Axis Communications Q7401 user manual Add Recipients, Actions, Recipient Types

AXIS Q7401 Video Encoder

Events

Actions

Available actions include:

•Output Port – Activate an I/O port to control an external device.

•Overlay Text – Display an overlay text. See Use Overlay Text in an Action Rule on page 22.

•Play Audio Clip – See Audio Clips on page 24.

•PTZ Control

-Preset Position – Go to a preset position.

-Guard Tour – Start a guard tour. See Guard Tour on page 28.

•Record Video – Record video and audio to a selected storage. To record audio, use AAC audio encoding and make sure that audio is enabled in the selected stream profile.

•Send Images – Send images to a recipient.

•Send Notifications – Send a notification message to a recipient.

•Send Video Clip – Send a video clip to a recipient.

•Status LED – Flash the LED indicator. This can for example be used to validate triggers such as motion detection during product installation and configuration.

Add Recipients

The product can send media files and messages to notify users about events. Before the product can send media files or notification messages, you must define one ore more recipients. For information about available options, see Recipient Types on page 38.

To add a recipient:

1.Go to Events > Recipients and click Add.

2.Enter a descriptive name.

3.Select a recipient Type.

4.Enter the information needed for the recipient type.

5.Click Test to test the connection to the recipient.

6.Click OK.

Recipient Types

The following recipients are available:

Recipient	Use with action	Notes
Email	Send Images	An email recipient can contain multiple email addresses. For
	Send Notification	more information about email recipients, see Set Up Email
		Recipients on page 39
	Send Video Clip
FTP	Send Images
	Send Video Clip

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