Motion Detection Area Setup - Swann Advanced series Easy Setup Manual

Alarm Confi guration Menu
From this menu you can confi gure the DVR to emit an alarm tone from it's
internal buzzer, trigger an external alarm device or confi gure the DVR to send
an 'Auto-Mail' email alert when motion is detected.
For the Auto-Mail function to work correctly, the DVR will need to be correctly
confi gured with the details of the email servers and addresses you want to
use. See "Auto Email Setup Menu" on page 50 for more information.
Buzzer: Whether the internal alarm speaker inside the DVR is enabled
or not. When set to OFF, the buzzer will not sound under any
circumstances.You can choose which types of alarm events will
trigger the buzzer by selecting or deselecting the fi rst tick box next
to the type of alarm event you want to trigger the buzzer.We sug-
gest leaving the buzzer enabled, and having it sound on HDD Loss,
HDD Space and Video Loss alarm events. This way, the DVR will give
you a warning if its operation is compromised (either it is unable to
record more footage, or there is no incoming video feed to record).
48 Remember: After making changes to the settings press/click the APPLY button.

Motion Detection Area Setup

Say, for example, you are trying to monitor your front yard, whilst in the background
there is a busy street, and the cars driving past continually set off the motion
detection. What can you do about it? Setting only part of the camera's view to be
motion sensitive might be the answer. This is useful in a number of circumstances,
such as monitoring one particular door at the end of a busy hallway, or a backyard
with a tree that keeps blowing in the wind.
To set the MOTION DETECTION AREA
• In the MOTION DETECTION menu, use the mouse or the arrow buttons to highlight
the SETUP button for the channel you wish to setup the MOTION DETECTION
AREA for, and confi rm by pressing select or left clicking.
• You will see a grid (15 x 12) of red boxes.
The red boxes mark the area that is sensitive to motion.
• Use the arrow buttons or the mouse to move the cursor around the screen.
• By pressing select or left clicking an area in the grid, you can toggle motion
detection ON or OFF in that location.
• Areas marked by red boxes will be sensitive to motion, those not marked will not
be.
• Click and drag to select the area you want to select or deselect.
In this example, the entire screen area is activated.
A suffi cient amount of movement (depending on
your sensitivity settings) anywhere in the screen
will trigger the motion detection.
This example shows the same image, but the top
left side of the motion area is not activated, and
neither are the edges of the screen. Movement in
these areas will not trigger the motion detection.
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