Note
After you complete smart track setup, please go to the preview interface and then right click mouse, and
then select Smart track, you can view the corresponding video. Please refer to chapter 4.15.7 for detailed
information.
4.15.8 Alarm Settings
Before operation, please make sure you have properly connected alarm devices such as buzzer.
In the main menu, from Setting->Event->Alarm, you can see alarm setup interface.
4.15.8.1 Local alarm
Local alarm refers to the alarm signal system detects from the alarm input port.
In the main menu, from Setting->Event->Alarm->Local, the interface is shown as in Figure 4-162.
Alarm in: Here is for you to select channel number.
Type: normal open or normal close.
PTZ activation: Here you can set PTZ movement when alarm occurs. Such as go to preset, tour&
pattern when there is an alarm. Click “select” button, you can see an interface is shown as in Figure
4-163.
Period: Click set button, you can see an interface is shown as in Figure 4-164. There are two ways
for you to set periods. There are max 6 periods in one day. There are four record types: regular,
motion detection (MD), Alarm, MD & alarm.
In Figure 4-164, Select icon of several dates, all checked items can be edited together.
Now the icon is shown as . Click to delete a record type from one period.
In Figure 4-164. Click button after one date or a holiday, you can see an interface shown
as in Figure 4-165. There are four record types: regular, motion detection (MD), Alarm, MD &
alarm.
Anti-dither: Here you can set anti-dither time. Here you can set anti-dither time. The value ranges
from 5 to 600s. The anti-dither time refers to the alarm signal lasts time. It can be seem as the alarm
signal activation stays such as the buzzer, tour, PTZ activation, snapshot, channel record. The stay
time here does not include the latch time. During the alarm process, the alarm signal can begin an
anti-dither time if system detects the local alarm again. The screen prompt, alarm upload, email and
etc will not be activated. For example, if you set the anti-dither time as 10 second, you can see the
each activation may last 10s if the local alarm is activated. During the process, if system detects
another local alarm signal at the fifth second, the buzzer, tour, PTZ activation, snapshot, record
channel will begin another 10s while the screen prompt, alarm upload, email will not be activated
again. After 10s, if system detects another alarm signal, it can generate an alarm since the
anti-dither time is out.
Show message: System can pop up a message to alarm you in the local host screen if you enabled
this function.
Alarm upload: System can upload the alarm signal to the network (including alarm centre) if you
enabled current function.
Send email: System can send out email to alert you when alarm occurs.