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Alarm Management
9.1 Sensor Alarm
To complete the entire sensor alarm settings, you should enable the sensor alarm of each
camera and then set up the alarm handling of each camera.
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Click Start
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Settings
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Alarm
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Sensor Alarm to go to the following interface.
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Select the alarm type (NO or NC) according to trigger type of the sensor.
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Enable the sensor alarm of each camera.
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Check the “Record”, “Snapshot”, “Push”, “Alarm-out” and “Preset” and enable or disable
the “Buzzer”, “Pop-up Video”, “Pop-up Message Box” and “E-mail” as required.
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Click “Apply” to save the settings.
The configuration steps of the above mentioned alarm linkages are as follows.
Duration:
it refers to the interval time between the adjacent motion detections. For instance, if
the duration time is set to 10 seconds, once the system detects motion, it will go into alarm and
would not detect any other motion (specific to camera) for 10 seconds. If there is another
motion detected during this period, it will be considered as a continuous movement; otherwise
it will be considered as a single motion.
Record
: check it and then the “Trigger Record” window will pop up automatically (you can
also click the “Configure” button to pop up the window). Select camera on the left side and
then click
to set the camera as the trigger camera. Select trigger camera on the right side
and then click
to cancel the trigger camera. Click the “OK” button to save the settings.
The trigger cameras will record automatically when the sensor alarm is triggered.
Snapshot
: check it and then the “Trigger Snapshot” window will pop up automatically.
Configure the trigger camera in the window. The trigger cameras will snap automatically when
the sensor alarm is triggered.
Push:
check it and choose ON or OFF. If it is ON, the system will send messages when the
sensor alarm is triggered.
Alarm-out
: check it and then the “Trigger Alarm-out” window will pop up automatically.
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Configure the trigger alarm-out in the window. The system will trigger the alarm-out
automatically when the sensor alarm is triggered. You need to set the delay time and the
schedule of the alarm outputs. See 9.5.1 Alarm-out for details.
Preset
: check it and then the “Trigger Preset” window will pop up automatically. Configure the
trigger preset of each camera. To add presets, please see 6.2 Preset Setting for details.
Buzzer
: if enabled, the system will begin to buzz when the sensor alarm is triggered. To set the
delay time of the buzzer, please see 9.5.4 Buzzer for details.
Pop-up Video
: After camera setting, the system will pop up the corresponding video
automatically when the sensor alarm is triggered. To set the duration time of the video, please
see 9.5.3 Display for details.
Pop-up Message Box
: if enabled, the system will pop up the corresponding alarm message box
automatically when the sensor alarm is triggered. To set the duration time of the message box,
please see 9.5.3 Display for details.
E-mail:
if enabled, the system will send an e-mail when the sensor alarm is triggered. Before
you enable the email, please configure the recipient’s e-mail address first (see 11.1.5 E-mail
Configuration for details).
9.2 Motion Alarm
Motion Alarm
: when motion appears in the specified area, it will trigger the alarm. You should
enable the motion of each camera first and then set the alarm handling of the camera to
complete the whole configuration of the motion alarm.
9.2.1 Motion Configuration
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Click Start
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Settings
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Camera
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Motion to go to the following interface.