Notifications

Orchid Alto VMS Administrators have the ability to configure Notifications. This feature helps you minimize video loss and potential security issues by alerting you to events as they happen. A Notification will send an email alert to selected recipients when a defined trigger event occurs. Beginning in version 22.6, Orchid Alto VMS supports two major types of Notifications: System Alerts and Motion Alerts.

You may already be familiar with our original Notifications, now called System Alerts. Orchid Alto may be configured to monitor for a camera or server becoming unavailable, a server error, or an I/O error. Each System Alert will be comprised of one or more trigger events and one or more actions.

The Motion Alerts are the newest addition to the Notifications feature. Using Motion Alerts, users can receive video clips by email for motion events that occur during a configured schedule. This is a great way to monitor what’s going on after hours, or when no one is on-site. Each Motion Alert will include one or more cameras, and a custom monitoring schedule.

*Use of the Notifications feature is optional, but recommended by IPConfigure, because it can help to minimize gaps in video availability and security by identifying problems quickly.

*System Administrators will have the ability to configure Notifications, but first, IPConfigure Support personnel will need to configure the SMTP server and set a public URL (if desired) for the Alto server (which will be displayed in Notification emails).