This page sets actions to be taken if an alarm occurs. You can set up to five actions (No. 1 to No. 5).
[Alarm] Page
TOPThis page can be used during access using “admin” or “operator”.
Click [Advanced Settings] in the side menu, and click [Alarm].
Press the [OK] button to enable the new settings. Only items that are valid under the selected [Action] will be saved. If you set an [Action] to “Disable”, its settings are initialized.
If the [OK] button is pressed upon entering an invalid value, a warning message will appear and the entry will be denied. Press the [Cancel] button to restore the invalid entry to the value before the change was made. If you press the [Cancel] button, other changed items will also be restored to the values before the change was made.
The contents displayed changes depending on the selected action and the item of [1st Trigger].
Settings
Setting values with are default values.
No.1 to No.5
Action
Selects the action to perform when the alarm is activated.
Disable:
Performs no action.
Mail:
Sends out e-mail. Specify the recipient’s mail address. The subject of the mail is “Alarm from {model name}”.
(For example, the subject is Alarm from VN-H657WPB in the case of VN-H657WPBU.)
Enter the message to send in [Mail Text]. Enter a message not longer than 127 characters.
To attach an image to the mail, set [JPEG Attachment] to “ON”.
TCP:
Sends the text string input in the [TCP Data] field via TCP to the recipients specified in [TCP IP Address] and [TCP Port Number].
UDP:
Sends the text string input in the [UDP Data] field via UDP to the recipients specified in [UDP IP Address] and [UDP Port Number].
Switch Scene File:
Specifies the filming scene.
Position:
Moves to the position set at [Action Position Number].
Play Audio:
Plays back an audio file registered to the camera.
For details about the audio file settings, refer to [Audio File No.1 to No.5] on the [Audio] page.
Pin Output1 Make:
Changes Pin Output1 to Make.
Pin Output1 Break:
Changes Pin Output1 to Break.
Pin Output2 Make:
Changes Pin Output2 to Make.
Pin Output2 Break:
Changes Pin Output2 to Break.
[Set values: Disable, Mail, TCP, UDP, Switch Scene File, Position, Play Audio, Pin Output1 Make, Pin Output1 Break, Pin Output2 Make, Pin Output2 Break]
1st Trigger
Select the 1st trigger to perform an action.
[Set values: Pin Input1 Make, Pin Input1 Break, Pin Input2 Make, Pin Input2 Break, Position, Audio Detection1, Audio Detection2, Motion Detection, Tampering Detection, Time, Day/Night, FAN Stop]
If you set the [2nd Trigger] to “Disable”, an action will be performed when only [1st Trigger] is triggered.
[Max. Interval] and [2nd Trigger] can be selected only when input terminal (“Pin Input1 Make”, “Pin Input1 Break”, “Pin Input2 Make”, or “Pin Input2 Break”) is selected for the [1st Trigger] trigger.
Max. Interval
This is available when both [1st Trigger] and [2nd Trigger] are set.
Specify the maximum interval between each trigger for [1st Trigger] and [2nd Trigger].
An action will be performed if [2nd Trigger] occurs within the maximum time interval after [1st Trigger] occurs.
[Set values: 1 sec to 3600 sec]
2nd Trigger
Select the 2nd trigger to perform an action.
[Set values: Disable, Pin Input1 Make, Pin Input1 Break, Pin Input2 Make, Pin Input2 Break]
Mail Settings:
If you have set the [SMTP Server], [Port Number], and [Send Mail Address] on the [Alarm Environment] page, the “Preset” message is shown. If not set, the “Unset” message is shown.
Mail Address:
Enter the recipient’s mail address.
Mail Text:
Enter the mail text. Input not more than 127 characters.
JPEG Attachment:
Specify whether or not to attach an image file to the mail. To attach JPEG images, check the Attach box and select the transmission channel.
Encoder:
Specifies an Encoder No. for encoding of attached JPEG files.
You cannot select [JPEG Attachment] if there is no channel with Encode set to JPEG.
By using [JPEG Attachment], images recorded immediately before and/or after the trigger are attached. In the event that the action of a trigger takes time, the image you want may not be included in the attachment.
For example, even when “Day/Night” is selected as the trigger condition and set to “Color”, a black-and-white image may be attached instead of a colored one.
TCP
TCP IP Address:
Enter the IP address or FQDN of the destination of TCP notification.
TCP Port Number:
Enter the port number of the destination of TCP notification. (1 to 65535)
TCP Data:
Enter a character string to be sent for TCP notification. Input not more than 127 characters.
JPEG Attachment:
Specify whether or not to attach an image file to the mail. To attach JPEG images, check the Attach box and select the transmission channel.
Encoder:
Specifies an Encoder No. for encoding of attached JPEG files.
You cannot select [JPEG Attachment] if there is no channel with Encode set to JPEG.
By using [JPEG Attachment], images recorded immediately before and/or after the trigger are attached. In the event that the action of a trigger takes time, the image you want may not be included in the attachment.
For example, even when “Day/Night” is selected as the trigger condition and set to “Color”, a black-and-white image may be attached instead of a colored one.
UDP
UDP IP Address:
Enter the IP address or FQDN of the destination of UDP notification.
UDP Port Number:
Enter the port number of the destination of UDP notification. (1 to 65535)
UDP Data:
Enter a character string to be sent for UDP notification. Input not more than 127 characters.
Switch Scene File
Scene File:
Select the scene file to change. For details of the scene file, see the [Camera] page.
[Set values: General, Indoor, Outdoor, ActiveGamma, Traffic, DataSaving, Day(Color), Night(B&W)]
Action Position Number
Set the position number to move to when [Action] item is set to “Position”.
[Set values: 0 to 99]
Specify the setting for Preset Position in [PTZ Settings] of Built-in Viewer.
Pin Output1 Make, Pin Output1 Break, Pin Output2 Make, Pin Output2 Break
Alarm Output Duration:
Specify the output time when the [Action] item is set to “Pin Output1 Make”, “Pin Output1 Break”, “Pin Output2 Make”, or “Pin Output2 Break”.
[Set values: 0, 100 to 5000] msec
Play Audio
Audio File:
Select the file number to play when [Action] item A is set to “Play Audio”.
[Set values: 1 to 5]
Trigger Position Number
Set the preset position number to be used as the trigger when [1st Trigger] is set to “Position”.
[Set values: 0 to 99]
Specify the setting for Preset Position in [PTZ Settings] of Built-in Viewer.
Time
Executes an action at the time you have entered.
[Set values: 00 H 00 M to 23 H 59 M]
Day/Night
This is enabled when “Day/Night” is selected for the [1st Trigger] item.
Color:
Executes an action when the image switches from black-and-white to color.
Black & White:
Executes an action when the image switches from color to black-and-white.
[Set values: Color, Black & White]
Time Filter
For specifying the alarm action with respect to each day of the week and setting the corresponding time of the day.
Applicable day of week:
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Alarm action:
Unmask All, Mask All, Unmask Span, Mask Span
Applicable time period:
Specify the starting and ending time of the alarm in hours and minutes.