E-Mail Notification - Q-See QS SERIES Setup Manual

E-MAIL NOTIFICATION

The system can send an email notification to up to five addresses with an attached JPEG
snapshot recorded by one or more cameras when triggered by an alarm event.
Setting the DVR to take snapshots and send e-mail is done in the Alarm section of the
Advance menu. These are two options available in the Trigger settings for each camera.
Setting up these triggers is covered in Section 5.2 Advance Menu in the User Manual
that came on the same CD as this document. It is also available for free download through our
online help site at Q-See.com/support.
Your DVR will need to be connected to the Internet - either through a router or by being
directly connected to a modem - in order to be able to send out email alerts.
You will need to provide the DVR with a valid e-mail address that it can use to send the alert
messages. These settings are made in the Communications section of the Advance menu.
For the purposes of this guide, we will use Google's Gmail service because it is free and offers
a higher volume of e-mails on a daily basis. The settings shown in the instructions will be
that for Gmail. Other services' settings may be different, but can be found on their respective
webpages.
If you have a corporate mail server, you will need to consult with your IT department regarding
proper settings.
NOTE! Depending upon your settings, the system can generate a lot of e-mail
alerts. For that reason, we recommend setting up a dedicated e-mail address
specifically for the system to send alert notices. If you do not have your own
e-mail system (such as a corporate mail server) you should consider using a
free e-mail provider. However, because many free e-mail services allow only a
limited amount of e-mail traffic we specifically recommend using Google's Gmail service with
its higher limit. Similarly, you will want the alert e-mails to go to a different account than the
one sending them. This will ease your management of these alerts.
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STEP 1. Create a Gmail account for the
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DVR to use to send e-mail.
STEP 2. On your DVR, navigate to the
Advance menu.
STEP 3. Select Comm from the left side
of the screen and click on the E-mail
tab.
STEP 4. Select Enable from the pull-
down menu.
STEP 5. Choose whether you want e-mails sent out immediately upon an alarm, or if you
want a delay.
STEP 6. Enter the following information into the respective fields:
STEP 7. Click Test to verify your settings. You should receive a confirmation message in
a pop-up window.
STEP 8. Click APPLY to save your settings before exiting the window.
Mail Server (SMTP) Enter the SMTP address of your email server. For example,
smtp.gmail.com
Port Enter the SMTP port of your email server. Gmail's is 465.
Connection Security Leave this turned off. Only advanced users should enable
this option.
User Name The "from" address of your alerts.
Password Enter the password of your sending email account
To Enter the destination email address for your notifications. This should be a
different e-mail address than the sending account to avoid possible errors. You
may enter up to four other e-mail accounts using the CC fields.
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