The alarm group is used to group the resources in certain region and provides alarm notification when the alarm occurs on the resources in the group. By grouping the resources and locating the group on the map, when an alarm occurs, the region of the group will be highlighted on the map to notify the security personnel that something happens in this region.

1. Click Logical View on the home page.
2. Choose one of the following methods to enter the area's resource group page.

   • Select one area and click to enter the editing area page.

     Figure 1. Enter Area Editing Page

   • Select Group tab on the left to display all the resource groups of different areas.

     Figure 2. Enter Resource Group Page
3. In the Alarm field, click Add to add an alarm group.
   Figure 3. Add Alarm Group
4. Create a name for the group.
5. Click Add to select the resources for calculating the number of people stayed in this region.
6. Optional: You can locate the alarm group on the map by setting the locations of the resources in the group and setting the border of the region for detection.
   1. Check Add to Map.

      The region as well as the resources in the group will be added to the map of the area on the right.

   2. Drag to draw the region according to the actual needs.
   3. Drag the icons of the resources to set the their locations on the map.
   4. Right click to finish.
      Figure 4. Draw Alarm Group on Map

   After adding the alarm group on the map, when an alarm is triggered by the resources in the group, the client will notify the user by highlighting the region on the map and you can view the real-time alarms triggered in the region in the Monitoring module on the Control Client.

7. Click Add.

   The alarm group is added in the table and you can view the resources in the group.