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Alert Presets

Start with Important Only if you want to hear about problems without receiving a notification whenever someone watches TV. You can change individual alert switches afterward.

Choose a preset

Section titled “Choose a preset”
  1. Open Settings > Alerts.
  2. In Alert Policy, select Global or the DVR you want to change.
  3. Choose a preset, then select Apply preset.
  4. Review the changed alert switches and select Save.

Selecting a preset in the list alone does not apply it. Apply preset changes the form; Save writes the settings.

ChannelWatch Alert policy card showing global and per-DVR scope, the Everything preset, an Apply preset button and a global-defaults scope label
Choose and apply an alert presetCheck the active DVR scope, choose a preset, apply it, then save the form. Captured from ChannelWatch v1.6.0 with safe demo data.View full-size screenshot
Notification Monitor Only Important Only Balanced Everything
Low disk space Off On On On
DVR unreachable and recovered Off On On On
Recording cancelled, failed, skipped, missed, or interrupted Off On On On
Recording started and completed Off Off On On
Recording scheduled Off Off Off On
Live TV and DVR playback Off Off Off On

Monitor Only keeps monitoring and activity history active while disabling alert delivery through these switches. It does not erase history or disconnect a DVR.

Custom means the current switches do not match a named preset. It is a description of your choices, not a fifth preset you need to apply.

Fresh installs and upgrades

Section titled “Fresh installs and upgrades”

Fresh v1.6.0 installs start with Important Only. An upgrade preserves existing notification choices rather than replacing them with the new default. The review notice in Alert Policy lets you keep those choices or apply a preset.

Global settings and DVR overrides

Section titled “Global settings and DVR overrides”

Global sets the shared alert choices. A DVR can inherit them or keep its own overrides. Applying a preset to one DVR changes that DVR’s alert policy; it does not change the other DVRs.

Existing per-DVR overrides still take priority after you change Global. Check the scope shown in the card before applying a preset. See per-DVR settings if a server is behaving differently from Global.

Choose where alerts go

Section titled “Choose where alerts go”

A preset decides which events can notify. It does not enter provider credentials or replace the routing matrix.

For an alert to arrive, you need all three:

  1. The alert family and relevant outcome are enabled.
  2. A notification destination is configured.
  3. That destination is allowed for the DVR and alert type in Settings > Routing.
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