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c. Background: Select the background you want for the label you are creating. A transparent background allows the underlying map to

show through. An opaque background makes the label appear as a colored rectangle. Click Select Color to choose the ﬁll color for an

opaque label.

d. Border: Specify whether you want the label to have a border around it by selecting None or Single Line.

e. Click OK. The Edit Device Label Properties dialog box closes.

3. Device number: If operators will be using a CCTV keyboard that employs numeric identiﬁers for devices, select “Enable the device

number” and type in the device number. If operators will be using computer keyboards that allow the use of textual names for devices, do

not select this option.

4. Expose properties: The “Expose properties of this device so that they can be used in scripts and expressions” ﬁeld is enabled by default.

This allows you to refer to the device in scripts and expressions. To prevent a device's properties from being used in scripts and

expressions, click this ﬁeld to clear the checkmark. Refer to Scripts and Expressions for information on scripts and expressions and the

objects that use them.

5. Device script tag: If you do not want to use the script tag provided by the server, type in a unique, meaningful tag. Script tags are at most

50 characters long. They can include any letter, digit or the underscore character, but cannot begin with a digit. They cannot contain spaces

or special characters. Tags are not case sensitive. Use the script tag to refer to the device in scripts and expressions. For a list of device

properties that can be scripted, refer to the Scripts and Expressions section for the appropriate device driver.

6. Default interlock expression: This feature is reserved for future use.

7. Device alarm mapping: Specify how you want the VMX300(-E) server to handle signals sent out by the device.

To specify how you want device alarms handled, select an alarm/event category from the drop-down list to the right of “Map device

‘Alarms’ to.” When the device sends an alarm to the VMX300(-E) server, the server will treat the alarm like it would a custom alarm or

event belonging to the category you have speciﬁed. The server will notify the recipients for the speciﬁed category according to the

category’s settings for color, sound, acknowledgement, and archiving.

To specify how you want device events handled, select an alarm/event category from the drop-down list to the right of “Map device

’Events’ to.” To specify how you want device normal signals handled, select an alarm/event category from the drop-down list to the right of

“Map device ’Normal’ to.”

If you want the VMX300(-E) server to discard a category of signal, select <None> from the drop-down list for that category.

Refer to Alarms and Events for detailed information on how the VMX300(-E) server handles alarms and events.

8. Click OK. The Edit Local Settings dialog box closes.

9. Click File > Save (changes to a device’s local settings do not take effect until you save the server conﬁguration).

NOTE: If you change the script tag for a device, any script that refers to the device will contain an error. To correct the error, update the

scripts so they use the device’s new script tag. Refer to Scripts and Expressions for more information.

NOTE: Conﬁguring device alarm mapping is a two-step process. In addition to the device alarm mapping deﬁned through the local settings,

you must conﬁgure the device alarm mapping through the Edit Device Properties dialog box. Refer to Edit a Device’s Properties for instruc-

tions on opening the Edit Device Properties dialog box. Refer to the Devices section for information on conﬁguring the different alarms and

events sent out by devices of that type.