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AXIS P7210 Video Encoder
Events
Events
The Axis product can be configured to perform actions when different e vents occur, for example, star t a re cording when motion is
detected. The set of conditions that defines how and when the action is triggered is called an Action Rule.
Available Action Rul e triggers and conditions include:
• Applications — u se installed applications to trigger the rule, see .
• Detectors
- Audio Detection — trigger the rule w hen audio is detected, see
Audio Detection, on page 27 .
- Motion Detection — trigger the rule w hen motion is detected , see
Motion Detection, on page 25 .
- Tampering — tr igger the rule w h en tampering is detected, se e
Camera Tampering, on page 25 .
• Hardware
- Video Signal — trigg er the rule if video signal is lost.
- 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, see
I/O
Ports, on page 41
.
- Manual Trigger — trigger the rule using the Manual Trigger button in the Live View page, see
Controls on the
Live View Page, on page 7
. This can for example be used to validate actions d
uring product installa tion
and configuration.
• PTZ
- Autotracking — trigger the rule wh en autotracking starts or stops, see .
- 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 op
eration.
- Preset Reached —trigger
therulewhenthecamerastopsatapresetposition.Thiscanbeforexamplebeused
with the Send Images action to upload images from the preset position .
• Storage
- Available — trigger the rule when the storage device is unmounted or removed. This can for example be
used to send maintenance notifications.
- Full — trigger the rule when the storage device is full. Under normal operation, the oldest recordings will be
o
verwritten to prevent the storage device from becoming full.
- Locked — trigger the rule if the storage device is locked (write protected).
• System
- System Initializing — trigger the rule when the product is being started . This ca n for example be used to send a
notification when the product restarts.
• Time
- Recurrence — trigger the rule periodically, see
Recurrences, on p ag e 30 . This can for example be used to
upload an image every 5 minutes.
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