Event and Alarm Settings

Select the Arming Schedule tab

Select the Arming Schedule tab.

Set time segments

Choose one day of a week and set the time segment. Up to eight time periods can be set within each day.

Figure 11-1 Set Arming Schedule

Save

Click Apply to save the settings.

Set event output and dwell time

Go to System > View > General.

Set the event output and dwell time.

• Event Output: Select the output to show event video.
• Full Screen Monitoring Dwell Time: Set the time in seconds to show alarm event screen. If alarms are triggered simultaneously in several channels, their full-screen images will be switched at an interval of 10 seconds (default dwell time).

Select Full Screen Monitoring linkage

Go to the Linkage Action interface of the alarm detection (e.g., motion detection, video tampering, face detection, etc.).

Select the Full Screen Monitoring alarm linkage action.

Select channels

Select the channel(s) in Trigger Channel settings you want to make full screen monitoring.

Enable audio output

Go to System > View > General.

Enable the audio output and set the volume.

Select Audio Warning linkage

Go to the Linkage Action interface of the alarm detection (e.g., motion detection, video tampering, face detection, etc.).

Select the Audio Warning alarm linkage action.

Set alarm host

Go to System > Network > Advanced > More Settings.

Set the alarm host IP and alarm host port.

Select Notify Surveillance Center linkage

Go to the Linkage Action interface of the alarm detection (e.g., motion detection, video tampering, face detection, etc.).

Select Notify Surveillance Center.

Configure Email settings

Go to System > Network > Advanced.

Configure the Email settings.

Select Send Email linkage

Go to the Linkage Action interface of the alarm detection (e.g., motion detection, video tampering, face detection, etc.).

Select the Send Email alarm linkage action.

Select alarm outputs to trigger

Go to the Linkage Action interface of the alarm input or event detection (e.g., motion detection, face detection, line crossing detection, intrusion detection, etc.).

Click the Trigger Alarm Output tab.

Select the alarm output(s) to trigger.

Configure alarm output settings

Go to System > Event > Normal Event > Alarm Output.

Select an alarm output item from the list.

Select PTZ Linkage

Go to the Linkage Action interface of the alarm input or VCA detection (e.g., face detection, line crossing detection, intrusion detection, etc.).

Select PTZ Linkage.

Select camera and action

Select the camera to perform the PTZ actions.

Select the preset/patrol/pattern No. to call when the alarm events occur.

Figure 11-2 PTZ Linkage

Open Motion Detection settings

Go to System > Event > Normal Event > Motion Detection.

Select camera and enable

Select the camera to configure the motion detection.

Check Enable.

Set detection area

Set the motion detection area.

• Full screen: click to set the full-screen motion detection for the image.
• Customized area: use the mouse to click and drag on the preview screen to draw the customized motion detection area(s).

You can click Clear to clear the current motion detection area settings and draw again.

Figure 11-3 Set Motion Detection

Set sensitivity

Set sensitivity (0–100). The sensitivity allows you to calibrate how readily movement triggers the alarm. The higher value results in the more readily to trigger the motion detection.

Configure arming schedule

Set the arming schedule. Refer to Configure Arming Schedule.

Configure linkage actions

Set the linkage actions. Refer to Configure Alarm Linkage Actions.

Open Video Loss settings

Go to System > Event > Normal Event > Video Loss.

Select camera and enable

Select the camera to configure the video loss detection.

Check Enable.

Figure 11-4 Set Video Loss Detection

Configure arming schedule

Set the arming schedule. Refer to Configure Arming Schedule.

Configure linkage actions

Set the linkage actions. Refer to Configure Alarm Linkage Actions.

Open Video Tampering settings

Go to System > Event > Normal Event > Video Tampering.

Select camera and enable

Select the camera to configure the video tampering detection.

Check Enable.

Figure 11-5 Set Video Tampering Setting

Set tampering area

Set the video tampering area. Use the mouse to click and drag on the preview screen to draw the customized video tampering area.

You can click Clear to clear the current area settings and draw again.

Set sensitivity

Set sensitivity level (0–2). 3 levels are available. The sensitivity allows you to calibrate how readily movement triggers the alarm. The higher value results in the more readily to trigger the video tampering detection.

Configure arming schedule

Set the arming schedule. Refer to Configure Arming Schedule.

Configure linkage actions

Set the linkage actions. Refer to Configure Alarm Linkage Actions.

Open Alarm Input

Go to System > Event > Normal Event > Alarm Input.

Select an alarm input item from the list and click .

Figure 11-6 Alarm Input

Select alarm input type

Select the alarm input type to N.C or N.O.

Edit alarm name

Edit Alarm Name.

Select Input

Select Input.

Configure arming schedule

Set the arming schedule. Refer to Configure Arming Schedule.

Configure linkage actions

Set the linkage actions. Refer to Configure Alarm Linkage Actions.

Apply

Click Apply and follow the message box to reboot device to take effect the settings.

Open Alarm Input 1

Go to System > Event > Normal Event > Alarm Input.

Select the alarm input1 item from the list and click .

Configure type and name

Select the alarm input type to N.C or N.O.

Edit the alarm name.

Enable One-Key Disarming

Check the radio button of Enable One-Key Disarming.

Figure 11-7 One-Key Alarm Disarming

Select linkage actions to disarm

Select the alarm linkage action(s) you want to disarm for the local alarm input1.

Apply

Click Apply to save the settings.

Open Alarm Output

Go to System > Event > Normal Event > Alarm Output.

Select an alarm output item from the list and click .

Edit alarm name

Edit Alarm Name.

Select Dwell Time

Select Dwell Time (the alarm duration) from 5s to 600s, or Manually Clear.

Manually Clear: You should manually clear the alarm when the alarm occurs. Refer to Trigger or Clear Alarm Output Manually for detailed instructions.

Configure arming schedule

Set the arming schedule. Refer to Configure Arming Schedule.

Figure 11-8 Alarm Output

Copy and Apply

(Optional) You can click Copy to copy the same settings to other alarm output(s).

Click Apply.

Open Exception settings

Go to System > Event > Normal Event > Exception.

Enable event hint

(Optional) Enable the event hint if you want to display the event hint in the live view window.

1. Check Enable Event Hint.
2. Click to select the exception type(s) to take the event hint.

Figure 11-9 Event Hint Settings

Select exception type and configure linkage

Select the exception type from the drop-down list to set the linkage actions.

Figure 11-10 Exceptions Handling

Set the normal linkage and alarm output triggering. Refer to Configure Alarm Linkage Actions.

Open Alarm Output

Go to System > Event > Normal Event > Alarm Output.

Trigger or clear

Select the alarm output you want to trigger or clear and click .

Click Trigger/Clear to trigger or clear an alarm output.

Figure 11-11 Alarm Output