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Chapter 11
Alarm settings
This chapter describes setting up how the system will respond when an alarm is
triggered.
Description of alarm notification types
When setting up the rules for alarm detection, you can specify how you want the
recorder to notify you about an alarm or event. You can select more than one
notification type. Not all notifications types are available for all types of alarms.
The alarm notification types are:
• Full screen monitoring: When an alarm is triggered, the monitor (VGA or BNC
monitor) displays the channel triggered by the alarm in full screen in live view mode.
For alarms that are triggered simultaneously, images display one at a time every 10
seconds (default dwell time). You can set a different dwell time using the Dwell Time
setting under the Display Settings > Layout screen. When the alarm stops, cycling
of the images stops and you return to normal live view mode. This alarm option
must be selected for each channel where it is required.
• Audible warning: Triggers an audible beep when a notification or alarm is detected
by the system or a camera.
• Notify surveillance center: Sends a signal to TruVision Navigator or other software
applications when an alarm or notification is detected.
• Send e-mail: Sends an e-mail when an alarm or notification is detected. See
“Configuring e-mail” on page 109 for information on how to configure the recorder to
send an e-mail.
• Upload captured pictures to FTP: Sends snapshots to a designated FTP site. See
“Configuring an FTP server to store snapshots” on page 111 for more information.
• Play audio file: Plays a pre-recorded audio message when an alarm or event is
triggered. See “Alarm audio messages” below for more information.
• Trigger alarm output: Triggers an alarm output or multiple alarm outputs when a
notification is detected for an external alarm. See “Setting up system notifications”
on page 100 for information on configuring an alarm output.