Custom Event with Alarm integration
Last update: October 2025
Scenario：i-PRO Maximizer's Alarm integration expands the selection of i-PRO AI features available in XProtect.
i-PRO Maximizer supports custom events. By configuring custom events, XProtect can receive additional alarms.
For example, the following alarms can be performed.
・SD Card Diagnosis Alarm
・AI-VMD Alarm
・VMD Alarm
・Third-party Camera Application Events
1. Camera Settings
2. Setup in XProtect Management Client
3. Confirmation of alarm reception in XProtect Smart Client
・i-PRO Maximizer: Please see the following page for an overview of i-PRO Maximizer.The installer and installation manual can be downloaded from the following page.
https://orbnetsys.com/Maximizer
1. Camera Settings
The following camera settings are required only when sending notifications for an SD card diagnosis alarm.
1-1. HTTP Alarm Notification
The following settings are required only when notifying about an SD card diagnosis.
Open [Setup] - [Alarm] - [Notification] - [HTTP alarm notification] screen in the camera browser.
Check [Diag]. (Camera V2.60 or later)
2. Setup in XProtect Management Client
2-1. Send HTTP alarm notification settings to the camera.
[Rules and Event] - [i-PRO Extended Actions]
Click the [Update alarm sending on all cameras] button. By doing this, HTTP alarm notification will be automatically set for the connected i-PRO camera.
A pop-up will appear with the updated information for all cameras, so click "OK".
The IP address and HTTP alarm port of Milestone are added to [Address 1] of the camera's HTTP alarm notification, and the parameter "%almsrc2" is added to the notification data.
2-2. Custom Event.
Click the [Custom Event Mapping]. Here, we will configure the system using the event IDs that can be received from the camera and set it to operate as an i-PRO Custom Event.
Set the [ID] and [Tag] for event mapping. Any name can be used for the Tag (e.g., SD card not detected, SD card removal, etc.).
Please refer to the table below for the IDs.
| SD card diagnosis | ID |
|---|---|
| SD card full | 01 |
| SD card not detected | 02 |
| SD card Capacity ** % | 03 |
| SD card write error | A5 or 04 |
| SD card read error | A6 |
| SD card delete error | A6 |
| SD card filesystem error | A7 |
| SD card other error | A8 |
| AI-VMD Alarm | ID |
|---|---|
| Intruder | 32 |
| Loitering | 33 |
| Direction | 34 |
| Cross line | 38 |
| VMD Alarm | ID |
|---|---|
| VMD Alarm Area1 | 40 |
| VMD Alarm Area2 | 41 |
| VMD Alarm Area3 | 42 |
| VMD Alarm Area4 | 43 |
Third-party Camera Application Events
With i-PRO Maximizer, the integration of a third-party camera application event is simple and available.
For full functionality, use i-PRO Active Guard server v2.0.0 instead of i-PRO Maximizer. See more about i-PRO Active Guard integration.
| Vendor | Application Name | ID |
|---|---|---|
| Morpho AI Solutions | "Mimamori AI Duranta" | Alarm ID configured in the partner's application |
| Noema | "Noema Fire and Smoke Detection iPRO App" | Alarm ID configured in the partner's application |
| Noema | "Noema Flooding Detector iPRO App" | Alarm ID configured in the partner's application |
| Panasonic R&D Center Singapore | "PPE_Detection_App" | Alarm ID configured in the partner's application |
Note: Configure the Alarm ID using a hexadecimal value. For example, for the decimal value 171, configure the Alarm ID as AB.
2-3. Create a rule.
[Rules and Events] - [Rules]
Right-click Rules and click "Add Rule"
The [Manage Rule] screen will appear. Enter a [Name:] and select [Perform an action on <event>] in "Select the rule type you want to create".
Click the [event] field in [Edit the rule description] .
The subsequent rule creation steps are the same as those for AI-VMD. Refer to the XProtect Management Client chapter in AI-VMD "Basic Configuration".
Since it can be used universally for all Custom Events, there is no need to create a Rule for each Custom Event.
2-4. Click [i-PRO Maximizer] and then [i-PRO Maximizer Events].
Select the i-PRO Custom Event(i-PRO Maximizer Event)
2-5. Create an alarm definition.
Alarms - Alarm Definitions
Right-click "Alarm Definitions" and click "Add New". After configuring the settings, save them by clicking [Save] at the top left of the screen.
Enable：Check the checkbox
Triggering event:(1st row)：Select "i-PRO Maximizer Events"
Triggering event:(2nd row)：Select "i-PRO Custom Event"
Sources：Select "All Cameras" or "Target camera"
2-6. Add Tag and Type to the Alarm Manager alarm list.
[Alarms] - [Alarm Data settings] - [Alarm List Configuration]
Add "Tag" and "Type".
3. Confirmation of alarm reception in XProtect Smart Client
3-1. Start the SmartClient.
The status of received alarms can be checked in the [Alarm Manager] tab. If the "Tag" and "Type" added in step 2-6 are not displayed, they need to be added. Right-click on the title bar of the alarm list and add "Tag" and "Type".
3-2. When an alarm is received, the type of alarm is displayed in Tag and i-PRO Maxmizer is displayed in Type.
Milestone XProtect Management Client 2023 R3 /DP 13.0a
i-PRO Maximizer 1.0.1