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No change: No change on the main monitor display.
Full screen: A full screen of the active camera will display on main monitor.
Call Monitor: Call monitor display options when a motion occurs.
No change: No change on the call monitor display.
Full screen: A full screen of the active camera will display on call monitor.
Record: Select which camera(s) will start recording in response to this alarm event.
Email Notify: Check box to enable email notification when an alarm occurs. Email operation requires that
valid email settings have been entered in the Network Setting/Email setup screen. (See Section 4.6.2 Email
for more information.)
Input Type: This field is to change the type of alarm trigger.
N.O.: Normal Open contact.
N.C.: Normal Closed contact.
Network Alarm: Check this box to send out a network alarm to a client PC when motion occurs. (This
feature requires PowerCon software on the client PC and proper settings for the Alarm Server in the
Network Setup menu; see Section 4.6.4 Alarm Server for more information.)
Active Camera: This field is for associating an alarm trigger with a specific camera. For example if you had
an external motion detector near camera four you would set this option to "4". The alarm will be associated
with this camera for optional full screen display, event logging, and PTZ preset activation.
PTZ: An alarm condition may be programmed to send a command to move to a PTZ preset or initiate a
tour, pattern or autopan function. Picking Preset, Tour or Pattern will offer another drop down to choose the
corresponding number for this instruction. Autopan requires no number. This instruction will be sent to the
camera indicated in the "Active Camera" drop down according to the RS-485 setup in the DVR. Please
verify normal RS-485 control operation before activating this feature.
Auto Lock: Check the box and the events will be recorded in the write protected segment of the Hard Disk.
(DVR will lock a period of time when an alarm occurs, the length of time will depend on the DVR settings)
Alarm Output: This will transmit a signal through the alarm output. It can be set to either "NONE" (not
active), "1", "2, "3" or "4" (selects alarm relay to be active).
Output Type: Output action when alarm is triggered.
Timeout: Alarm output lasts for the set time duration.
Permanent: Alarm will remain active until the user presses the "Enter" key or resets the alarm remotely.
Transparent: Alarm output remains as long as the alarm input is active.
Trans+Timeout: Alarm output continues until event ends, then continues for the set time duration.
Timeout Duration: Time duration selectable from 1 to 150 seconds.
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