Alarm Settings; Description Of Alarm Notification Types - Interlogix TruVision DVR 12 User Manual

Chapter 5

Alarm settings

This chapter describes setting up how the system will respond when an alarm is
triggered.
Enter menu mode by pressing the Menu button on the front panel or use the
mouse menu to select Menu (see "Controlling live view" on page 60 for further
information). See Menu overview on page 55 for a list of the menu icons.

Description of alarm notification types

When setting up the rules for alarm detection, you can specify how you want the
DVR to notify you about an alarm. You can select more than one notification
type. Not all notifications types are available for all types of alarms.
The alarm notification types are:
Full-Screen Monitoring: Triggers the camera image in alarm to appear as
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full-screen view.
Audible Warning: Triggers an audible beep when a notification or alarm is
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detected.
Notify Surveillance Center: Sends a signal to TruVision Navigator or other
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software applications when an alarm or notification is detected.
Send Email: Sends an email when an alarm or notification is detected. See
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"Configuring email" on page 37 for information on how to configure the DVR
to send an email.
Upload Captured Pictures to FTP: Sends snapshots to a designated FTP
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site. See "Configuring an FTP server to store snapshots" on page 39 for more
information.
Trigger Alarm Output: Triggers an alarm output when a notification is
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detected for an external alarm. See "Setting up external alarms" on page 28
for information on configuring an alarm output.
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