AXIS P7210 Video Encoder
Detectors
Detectors
Camera Tampering
Camera Tampering can generate an alarm whenever the camera is repositioned, or when the lens is covered, sprayed or severely
defocused. To send an alarm, for example an email, an action rule must be set up.
To con
fi
gure tampering:
1. Go to
Detectors > Camera Tampering
.
2. Set the
Minimum duration
, that is, the time that must elapse before an alarm is generated. This can help prevent false
alarms for known conditions that affect the image.
3. Select
Alarm for dark images
if an alarm should be generated if lights are dimmed or turned off, or if the lens is sprayed,
covered, or rendered severely out of focus.
4. Click
Save
.
To con
fi
gure the product to send an alarm when tampering occurs:
1. Go to
Events > Action Rules
.
2. Click
Add
to set up a new action rule.
3. Enter a
Name
for the action rule.
4. Under
Condition
, select
Detectors
from the
Trigger
list.
5. Select
Tampering
from the list of detectors.
6. Select the video channel.
7. Optionally, select a schedule and set additional conditions.
8. Select the action. To send an email, select
Send Noti
fi
cation
and select a
Recipient
from the list of de
fi
ned recipients.
Note
The
While the rule is active
option under
Duration
cannot be used with camera tampering, since camera tampering does not
have a duration and once it has been triggered it will not automatically return to its untriggered state.
For more information on actions rules, see
.
Motion Detection
Motion detection is used to generate an alarm whenever movement occurs (or stops) in the view. Up to 10 Include and Exclude
windows can be con
fi
gured:
•
Include windows
— target speci
fi
c areas within the whole video image
•
Exclude windows
— de
fi
ne areas within an Include window that should be ignored (areas outside Include windows
are automatically ignored)
Once con
fi
gured, motion detection windows appear in the list of Detectors in Action rule setup. See
Note
Using the motion detection feature may decrease the product’s overall performance.
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