AXIS 241QA/AXIS 241SA - Event configuration 39
Event configuration
This section describes how to configure the AXIS 241QA/AXIS 241SA for alarm handling. Various actions can be configured to run when certain types of events occur.
Event type | A set of parameters describing how and when the video server is to perform certain actions | |
|
|
|
Triggered Event (see page 40) | the circumstances that start an event | at a signal from an external device, such as a door |
| switch or a motion sensor | |
|
| |
|
|
|
Scheduled Event (see page 41) | the circumstances that start an event | at a |
|
|
|
Action | what occurs when the event runs | video images uploaded to an FTP server, email notifica- |
| tion sent. | |
|
| |
|
|
|
Event servers
Event Servers are used for receiving uploaded image files and/or notification messages. To set up an Event server for your AXIS 241QA/AXIS 241SA, click on Event Servers under Event Config and enter the required information according to the selected server type.
Server type | Purpose | Information required |
| ||
|
|
|
|
| |
FTP Server | • | receives uploaded images | • | Descriptive name of your choice | |
|
|
| • User Name and Password | ||
|
|
| • Upload path, (e.g. images/) | ||
|
|
| • | Port number |
|
|
|
| • Use passive mode if there is a firewall between the video | ||
|
|
|
| server and FTP server | |
|
|
| • Use a temporary file if your FTP server does not allow an | ||
|
|
|
| existing file to be overwritten by a new file with the same | |
|
|
|
| name. |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
HTTP Server | • | receives notification messages | • | Descriptive name of your choice | |
| • | receives uploaded images | • | URL |
|
|
|
| • User Name and Password | ||
|
|
| • Proxy address/Proxy port (if required) | ||
|
|
| • Proxy User Name and Password (if required) | ||
|
|
|
|
| |
TCP Server | • | receives notification messages | • | Descriptive name of your choice | |
|
|
| • | Port number |
|
|
|
|
| ||
For details on each setting, please refer to the online help | available from each web | ||||
page. |
|
|
|
|
|
Note: The images in
When the setup is complete, the connection can be tested by clicking the Test button (the test takes approximately 10 seconds).
