Setting Up External Alarms - Interlogix TruVision DVR 12 User Manual

Chapter 5: Alarm settings
To trigger the front panel alarm LED:
1. Click the
Display Settings
Monitor>More Settings.
2. Check both the
Other Notification: Panel Alarm LED
boxes.

Setting up external alarms

The DVR can be configured to record when an alarm is triggered by an external
alarm device (for example, PIR detector, dry contacts...).
To set up external alarms:
1. From the menu toolbar, click
2. Select the alarm input number of a camera and enter the name of the input, if
required.
3. Select the alarm input type, NO or NC.
4. Check the Setting box to enable the function and click
for the cameras to be triggered, their alarm schedules, method of alarm
notification and PTZ function.
5. Select the cameras to be triggered when an external alarm is detected.
In the Rule window, click
triggered for recording when an alarm is detected. Only analog cameras can
be selected. Click
6. Select the recording schedules for the external alarm.
Click the
Arming schedule
periods during the day when motion can be recorded. You can schedule up to
eight time periods in a day. Default is 24 hours.
Click to save the settings. Click
Apply
days of the week and holiday period.
Note: The time periods defined cannot overlap.
7. Select the response method to an external alarm.
Click the Rule tab to define the method by which you want the DVR to notify
you of the alarm. Click
28
icon in the menu toolbar and select
Alarm Settings
Trigger channel
to save the settings.
Apply
tab and select the day of the week and the time
to save
Apply
and
>
Alarm Input.
Rule
and select the cameras to be
to copy the settings to other
Copy
settings.
Motion Alarm
to set up the rules
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