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5. Select a severity level for the event group (Critical, Major, Normal, and Minor.) Diagnostic messages are considered critical.
NOTE: Assign the other severity levels to different events based on your business needs. For example, you might assign the Normal
severity level to all door alarms or the Major severity level to all motion alarms.
6. Enter a short description of the Event Group.
7. Click the alarm or motion events you want to add to the group, and then click Add >>. The newly added alarm and motion events appear in
the Assigned Events column. To remove an event, select it from the Assigned Events column, and then click << Remove.
SETTING PRE- AND POST-ALARM VIDEO RECORDING TIMES
A set length of time, before and after an alarm event, may be included as part of the alarm event recording time. For example, you can specify
that 5 minutes of video recorded before an alarm event and 10 minutes of video recorded after an alarm event be included as part of the alarm-
event recorded video. In this case, when video of the alarm event is played back, you will see video recorded 5 minutes before the alarm
occurred, video recorded during the actual alarm event, and 10 minutes of video recorded after the alarm event.
To set the length of time before and after an alarm event:
1. Click Event Groups . The Event Groups screen appears.
2. In the Event Groups pane, select an event group.
3. In the Modify Event Group pane, configure the Pre- and Post-alarm settings.
4. When you have finished editing the alarm settings, click Apply.
DELETING AN EVENT GROUP
5. Click Setup , and then click Event Groups . The Event Groups screen appears.
1. Select an event group from the Event Groups pane. Information about that event group appears in the right pane of the Event Groups
screen.
2. Click Delete. A confirmation message appears (refer to Figure 106).
3. Click Yes to confirm the deletion, or click No to close the screen without deleting that event group.
Figure 106. Delete an Event Group Dialog Box
