Is it possible to set an alarm / notification only if 2 specific different events occur within a specific amount of time?

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For example:

IF Camera1 detects motion

AND I/O-port 1 is high (triggered by PIR)

AND timestamp motion - timestamp I/O-port 1 high < 15 seconds

THEN create alarm AND send notification

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It seems there’s almost an endless amount of configuration options available, but I haven’t been able to figure out how to do this, if possible at all.

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There is no functionality for this kind of logic in XProtect out of the box.

Milestone Custom Development have made a utility which you can use (free)..

https://supportcommunity.milestonesys.com/s/article/How-to-logically-combine-events-with-AND-OR?language=en_US

3

Thanks! I’m trying that, just need to receive my license file. The utility itself seems quite straightforward.

4

There is a way to do this, it just depends on how you need to show it as a notification.

On a clients site we had cameras that could detect people or vehicle’s. When the house alarm was set they wanted the outside lights to come on. Once there was a second trigger they wanted the internal lights to come on and for a notification to be sent via email.

We did this by using an I/O device. When the alarm was set we get an input that triggers Milestone as an event to enable alarms. When one of the cameras triggers a Milestone rule triggers a Output to the on state, this was wired into an input that triggered a second output (this was open for 5min) at this point the outside lights are triggered on. Once the second trigger comes in within 5min the output triggers another input as the 5min relay had switched it across to this. This triggered the alarm and email notification. This required Milestone Corporate.

Your trigger could be done in a similar, slightly less complex manner within Milestone. But if your camera has one input and one output your could trigger the output for X-min on motion that completes the circuit of the PIR to the input just like a switch. Milestone will only see the trigger when both motion and the PIR are triggered.