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Video Loss—
selects cameras whose loss of video cause the rest of the
zone’s cameras to begin recording.
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Serial Input—
looks for certain text in strings sent by alarm panels, as
entered during the Computer Configuration (see Figure 26). Select a
COM port on the server, enter text that the alarm panel will send
during a particular alarm, and click Add. Whenever the alarm panel
sends this text through the designated COM port, the zone’s cameras
begin recording.
Figure 26
The Serial Input tab
contains alarm panel
text strings that will
trigger recording on
cameras in the zone.