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6.3 ALARM SETUP AND ACTIVATION
Once external alarms are properly connected, you can configure the NVR to activate them.
The Alarm interface can be selected from the
Setting menu.
The upper portion of this window is used to choose an alarm, its configuration and its type.
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ALARM
Trigger Period
Alarm Out
Show Message
Record Channel
PTZ Activation
Tour
Snapshot
Buzzer
Alarm Upload
Event Type
Enable
Hold Time
Alarm Continue
Rec. Continue
sec.
sec.
Alarm In
Type
Local Alarm 1
Normal Open
Send Email
Set
Set
10
sec.
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Event Type – Choose between Local and
Remote input. Remote input must be
connected through an IP camera.
Alarm In – Select the alarm channel you are
configuring.
Enable – When this is selected the alarm
response(s) in the bottom portion of
this window are enabled.
Type – Alarms are either Normally Open (NO)
or Normally Closed (NC)
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Hold Time – This is the length of time you want the system to delay before beginning
recording on an alarm.
Alarm Out – This will send an alarm signal to up to three connected external alarms when
enabled.
Alarm Continue – This is the time that the NVR will wait before starting a new event (10
seconds to 300 seconds (5 minutes)) after the alarm is ended.
Show Message – When this is enabled, an alert message will be displayed on the NVR’s
screen.
Show Message – When this is enabled, the system will bring up the Alarm Status window
whenever an event is detected. You can configure this to display when motion, video
loss or masking is detected.
Alarm Upload – The system can upload the alarm to the network including an alarm
monitoring service.
Send E-mail – E-mail notifications can be sent a single e-mail address. Please see the
Section 1.2 Advanced Network Setup in the Remote Monitoring Guide for
instructions on how to set up the e-mail alerts including recipient address.
Record Channel – When one camera detects an event, you can set the NVR to activate
recording on other cameras.
The bottom portion of the window allows you to choose what actions the NVR will initiate
when an alarm is activated along with scheduling when the alarms are active.
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Trigger Period – This is for setting the
schedule for when alarms are active.
Clicking the Set button opens up
a new window. Its operation is
exactly like the setting window used
to schedule motion detection and
covered in Section 3.4.
You can set the schedule in up to six blocks
of time for specific days of the week or by
weekday and weekend.
Clicking the Set button next to the day drop
down allows you to specify which days are
work days and which are not.
Set
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Mon
00 :00 -24 :00
00 :00 -24 :00
00 :00 -24 :00
00 :00 -24 :00
00 :00 -24 :00
00 :00 -24 :00
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Set
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Work Day
Free Day
Save Cancel
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