How to setup and test a Generic Event?
Important: Generic Events can be easily triggered by any program (i.e. access control) that can open a raw socket connection and pass on data. Note: It is also important to understand that the Generic Event port waits for the TCP socket connection to disconnect/terminate before the string is processed. For testing purposes only, we will demonstrate how to test it with a telnet session. Make sure the Client Application is running, and that the camera for which the event notification was defined is displayed in the current view. • Click on the Windows Taskbar ‘Start’ button and select Run • Enter the command: telnet localhost 1234. Click the OK button. You can also test the event from a remote PC; in that case, start telnet on the remote PC by entering the IP address of the NetDVMS server instead of localhost. Example: telnet 192.168.1.50 1234. • Enter the event substring that you defined in the Administrator. In our example we used button. You might experience echo, which repeats some o
