Alarm Operation - Hitron H4R15MX User Instructions

3-7. Alarm Operation

A. Single alarm:
When an alarm occurs in the live mode, the following actions occur:
1. The LED indicator of the alarmed camera blinks one time per second.
2. The alarm buzzer sounds until the alarm hold time expires, if enabled.
Note: Pressing any button turns off the alarm buzzer if the alarm acknowledge option
is ON in the Alarms menu.
3. The alarm relay is energized if enabled.
4. The screen is switched to the selected display format set in the Alarms menu.
1) When the alarm display is 2X2, the monitor display format is changed to the 2X2
screen format.
2) When the alarm display is FULL, the monitor display format is changed to the
full-screen display format.
3) When the alarm display is UNCHANGED, the monitor display has no change.
5. The alarm message is displayed at the alarmed camera on the screen.
A: sensor alarm, L: video loss alarm, M: motion alarm
6. The recording speed is changed to the event recording speed set in the record type
menu.
7. All actions are continued until the alarm is reset.
B. Multiple alarms:
Multiple alarms are processed in the order they occur. When multiple alarms occur, the
same actions as in a single alarm situation occur, except the following:
When the alarm display is set to FULL, the monitor is switched between alarmed
cameras in numerical order automatically every alarm dwell time.
C. Alarm reset:
When the alarm hold time of an alarmed camera has elapsed, that camera's alarm
actions are terminated.
When the alarm acknowledge is ON in the alarms menu, pressing any key will
terminate all alarm actions when the real alarms release but when the real alarm is
still exist, pressing any key will turn off the only buzzer. If you want to turn off the relay
when the real alarm is still exist, turn off the relay option in the alarms menu.
D. Alarm during the recorder display mode:
All function operates the same as the live display maintaining the recorder display
mode. If you want to watch the alarmed camera, press mode key.
E. Alarm during the Playback display mode:
When an alarm occurs in the Playback display mode, the monitor exits the playback
display mode and operates the same alarm action as the live display mode.
After alarm actions finished, the monitor maintains the live display mode.
If you want to stay in the playback display mode even if an alarm occurs, set the
display format to UNCHANGED in the Alarms menu.
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