Axis F34 - Events and Action Rules; Action Rule Triggers and Conditions

AXISF34MainUnit
Events
Events
TheEventpagesallowyoutoconguretheAxisproducttoperformactionswhendifferenteventsoccur.Forexample,theproduct
canstartarecordingorsendanemailnoticationwhenmotionisdetected.Thesetofconditionsthatdeneshowandwhen
theactionistriggerediscalledanactionrule.
SetUpActionRules
Anactionruledenestheconditionsthatmustbemetfortheproducttoperformanaction,forexamplerecordvideoorsendan
emailnotication.Ifmultipleconditionsaredened,allofthemmustbemettotriggertheaction.
Formoreinformationaboutavailabletriggersandactions,seeTriggersonpage36andActionsonpage37.
Tousemorethanonetriggerfortheactionrule,selectAdditionalconditionsandclickAddtoaddadditionaltriggers.Whenusing
additionalconditions,allconditionsmustbemettotriggertheaction.
Topreventanactionfrombeingtriggeredrepeatedly,aWaitatleasttimecanbeset.Enterthetimeinhours,minutesandseconds,
duringwhichthetriggershouldbeignoredbeforetheactionrulecanbeactivatedagain.
TherecordingDurationofsomeactionscanbesettoincludetimeimmediatelybeforeandaftertheevent.SelectPre-triggertime
and/orPost-triggertimeandenterthenumberofseconds.WhenWhiletheruleisactiveisenabledandtheactionistriggered
againduringthepost-triggertime,therecordingtimewillbeextendedwithanotherpost-triggertimeperiod.
Formoreinformation,seetheonlinehelp
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Triggers
Availableactionruletriggersandconditionsinclude:
•Applications–Useinstalledapplicationstotriggertherule.SeeApplicationsonpage29.
•Detectors
-LiveStreamAccessed–Triggertherulewhenanystreamisaccessedandduringedgestorageplayback.
Thiscanforexamplebeusedtosendnotications.
-Tampering–Triggertherulewhentamperingisdetected.SeeCameraTamperingonpage28.
-Videosourceconnected–Triggertherulewhenasensorunitisconnectedtoordisconnectedfromthemainunit.
•Hardware
-Network–Triggertheruleifnetworkconnectionislostorrestored.Thiscanforexamplebeusedtostart
recordingtotheSDcard.
•InputSignal
-ManualTrigger–TriggertheruleusingtheManualTriggerbuttonintheLiveViewpage.SeeControlson
theLiveViewPageonpage13.Thiscanforexamplebeusedtovalidateactionsduringproductinstallation
andconguration.
-VirtualInputs–canbeusedbyaVMS(VideoManagementSystem)totriggeractions.Virtualinputscan,for
example,beconnectedtobuttonsintheVMSuserinterface.
•Storage
-Disruption–Triggertheruleifstorageproblemsaredetected,forexampleifthestoragedeviceisunavailable,
removed,full,lockedorifotherreadorwriteproblemsoccur.Thiscanforexamplebeusedtosendmaintenance
notications.
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