Configuring Alarm Monitor Profiles
Last Updated: August 17, 2009
The alarm monitor surveys every alarm interface for any alarm event. When an event is triggered, it notifies the alarm application, which passes the information to the configured monitor destination.
Whenever possible, configuration and management of the Analog Video Gateway module should be configured using the Video Surveillance Operations Manager (VSOM) graphical user interface.
Alarm monitor profiles should be configured in the following order (see Figure 3):
1. Destination profile
2. Monitor profile
3. Notifier profile
Figure 3 Order of Alarm Monitor Configurations
Alarm Monitor—Destination Profile
To notify the client of an alarm condition when the configured alarm event is detected, use the alarm-monitor destination-profile command. The notification is configured to notify a preferred URL and backup URL, in case the preferred URL is unavailable.
SUMMARY STEPS
1. configure terminal
2. alarm-monitor destination-profile tag
3. [default | description | primaryURL | secondaryURL]
4. end
5. exit
6. show alarm-monitor destination-profile tag
or
show alarm-monitor destination-profile summary
DETAILED STEPS
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Step 1 |
configure terminal
Router# configure terminal |
Enters global configuration mode. |
Step 2 |
alarm-monitor monitor-destination tag
VSE-Module(config)> alarm-monitor destination- profile dest000 Adding new profile VSE-Module(config-dest-profile)> default |
Enters alarm-monitor destination-profile configuration mode. tag: Identifier of the alarm-monitor destination-profile in the range of dest000 to dest999. |
Step 3 |
[default | description | primaryURL | secondaryURL]
VSE-Module(config)> alarm-monitor destination- profile dest000 Adding new profile VSE-Module(config-dest-profile)> default VSE-Module(config-dest-profile)> description "alarm monitor destination profile 0" VSE-Module(config-dest-profile)> primaryURL "http://www.somewhere.com/cgi-bin/grabAlarm" VSE-Module(config-dest-profile)> secondaryURL "http://nowwhere.com/cgi-bin/captureAlarm" VSE-Module(config-dest-profile)> end VSE-Module(config)> exit VSE-Module> |
Configures the alarm-monitor destination-profile parameters. default: Resets alarm-monitor destination profile parameters to their default values. description: The alarm-monitor destination-profile text description in quotes. Up to 80 text characters are allowed. primaryURL: Preferred URL of the server that is capturing the message to notify the client when the configured alarm event is detected. For example, http://www.somewhere.com/cgi-bin/grabAlarm. secondaryURL: Backup URL of the server that is capturing the message to notify the client when the configured alarm event is detected. For example, http://nowwhere.com/cgi-bin/captureAlarm. |
Step 4 |
end
VSE-Module(config-dest-profile)> end |
Exits alarm-monitor destination-profile configuration mode. |
Step 5 |
exit
VSE-Module(config)> exit |
Exits global configuration mode. |
Step 6 |
show alarm-monitor destination-profile tag or show alarm-monitor destination-profile summary
VSE-Module> show alarm-monitor destination-profile dest000 |
Displays the alarm-monitor destination profile for a specified destination or a summary of all configured destination profiles. |
Examples
The following example shows the alarm monitor destination profile parameters for the specified destination dest000:
VSE-Module> show alarm-monitor destination-profile dest000
description "Capture Alarms Message"
primaryURL "http://www.somewhere.com/cgi-bin/grabAlarm"
secondaryURL "http://nowwhere.com/cgi-bin/captureAlarm"
The following example shows the alarm monitor destination profile summary:
VSE-Module> show alarm-monitor destination-profile summary
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dest000 primaryURL http://www.somewhere.com/cgi-bin/grabAlarm
secondaryURL http://nowwhere.com/cgi-bin/captureAlarm
Alarm Monitor—Monitor Profile
Use the alarm-monitor monitor-profile command to configure the alarm monitor to keep track of the following port events: any change in contact closure port state, changes in contact closure port from closed to opened, changes in contact closure port from opened to closed, reloading of the system, detection of motion, and detection of a signal loss on the video port, or change in state is detected on the video port configured by the sourceTrigger keyword.
SUMMARY STEPS
1. configure terminal
2. alarm-monitor monitor-profile tag
3. [default | description | event | sourceTrigger | state]
4. end
5. exit
6. show alarm-monitor monitor-profile tag
or
show alarm-monitor notifier-profile summary
DETAILED STEPS
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Step 1 |
configure terminal
Router# configure terminal |
Enters global configuration mode. |
Step 2 |
alarm-monitor monitor-profile tag
VSE-Module(config)> alarm-monitor monitor- profile mon000 Adding new profile
VSE-Module(config-mon-profile)>
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Enters alarm-monitor monitor-profile configuration mode. tag: Identifier of the alarm-monitor monitor-profile in the range of mon000 to mon999. |
Step 3 |
[default | description | event |
sourceTrigger | state]
VSE-Module(config)> alarm-monitor monitor- profile mon000 Adding new profile VSE-Module(config-mon-profile)> default VSE-Module(config-mon-profile)> description "alarm monitor profile mon000" VSE-Module(config-mon-profile)> end VSE-Module(config-mon-profile)> event ccport-any-state-change VSE-Module(config-mon-profile)> sourceTrigger cc0 VSE-Module(config-mon-profile)> state enabled VSE-Module(config-mon-profile)> end VSE-Module(config)> exit VSE-Module> |
Configures the alarm-monitor monitor-profile parameters. default: Alarm-monitor monitor-profile default values. description: Alarm-monitor monitor-profile text description in quotes. Up to 80 text characters are allowed. event: Alarm-monitor monitor-profile event. •ccport-any-state-change: Monitor any change in the state of the contact closure port. •ccport-close-to-open: Monitor contact closure state changes from close to open. •ccport-open-to-close: Monitor contact closure state changes from open to close. •system-reload: Monitor system reloads. •video-motion-detection: Monitor motion detection. •video-signal-change: Monitor any change in the video port signal (loss or detect) that is configured by the sourceTrigger keyword. •video-signal-detect: Monitor valid signal detected on the video port that is configured by the sourceTrigger keyword. •vport-signal-loss: Monitor signal loss detected on the video port that is configured by the sourceTrigger keyword. •vport-state-change: Monitor change in port state (enabled/disabled) detected on the video port that is configured by the sourceTrigger keyword. sourceTrigger: Alarm-monitor monitor-profile event source trigger keyword. •vp-any: Event on any video port. •vp0 to vp15: Video port event as a string value in the range of vp0 to vp15. •cc0 to cc7: Contact closure port event. String value in the range of cc0 to cc7. •stream000 to stream999: Video motion detection event. String value in the range of stream000 to stream999 (see Figure 4 on page 70). state: Operational state of the alarm-monitor monitor-profile state: enabled or disabled. Default: enabled. |
Step 4 |
end
VSE-Module(config-mon-profile)> end |
Exits alarm-monitor monitor-profile configuration mode. |
Step 5 |
exit
VSE-Module(config-mon-profile)> exit |
Exits global configuration mode. |
Step 6 |
show alarm-monitor monitor-profile tag or show alarm-monitor monitor-profile summary
VSE-Module(config)> show alarm-monitor monitor-profile mon000 |
Displays the alarm-monitor monitor-profile configuration parameters for a specified monitor profile or for a summary of all configured monitor profiles. |
Examples
The following example displays the alarm-monitor monitor-profile for the specified monitor-profile mon000:
VSE-module> show alarm-monitor monitor-profile mon000
description "alarm monitor profile mon000"
event ccport-any-state-change
The following example displays the alarm-monitor monitor-profile summary:
tag state sourceTrigger event
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mon000 ena cc0 ccport-any-state-change
Alarm Monitor—Notifier Profile
Use the alarm-monitor notifier-profile command to set the unique identifier for the destination profile and monitor profile to use with the video alarm-monitor notifier-profile.
SUMMARY STEPS
1. configure terminal
2. alarm-monitor notifier-profile tag
3. [default | description | destinationprofiletag | monitorprofiletag | state]
4. end
5. exit
6. show alarm-monitor notifier-profile tag
or
show alarm-monitor notifier-profile summary
DETAILED STEPS
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Step 1 |
configure terminal
Router# configure terminal |
Enters global configuration mode. |
Step 2 |
alarm-monitor notifier-profile tag
VSE-Module(config)> alarm-monitor notifier-profile not111 Adding new profile
VSE-Module(config-notifier-profile)>
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Enters video alarm-monitor notifier-profile configuration mode. tag: Video alarm-monitor notifier-profile identifier in the range of not000 to not999. |
Step 3 |
[default | description | destinationprofiletag
| monitorprofiletag | state]
VSE-Module(config)> alarm-monitor notifier-profile not111 Adding new profile VSE-Module(config-notifier-profile)> description "alarm notifier profile not000" VSE-Module(config-notifier-profile)> destinationprofiletag dest000 VSE-Module(config-notifier-profile)> monitorprofiletag mon000 VSE-Module(config-notifier-profile)> state enabled VSE-Module(config-notifier-profile)> end VSE-Module(config)> exit VSE-Module>
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Configures a video alarm-monitor notifier-profile parameters. default: Video alarm-monitor notifier-profile default settings. description: Video alarm-monitor notifier-profile text description in quotes. Up to 80 text characters allowed. destinationprofiletag: Unique identifier for the destination-profile to use with the video alarm-monitor notifier-profile in the range of dest000 to dest999. monitorprofiletag: Unique identifier for the monitor-profile to use with the video alarm-monitor notifier-profile in the range of mon000 to mon999. state: Operational state of the notifier-profile: enabled or disabled. Default: enabled. |
Step 4 |
end
VSE-Module(config-not-profile)> end |
Exits the video alarm-monitor notifier-profile configuration mode. |
Step 5 |
exit
VSE-Module(config-not-profile)> exit |
Exits global configuration mode. |
Step 6 |
show alarm-monitor notifier-profile tag or show alarm-monitor notifier-profile summary
VSE-Module> show alarm-monitor notifier-profile not000 |
Displays the alarm-monitor notifier profile configuration parameters for a specified notifier-profile or for a summary of all configured notifier profiles. |
Examples
The following example shows the alarm-monitor notifier-profile parameters for the specified notifier profile not000:
VSE-Module> show alarm-monitor notifier-profile not000
description "alarm notifier profile not000"
destinationProfileTag dest000
The following example show the alarm-monitor notifier-profile summary:
VSE-Module> show alarm-monitor notifier-profile summary
tag state destinationProfileTag monitorProfileTag
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not000 ena dest000 mon000