Every Rule on Map must be associated with a camera or a device. The Rule on Map icon helps emphasize alarm notification by either flashing for 10 seconds at every new alarm, or by flashing until security personnel mark the alarms as real/false/actionable.
Because you can always create more than one rule for the same camera, with Rules on Maps, you can see exactly which rule is triggered. The name of the rule is displayed when hovering over a map.
Any rule created for a server in the active server farm in the Rules Wizard will be listed in the Rules tab of the Map Configuration dialog box.
A Rule can be used in the following ways:
• Added to multiple maps.
• Added to the same map more than once.
• Moved to another location on the same map.
• Removed from a map.
Alarms function as follows:
• Only alarms that appear in the Alarm Log will appear on the map. (If you start the Symphony Client and there are pre-existing unacknowledged alarms loaded, the map will display flashing alarm icons (if this has been configured).
• When you left-click on the rule icon, the Symphony Client will display the last unacknowledged alarm JPEG for the associated camera (the first camera if there are multiple cameras).
A Rule on map reflects the current state, configurable by user:
• Option 1: Flashes if any alarms are unacknowledged; otherwise, remains invisible. Once you have acknowledged all alarms (related to that rule), the rule disappears from the map.
• Option 2: Flashes for 10 seconds when a new alarm occurs; otherwise, remains invisible
• These options are available in the Maps tab of the Client Settings dialog box.
• From the View menu, select Settings. The Client Settings dialog box opens. Click the Maps tab.