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Behavior Settings
Each analytic behavior contains a number of settings determining the conditions under which events are triggered. The settings available
are dependent on the analytic behavior that you are configuring.
Enable Alarm: Enables a zone alarm. Analytic events for the zone will appear in the event stream when viewing live video, and trigger
event handlers if the Analytic Event source is enabled.
Direction: Determines the direction of motion a zone should track. Events will only be triggered when your camera detects motion in
the specified direction.
Alarm severity: Defines the severity of alarms triggered. Alarm severity helps you and other users prioritize alarms.
Dwell time: Defines the amount of time that an alarm will remain active when an alarm-triggering object exits the field of view or the
zone.
Delay before alarm: Defines the amount of time an object must remain in a zone before triggering an alarm. For the Camera Sabotage
behavior, this defines the delay between a scene violation and the trigger of an alarm.
Alarm at (Object Removal): Determines the number of objects contained within a zone that will trigger an alarm.
Follow Options: Determines whether an object is tracked only within the current field of view or beyond.
Camera Placement: Defines the vertical height of the camera’s location relative to the area being monitored.
Optimize Zoom Settings for Objects of this Type: Defines the type of object to be tracked.
Average Width: Defines the average width of objects to track.
Average Height: Defines the average height of objects to track.
Sensitivity: Overrides the global Profile sensitivity setting for the selected behavior, defining the relative amount of motion, between
1 (low) and 10 (high) that will trigger an event or alarm. Sensitivity is an advanced option for some behaviors.
Zone Sensitivity: Defines the relative amount of motion within the selected zone that will trigger an event or alarm. Zone sensitivity
can be set at a lower or higher setting than the overall sensitivity setting for the rest of the scene or the Profile sensitivity setting for the
selected behavior.
Object Speed: Adjusts for speed if the scene is configured to track moving objects at a slower or faster rate than actual speed.
NOTE: When advanced options are enabled for AutoTracker or Stopped Vehicle behaviors, any excluded zones that you have previously
created within the scene are disabled. You can create additional excluded zones, but the zones will remain exclusive to the behavior
within the selected profile.
Abandoned Object
The Abandoned Object behavior detects objects placed within a defined zone and triggers an alarm if objects remain in the zone longer
than the user-defined time allows.
Ideal Scene Setup for Abandoned Object Analytics
Install the camera in a ceiling or against a wall with the lens pointing at a slight downward angle, above regular motion activities.
The ideal scene for the Abandoned Object behavior contains light traffic where people or objects within the field of view are continually
moving, there are minimal obstructions, and the background is clean. If heavy traffic or a busy background is unavoidable, place moni-
toring zones in relatively stable areas.
Avoid crowded scenes where people or objects remain in one place for long periods of time.