Camera Event Function - Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R Series User Manual

Camera event function

This function can be used to notify the recording function of a camera event such as motion detection received from a network
camera set as a connection target as a trigger. This trigger can be used as a file saving trigger for the recording function.
The target is a network camera for which the video data receiving target setting is enabled in the recording setting.
The following shows the flow from when a camera event is detected by a network camera to when a file saving trigger is
satisfied.
(2)
(1) A network camera detects a camera event and sends it to a camera recorder module.
(2) The camera recorder module receives and analyzes it.
When the condition is met, a file saving trigger is satisfied.
For details on the camera event reception, refer to the following:
Page 239 Camera event reception
For the flow from when a file saving trigger is satisfied to when data is saved, refer to the following:
Page 59 Saving video data
Note that whether a trigger is satisfied by camera event reception is determined for each unit of END processing in sequence
scans of a CPU module while the recording function is running.
If a recording file is saved by camera event reception, an execution of saving by camera event detection
(event code: 26030) is output to the event history.
There is a time lag between when an event is detected by a network camera and when a file saving trigger is
satisfied. For the event detection time
execution of saving by camera event detection (event code: 26030).
*1 The accuracy of the event detection time in a network camera differs for each manufacturer.
7 CAMERA RECORDER MODULE (DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS)
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7.1 Function Details
*1
in the network camera, refer to the detailed information of an
(1)
A camera event
occurs.