Chapter 10: Camera setup 
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6.  Click Apply to save the settings and then click Exit to return to live view. 
Camera tamper 
You can setup the recorder to alert you when the camera view has changed such as 
when someone has deliberately blocked the camera view by spraying paint on the lens 
or by moving the camera. Tampering detection only applies when the whole image is 
covered and all light is blocked.  You cannot select a specific area of the camera screen 
to detect tampering.  
Note: It is strongly recommended not to configure for video tampering when using PTZ 
dome cameras. 
To set up video tampering detection: 
1.  From the menu toolbar, click Camera Setup > Camera Tamper. 
2.  Select a camera to configure for video loss detection. 
3.  Check the Enable Tamper-proof box to enable the feature. 
4.  Select the tamper detection sensitivity level by clicking the sensitivity scroll bar.  
Higher sensitivity is to the right of the bar. 
5.  Select the recording schedules for the tamper.  
Click Actions and then select the Arming Schedule tab to select the day of the 
week and the time periods during the day when motion 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 the settings to other days of 
the week and holiday period. 
Note: The time periods defined cannot overlap. 
6.  Select the response method to an external alarm. 
Click Actions and then select the Actions tab to select the method by which you 
want the recorder to notify you of the alarm: Full-screen monitoring, Enable alarm 
audio, Notify alarm host, Send email, and Trigger alarm output. See page 93 for the 
list of alarm notification types. 
Click Apply to save settings and then OK to return to the main window. 
7.  Click Exit to return to live view. 
Restricted access camera 
Restricted access cameras are cameras that are only visible to specific users. 
There may be occasions when you want to control who can see a camera image on a 
local monitor, such as if there is a camera located in a changing room. The recorder