User's Manual

AXIS M1043–W Network Camera
Events
Events
The Axis product can be configured to perform actions when different events occur, for example, start a recording wh e n motion is
detected. The set of conditions that defines how and when the action is triggered is called an Action Rule.
Available Action Rule triggers and conditions include:
• Applications — use installed applications to trigger the rule, see .
• Detectors
- Audio Detection — trigger the rule when audio is detected, see
Audio detection, on page 29 .
- Motion Detection — trigger the rule when motion is detected, see
Motion Detection, on page 27 .
- PIR — trigger the rule when the PIR sensor detects motion, see
PIR Sensor, on page 29 .
- Tampering — trigger the rule when tampering is detected, see
Camera Tampering, on page 27 .
• Hardware
- Network — trigger the rule if network connection is lost or restored. This can for example be used to start
recording to the SD card.
• Input Signal
- Digital Input Port — trigger the rule when an I/O port receives a signal from a connected device, s ee
I/O
Ports, on page 47
.
- Manual Trigger — trigger the rule using the Manual Trigger button in the Live View page, see
Controls on the
Live View page, on page 10
. This can for example be used to validate actions d
uring p roduct installation
and configuration.
• PTZ
- Moving — trigger the rule when the camera view moves due to a PTZ operation. This can for example be used
as an additional condition to prevent an action rule triggered by motion detection to record video while the
camera view moves due to a PTZ operation.
- Preset Reached —triggertheru
le when the camera sto ps at a preset position. This can be for example be us ed
with the Send Images action to upload images from the preset p osition.
• Storage
- Available — trigger the rule when the storage device is unmounted or removed. This can for example be
used to send maintenance notifications.
- Full — trigge r the rule whe n the storage device is full. Under normal op era t ion, the oldest recordings will be
overw
ritten to prevent the storage device from becoming full.
- L
ocked —triggertheruleifthestoragedeviceislocked(writeprotected).
• System
- System Initializing — trigge r the rule when the product is being started. Thi s can for example be used to send a
notification when the pro duct restarts.
• Time
- Recurrence — trigger the rule periodically, see
Recurrences, on page 32 . This can for example be used to
upload an image every 5 minutes.
- Use Schedule — trigger the rule according to the s elected schedule, see
Schedules, on page 32 .
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