Notifications Configuration

In this section, the Notifications configuration is described.

The events triggered through the Threshold can be notified by various Notification Agents. In MCS, Notification Agents (Highlighted in green) and Sets (Highlighted in red) can be viewed on the same screen as shown below.

Notification Agents

It is possible to define several Notification Agent configurations and associate them with different Notification Sets based on their Severities.

There are seven types of Notification Agents: Display Agent, SNMP Agent, Email Agent, Syslog Agent, Audio Alarm Agent, Recording (File Agent). Click on the add or copy icon to add a new agent.

Display

Display Agents are responsible for the visual display of active events on the corresponding tile in the mosaic. It has the same fields as in the Display MCM9000. Fill in the details and click on save.

Fields	Description
Name	Name of the Display Agent.
Type	Agent Type (Display)
Active Color	Displays the color of the event notification when active.
Non-Active Color	Display the color of the event notification during decay, after the event alarm has ended.
Decay Time	Amount of time (in seconds) for the Notification display when an event becomes non-active.
Draw Border	Specifies whether a border is displayed while the event is active.
Draw Text	When disabled, no text notification is displayed.
Border Color	Color of an active event border (Applicable only when the Draw Border option is checked).
Blink Color	Displays the blink color of the event notification when active. For example, if the Active Color is red and Blink Color is green, the event notification flashes the alarm in red and green in an alternating mode.

SNMP

SNMP Agents provide event notifications through the UDP PUSH method to an SNMP trap. It has the same fields as in the SNMP MCM9000. Fill in the details and click on save.

Fields	Description
Name	Name of the SNMP Agent.
Type	Agent Type (SNMP)
IP Address	SNMP server address.
Port	SNMP server port.
Network	Select the network interface to connect with the SNMP server. Auto for automatic selection.
Community	SNMP community string.
Send Clear Events	Sends also a clear event notification notice when the toggle switch is checked. * Clear notifications will be sent once the event is inactive. For multiple occurrences of the same alarm, a clear message is sent only once.
Keep Alive Interval (sec)	Keep Alive is a message sent in a pre-configured interval to ensure the connection to the SNMP server is active. Disabling the Keep Alive Interval will stop the Keep Alive messages from being sent to the SNMP server. Assigning a value to this field will send Keep Alive messages to the SNMP server, according to the set interval.

Email

Email Agents provide event notifications via email. It has the same fields as in the Email MCM9000. Fill in the details and click on save.

Fields	Description
Name	Name of the Email Agent.
Type	Agent Type (Email)
From	Name or email, for display purposes.
Host	SMTP server address (IP address or DNS).
Port	SMTP server port.
Network	Select the network interface to connect with the Email server. Auto for automatic selection.
Secured	Enable SSL.
Username	Email Username or full email address of the account from which the test is sent.
Password	Email password.
Recipients	Email addresses to receive notifications, separated by a comma.
Min. email interval	Specifies the minimum time interval for sending emails (in minutes).
Max events per email	Specifies the maximum number of events for each notification email.
Send Clear Event	Sends also a clear event notification notice when the toggle switch is checked. *Clear notifications will be sent once the event is inactive. For multiple occurrences of the same alarm, a clear message is sent only once.

Syslog

Syslog Agents provide event notifications to a Syslog server in a PUSH method. It has the same fields as in the Syslog MCM9000. Fill in the details and click on save.

Fields	Description
Name	Name of the Syslog Agent.
Type	Agent Type (Syslog)
IP Address	Syslog server address.
Port	Syslog server port.
Network	Select the network interface to connect with the Syslog server. Auto for automatic selection.
Send Clear Events	Sends also a clear event notification notice when the toggle switch is checked. * Clear notifications will be sent once the event is inactive. For multiple occurrences of the same alarm, a clear message is sent only once.
Keep Alive Interval (sec)	Keep Alive is a message sent in a pre-configured interval to ensure the connection to the Syslog server is active. Disabling the Keep Alive Interval will stop the Keep Alive messages from being sent to the Syslog server. Assigning a value to this field will send Keep Alive messages to the Syslog server, according to the set interval.

Audio

Audio Alarm Agents provide event notifications through the mosaic output audio. If an Audio Alarm Agent is desired, it is essential to configure either an Audio Alarm Agent or a channel audio output for a given mosaic output, but not both. It has the same fields as in the Audio MCM9000. Fill in the details and click on save.

** MCS Version 1.1 onwards Alarm duration and silence on acknowledge are moved to Outputs Config | Miscellaneous section.

Fields	Description
Name	Name of the Audio Alarm Agent.
Type	Agent Type (Audio)
Silence On Acknowledgment	When enabled, the alarm will be silenced upon acknowledgment. *The next occurrence of an event triggers a new alarm.

Recording

Recording can be used for recording alarmed sources during events and the duration of the recording. It is similar to File Agents MCM9000. Fill in the details and click on save.

Fields	Description
Name	Name of the File Agent.
Type	Agent Type (Recording)
Record Before Trigger	Time (in seconds) to start recording before the event.
Record After Trigger	Time (in seconds) to stop after the event is inactive.
Maximum File Size	Specifies the maximum file size (in MB) of the recorded video for a single event. In case the limit reaches the maximum file size ahead of Record Before Trigger definitions, the recording will stop before the error occurs. A Syslog event will be created in that case.
Maximum Recording Time	The maximum duration of the recording.
PID Filtering	Enabling PID Filtering, include only the channel which triggered the event in the recorded output. Else, all the MPTS will be recorded. Unfiltered recordings generate large files.
Storage Type	Protocol Type from the dropdown. (FTP, S3, or HTTP)
Host	Server IP.
Port	FTP server's port number.
Network	Select the network interface to connect with the FTP server. Auto for automatic selection.
Path	Specifies the folder's path for storing the recorded files on the server (similar to the user's home folder).
Session Bandwidth Limit	File transfer bandwidth limit (in Kbps).
Username	FTP username, as defined on the server.
Password	FTP password, as defined on the server.
Storage Limit	Specifies the folder's size limit (in MB). If the maximum size limit is attained, recordings will not be executed until the files are deleted manually. *Failed recordings will NOT restart after recovering space.

Notification Configuration and Usage

Notification in MCS is same as Notification Sets in MCM9000. Notifications define how to report the events. It allows the user to monitor different channels uniquely through the Notification Agents decribed above (For example, the same event on different channels can be alerted differently; in one channel via email, while in the other channel through an audio alarm). To create a Notification Set:

Configure the Threshold Sets with appropriate Severity (Critical, Major, Minor, Warning, Notice, Info) that requires alerts.
Configure Notification Agents to define how to alert different events.
Now, create the desired Notification Sets as shown below.

Create a Notification Configuration (Notification_test) as shown below and click on save.
Now, click on the newly created Notification Configuration (Notification_test), drag and drop the Notification agents from the right pane into the center as shown below. In this example, one display agent is choosen for critical alert, for minor a SNMP agent and recording for critical.
Once you drag and drop click on save to have your desired notification set.
Navigate to Sources → Sources Config, double click on the channel source you want to configure Notifications, go to profiles section and choose the Notification created in step 3 and click on save.

**You can create different notifications for different channels based on your preference and use it under profiles section.