GE TruVision DVR 20, User Manual

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53BChapter 6: Advanced setup
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Click the Alarm icon in the main menu to call up the Alarm configuration screen (see
Figure 30 on page 63).
Table 18: Categories in the Alarm & Event menu
Submenu name Description
Setup Set the alarm input, alarm mode and input type settings, number of
alarm outputs, response options to alarms and video loss,
recording settings, and trigger PTZ preset.
See “Responding to an alarm” below.
System Notify Set how the system responds to alarms and events such as
network loss, HD failure, HD temperature, fan failure, and user
lockout.
See “Alarm and event notification” on page 75
Group Alarm Set several cameras to one alarm output.
See “Group alarms” on page 76.
Responding to an alarm
Use this menu to setup the rules on how the system will respond to an alarm such as
the output mode for an alarm. Click the Setup submenu in the Alarm screen. The
Alarm Setup screen appears. See Figure 37 on page 74.
To set up how the system notifies an alarm over the network, see “Notifying an
alarm” on page 88. To set up how an alarm is displayed on-screen, see “Information
displayed on screen” on page 89.
There are three types of responses when an alarm input is triggered: full screen
camera display, buzzer, and alarm output. The default response is full screen camera
display. The buzzer and alarm output response are set from this Alarm and Event
screen.