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10BChapter 11: Alarm settings
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4. Check the Enable Alarm Input box to enable the function. Click Rule to set
up the rules for the cameras to be triggered, their alarm schedules, method of
alarm notification and PTZ function.
5. Select the cameras to be triggered when an external alarm is detected.
In the Rule window, click Trigger channel and select the cameras to be
triggered for recording when an alarm is detected. Only analog cameras can
be selected. Click Apply to save the settings.
6. Select the recording schedules for the external alarm.
Click the Arming schedule tab and 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.
7. Select the response method to an external alarm.
Click the Rule tab to define the method by which you want the DVR to notify
you of the alarm. Click Apply to save settings.
8. Select the PTZ camera function required in response to an external alarm.
Select the PTZ camera and the preset, preset tour or shadow tour that is
triggered when the alarm is detected.
Click Apply to save the settings. Click Copy to copy the settings to other
cameras, if required.
9. Click OK to return to the alarm input screen.
10. Click Back to return to live view.