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2.2.8.5
Periodical Event
The Periodical Event setting can be found under this path:
System> Events>
Periodical Event
.
With Periodical Event setting, users can set the camera to upload images
periodically to an FTP site or an E-mail address. For example, if the time interval
is set to 60 seconds, the camera will upload images to the FTP site or the E-mail
address every 60 seconds. The images to be uploaded are the images before
and after the triggered moment. Users can define how many images to be
uploaded in the <Triggered Action> section of this setting page.
Periodical Event
The default setting for the Periodical Event function is <Off>. Enable the
function by selecting <On>.
Time Interval
The default value of the time interval is 60 seconds. The setting range of the
time interval is from 60 to 3600 seconds.
Triggered Action
⚫
Upload Image by FTP
Select this item and the administrator can assign an FTP site and
configure various parameters. Images will be uploaded to the appointed
FTP site periodically. Note that to implement this function, one of the
streaming
MUST
be set as
MJPEG
; otherwise, this function will be
grayed out and cannot be accessed.
The <Pre-trigger buffer> function can define how many images to be
uploaded before the triggered moment. The <Post-trigger buffer>
function can define how many images to be uploaded after the triggered
moment.
NOTE:
<Pre-trigger buffer> generally ranges from 1 to 20 frames.
However, the range will change accordingly if the frame rate of
MJPEG on
Streaming> Video Configuration
is 6 or smaller.
NOTE:
Make sure FTP configuration has been completed.
Refer to section
FTP
of this chapter for further details.
