Alarm: Sensor
The Alarm: Sensor menu will allow you
to customize and congure how you’d
like the DVR to interpret input from and
respond to the sensor input panel on the
rear of the DVR.
Alarm Input No.: The connection
that corrosponds to the input you’ve
connected the sensor to. Note that the
Alarm Input Number and the Channel
Number don’t have to be the same.
The <- characters indicate that these are
alarm inputs.
Alarm Name: The name you want to
associate with the alarm. We suggest
something descriptive and useful, such as
“Lounge Room PIR Sensor” or “Front Door
Sensor”. The DVR will use this name in
email alerts and in the event log to let you
know where alarms are being generated.
Type: Whether the sensor is a NO (normally open) or
NC (normally closed). You’ll need to check your sensor’s
documentation to learn the correct value to use. It refers
to the way the sensor tells the DVR when it has detected
something. If this is set to the wrong value, you’ll get an
constant “false” alarms, which will stop only when the sensor
detects something.
If you enabled an action for a sensor input and set the sensor
type to NO and don’t have a sensor connected to the DVR,
then this will constantly trigger alarm events.
Setting (Action): What you want the DVR to do when it detects
an alarm event generated by this sensor. Selecting this option
will open the Action sub-menu, where the behavior can be
customized.
Audio Warning: The DVR will use its internal buzzer to emit an
alarm tone. It sounds like an old computer indicating an error,
or a large truck backing up.
Send Email: The DVR will send an auto-email alert when the
sensor you’ve selected detects an alarm event. The Email
Settings button will take you to the same email conguration
screen accessible from the Network menu - see “Network:
Advanced: Email Settings” on page 41 for details.
Trigger Alarm Output: Instructs the DVR to output an alarm
signal from one or both alarm output terminals. The alarm
output must be correctly connected and congured.
Alarm: Sensor - Action
Trigger Camera: Initiates recording on one
or more cameras when the sensor detects
an alarm event.
PTZ Camera: If you’ve got a pan/tilt/
zoom camera connected to the DVR, you
can control its movements when an alarm
event occurs. This can be useful to aim a
moving camera directly at the exact spot
where the alarm event was generated, or
cover likely entry/exit points a security
threat may utilize.
Preset: Commands the selected PTZ camera to immediately look
at a selected preset point.
Patrol: Commands the selected PTZ camera to initiate a
programmed patrol route.
Pattern: This setting won’t have a function on the PTZ camera.
This option is legacy support for a now discontinued PTZ function,
and will be phased out of future implimentations of the rmware.
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