View Alta Video system notifications and alarms

Last modified: Wednesday May 06, 2026.

Alta Video shows detailed system notifications and alarms in the user interface.

Examples of the system notifications that might be displayed include:

• Alarms: Receive alerts for rule violations and any activity detected by the camera.
• System: System notifications will be issued for all errors, warnings, comments, and configuration changes within Alta Video.

• Video View: View notifications will trigger when a view has been shared or viewed.

• Alarms too: Any shared alarms or comments from other users will display as an Alarm notification.
• Devices: For any camera errors, warnings, other information or comments will display a devices notification.
• Anomalies: System generated anomaly events will trigger a notification.
• Alta Video Survey: This notification informs users that a survey is available for Alta Video feedback. It will not appear if 'Do not ask again' has been selected.
• Update notification: This notification will open the Release note information. If the user chose to close the dialog box or didn't open the dialog box.

Examples of the Alarms that might be displayed include:

• Notification that an alarm has been triggered
  Alarms are responses to triggered rules.
• Notification that an event has occurred
  Events are responses to unusual behaviors detected by the Alta Video machine learning algorithms.

Tak

1. Log in to Alta Video.
2. Click the .Notifications icon.

   If there are new, unread notifications, the icon changes to show .

All System notifications, Alarms, and Events are shown, grouped by category.