User Guide

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When finished on this screen, click Apply to save your changes.
Setting Up Email Alerts
Setting up Email alerts will allow you to receive snapshots of events via your email. These events
can be motion detection, IVS, Face Detection, or other events captured by your device. Each
event type must have the “Send Email” option enabled to allow the feature to send snapshots to
your email. To setup email alerts, please refer to the information provided below.
1. On the Main Menu, click on Network located in the Management section.
2. Select Email and Enable the toggle switch.
3. Enter the SMTP information for your email. In this example we will be using Gmail, however
other email services can also be used. If using Gmail, type in “smtp.gmail.com”
4. Enter a port number. This is based on the type of encryption used by your email service. In
this example we will be using port 465, which uses an SSL encryption type. If using TLS, the port
number will be 587.
5. Enter the email address you will be using in the Username field.
6. Enter the password for the email address in the Password field.
7. In the Receiver field, enter your email address. Enter that same email address in the Sender
field.
8. Update the subject line for your alerts in the Subject field. The default subject line will be NVR
Alert however this can be changed to anything you would like to use.
9. Make sure the Attachment toggle switch is enabled to enable snapshots to be sent.
10. Click Apply and Test to verify connectivity. Once the test has been successfully sent, click
Save to continue.
11. Check your email to see if you received the email test.