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Playing sounds with events
In Security Center SaaS, you can configure a sound to play when an event occurs.

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  Using the voice and video calling feature in Security Center SaaS, you can make, receive, and manage voice and video calls across your system.
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- Event monitoring
  Learn how to monitor events in Security Center SaaS.
  - Selecting event types to monitor
    Before you add entities to the watchlist, you must select the event types you want to monitor.
  - Monitoring events using the watchlist
    Using the watchlist in Security Center SaaS, you can monitor access control and camera-related events in real-time.
  - Playing sounds with events
    In Security Center SaaS, you can configure a sound to play when an event occurs.
- Working with video files
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Glossary

Playing sounds with events

2026-01-20

In Security Center SaaS, you can configure a sound to play when an event occurs.

Before you begin

Make sure that the Security Center SaaS browser tab is unmuted.

What you should know

The sound that plays when an alarm or incident is triggered matches the sound selected for the related entity in Genetec™ Configuration desktop..
The sound used for new events plays when a watchlist event occurs.
Sounds can be played for all watchlist events or for only flagged watchlist events.

Procedure

From the homepage, click Options ().
The Options dialog box opens.
Click Sound.
Select the events for which you want a sound to play.
Click Save.