Axis Q6042 - Setting up an Action Rule

AXISQ6042PTZDomeNetworkCamera
Events
-Recording—triggerstherulewhentheAxisproductrecordstothestoragedevice.Therecordingstatustrigger
canbeusedtonotifytheoperator,forexamplebyashingLEDlights,iftheproducthasstartedorstoppedto
recordtothestoragedevice.Notethat,thistriggercanbeusedonlyforedgestoragerecordingstatus.
•System
-ShockDetected—TriggertherulewhentheAxisproductdetectsithasbeentiltedorhit.SeeShockDetection,
onpage33.
-SystemReady—triggertherulewhentheproducthasbeenstartedandallservicesarerunning.Thiscanfor
examplebeusedtosendanoticationwhentheproductrestarts.
•Time
-Recurrence—triggertheruleperiodically,seeRecurrences,onpage42.Thiscanforexamplebeusedtoupload
animageevery5minutes.
-UseSchedule—triggertheruleaccordingtotheselectedschedule,seeSchedules,onpage41.
Availableactionsinclude:
•Day/NightVisionMode—setdaymode(IRcutlteron)ornightmode(IRcutlteroff).
•OutputPort—activateanI/Oporttocontrolanexternaldevice.
•OverlayText—displayanoverlaytext,seeUsingOverlayTextinanActionRule,onpage22.
•PlayAudioClip—seeAudioClips,onpage24.
•PTZControl
-Autotracking—startautotracking,seeAutotracking,onpage29.
-PresetPosition—gotoapresetposition.
-GuardTour—startaguardtour,seeGuardTour,onpage30.
•RecordVideo—recordvideotoaselectedstorage.
•SendImages—sendimagestoarecipient.
•SendNotications—sendanoticationmessagetoarecipient.
•SendVideoClip—sendavideocliptoarecipient.
SettingUpanActionRule
Anactionruledenestheconditionsthatmustbemetfortheproducttoperformanaction,forexamplerecordvideoorsendan
emailnotication.Ifmultipleconditionsaredened,allofthemmustbemettotriggertheaction.
Thefollowingexampledescribeshowtosetupanactionruletorecordvideotoanetworkshareifthereismovementinthe
camera’seldofview.
Setupmotiondetectionandaddanetworkshare:
1.GotoDetectors>MotionDetectionandcongureamotiondetectionwindow,seepage33
2.GotoSystemOptions>Storageandsetupthenetworkshare,seepage53.
Setuptheactionrule:
1.GotoEvents>ActionRulesandclickAdd.
2.SelectEnableruleandenteradescriptivenamefortherule.
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