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Advanced View: Creating Alert Actions
Using Your Appliance 167
click OK to open the Add Alert Action window.
4. Type in the Alert Action Name field a name for this alert action.
5. Type in the Maximum Camera Pictures field (or use the arrow buttons in the field to select) the
maximum number of available images that will be included with the generated data. Note that,
depending on the Total Number of Pictures setting (located in the camera configuration task),
additional images may be captured by the appliance. The Maximum Camera Pictures setting
specifies only how many of the pictures captured by the appliance will be included in data.
6. If you want a graph of the sensor values associated with the alert to be included in the data, check
the Include a Graph with the Alert check box.
7. If you want audio captured by the Camera Pod to be included in the data check the Include a Sound
Clip with the Alert check box.
8. If you have the BotzWare Premium Software Module (PSM) installed and wish to include maps that
indicate the sensor that triggered the alert action check the Include Related Maps with the Alert
check box. Note that only maps that include the sensor that triggered the alert will be sent.
9. 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.
10. Check the check boxes in the Severities check box group that correspond to the alert severities for
which alert notifications will be sent.
11. The bottom of the pane features a Basic and an Advanced tabbed pane. On the Basic pane, type the
appropriate information in the following fields:
– Type in the FTP Server Hostname field the TCP/IP hostname or IP address of the FTP server to
which the data will be delivered.
– Type in the User ID and Password fields the User ID and Password needed to deliver post data
to the FTP server at the specified FTP Server Hostname.
– Type the Password again in the Confirm Password field.
– Type in the Target Directory field the relative directory path to be used for storing the data on
the FTP server. This should always be a path relative to the default directory associated with the
user ID used to log on to the FTP server. If the directories on the path do not exist they will be
created automatically.
– Type in the
Base Filename field the base filename to be used for storing the data on the FTP
server. The alert data will be stored in a file with this name, followed by the “.nbalert” file