AXIS Q6042-S PTZ Dome Network Camera
Events
Events
The Event pages allow you to configure the Axis product to perform actions when different events occur. For example, the product
can start a recording or send an email notification when motion is detected. The set of conditions that defines how and when
the action is triggered is called an action rule.
Convert Event Types to Action Rules
If the Axis product is upgraded to firmware version
5.40
or later, it is recommended to convert
Event Types
to
Action Rules
. The
legacy user
Event Types
in the camera will continue to work but will not be visible in the user interface of the camera. The
Event
Types
need to be converted to
Action rules
to become visible in the user interface.
To convert
Event Types
to
Action Rules
go to
Events
>
Action Rules
and click
Convert
.
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This is not recommended when using a VMS based on the old Event Management System.
Set Up Action Rules
An action rule defines the conditions that must be met for the product to perform an action, for example record video or send an
email notification. If multiple conditions are defined, all of them must be met to trigger the action.
For more information about available triggers and actions, see
Triggers on page 39
and
Actions on page 40
.
The following example describes how to set up an action rule to record video to a network share if there is movement in the
camera’s field of view.
Set up motion detection and add a network share:
1. Go to
Detectors > Motion Detection
and configure a motion detection window. See
page 34
.
2. Go to
System Options > Storage
and set up the network share. See
page 55
.
Set up the action rule:
1. Go to
Events > Action Rules
and click
Add
.
2. Select
Enable rule
and enter a descriptive name for the rule.
3. Select
Detectors
from the
Trigger
drop-down list.
4. Select
Motion Detection
from the drop-down list. Select the motion detection window to use.
5. Optionally, select a
Schedule
and
Additional conditions
. See below.
6. Under
Actions
, select
Record Video
from the
Type
drop-down list.
7. Select a
Stream profile
and configure the
Duration
settings as described below.
8. Select Network Share from the
Storage
drop-down list.
To use more than one trigger for the action rule, select
Additional conditions
and click
Add
to add additional triggers. When using
additional conditions, all conditions must be met to trigger the action.
To prevent an action from being triggered repeatedly, a
Wait at least
time can be set. Enter the time in hours, minutes and seconds,
during which the trigger should be ignored before the action rule can be activated again.
The recording
Duration
of some actions can be set to include time immediately before and after the event. Select
Pre-trigger time
and/or
Post-trigger time
and enter the number of seconds. When
While the rule is active
is enabled and the action is triggered
again during the post-trigger time, the recording time will be extended with another post-trigger time period.
