User manual
AXISQ1615NetworkCamera
Events
-Recording–TriggerstherulewhentheAxisproductrecordstothestoragedevice.Therecordingstatustrigger
canbeusedtonotifytheoperator,forexamplebyashingLEDlights,iftheproducthasstartedorstoppedto
recordtothestoragedevice.Notethat,thistriggercanbeusedonlyforedgestoragerecordingstatus.
•System
-SystemReady–Triggertherulewhentheproducthasbeenstartedandallservicesarerunning.Thiscanfor
examplebeusedtosendanoticationwhentheproductrestarts.
•Time
-Recurrence–Triggertheruleperiodically.SeeRecurrencesonpage44.Thiscanforexamplebeusedtoupload
animageevery5minutes.
-UseSchedule–Triggertheruleaccordingtotheselectedschedule.SeeSchedulesonpage43.
Availableactionsinclude:
•Day/NightVisionMode–Setdaymode(IRcutlteron)ornightmode(IRcutlteroff).
•OutputPort–ActivateanI/Oporttocontrolanexternaldevice.
•OverlayText–Displayanoverlaytext.SeeUseOverlayTextinanActionRuleonpage27.
•PlayAudioClip–SeeAudioClipsonpage29.
•PTZControl
-PresetPosition–Gotoapresetposition.
-GuardTour–Startaguardtour.SeeGuardTouronpage33.
•RecordVideo–Recordvideotoaselectedstorage.
•SendImages–Sendimagestoarecipient.
•SendNotications–Sendanoticationmessagetoarecipient.
•SendSNMPTrap–SendanSNMPtrapmessagetotheoperator.MakesurethatSNMPisenabledandcongured
underSystemOptions>Network>SNMP.
•SendVideoClip–Sendavideocliptoarecipient.
•StatusLED–FlashtheLEDindicator.Thiscanforexamplebeusedtovalidatetriggerssuchasmotiondetectionduring
productinstallationandconguration.
•WDRMode–TheWDRModecanbeturnedonoroffwhentheactionruleistriggered.
ConvertEventTypestoActionRules
IftheAxisproductisupgradedtormwareversion5.40orlater,itisrecommendedtoconvertEventTypestoActionRules.The
legacyuserEventTypesinthecamerawillcontinuetoworkbutwillnotbevisibleintheuserinterfaceofthecamera.TheEvent
TypesneedtobeconvertedtoActionrulestobecomevisibleintheuserinterface.
ToconvertEventTypestoActionRulesgotoEvents>ActionRulesandclickConvert.
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ThisisnotrecommendedwhenusingaVMSbasedontheoldEventManagementSystem.
SettingUpanActionRule
Anactionruledenestheconditionsthatmustbemetfortheproducttoperformanaction,forexamplerecordvideoorsendan
emailnotication.Ifmultipleconditionsaredened,allofthemmustbemettotriggertheaction.
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