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Port Settings.
Enter the device’s settings here, including the COM
port it is connected to, its baud rate, parity, and stop bits (see Figure
4).
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Reset Text.
Enter all text string segments that the device sends to
indicate a reset (see Figure 5). After you enter each segment, click
Add.
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Required Text.
Enter text string segments that must be present to
cause DigitalSENTRY to recognize an command. If the device sends
multiple similar strings for the same command, only the string with
one of these segments is recognized. After you enter the text, click
Add.
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Alarm Text.
Enter all text string segments that the device sends to
indicate that an alarm is occurring. The instance of one of these
segments in a string is recognized as an alarm. These segments are
used to trigger recording in certain zones that you will configure (see
the “Adding and Configuring Zones” section of this chapter). After
you enter the text, click Add.
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Normal Text.
Similar to Alarm Text, but video does not automatically
appear for these alarms even if automatic alarm viewing is configured.
Figure 5
The Reset Text tab
contains the text the
alarm panel sends to
indicate that an
alarm is reset. The
Required Text, Alarm
Text, and Normal
Text tabs look
identical to the Reset
Text tab.
Figure 4
The Port Settings tab
contains connection
information for the
serial input device.