How to Pause Camera Tour If Preset Detects Alarm

Applies to 6.14.2 and later.

To allow camera to pause on a PTZ tour on alarm:

1. In Symphony, from the Server menu, select Manual Configuration Editor.
2. Expand Type: Camera.
3. Find the ID of your camera and expand it.
4. Click the Add a new setting field.
5. In the blank field under the Type, Section, ID, Key, and Value columns enter:

Type: Camera
Section: Camera
ID: (Id of the camera)
Key: PausePTZTourOnAlarm
Value:True

To configure the number of seconds the camera will pause:

6. Click the Add a new setting field.
7. In the blank field under the Type, Section, ID, Key, and Value columns enter:

Type: Camera
Section: Camera
ID: (Id of the camera)
Key: PausePTZTourOnAlarmSeconds
Value: 60
(where Value equals number of seconds)

8. Click OK. (Verify that the setting has been added.)
9. Click Close.
10. Restart Symphony.

Important: To enable these settings for all PTZ cameras, set Type to Global and Section to Main.