in this chapter we will learn how to configure the alarms of the system
the alarm configuration is one of the most crucial configurations
here you will set all the responses of the system in case of alarms
setting it incorrectly might cause lost records or no records at all
click on the menu button and then choose settings
the third category is alarm. after clicking on it you will see a subcategory appearing on the right
we'll start with alarm output
here we will set the possible responses like alarm out, email, display, buzzer and push message
first is alarm out which is actually relays
alarms output can either be located on the back of the devices depending on the technical specs
or it can be inherited from the camera if the camera supports this feature
this makes this list dynamic as different devices with different cameras will change the length of the list
in the alarm out you will have to configure the delay
which is the period of time where the relay stays active and the schedule
notice that the alarm out will not be active outside of the scheduled time
this doesn't include manual alarm mode
next one is email. this configuration is required if you wish for the system to send an email
such as picture or text as a response to alarm events
this is a two-stage configuration process
first you should configure the sender. check your email configuration and fill the required details
click on test fill the recipient address and confirm
we recommend going through the test process even if you are sure that the filled details are correct
this will ensure that the email feature will work flawlessly
after tested successfully, click on edit recipient to set the email addresses that will receive the alert emails
click on add, build the required email address and choose the active schedule
each email address can be associated with one schedule
the next option is display
this refers to the duration of the video and message pop-ups displayed on the local screen
set the duration for both and continue to the buzzer settings
the buzzer settings hold the duration of the buzzer, set it to duration suitable for your needs
last is the push message.
for this feature to work you must enable it on the device
and run provisioncam2 mobile application in version 1.1 or higher
tick enable and click apply. then wait for the push server status to change from disabled to online
note that the IP address of the push server
might vary according to your location and the availability of the server
once we are done configuring the responses of the system
we will have to configure how the system should respond to different alarms
we will start with motion alarms. here you have several available responses for each of the cameras
you can choose from-
snap- which will take a snapshot from the camera video stream in case of alarm
set it to off or on as you please
alarm out- in case of alarm the system will automatically activate alarm out
after ticking it a small configuration window will pop up
in this window you have to choose which of the available alarm outputs will be activated in case of alarm
preset- will send a PTZ camera to a specified location
after ticking it a new configuration window will pop up
choose which cameras will respond and by which preset
note that you must configure the preset prior to performing this configuration
if you wish to change any of these settings later on
click on configure and adjust the settings in the popup configuration window
Buzzer- will make the internal buzzer of the system beep
pop-up video- a live video of the chosen Channel will pop up on a single channel window
email- the system will send an email according to the settings you have made in the response configuration
this is all the configurations available for motion detection. let's proceed to sensor alarm configuration
in this list you will have all the alarm inputs of the device
together with all the alarm inputs that were inherited from the IP cameras
the sensor alarm is quite similar to the motion alarm there are only minor changes
you have three settings dedicated for sensor alarm that should be configured
these are type- which allows you to choose between normally open and normally closed
the NO and NC refers to the state of the sensor circuit in normal conditions
next you have to choose if to enable or disable the sensor
then you can choose which channels will record as a result of the sensor alarm
all the rest of the settings are identical to the motion alarms so we will not repeat it
the next configuration is exception-
here we will find all the alarms that relate to the system. we will start with IPC offline
this alarm will be triggered if one of the IP cameras connected to the system stops working
here again we'll find all the options from motion and sensor alarms
the next and last section is exception handling settings
here you will choose what will happen if the system encounters a major fault
this includes IP address conflict, disk error, disk fault, no disk, illegal access and network disconnection
the only options here are to trigger alarm out/ enable buzzer/ pop up message and send email
we recommend on enabling all forms of alerts for such alarms
last we have the alarm status- here you can have an indication for the current state of the alarm
this is very useful when connecting sensors
as it can give you a clear indicator that the sensors are working as expected
this finalizes the alarm configuration