User manual

AXIS Camera Station

Event Conﬁguration Wizard

Event Conﬁguration Wizard helps yo u set up rules for triggers and actions in AXIS Camera Station. By setting up a rule you can assign

actions to triggers; for instance when motion is detected, a siren will sound and recording will beg in on des ignated cameras.

Triggers are classiﬁed as:

Motion Detection A motion detection e v ent is triggered when an Axis camera detects motion within its deﬁned area.

DetectionisperformedbythecamerawhichmeansnoprocessingloadtoAXISCameraStation.

Active Tampering Alarm An a ctive tampering alarm occurs when the ca m era is repositioned or w hen the lens is covered,

sprayed or severely defocused.

AXIS Cross Line Detection An AXIS Cross Line Detection event is triggered when a camera detects moving ob jects that

cross a virtual line. See notes below.

System Event and Error

A system event and error triggers on recor ding errors, when connection t o a camera is los t, a cces s

to the recording disk is denied or when the recording disk is full.

Advanced triggers:

Input/Output Input/Output is when a ca m era's I/O port receives a signal from an e xternal device, such as a

doorbell, smoke detector or switch.

Device Event Trigger The device event trigger is intended for advanced users and can be used if no other trigger is

applicable. This trigger allows you to select any even t available in a camera, for example events

from applications uploaded to cameras with s upport for AXIS Camera Application Platform. For

information about available events, refer to the camera’s help ﬁles.

Actions ar e classiﬁed as:

Record

Start a recording from a speciﬁed camera.

Raise alarm

Send an alarm to all connected clients. An alarm procedure can be included.

Set Output Set the state of an output port. This can be used to control an external device connected to the port.

Send e-mail Send an e-mail notiﬁcation to one or more recipients. Snapshots can be atta

ched.

Live view

Open a speciﬁc view, camera or PTZ preset position.

Note

• I/O ports must be added to AXIS Camera Station before being used in the Event Conﬁguration Wizard. See Add Inputs

and Outp uts, on page 38.

• Active Tampering Alarms are supported by products with tampering capabilities and ﬁrmware 5.11 and later.

• AXIS Cross Line Detection is an application that must be uploaded to the network camera o r video encoder. The application

can b e uploaded to products with support for AXIS Camera Application Platform. For m ore information, r efer to AXIS

Cross Line Detection User’s Guide.

• Device event triggers are supported by products with ﬁrmware 5.40 and later.

Create a Rule

The example described in this chapter demonstrates how to use the Event Conﬁguration Wizard to create a rule that starts a

recording, raises an alarm and sends an e-mail each time a door is opened. The door switch is connected to an inp ut port of the

camera monitoring the door.

Start by creating a new rule:

1. Open the Conﬁguration menu and select Event Conﬁguration.

2. Click New to open the New Rule dialog.