4.4.2 Events and Storage Options
The common way to store images or video clips of an event had been to use the
FTP protocol to transfer the files to a server (see section 7.8.2,
FTP Profiles
). This
transmission protocol should rather be used when saving an image every once in
a while and not for storing video sequences in ring buffers; its main purpose is to
refresh live images on web sites.
When using FTP, the MOBOTIX camera can automatically create date/time-based
folder structures and file names. Moreover, the camera can also send images and
video sequences via e-mail.
Storing and transmitting images or video via FTP or e-mail can be initiated either
• event-controlled or
• time-controlled
The events can be triggered by the camera sensors or by
external signals, such as the signal input or a network
message. The camera's internal sensors include video
motion detection, microphone, passive infrared sensor,
temperature and other signals (see section 7.6.1,
Event
Selection
). Additionally, you can engage periodic recor-
ding (Periodic Event (PE)) or recording at specific points
in time (minute, hour, weekday, month) using Time Tasks
(TT) (see section 7.9,
Time
Tasks
).
This section and the next are dedicated to one of the most important concepts of
the MOBOTIX camera, i.e. direct ring buffer storage on a PC or server on the
same network. This means that every camera can manage its own storage space
in a separate folder on the PC/server without installing any additional software
on that PC/server. The maximum storage space for the long-term ring buffer stora-
ge on the PC/server can be up to several hundred GB and is set in the camera soft-
ware. The camera automatically deletes old recordings to make room for new vi-
deo clips or if the allotted life time for a recording has expired. The MOBOTIX came-
ra supports PCs and servers with UNIX, Linux and Windows (from 2000) as well as
Mac OS X operating systems (from version 10.3).
Independent of the recording mode chosen, the MOBOTIX camera always stores
the recorded video clips in the internal ring buffer (see figure
Ring Buffer Synchron-
ization
below). This means that the camera can bridge network failures and main-
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Event- or time-controlled
recording
No software installation
for image archiving on a
file server required, since
the video management
functions are already in-
tegrated into the camera
Note
Setup Menu > Event Settings contains all sensors of the camera that
can be activated, including the corresponding options.
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Kamerafunktionen
Kameramodell
Sensor Events
Video Motion window
Passive Infrared sensor
Signal Input
Microphone
Temperature
Illumination
User Events
User Click (softbutton)
Camera buttons
IR remote control
Time-Related Events
Periodic Event
Time Task event
Random event
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