Surveillance Monitoring

Surveillance Monitoring Skill

Monitor your Protect surveillance system including cameras, events, and system health.

What this skill does

This skill enables you to:

• Monitor all surveillance cameras and their status
• Review recent surveillance events and alerts
• Analyze motion detection and recording status
• Monitor Protect system health and storage
• Track camera connectivity
• Identify offline or underperforming cameras
• Generate surveillance reports

When to use this skill

Use this skill when you need to:

• Check camera status and connectivity
• Review surveillance events
• Verify recording is active
• Monitor system storage usage
• Troubleshoot camera issues
• Verify coverage for specific areas
• Generate surveillance reports
• Audit event history

Available Tools

• get_protect_devices - List and monitor cameras
• get_protect_events - Review surveillance events and alerts
• get_protect_info - Monitor system status and health
• get_network_devices - Get camera network information

Typical Workflows

Camera System Health Check

1. Use get_protect_devices to list all cameras
2. Check status and connectivity for each
3. Use get_protect_info for system health
4. Monitor storage usage
5. Identify any offline cameras

Event Review

1. Use get_protect_events to get recent events
2. Filter by event type (motion, person, etc.)
3. Review event timeline
4. Verify recording occurred
5. Identify patterns or trends

Coverage Verification

1. Use get_protect_devices to list cameras
2. Verify coverage for critical areas
3. Check camera angles and placement
4. Identify coverage gaps
5. Plan additional camera deployment

Example Questions

• "Show all cameras and their status"
• "Are there any offline cameras?"
• "Review recent surveillance events"
• "Show motion detection events from today"
• "What's the Protect system storage usage?"
• "Verify camera coverage of all areas"
• "Generate a surveillance audit report"
• "Check camera connectivity and performance"

Response Format

When using this skill, I provide:

• Camera status and connectivity information
• Event summaries with timestamps
• Recording status verification
• Storage usage and capacity
• System health metrics
• Coverage analysis
• Specific actionable alerts
• Recommendations for improvements

Best Practices

• Check camera status regularly
• Review events daily for security incidents
• Monitor storage capacity proactively
• Verify coverage for critical areas
• Plan camera maintenance during off-hours
• Archive important events
• Test recovery procedures
• Document camera locations and coverage
• Maintain backup recordings
• Review and update retention policies