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How to Create a Pop-Up Alarm in ACC

Jun 17, 2020 by Ulrich Leave a Comment

You will learn how to create a simple pop-up alarm in ACC. The Avigilon terminology differs. In essence this is equivalent to what is commonly known as black-screen technology.

The purpose is to show you how to create a pop-up alarm in ACC, but you can use this guide to create any alarm.

Setting up the Camera

Navigate to the camera where you want to set up analytics. Then Right-click and click setup to enter the camera menu.

Enter camera setup
Enter camera setup – click to enlarge

Proceed by clicking the analytic events button and set up your event. Below is a short video example.

Play around with the detection zone and event type.

Setting up simple video analytics event on the camera

Create a Pop-Up Alarm

Navigate to your site, then click on the Alarms button.

Alarms menu in ACC
Alarms menu in ACC – click to enlarge

Click add to add a new alarm and then select the alarm trigger source. In this example we select Video Analytics Event and we tick the relevant device.

Select Alarm Trigger Source and the relevant device
Select Alarm Trigger Source and the relevant device

On the next window select the linked device, this is usually the same device that will trigger the event. Then click the box that reads “View linked devices when alarm is triggered”.

Select linked devices
Select linked devices and check tick box

Assign the desired alarm recipients. Then, if desired, select the playback audio.

Select alarm recipients

Decide whether you want to force the operator to acknowledge the alarm with a comment. You may also want to trigger a selected digital output here.

I will leave these fields to default value.

Select alarm acknowledgement action
Select your desired alarm acknowledgement action

Lastly, name your alarm and then choose a schedule. I will select the default schedule.

Name alarm and select schedule
Name your alarm and select a schedule

Arm a Panel in ACC Client

You do not need to arm a panel for the pop-up alarm to work. Arming a panel will reserve the panel for alarms so unnecessary views are not opened.

Arm panel in ACC
Arm a panel in ACC

That’s it!

Testing Our Pop-Up Alarm in ACC

Walk or drive in the designated analytic event area to trigger your alarm and test if it works.

Related: 3 Secrets of Video Analytics That Everyone Misses

Here’s a video example.

Testing the pop-up alarm

Now you know how to create a simple pop-up alarm.

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