Overview
The APD device uses a short-range radar sensor to detect motion in small indoor areas. It is designed to detect
the presence of people and it is capable of detecting fine motion, such as respiration. The device is used to
detect people who enter its range and linger for extended periods of time, and can detect people who are
standing still or sleeping, and then send notifications to ACC™ servers connected to the device. It detects
whether a person is present or not but cannot quantify the number of people in range. It can be used
independently when privacy is desired or linked to a camera view for video verification.
Typically, it is configured to send notifications after it has detected that:
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A person has moved into range and lingered for a specified period of time.
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There is no longer a person in range after a specified period of time.
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A person is present.
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A person is not present.
The notifications received by the ACC server can be used to trigger alarms using the Rules functionality in the
ACC software. These alarms can then be monitored in the ACC Client or ACC Mobile applications and then
acted upon.
The configurable settings for the device allow you to specify:
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The range for the device, which must be set so that unwanted motion is not detected, such as people
walking along a hallway on the other side of an enclosed area being monitored.
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The dwell time for a detected object, which is the amount of time that a person or persons are detected
in range before a notification is sent out.
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The sensitivity of the sensor to fine motion.
Configuration can be completed using the APD Web User Interface (WebUI) when the device is installed and
connected to the network. After the device is also connected to an ACC server, configuration changes can be
made using either the WebUI or the ACC Client Software. For more information, see the
Web Interface User
Guide
for the APD device and
Avigilon Control Center Client User Guide
.
The device requires two minutes to learn the environment that is in range any time that it is powered on, or after
the range is reset. During this time, its status appears as "Initializing".
While the device is learning its environment (that is, detecting and recording the normal fixed objects in range),
no people or moving objects should be present within range of the device.
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