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10BChapter 11: Alarm settings
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To set up an alarm output:
1. Click the Alarm Settings icon in the menu toolbar and select Alarm Output.
2. Select the alarm output.
3. Select a timeout option.
The timeout setting lets you define how long a signal remains active after the
alarm has ended. If you select Manually Clear, the signal remains active until
it is manually acknowledged by pressing the alarm button on the front panel
or remote control (see “Triggering or clearing alarm outputs manually” below).
4. Select the recording schedules for the alarm output.
Click Rule 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.
5. Click OK to return to the alarm output screen.
6. Click Back to return to live view.
Triggering or clearing alarm outputs
manually
When an alarm is activated, the DVR can be set up so that the alarm must be
manually acknowledged in order to be silenced. See “Setting up external alarms”
on page 102 for information on setting up an alarm to be manually cleared.
All user levels (administrator, manager and operator) can manually acknowledge
an alarm.
To trigger or clear alarm outputs manually:
1. Click the Alarm settings icon in the menu toolbar and select Alarm Output.
2. Click the Manual Alarm tab.
3. Select the desired alarm output and click one of the following buttons:
• Clear: Clear to stop alarm output.
• Trigger All: Trigger all alarm outputs at once. This action could be done,
for example, when you need to test them.
• Clear All: Stop all alarm outputs at once.
4. Click Back to return to live view. The alarm is silenced.
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