Event Detail
An Event Detail Card will be displayed if you select an item in the Events List. The Detail Card displays the Event’s information, status and a list that contains one or more Event Instances (i.e. sections of video added to the Event Instances List).
Status Detail
When an Event is created, it will automatically be marked as both “Pending – Open”, and “Private – Visible to me only” in the Status Detail.
To close an Event, clear the checkbox next to “Pending – Open”. This will expose the event to your filters.
A Private Event is only visible to its owner (you), whilst a Public Events is visible to all users that have the necessary privilege. All Private Events are marked with the Private status icon in their Event headers. To make an Event Public, simply clear the checkbox next to “Private – Visible to me only”.
Event Type
The Event Type is a drop-down combo box that gives you a list of Event Types to choose from. When you create a new event, the default value will be “Other” until you change it.
The following Event Types are currently available:
- Alcohol/Drugs
- Assault
- Harassment
- Illegal Conduct
- Loitering
- Suspect Behaviour
- Theft
- Trespassing
- Vandalism
- Other
Each Event Type has a shortcut key assigned to it, making it easy to create a specific Event quickly from anywhere in G-SIM (see Shortcut Keys, below). You can also do it directly from the viewer. See Viewing Camera Footage for more.
Adding Video Sections to an Event
Video sections may be added to an Event which is in Edit Mode by:
- Dragging a camera from a viewer, the Camera List or a map and either dropping it on the Event Instances List, or on the Events Tab. It is thus possible to put the event in Edit Mode, go to the Camera List and drag cameras from the list to the Events Tab.
- Pressing a Shortcut Key (See Shortcut Keys).
Ordering Cameras in an Event Instances List
If an Event is in Edit Mode, the video sections may be ordered by selecting a camera and moving it up or down in the list with the two buttons on the right of the list. Click the Remove From Event button to remove a video section from the Event.
Date and Start Time
When Live video is added to an Event, a 20 second video section is added to the Event Instances List that shows its creation time as the Date and Start Time (i.e. the moment you dragged-and-dropped it or clicked the button).
If you are reviewing footage (thus it’s not Live) and add it to the list, a 20 second video section, starting from the date and time of the video, is added to the Event Instances List, with a Date and Start Time that indicates the timestamp on the first frame of the video section.
There is one exception: if a video event was defined before you dragged the camera from a viewer to the video event and it is within 10 seconds of the previously-defined section, then the section's start and length will be used.
All these video sections can be viewed the same way as cameras throughout G-SIM, i.e. drag-and-drop on viewer or using the action buttons (see Event Actions below).
Video Section Lengths
The default length for a video section is 20 seconds, but this can always be changed after the video section has been added. Just click on the seconds and type the new length you want it to be. In the case of viewers with pre-defined video sections, these parameters will be used as described above.
Event Actions
The following action buttons need some explanation:
Export Video Event This button lets you export the Event as a Geutebrück cut-list, which can be archived and reviewed without the system at a later stage. See Back-up Events, below.
Edit Video Event This is a toggle button. It will remain selected as long as the Event is in Edit Mode. Note that it will stay in edit mode even if you switch to another tab. This is to allow you to drag cameras from the camera tab, for example. Dropping them onto the Events tab will then add them to the event in edit mode.