Configuring Alarm Actions - American Dynamics SpeedDome Ultra 8 Operator's Manual

Configuring Alarm Actions

The dome provides four alarm inputs. By connecting alarm devices, such as smoke alarms,
twilight sensors, or motion sensors, to these inputs, you can enhance the usability of your
video surveillance system. You can further improve your video surveillance by assigning a
dome action, such as a preset or pattern, to start whenever an alarm input changes from normal
to abnormal.
When Set Alarm Actions is selected from Alarms/Areas/Home/Presets/PZ screen, the
following screen appears:
Use this screen to assign a preset or pattern to occur whenever the alarm's input state changes
from normal to abnormal. You may also choose to have no action occur when the alarm's input
state changes.
Alarms can be processed internally by the dome, externally by the controller, or both. You
may choose to send changes in the input state to the host controller. If the changes in input
state are sent to the host controller, the host actions have higher priority than the associated
dome actions.
SPEEDDOME ULTRA 8 CONFIGURATION UTILITY
OPERATOR'S GUIDE
I M P O R T A N T
When operating on Manchester networks, the dome can be programmed to respond
to any of the four available alarm inputs. However, the dome cannot transmit alarm
input states to the host controller. If transmitting the alarm state to the host controller
is required, the alarm device must be wired directly to the host controller.
Figure 29. Set Alarm Actions screen
SET ALARM ACTIONS
INPUT
1
2
3
4
SEND INPUTS TO HOST? YES
Note: An active internal alarm only resets when the input state changes to
"normal." A manual reset is not available.
ACTION
NO ACTION
NO ACTION
NO ACTION
NO ACTION
EXIT
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