How To Set Up A Triggered Event - Axis M7001 User Manual

Triggered event
A triggered event can be activated by:
• A manual trigger – using the manual trigger button on the Live View page or through the VAPIX® Application Program-
ming Interface (API).
• Video loss.
• Movement in a motion detection window.
• Restart, for example after power loss.
• Pan Tilt Zoom preset positions. This option is only available when a PTZ device is used with the video encoder. See Pan Tilt
Zoom, on page 21.

How to set up a triggered event

The following example describes how to set up the video encoder to upload images when movement is detected in a
configured motion detection window.
1. Click Add triggered... on the Event Types page. The Triggered Event Type Setup page is opened.
2. Enter a descriptive Name for the event, such as Detected motion.
3. Set the Priority - High, Normal or Low (see the online help for details).
4. Set the Respond to Trigger... parameters to define when the event is active, for example, after office hours.
5. Select the motion detection alternative from the Triggered by... drop-down list. Select a motion detection
window and specify if the event should be triggered when motion starts or stops.
Note:
A motion detection must first be configured, see Set up a motion detection include window, on page 19.
6. Set the When Triggered... parameters, that is, define what the video encoder will do if motion is detected. To
upload images, select Save stream and enter the required information. See Save stream, below, and the online
help.
7. Click OK to save the event in the Event Types list.
Please see the online help
Note:
Up to 10 event types can be configured in the video encoder, and up to four of these can be configured to upload
images. File names can be formatted according to specific requirements. See File Naming & Date/Time Formats in the
online help.
Save stream
To upload images to an FTP or HTTP server, or to send images by email, check the Save stream box.
Image frequency - Set the image frequency to a desired frame rate. The frame rate will be the best possible, but might not be
as high as specified, especially if uploading via a slow connection.
Pre-trigger and post-trigger buffers
Pre- and post-trigger buffers are very useful when checking to see what happened immediately before and/or after a trigger,
for example, 30 seconds before and/or after motion was detected. All uploaded images are JPEG images.
Include pre-trigger buffer - contains images from the time immediately preceding the trigger. Check the box to enable the
pre-trigger buffer and specify the desired buffer length in seconds, minutes or hours.
Include post-trigger buffer - Contains images from the time immediately after the trigger. The post-trigger buffer is
configured in the same way as the pre-trigger buffer.
Notes:
• Pre-trigger and post-trigger buffers will be lost if the connection to the event server fails.
• The maximum length of the pre-/post-trigger buffer depends on the video image size and selected frame rate.
• If the pre- or post-trigger buffer is too large for the video encoder's internal memory, the frame rate is reduced
and individual images may be missing. If this occurs, an entry is created in the unit's log file.
for detailed descriptions of each available option.
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