Event Action Setup - ADT A-SDR400LTE-80 User Manual

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Event Action Setup

You can program the DVR to record, activate the alarm output and/or notify the remote site
whenever sensor, motion, text-in or video loss events are detected. Highlight the Alarm-In Action,
Motion Action, Text-In Action or Video Loss Action in the Event Action menu and press the
button. The Event Action setup screens will appear.
NOTE: Program event dwell times to expected event periods. Proper dwell time
programming will minimize excessive Event Log entries.
DWELL TIME refers to the length of time the DVR will record video and/or annunciate external
alarm outputs. The Dwell Time begins and video begins to be recorded at the time of the initial
event. Typical events are the alarm-in signal, a detected motion event, text input or a video signal
interruption.
For Alarm In Event Action, Motion Detector Event Action, Text-In Event Action and Video
Loss Event Action setup screens, proper use of the event action DWELL time is recommended.
The proper use of dwell times will assist in the operation of remote event search functions.
If the programmed dwell times are shorter than the total event time, multiple individual events will
be recorded on the hard disk drive and logged in the Event Log. If the dwell time is chosen to
closely match the total expected event length, the number of events listed in the Event Log will be
reduced.
What happens when the event is longer than the dwell time?
If an event is sixty seconds but has a programmed event dwell time of ten seconds, a total of six (6)
individual events will be listed in the Event Log. After the first event begins and the initial ten
seconds of dwell time expires, a new event (with an additional ten second dwell time) will be
triggered by the event. As a result the Event Log will show six entries that can be viewed
individually.
What happens if the event is shorter than the dwell time?
Let's say an event lasts thirty seconds and the dwell time is programmed for sixty seconds. You
will get one event in the Event Log, lasting the dwell time limit of sixty seconds.
What happens if the event stops shortly after the dwell time?
Let's say an event is expected to last twenty seconds and the event dwell time is programmed for
twenty seconds, and the event exceeds the twenty-second time expectation by only one additional
second. Then you will have two events in the event log, each with a twenty-second dwell time.
Proper dwell time programming will minimize excessive Event Log entries and the necessity of
multiple event viewing.
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