Axis Communications 243Q Blade user manual Event configuration, Event servers, Event types

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Event configuration

This section describes how to configure the AXIS 243Q Blade for alarm handling. An event in the camera happens when certain conditions are fulfilled, and result in specific actions. The set of parameters (or conditions) that define these actions is called Event Type. For example, an alarm could be the condition, that causes the camera to act by uploading images onto a server.

This section describes how to set up event servers and event types, that is how to configure cameras to perform certain actions in response to events.

Event servers

Event Servers are used to receive uploaded image files and/or notification messages. To set up Event server connections in your camera, go to Setup > Event Configuration > Event Servers and enter the required information for the required server type.

Server type	Purpose		Information required
			• Descriptive name of your choice
FTP Server	•	Receives uploaded images	• Network address (IP address or host name)
			• User name and password (for FTP server)
	•	Receives notification messages	• Descriptive name of your choice
HTTP Server			• URL (IP address or host name)
	•	Receives uploaded images
			• User name and password (for HTTP server)
			• Descriptive name of your choice
TCP Server	•	Receives notification messages	• Network address (IP address or host name)
			• Port number

For details on each setting, refer to the online help available from each web page.

Note: The images in pre-trigger and post-trigger buffers will be lost if the connection to the event server fails.

When the setup is complete, the connection can be tested by clicking the Test button (the test takes approximately 10 seconds).

Event types

An event type is a set of parameters describing how the video server is to perform certain actions.

Example: If somebody walks past the connected camera. If an event has been configured to act on this, the video server can record and send video images to an FTP server, or

send a notification email to a pre-configured email address with a pre-configured message. Video images can be sent as an attachment with the email.