Event - Q-See QC SERIES Setup Manual

EVENT

Like your NVR, your IP camera can detect motion events and when it is being blocked
or masked. You can configure these features on your camera in the same manner as on
your NVR and alerts can be e-mailed and/or alarms triggered. Using these features on the
IP Camera would not interfere with the operations on the NVR and some users prefer the
duplication of event detection as a backup in case the NVR is affected.
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The operation and setup of these event monitoring is identical to that on the NVR itself. See
Section 3.7 of the User Manual for full explanations.
Motion Detection
Clicking on Setup next to Working Period
will open up a schedule allowing you to set
the periods when the camera will actively
detect motion events. You can set six periods
each day for the camera to be "on alert" using
the start and stop times at the bottom. Click
Save to preserve your changes and they will
appear on the schedule when you next open
the window.
You can enable a motion alert to trigger several one or more events - video recording, e-mail
alerts and snapshot images. Videos and snapshots are sent to an FTP site - which must be
set up by the user. Some camera models allow the insertion of a Micro SD flash memory
chip which can be used to store these images "onboard" the camera for retrieval using the
PSS software. Video recording is controlled by the Recording Schedule (see following
pages) which overrides the settings here. If the camera is set to record on motion detection,
those recordings will only take place during the time period(s) configured in the Recording
Schedule.
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Anti-Dither - is the amount of time that the camera will delay before beginning the alarm
response. If the motion isn't detected again during the delay period, the camera will not treat
it as an event.
Sensitivity - You can adjust the camera's sensitivity to motion to minimize false alarms caused
by environmental factors such as insects.
Record Delay - This is the amount of time beyond the event that the camera will continue to
record.
In addition to triggering recording, you can also have the camera take a snapshot and send
an alert e-mail.
Click on the Setup button next to Area to
turn off motion detection in certain areas,
such as roads, a flag or trees that move in
the wind to avoid false alarms. Clicking on a
square in the grid, or clicking and dragging
across multiple areas will remove the blue
mask and deactivate motion detection in that
area.
Video Masking
If the camera detects that it is being blocked or covered, it can be configured to record, send
an e-mail and/or take a snapshot of what it sees. You can also set up a schedule so that it
will not be active during a regularly scheduled period when it might be blocked by a door, for
example.
Disconnection
If the IP Camera detects that it no longer has a network connection, and if it has an SD flash
memory chip installed, it can record video to the chip for later recovery through the PSS
software.
IP Conflict
Whether in DHCP or UPnP, the router will automatically assign IP addresses to devices on its
network. If someone on the network manually changes the IP address of a connected device
to an address identical to that of the IP camera, this can cause difficulty in accessing the
camera remotely. You can enable the camera to begin recording if this occurs.
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