This article applies to the following products:
All WiLife Camera Kits

This article applies to the following platforms:
Windows Vista
Windows XP Professional / Home / MCE

This information is available in WiLife Command Center 2.0 version help file by pressing F1.

Alerts Scheduler Front Control Panel
Use the Alerts Scheduler Front Control Panel to quickly arm the next alert event, immediately arm manual alerts, disable an active alert, or to access the Recording and Alerts Schedule.

The Alerts Scheduler Front Control Panel is located on both the Live and Playback screens.

WiLife Icon: System Tray Note:
The context menu now includes the same options that allow you to quickly arm or disarm alerts, both scheduled and manual.   

Password Note: If you activate Password System Lock, then you can have the peace of mind that events can't be armed or disarmed without your password.

Alerts Not Armed

When you first install WiLife Command Center, the Front Control Panel will display "Alerts Not Armed" until 1) you have set up your email server; 2) you havescheduled an alert event in Scheduler; and 3) you select "Arm Manual Alerts Now" or "Arm <name of event> Early."

Note: You do not need to create an alert event to select "Arm Manual Alerts Now." And, the manual arming of alerts is available with or without the WiLife Platinum upgrade.

Arm Manual Alerts Now

If you select Arm Manual Alerts Now, then an alert will be sent each time there is a qualified motion event.  This overrides anything you may have set up in your WiLife Recording and Alerts Scheduler. Once alerts are armed manually, the Front Control Panel will display "Alerts Manually Armed."

When you select "Arm Manual Alerts Now," you can specify a delay time. This enables you to get out of the building before alerts are actually armed.  Select a delay time of zero if you want arming to be immediate.

Arm <Name of Event> Early

The Alerts Scheduler Front Control Panel will always display the next scheduled event in the scheduler's time-line. In the graphical image on this page, the next scheduled event is called  'Event 6.'   You simply click on the Arm Early item in order to arm it earlier than it was scheduled. Once a scheduled event is armed early,  the Front Control Panel will display "Alerts Armed Via Schedule."  As with manual arming, you can specify a delay time before the event it actually armed.   

This Alert feature is great for quickly enabling email alerts as you leave work earlier than usual, and want to turn alerts on early.

Disarm Manual (or <name of event>) Event

If you want to manually turn off all alerts, simply select the "Disarm Manual Event" or "Disarm <name of event>."  Selecting this means that even if you have qualified motion events, (and scheduled alert events), no alerts will be sent.  In other words, this is the master “Stop” switch for any alert that may be active.  

Note: This option does not turn off future alerts.  It only terminates any alert (either manual or scheduled) that is currently active.

View Schedule

The View Schedule option opens the Recording and Alerts Schedule Screen, allowing you to define periods of time when alerts or recording events should happen.  Each scheduled event specifies a start time, end time, days of the week assignments , camera assignments, and a Schedule event or recording type.

Note: Command Center does not allow you to create two scheduled events with overlapping times.  Also, creating scheduled alert events is only available with WiLife Platinum.  Creation of scheduled recording events is available with or without Platinum.  

Color Uses for Camera Control Activity Panel  

In conjunction with Scheduled Alert functionality, the Camera Control Activity Panel uses colors to identify their status. If the circle surrounding the camera's number is red, it means that qualified alerts are armed and will be sent.  A tool tip will give some information as to why the particular camera is or is not armed.  Here are the possible tool tip messages:


Camera not detected

Camera disabled

Alerts manually disabled

Alerts disabled (Email set up incomplete)

Alerts disabled (action is Do Nothing)

Alerts disabled (no active schedule item)

Alerts manually armed

Alerts armed by schedule

Alerts armed for NO motion

Alerts armed for NO motion, send 1st alert