Chapter 3 Configuring and Managing the IP Camera

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If you change any options in the Event window, except deleting an event from the event schedule list, you must click Save to save the changes. To discard the changes, click Cancel before clicking Save. These buttons appear at the bottom of the window. You may need to scroll down to see them.

Table 3-15describes the options in the Event window.

Note These features are not currently supported if you use the IP camera with Cisco VSM.

Table 3-15

Event Window Options

 

 

 

Option

 

Description

 

 

Event Schedule

 

 

 

Event Schedule List

Displays the schedules that you configure in the New Schedule area.

 

 

To remove an event from the list, highlight it and click Delete.

 

 

 

New Schedule

 

 

 

 

Effective Time Frame

Choose a day or range of days. If an event occurs during this time, and

 

 

between the times that you configure in the following two fields, the camera

 

 

takes the configured actions (sends an e-mail message, sends a relay through

 

 

its output ports). If an event occurs outside of this time, the camera does not

 

 

take any actions.

 

 

 

Start Time

 

Enter the start time for the effective time frame.

 

 

 

End Time

 

Enter the end time for the effective time frame.

 

 

 

Add button

 

Adds the schedule that is defined in the Effective Time Frame, Start Time,

 

 

and End Time fields.

 

 

You can add up to 10 schedules.

 

 

 

Clear button

 

Clears the values that are in the Effective Time Frame, Start Time, and End

 

 

Time fields.

 

 

 

Trigger Event

 

 

 

 

 

Enable

 

Check this check box to cause the IP camera to take configured actions when

 

 

an event triggers. You configure these actions in the Actions field.

 

 

 

Triggered by

 

Choose the desired options to designate the events that trigger actions:

 

 

Input 1—Event is triggered when input port 1 on the IP camera changes

 

 

state as configured by the Trigger Events When option in the Alarm I/O

 

 

Ports window.

 

 

Input 2—Event is triggered when input port 2 on the IP camera changes

 

 

state as configured by the Trigger Events When option in the Alarm I/O

 

 

Ports window.

 

 

Motion Detection—Event is triggered when the camera detects motion,

 

 

as described in the “Motion Detection Window” section on page 3-23.

 

 

 

 

 

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Cisco Systems CIVS-IPC-2500 manual Event Schedule, New Schedule, Clear button, Trigger Event