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Configuring an Event Handler: Send Email
You must have provided your camera with the address of an SMTP mail server on the General Settings page (available under the System
menu) for your camera to send email notification for events.
The Send Email event handler sends an email from your camera when a source event is triggered.
1. Select Handlers from the Events menu.
2. Click New Handler or select the handler you want to reconfigure.
3. Provide a name, between 2 and 23 alphanumeric characters, for the event handler in the Name box.
4. Select Send Email for the handler Type.
5. Provide the necessary information for your email in the To, From, Subject, and Message boxes.
6. (Optional) Select the JPEG Snapshot box if you want to send a JPEG snapshot as an attachment to the email.
7. (Optional) Select the Attach Raw Event Data box if you want the email to include extra data about the event. For example, select
this box if the event is triggered by an alarm and you want to receive data about the state, time, or type of alarm.
8. (Optional) Set time filters to determine the days and times during which the handler will be active. If you do not select any filters,
the handler will remain active at all times. All time values must be formatted in 24-hour notation.
9. (Optional) If available, select the source(s) that you want to trigger this event handler.
10. Click Submit.
Configuring an Event Handler: Upload JPEG to FTP Server
This event handler captures and uploads a JPEG to an FTP server when an event source is triggered. JPEG files are named according to
the date and time at which they are recorded; although, you can determine the order of factors in the date-and-time filename.
1. Select Handlers from the Events menu.
2. Click New Handler or select the handler you want to reconfigure.
3. Provide a name, between 2 to 23 alphanumeric characters, for the event source in the Name box.
4. Select the Upload JPEG to FTP Server handler type.
5. Provide the address of your FTP server in the Server box.
6. Provide the credentials the camera will use to authenticate with the FTP server; the user name must be between 1 and 32 alpha-
numeric characters, and the Password must be between 4 and 16 alphanumeric characters.
7. Provide the path in which to store JPEG files on your FTP server in the Base Path box.
8. Select the File Name for your JPEG snapshots. JPEG files are named according to the date and time at which they are recorded.
9. (Optional) Set time filters to determine the days and times during which the handler will be active. If you do not select any filters,
the handler will remain active at all times. All time values must be formatted in 24-hour notation.
10. (Optional) If available, select the source(s) that you want to trigger this event handler.
11. Click Submit.
Configuring an Event Handler: Go to Preset
You must define a preset before you can create a Go to Preset event handler.
The ”Go to Preset” handler activates a camera preset when a source event occurs.