Axis Q6034 - Event Management; Convert Event Types to Action Rules

AXIS Q6034 PTZ Dome Network Camera
Events
Events
The Axis product can be configured to perform actions when different events occur, for e xample, start a recording when motion is
detected. The set of conditions that defines how and w hen the action is triggered is called an Action Rule.
Available Action Rule triggers and conditions include:
• Applications — use installed applications to trigger the rule, see
Applications, on page 34 .
• Detectors
- Audio Detection — trigger the rule when audio is detected, see
Audio Detection, on page 33 .
- Motion Detection — trigger the rule when motion is detected, see
Motion Detection, on page 32 .
• Hardware
- Fan — trigger the rule if the fan is malfunctioning. Thiscanforexamplebeusedtosendmaintenance
notifications.
- Network — trigger the rule if network connection is lost o r restored. This can for example be used to s tart
recording to the SD card.
• Input Signal
- Digital Input Port — trigger the rule when a n I/O port receives a signal fro m a connected device, see
I/O
Ports, on page 48
.
- Manual Trigger — trigger the rule using the Manual Trigger button in the Live View page, see
Controls on the
Live View Page, on page 10
. This can for example be used to validate actions during product installation
and configuration.
• PTZ
- Autotracking — trigger the rule when autotracking starts or stops, s ee
Autotracking, on page 27 .
- Moving — trigger the rule when the camera view moves due to a PTZ operation. This can for example be used
as an additional condition to prevent an action r
ule triggered by motion detection to record video while the
camera view moves due to a PTZ operation.
- Preset Reached —triggertherulewhenthecamerastopsatapresetposition.Thiscanbeforexamplebeused
with the Send Images action to upload images from the preset position.
• Storage
- Available — trigger the rule when the storage device is unmounted or removed. This can for example be
used to sen
d maintenance no tifications.
- Full —
trigger the rule whe n the s torage device is full. Under normal operat ion, the oldest recordings will be
overwritten to prevent the storage device from becom ing full.
- Locked —triggertheruleifthestoragedeviceislocked(writeprotected).
• System
- System Initializing — trigger the rule when the product is being starte d. This can for example be used to send a
notification when the product restarts.
• Time
- Recurrence — trigger the rule periodically, see
Recurrences, on page 38 . This can for example be used to
upload an image every 5 minutes.
- Use Schedule — trigger the rule according to the selected schedule, see
Schedules, on page 37 .
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