Chapter 13: Alarm and event setup 
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In the Actions window, click the Trigger Channel tab and then select the cameras 
to be triggered for recording when an alarm is detected. Click Apply to save the 
settings. 
6.  Select the arming schedules for the external alarm.  
In the Actions window, click the Arming Schedule tab and select the day of the 
week and the time periods during the day when alarms can be recorded. You can 
schedule up to eight time periods in a day. Default is 24 hours. 
Click Apply to save the settings. Click Copy to copy these settings to other days of 
the week. 
Note: The time periods defined cannot overlap. 
7.  Select the response method to an external alarm. 
In the Actions window, click the Actions tab to define the method by which you want 
the recorder to notify you of the alarm. Select one or more of the five notification 
types. See “Alarm response actions” below for a description of these alarm 
notification methods. 
Click Apply to save the settings. 
8.  Select the PTZ camera function required in response to an external alarm. 
In the Actions window, click the PTZ Linking tab. Select the PTZ camera and enter 
the preset, preset tour or shadow tour that is triggered when the alarm is detected. 
 
Click Apply to save the settings. 
9.  Click OK to return to the alarm input window.  
10. Click Apply to save all settings. 
11. Click Exit to return to live view. 
Alarm response actions 
When setting up the rules for alarm detection, you can specify how you want the 
recorder to notify you about an alarm or event. You can select more than one 
notification type.  
Not all alarm response actions are available for all types of alarms. 
The alarm response actions are: