External I/Os - Axis Camera Station User Manual

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External I/Os

Quick Add Alarm
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This section defines alarms coming from devices connected to I/Os in the
system. External I/O alarms can be used by in two ways:
• Alarms received directly from inputs/outputs on an Axis camera or video
server.
• FTP alarms - i.e. an alarm from a camera or video server that uploads
images to an FTP directory to act as a trigger. This FTP directory is
monitored by AXIS Camera Station.
1. For a new alarm, click the Add Alarm button. Give the alarm a descriptive
name and click OK.
2. Select the required I/O from the drop-down list I/O Name. The new alarm
created in step 1 is also available here.
3. Check the box for Enable external alarm.
4. Set the various required parameters, according to the descriptions in I/O type-
specific data, on page 42 and I/O Definition, on page 41.
For an AXIS I/O this means e.g. the IP address to the Axis device containing
the I/O, the user ID and password to the device and any texts for buttons and
event logs.
5. Select the camera(s) that will record when this alarm is triggered by clicking
Select camera. For a camera to appear in this window, it must be registered
under the Cameras tab, see Cameras, on page 19 for instructions.
6. Click OK to save and exit.
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