User's Manual
AXISQ1931–EThermalNetworkCamera
Events
Availableactionsinclude:
•OutputPort–ActivateanI/Oporttocontrolanexternaldevice.
•OverlayText–Displayanoverlaytext.SeeUsingOverlayTextinanActionRule,onpage18.
•PlayAudioClip–SeeAudioClips,onpage20.
•RecordVideo–Recordvideotoaselectedstorage.
•SendImages–Sendimagestoarecipient.
•SendNotications–Sendanoticationmessagetoarecipient.
•SendVideoClip–Sendavideocliptoarecipient.
SettingUpanActionRule
Anactionruledenestheconditionsthatmustbemetfortheproducttoperformanaction,forexamplerecordvideoorsendan
emailnotication.Ifmultipleconditionsaredened,allofthemmustbemettotriggertheaction.
Thefollowingexampledescribeshowtosetupanactionruletorecordvideotoanetworkshareifthereismovementinthe
camera’seldofview.
Setupmotiondetectionandaddanetworkshare:
1.GotoDetectors>MotionDetectionandcongureamotiondetectionwindow.Seepage25
2.GotoSystemOptions>Storageandsetupthenetworkshare.Seepage43.
Setuptheactionrule:
1.GotoEvents>ActionRulesandclickAdd.
2.SelectEnableruleandenteradescriptivenamefortherule.
3.SelectDetectorsfromtheTriggerdrop-downlist.
4.SelectMotionDetectionfromthedrop-downlist.Selectthemotiondetectionwindowtouse.
5.Optionally,selectaScheduleandAdditionalconditions.Seebelow.
6.UnderActions,selectRecordVideofromtheTypedrop-downlist.
7.SelectaStreamproleandconguretheDurationsettingsasdescribedbelow.
8.SelectNetworkSharefromtheStoragedrop-downlist.
Toaddadditionalcriteria,selecttheAdditionalconditionsoptionandaddadditionaltriggers.Topreventanactionfrombeing
triggeredrepeatedly,aWaitatleasttimecanbeset.Enterthetimeinhours,minutesandseconds,duringwhichthetrigger
shouldbeignoredbeforetheactionrulecanbeactivatedagain.
TherecordingDurationofsomeactionscanbesettoincludetimeimmediatelybeforeandaftertheevent.SelectPre-triggertime
and/orPost-triggertimeandenterthenumberofseconds.WhenWhiletheruleisactiveisenabledandtheactionistriggered
againduringthepost-triggertime,therecordingtimewillbeextendedwithanotherpost-triggertimeperiod.
Formoreinformation,seetheonlinehelp
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FallbackAction
Afallbackactionisstartediftheprimaryactioncannotbestarted,forexampleifconnectiontoarecipientcannotbeestablished.
Fallbackactionsaretypicallyusedtosendemailnoticationsonfailedactionsortouploadimagestoasecondaryrecipient.
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