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Chapter 5 Configuration
Event > Event settings
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Media name—Enter a name for the media setting.
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Source—Select to take snapshots from any of the video streams.
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Send
x
pre-event images—The camera has a buffer to temporarily hold data up to a certain limit.
Enter a number to decide how many images to capture before a trigger is activated. Up to 7 images
can be generated.
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Send
x
post-event images—Enter a number to decide how many images to capture after a trigger is
activated. Up to seven images can be generated. For example, if both the Send pre-event images and
Send post-event images are set to 7, a total of 15 images can be generated after a trigger is activated.
File name prefix—Enter the text that will be appended to the front of the file name.
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Add date and time suffix to the file name—Select this option to add a date/time suffix to the file
name. The date and time suffix format is YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.
Click
Save media
to enable the settings.
After you set up the first media server, a new column for media server will automatically display on the
Media list. If you wish to add more media options, click
Add media
.
Media type: Video clip
Select to send video clips when a trigger is activated.
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Media name—Enter a name for the media setting.
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Source—Select a video stream as the source of video clip.
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Pre-event recording—The camera has a buffer to temporarily hold data up to a certain limit. Enter
a number to decide the duration of recording before a trigger is activated. Up to 9 seconds can be set.
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Maximum duration—Specify the maximum recording duration in seconds. The duration can be 1
through 20 seconds. For example, if pre-event recording is set to five seconds and the maximum
duration is set to ten seconds, the camera continues to record for another 4 seconds after a trigger is
activated.
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Maximum file size—Specify the maximum file size allowed. You may need to stitch the video clips
together when searching and packing up forensic evidence.
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File name prefix—Enter the text that will be appended to the front of the file name.
Click
Save media
to enable the settings.
Media type: System log
Select to send a system log when a trigger is activated.
Click
Save media
to enable the settings, then click
Close
to exit the page.
In the Event settings column, the Servers and Medias you configured will be listed; make sure the Event
-> Status is indicated as ON, in order to enable the event triggering action.
When completed, click the Save event button to enable the settings and click
Close
to exit Event Settings
page. The new Event / Server settings / Media will appear in the event drop-down list on the Event setting
page.
When the Event Status is ON, the event configuration above is triggered by motion detection, the camera
will automatically send snapshots via e-mail.
If you want to stop the event trigger, you can click on the ON button to turn it to OFF status or click the
Delete
button to remove the event setting.
To remove a server setting from the list, select a server name from the drop-down list and click
Delete
.
Note that you can only delete a server setting when it is not applied in an existing event setting.
