Axis Q7404 - Setting Up an Action Rule

AXISQ7404VideoEncoder
Events
-Recurrence–Triggertheruleperiodically.SeeRecurrences,onpage39.Thiscanforexamplebeusedtoupload
animageevery5minutes.
-UseSchedule–Triggertheruleaccordingtotheselectedschedule.SeeSchedules,onpage39.
Availableactionsinclude:
•OutputPort–ActivateanI/Oporttocontrolanexternaldevice.
•OverlayText–Displayanoverlaytext.SeeUsingOverlayTextinanActionRule,onpage21.
•PlayAudioClip–SeeAudioClips,onpage23.
•PTZControl
-PresetPosition–Gotoapresetposition.
-GuardTour–Startaguardtour.SeeGuardTour,onpage29.
•RecordVideo–Recordvideotoaselectedstorage.
•SendImages–Sendimagestoarecipient.
•SendNotications–Sendanoticationmessagetoarecipient.
•SendVideoClip–Sendavideocliptoarecipient.
•StatusLED–FlashtheLEDindicator.Thiscanforexamplebeusedtovalidatetriggerssuchasmotiondetectionduring
productinstallationandconguration.
SettingUpanActionRule
Anactionruledenestheconditionsthatmustbemetfortheproducttoperformanaction,forexamplerecordvideoorsendan
emailnotication.Ifmultipleconditionsaredened,allofthemmustbemettotriggertheaction.
Thefollowingexampledescribeshowtosetupanactionruletorecordvideotoanetworkshareifthereismovementinthe
camera’seldofview.
Setupmotiondetectionandaddanetworkshare:
1.GotoDetectors>MotionDetectionandcongureamotiondetectionwindow.Seepage32
2.GotoSystemOptions>Storageandsetupthenetworkshare.Seepage49.
Setuptheactionrule:
1.GotoEvents>ActionRulesandclickAdd.
2.SelectEnableruleandenteradescriptivenamefortherule.
3.SelectDetectorsfromtheTriggerdrop-downlist.
4.SelectMotionDetectionfromthedrop-downlist.Selectthemotiondetectionwindowtouse.
5.Optionally,selectaScheduleandAdditionalconditions.Seebelow.
6.UnderActions,selectRecordVideofromtheTypedrop-downlist.
7.SelectaStreamproleandconguretheDurationsettingsasdescribedbelow.
8.SelectNetworkSharefromtheStoragedrop-downlist.
Toaddadditionalcriteria,selecttheAdditionalconditionsoptionandaddadditionaltriggers.Topreventanactionfrombeing
triggeredrepeatedly,aWaitatleasttimecanbeset.Enterthetimeinhours,minutesandseconds,duringwhichthetrigger
shouldbeignoredbeforetheactionrulecanbeactivatedagain.
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