## Bell Settings

New bell events will increase the counter on the icon. Click on the icon to show these events. Click again on the icon to open the Playback view and to display the most recently viewed bell event. To edit the settings, open the shortcut menu by right-clicking .
Note: You can set the bell sound and its volume in Notifications (Mac menu MxManagementCenter > Preferences, Windows menu File > Preferences).

### Possibilities of Doorbell Notification

You can have the doorbell ring at various places in MxMC:

- Alarm bar: The Alarm bar turns green.
- Alarm info bar: The Alarm info bar in the live images turns green.
- Doorbell message: A blue dialog box appears with the live image of the door camera. You can start a conversation and open the door directly.
- Counter on the bell icon: The red counter on the bell icon increases by one.

You can configure the following options for notifications in MxMC:

Notifications | Setting options
--- | ---
Completely off | Deactivate the Bell checkbox in the Bell Settings to switch off the bell completely. See also: Turn Off Bell Completely (on this page)
Doorbell message, Alarm bar, Alarm Info bar and Counter on the bell icon | You need to configure the Alarm notification for the doorbell to ring at these places. To do so, open the Camera Configuration dialog box by right-clicking on the corresponding camera in the Camera bar. Another option is to open the dialog box in the Device bar by clicking and then right-clicking the corresponding camera. Click Alarms and activate the Alarm notification and the doorbell ringing. See also: Setting Up and Changing Alarm Notification
Counter on the bell icon only | Deactivate doorbell ringing in the Alarms dialog box and only the counter on the bell icon will increase by one each time. To do so, open the Camera Configuration dialog box by right-clicking on the corresponding camera in the Camera bar. Another option is to open the dialog box in the Device bar by clicking and then right-clicking the corresponding camera. Click Alarms and deactivate doorbell ringing.
Bell sound on or off | You can turn the bell sound on/off in Notifications (Mac menu MxManagementCenter > Preferences, Windows menu File > Preferences).

Note: You need to make sure that Alarm notifications are activated and a bell profile has been set up in order for doorbell notification to work.

### Turn Off Bell Completely

Deactivate the Bell checkbox if you want to switch the bell off completely. It means that a doorbell ringing will not be indicated at other remote stations and the counter for the doorbell will not increase. In this case, you will not be informed if you missed any visitors, they cannot leave a message and the camera will not store any recordings.

### Selecting a Bell Profile

You can now also select the bell profile in the Bell Settings. This specifies how MxManagementCenter reacts when the doorbell rings. The camera provides several predefined bell profiles. You can also create your own bell profiles. Use the Configuration view for this purpose.

- No ringing: MxManagementCenter and all other remote stations will not react, meaning that you will not notice if someone is ringing (neither visually nor by sound).
- Ring and message: You will hear if someone rings the doorbell. If you do not react within a given period of time, the Door Station plays back an announcement and the visitor can leave a message.
- Message only: After ringing, the Door Station immediately plays back an announcement and the visitor can leave a message.

Click Profile and select the desired profile.