Camera Patrols

To run a camera patrol, click the Start Patrol button in the Tours And Sequences group on the Macros & Tours menu.

The Select Patrols to Start dialog appears.

Click the button for the patrol to select it and click Start Selected Patrols. The Choose Tour Run dialog appears.

If you want the sequence of cameras to be shuffled, click Yes. If you click No, the sequence will occur as defined in System Setup.

Two messages appear in the Events tab. The first tells you what camera is currently being patrolled.

To pause the patrol, click Pause [camera name and description].

To resume the patrol, click Restart [camera name and description].

Click the current camera message to confirm the patrol outcome for that camera. The Finished Patrol for Camera <number> dialog appears.

If the video quality is good, click Camera OK. The Are you ready to pull up the next camera dialog appears.

If you click OK, the patrol will proceed to the next camera.

If the video quality is not acceptable, click Faulty. The Faults dialog appears.

The dialog shows a fault log for the current device (a camera in this case). You can either review and update an existing fault or create a new one. If you want to create a new fault, click the New button. The Enter Fault Details dialog appears.

Complete the dialog. For more information on the Enter Fault Details dialog, see Creating a New Fault on page 1.

Click Update. The new entry appears on the Faults dialog.

The second message in the Events tab is the Stop Patrol message. If you want to end the patrol, click the message. The Enter Reason for Patrol Termination dialog appears.

Enter your reason for stopping the patrol in the text field and click OK.

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