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Chapter 6: Alarm settings
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6. Select the arming schedules for the external alarm.
In the Settings window, click the Arming Schedule tab, and select the day of the
week and the time periods during the day when an alarm input can be detected.
You can schedule up to eight time periods in a day. Default is 24 hours.
Click Apply to save the settings. Click Copy to copy the settings to other days of
the week and holiday period.
Note: The time periods defined cannot overlap.
7. Select the response method to an external alarm.
Click the Linkage Action tab to define the method by which you want the NVR to
notify you of the alarm. See “Description of alarm notification types” on page 35 for
the list of methods available. Click Apply to save settings.
8. Select the PTZ camera function required in response to an external alarm.
Click the PTZ Linking tab. Select the PTZ camera as well as the preset, preset tour,
or shadow tour that is triggered when the alarm is detected.
Click Apply to save the settings.
9. Click Copy to copy the settings to other alarm inputs, if required.
10. Click OK to return to the Alarm Input window.
11. Click Back to return to live view, or continue configuring the NVR settings.
To set up an alarm output:
Note: Not all IP cameras have an alarm output.
1. From the menu toolbar, click Alarm Settings > Alarm Output.
2. Select the alarm output. You can enter an alarm output name, if desired.
3. Select a time out period. Default is 5 seconds.