EMERGENCY AGENT OVERVIEW
The Emergency Agent software is a utility that streams video across a Local Area Network to a Client PC when an alarm is detected on the IPR. The video that streams across can be stopped, played forwards and backwards, in slow motion or real speed.
The utility is loaded at startup and placed in the taskbar. It constantly monitors for a signal from the IPR. When an alarm signal is detected the Emergency Agent Image Viewer window opens and starts playing the video from the camera associated to the alarm.
CAUTION: SCS and Emergency Agent are not compatible to run on the same PC. If you have SCS installed you do not need Emergency Agent. SCS will perform the same alarm notification as Emergency Agent.
Configuring the IPR
To enable the Emergency Agent on the IPR follow these steps:
1.Enter Setup and confirm you are in the Camera Setup Menu.
2.Select a camera and then associate sensor(s) to that camera using the Sensor Connection Boxes.
3.Click the Network Setup button and make sure that Disable Remote Control is not checked.
NOTE: The Emergency Agent uses one port to transfer the data through (the Emergency Port). The port can be adjusted inside the Network Setting Menu if necessary. It is recommended that the default setting should be used unless the port must be changed.
4.Click the Schedule Setup button.
5.Select the Sensor option to open the sensor schedule window.
6.Enter the IP Address of the computer running the Emergency agent software.
7.Click the box next to the IP Address to enable it.
8.Create a schedule for the appropriate sensor.
9.Highlight the sensor schedule blocks and click the [E] Emergency Agent button.
NOTE: The IPR will not send alarm events to the Client PC if the sensor schedule does not have the Emergency Agent Alarm Option enabled.
10.Click Apply.
Configuring the Client PC
All configurations takes place in the Emergency Agent window on the Client PC. For descriptions and locations of the buttons and features of the Emergency Agent window refer to the Emergency Agent window section later in this chapter.
1.Open the Emergency Agent window on the Client PC - Start >All Programs > Surveillix > Emergency Agent > Emergency Agent
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3.From the Options menu, click Setup.
4.Confirm that the Network Port in the Setup window is set to the same number as the Emergency Port in Network Settings on the IPR. If the numbers are different adjust the Network Port on the client PC to match the IPR.
5.Click OK.
6.Restart the Client PC.
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