You can create hot actions that can be triggered using the function keys on your
keyboard, or from the notification tray.
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What you should know
A hot action is an action that is mapped to a computer
keyboard function key. You can trigger a hot action in Security
Desk by pressing
Ctrl+function key (for example, Ctrl+F1 triggers the first hot action in
the list), or from the notification tray.
NOTE: Mapping a hot action to a
function key is specific to your user account.
To trigger a hot action:
In the notification tray, click Hot actions ().
In the Hot actions dialog box, click
Edit.
Click Add ().
In the Name field, enter a name for the hot action.
In the Configure an action window,
select an action type, and specify the additional settings required for the
action.
Click OK.
The hot action is created, and the Hot actions dialog box closes.
To open the Hot actions dialog box
again, click Hot actions () in the notification
tray.
(Optional) Click Edit, and do one of
the following:
To create another hot action, click Add ().
To delete the selected hot action, click Remove ().
To edit the selected hot action, click Edit ().
If you have more than one hot action created, click to move the selected hot action
up the list. This changes the function key that the action is assigned
to.
If you have more than one hot action created, click to move the selected hot action
down the list. This changes the function key that the action is assigned
to.
Click Done.
The hot actions you created are listed with their assigned function keys
(F1, F2, and so on).
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to move the selected hot action
up the list. This changes the function key that the action is assigned
to.
to move the selected hot action
down the list. This changes the function key that the action is assigned
to.