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Cisco Video Surveillance 2500 Series IP Camera User Guide
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Chapter 3 Configuring and Managing the IP Camera
Applications Windows
Alarm I/O Ports Window
The Alarm I/O Ports window allows you to configure various options for the two input and two output
ports on the IP camera. A state change of an input ports triggers a camera to take configured actions.
Output ports send relays that can control external devices, such as alarms or door switches.
To display the Alarm I/O Ports window, access the configuration windows as described in the
“Accessing
the IP Camera Windows” section on page 2-6
, click
Applications
, then click
I/O Ports
.
If you change any options in the Alarm I/O Ports window, you must click
Save
to save the changes. To
discard the changes, click
Cancel
before clicking
Save
. These buttons appear at the bottom of the
window. You may need to scroll down to see them.
Table 3-19
describes the options in the Alarm I/O Ports window.
Table 3-19
Alarm I/O Ports Window Options
Option
Description
Alarm Input Settings
Current Status
Display only.
For each input port on the IP camera, displays its current state
(high or low).
Trigger Events When
For each input port on the IP camera, Input 1 and Input 2, choose the state
(high or low) that triggers designated camera actions. When an IP port
changes to this state, the camera determines that an event has occurred and
takes actions as configured in the Trigger Event area in the Event Window.
Alarm Output Settings
Current Status
Display only.
For each output port on the IP camera, displays its current state
(high or low).
Power On State
For each output port on the IP camera, Output 1 and Output 2, choose the
state (low or high) that the port is set to when the IP camera powers on or is
reset.
The port changes to this state when you click
Save
.
The default setting is High.
Event Action
For each output port on the IP camera, Output 1 and Output 2, choose the
state that the port changes to when an event occurs.
If you choose None, the port does not change states.
Manual Control Settings
Definition Mappings
For each output port on the IP camera, Output 1 and Output 2, choose the
state that the designated port changes to when you click the
On
or
Off
button
in the Home window:
•
ON maps to High
—Changes the state of the port to high when you click
the
On
button, and changes the state of the port to low when you click
the
Off
button.
•
ON maps to Low
—Changes the state of the port to low when you click
the
On
button, and changes the state of the port to high when you click
the
Off
button.
For related information, see the descriptions of the
On
and
Off
button in
Table 4-1 on page 4-3
.
