To create an event fill out the Call Taker – Event Form and click the “Save” button on that form. The event #, date and time will be assigned automatically. The Call Type field and the Location field are the only two fields that are required, in order for you to create and initially save an event. Once the event has been created, the event will appear on the event status monitor(s) and unit actions/status commands can be made against it. Likewise, once the event is created it is not removed from the Call Taker – Event Form, so additional data may also be added. As additional data is added and the dispatcher tabs out of each respective field the changes to that event record is automatically saved.
The Save Button looks like this:
Crimestar CAD can be configured to automatically save an event as soon as you exit from the location field on the Call Taker-Event Form by adding “CAD_AUTOSAVE=ON” to the [CAD] section of the crimestar.ini file. When this option is on the event is automatically resaved after each field on the event form is completed.
If the Call Taker – Event form is already displaying an event, you may clear the form in preparation for entering a new event by clicking the NEW event command button.
The New Event Button looks like this: