Create a rule

You can create a rule to trigger the Senstar Symphony Server to perform actions.

  1. In the Senstar Symphony Server configuration interface, click Rules > Rules.
  2. Click Add.
  3. Type a name for the rule.
  4. Enable or disable the rule.
  5. Add an existing event to the rule or create a new event to add to the rule.
  6. If you add multiple events to the rule, select how the events must occur to trigger the rule.
    • Select in sequence to trigger a rule when the events occur in the order in which the Senstar Symphony Server configuration interface lists the events.
    • Select within a time period of and specify the number of seconds to trigger an rule when all of the events occur in the specified time period.
  7. To add action sets to the rule, perform the following tasks:
    1. In the list, select the action set and click Add.
    2. In the Delay field, set how much time must elapse after the rule occurs before the action triggers.
    3. In the Multiple Invocation behavior list select Append action sets to trigger that actions for each occurrence of the rule or Replace queued actions to trigger the actions for only the most recent occurrence of the rule.
    You can add multiple actions to each rule.
  8. Add an existing schedule to the rule or create a new schedule to add to the rule.
  9. In the Severity field, select the severity for the alarm.
    • 1 is considered high severity in the Senstar Symphony Client
    • 2 and 3 are considered medium severity in the Senstar Symphony Client
    • 4 and 5 are considered low severity in the Senstar Symphony Client
    You can use alarm severity to sort alarms in the Senstar Symphony Client.
  10. Click Save.