by clicking-and-dragging over the
desired time range, and then click Disable. To enable the Alert Action for a currently disabled
period of time, highlight the period of time by clicking-and-dragging over the desired time range,
and then click Enable.
c. When you have finished creating your Advanced Schedule, click OK to save the schedule and
return to the Alert Action task.
6. Check the check boxes in the Severities check box group that correspond to the alert severities for
which audio alerts will be played.
7. Select Output Devices that will play the audio alerts through their headphone/speaker output jacks.
Any Camera Pod 120s that are connected to your appliance will be available for selection.
8. Select an Output Volume for the audio alert. By default, audio alerts are played at 75% of the
output device’s maximum volume.
9. Select from the Custom Audio Clip drop-box an audio that will be played when an alert condition
occurs.
10. Select from the Custom Audio Clip (Return To Normal) drop-box an audio that will be played