Configure your central site to respond to events from remote sites


You can use events defined on the remote sites to trigger rules and alarms on your central site and thereby respond immediately to events from the remote sites. This requires that the remote sites are connected and online. The number and type of events depend on the events configured and predefined in the remote sites.

The list of supported events is available on the Milestone website (https://www.milestonesys.com/).

You cannot delete predefined events.

Requirements:

  • If you want to use user-defined/manual events from the remote sites as triggering events, you must first create these on the remote sites
  • Make sure that you have an updated list of events from the remote sites (see Update remote site hardware).

Add a user-defined/manual event from a remote site:

  1. On the central site, expand Servers and select Recording Servers.
  2. In the Overview pane, select the relevant remote server and the Events tab.
  3. The list contains the predefined events. Click Add to include user-defined or manual events from the remote site in the list.

Use an event on a remote site to trigger an alarm on the central site:

  1. On the central site, expand Alarms and select Alarm Definitions.
  2. In the Overview pane, right-click Alarm Definitions and click Add New.
  3. Enter values as needed.
  4. In the Triggering Event field, you can select between the supported predefined and user-defined events.
  5. In the Sources field, select the remote server representing the remote site that you want alarms from.
  6. Save the configuration when done.

Use an event on a remote site to trigger a rule-based action on the central site:

  1. On the central site, expand Rules and Events and select Rules.
  2. In the Overview pane, right-click Rules and click Add Rule.
  3. In the wizard that appears, select Perform an action on <event>.
  4. In the Edit the rule description area, click event and select between the supported predefined and user-defined events. Click OK.
  5. Click devices/recording server/management server and select the remote server representing the remote site that you want the central site to start an action for. Click OK.
  6. Click Next to get to the next wizard page.
  7. Select the conditions that you want to apply for this rule. If you do not select any conditions, the rule always applies. Click Next.
  8. Select an action and specify the details in the Edit the rule description area. Click Next.
  9. Select a stop criterion if required. Click Next.
  10. Select a stop action if required. Click Finish.