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Carousel Plug-in for Milestone XProtect Smart Client

• Play a rotating loop of relevant Smart Client views, automatically and hands-free.

The Carousel™ Plug-in for the XProtect Smart Client adds enhanced monitoring capabilities by automatically cycling through a user-defined set of Smart Client views. It functions as a "virtual patrol", allowing operators to monitor different sites --- or different areas within sites --- without having to manually call up different views.

Carousel includes an option to automatically jump to a relevant view when an alarm-of-interest occurs and announce the alarm with text-to-speech audio announcements. Once the alarm is cleared, or a pre-set timer clears, Carousel resumes the playlist where it left off.

Bring dynamic "SOC-style," Smart Wall display and notification capabilities to any Smart Client, running any version of XProtect. Ideal for heads-up monitoring displays.

Carousel™ is completely plug-and-play. Simply choose any number of views, define a display duration, and press "Play". If necessary, Smart Client operators can pause the carousel, manually cycle through the views, or play a different playlist altogether.

Setup occurs entirely within the Smart Client; no Smart Wall commands, user-defined events, rules, management / event server plug-ins, or back-end configuration required!

When situational awareness is essential, the Carousel plug-in puts eyes on all area of your facility and dynamically alerts you when an alarm-of-interest occurs. Let Carousel keep your operators alert and aware.

Carousel Plug-in features include:

• Automatically cycle through a pre-defined set of views.

• set a duration timer for each view displayed view, or apply a default timer to all views.

• Operators can select a different playlist if monitoring different sites at different times.

• Associate alarms-of-interest to views and have the view automatically pop up when the alarm occurs.

• "Click-to-clear" or use an auto-expire timer to resume the view playlest after an alarm is investigated.

• Alert operators with user-defined, alarm specific, text-to-speech audio announcements.

• Carousel settings can be personal or public (shared with other Smart Client users).

Carousel™ Licenses

Carousel is licensed per workstation (MAC address). Contact App-Techs to purchase license keys or to schedule a live demo.

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Carousel Plug-in for XProtect Smart Client - Use-Cases

Use Case # 1 - Multi-site Monitoring

A retail company with multiple locations seeks to centrally monitor its properties from headquarters. Each day, a Smart Client operator is assigned a subset of sites to monitor for security incidences.

With Carousel, the operator simply selects from among a pre-defined set of playlists. After pressing "Play", the operator will automatically view a series of live views at each site at regular intervals.

If an operator views something of interest, Carousel can be paused to keep the current view on-screen. Optionally, the operator can manually cycle through a previous view. Once the alarm has been reviewed, the operator presses "Play" to resume the carouseling action.

Optionally, Carousel can be configured to associate a particular alarm-of-interest with a particular view -- even if the view is not a part of the active playlist. When the alarm occurs, Carousel will abruptly pause the carouseling action to display the view-of-interest. Carousel can also announce a text-to-speech audio message to alert the operator of the alarm.

Thus, if a door is propped open at site #14, the operator will hear "Door Forced" and the relevant view will automatically show a view of the door at site #14.

Situational awareness is achieved without the need for any manual intervention on the part of the operator.

Use Case # 2 - "Heads-Up" Display Monitors

A police department dispatch center uses Carousel to monitor activity in public parks and major intersections.

The dispatcher can monitor activity across the city without needing to manually switch views.

However, when an call is dialed from one of the city's many emergency call boxes, the Carousel plug-in immediately switches the on-screen view to the location of the call box and announces "Emergency phone dialed".

The dispatcher can visually confirm the caller may require medical attention and immediately calls for an officer response.

After a few minutes, Carousel will resume its regular playlist.