Alarm Recording - Panasonic BB-HNP15A Operating Instructions Manual

Operating Instructions
2.4.4

Alarm Recording

When the signal of an alarm that is attached to the camera is detected, alarm
recording starts.
Set the alarm detection method for individual cameras (see page 31).
Alarm recording only operates when the JPEG format is selected. If the MPEG-4
format is selected, change the format to JPEG (see page 24).
1.
Select the camera to record from the multi-monitoring page.
• A red frame is displayed around the selected camera.
• To select multiple cameras, click the camera images while holding down the
[Ctrl] key. A blue frame is displayed around the selected cameras.
(A red frame is displayed around the focus camera.)
See page 74 instructions on selecting cameras.
2.
Select an alarm type from the menu that is displayed by clicking
• The focus camera and other selected cameras are set for alarm recording.
•
recording set (see page 55).
• To stop recording, select a camera to stop and click
• You can select [Alarm/Sensor Recording] → [Start All]/[Start Alarm1/
Sensor]/[Start Alarm2] or [Stop Recording] from the [Recording] on the
menu bar.
Note
• When you want to stop recording, always click
Recording]. If you close the operation window, recording will not stop.
When
(see page 9).
• You can set the camera to record a certain number of seconds before and after an
alarm signal is detected. The detection method that you have set may not be
sufficient for alarm detection recording depending on the resolution, image quality,
the recording subject, and network environment. To ensure proper operation, test
the alarm recording.
• On alarm detection, the camera can execute the selected commands (see page
33).
• If after-alarm detection recording and before-alarm detection recording
overlap, a continuous image is recorded.
Example: you have set images to be recorded 5 seconds before and after
alarm detection.
5 sec.
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is displayed in the upper-right portion of the screen for cameras that have alarm
is displayed in the notification area, the recording software is running
Alarm signal
is detected
5 sec.
5 sec.
1 image is recorded.
.
, or select [Recording]-[Stop
5 sec.
Alarm signal
is detected
.