User's Manual

AXIS P1346 Network Camera

Events

• Day/Night Vision Mode —setdaymode(IRcutﬁlter on) or night mode (IR cut ﬁlter off).

• Output Port — activate an I/O port to control an external device.

• Play Audio Clip —seeAudio Clips, on page 25.

• PTZ Control

- Preset Position — go to a preset position.

- Guard Tour — start a g uard tour, see Guard Tour, on page 30.

• Record Video — record video to a selected storage.

• Send Images —sendimagestoarecipient.

• Send Notiﬁcations —sendanotiﬁcation message to a recipient.

Convert Event Types to Action Rules

If the Axis prod u ct is upgraded to ﬁrmware vers ion 5.40 or later, it is recommended to convert Event Types to Action Rules.The

legacy user Event Types in the camera will continue to work but will not be visible in the user interface of the camera. The Event

Types need to be converted to Action rules to beco me visible in the user interface.

To convert Event Types to Action Rules go to Events > Action Rules and click Convert.

Caution

This is not recommended wh e n using a VMS based on the old Event Management System.

Setting Up an Action Rule

An action rule deﬁnes the conditions that must be met for the p roduct to perfo rm an action, f or example record video or send email

notiﬁcations. If multiple conditions are deﬁned, all must be m

et to trigger the action.

The following example describes how to set up an action

rule to record video to a network share if there is movement in the

camera’s ﬁeld of view.

Set up motion detection and add a network share:

1. Go to Detectors > Motion Detection and conﬁgure a motion detection window, see page 32

2. Go to System Options > Storage and set up the network share, see page 48.

Set up the action rule:

1. Go to Events > Action Rules and click Add.

2. Select Enable rule and enter a descriptive name for the rule.

3. Select Detectors from the Trigger drop-down list.

4. Select Motion Detection from the drop-down list. Select the motion detection windo w to use.

5. Optionally, select a Schedule and Additional conditions,seebelow.

6. Under Actions, select Record Video from t he Type drop-down list.

7. Select a Stream proﬁ le and conﬁgure the Duration settings as described below.

8. Select Network Share from the Storage drop-down list.