Action At An Alarm Occurrence; Alarm Type - Panasonic WJ-GXE500 Operating Instructions Manual

Action at an alarm occurrence

The alarm action (action at an alarm occurrence) will be performed when the following alarms occur.

Alarm type

Terminal alarm: When connecting an alarm device such as a sensor to the EXT I/O terminals of the unit, the alarm
action will be performed when the connected alarm device is activated. (☞ Page 45)
VMD alarm: When motion is detected in the set VMD area, the alarm action will be performed. (☞ Page 45)
* VMD stands for "Video Motion Detection".
Command alarm: When a Panasonic alarm protocol is received from the connected device via a network, the
alarm action will be performed. (☞ Page 45)
Camera site alarm: When a camera connected to a Video input connector detects an alarm by alarm sensors or
cameras' motion detectors, etc., and the unit receives the alarm input signal from the camera, the alarm action
will be performed. (☞ Page 45)
Video loss: When the loss of video input signals is detected due to coaxial cable disconnections or camera trou-
bles, the alarm action will be performed. (☞ Page 45)
Action at an alarm occurrence
• Display the [Alarm occurrence indication] button on the "Live" page. (☞ Page 7)
The alarm occurrence indication button will be displayed on the "Live" page at an alarm occurrence.
Important:
• When "Polling (30 sec)" is selected for "Alarm status update mode" (☞ page 30), the [Alarm occurrence indica-
tion] button will be refreshed in 30-second intervals. For this reason, it may take a maximum of 30 seconds until
the [Alarm occurrence indication] button is displayed on the "Live" page at an alarm occurrence.
• Notify of alarm occurrences to the device connected to the alarm connector
It is possible to output signals from the alarm connector on the rear of the unit and sound the buzzer when an
alarm occurs.
The settings for the alarm output can be configured on the [Alarm] tab of the "Alarm" page. (☞ Page 45)
• Save images on the SD memory card
When an alarm occurs, images will be saved on the SD memory card. The settings to save images on the SD
memory card can be configured on the [SD memory card] tab of the "Basic" page. (☞ Page 31)
• Transmit an image onto a server automatically
An alarm image can be transmitted at an alarm occurrence to the server designated in advance. The settings
required to transmit an alarm image to a server can be configured on the [Alarm] tab of the "Alarm" page and
the [FTP] tab of the "Server" page (☞ pages 45 and 52).
Important:
• Select "FTP error" for "Save trigger" on the [SD memory card] tab when using the SD memory card. When
"Alarm input" or "Manual" is selected for "Save trigger", an alarm image will not be transmitted at an alarm
occurrence to the FTP server. (☞ Page 31)
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