(Optional) Selectively Display Cameras

This procedure is part of the workflow for integrating video surveillance.

 

Prerequisites

 

Apply a Filter to Selectively Display a Camera

When the operating procedure is triggered, the video step executes and by default displays all the cameras configured in the video step. You can apply further filters to selectively display certain cameras only in specific situations.

  1. Select Project > System Settings > Operating Procedures > […] > [operating procedure] > [video step].
  1. In the Cameras expander, select the camera you want to filter.
  1. Open the Filters expander. Here you can restrict the display of the selected camera to certain events or situations.
    NOTE: If you do not configure anything here, the camera will always display. If you do configure filters, make sure they are not mutually exclusive with those that trigger the operating procedure as a whole (see Define the Filters of the Operating Procedure). Otherwise the camera will never display.
  • In the Events expander, define for what types of alarms the camera will display. For example, you could restrict selection of the camera only to alarms in the Life Safety category of the Fire discipline, or to alarms in a specific segment (Scope) of the System Browser tree.
  • In the Time and Organization Mode expander, define when (dates and times, for example 8:00 to 12:00 on weekdays) or in what situations (for example, when the facility is Occupied) the camera will display.
  • The camera will display when the conditions specified in the Events AND Time and Organization expanders are both true.
    NOTE: When a camera is filtered out, its position in the Assisted Treatment layout remains blank, or continues displaying the video source previously connected to that monitor. To avoid this, make sure the Disconnect cameras from monitors check box is selected in the cameras expander.
  1. Repeat steps 2 to 3 above for any other cameras that you want to filter.
  1. Click Save .