RC-E User Manual
Management Client (RC-E Manager)
Tip
: If you want to permanently change the default frame rate for a camera, do not use a rule. Change the camera's
default frame rate on the
Settings
tab
(see "
Settings Tab Overview
" on page 106) instead.
Motion is normally detected by RC-E when video received from cameras is analyzed. This is the type of motion
detection dealt with in this example. However, some cameras are— depending on configuration of the camera
hardware— themselves able to detect motion. Such hardware-configurable motion detection can also be used in RC-
E rules, although that is beyond the scope of this example.
Prerequisites
This rule is based on motion detection on a specific camera. Therefore, motion detection must be enabled on the
camera in order for the rule to work as intended. Before creating a rule like this, always verify the following:
Motion detection is enabled for the camera in question
Show me how to verify this...
To verify that motion detection has been enabled for a camera, expand Devices in the Management Client's Site
Navigation pane, and select Cameras. This will display a list of cameras in the overview pane. Select the required
camera from the list, and select the Motion tab in the Properties pane. On the Motion tab, verify that the Enable
motion detection check box is selected.
Note that other settings on the
Motion
tab, such as
Sensitivity
, will determine what will be interpreted as motion.
Merely enabling motion detection may thus not be sufficient to meet your requirements. Time spent on finding the best
possible balance of motion detection settings under different conditions (day/night, calm/windy weather, etc.) will help
you later avoid unnecessary recordings, etc.
Creating the Rule
1. In the Management Client's Site Navigation pane, expand
Rules and Events
, then right-click Rules and
select
Add New Rule...
:
Tip
: Instead of right-clicking to select
Add New Rule
, you can press CTRL+N on your keyboard.
2. The
Manage Rule
wizard opens. Type a name for the new rule in the
Rule name
field.
In this example
... the rule will cover a specific camera, Camera 1. We therefore overwrite the default
rule name (e.g. New Rule 001) with a descriptive name:
Tip
: Always use a descriptive name for the rule. Once you have several rules, you will find that descriptive
names are a great help when identifying individual rules.
3. On Step 1 of
Manage Rule
, select the required rule type.
In this example
... we want to base the rule on an event, namely detected motion. Therefore, we select
Perform an action on <event>
. Our selection is immediately reflected in the initial rule description in the
lower half of the wizard window:
4. Click the underlined items in the rule description in order to specify its exact content:
Event link:
Clicking the
event
link lets you select the event which must occur in order for the rule to apply. In
order for you to get a good overview, selectable events are listed in groups according to whether they are
related to plug-ins, dependent on hardware configuration, built into RC-E itself, etc.
In this example
... we want the event to be detected motion. Motion detection events are technically
related to RC-E's motion detection plug-in, so we go to the
Plug-ins
group, select the event
Motion Start
,
and click
OK
:
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