Using the DCS-5300 with an Internet browser (continued)

Configuration > Tools > Applications (Continued) Weekly schedule:

Sunday through Saturday - Select the weekdays that should perform the following operations:

Snapshots begin at -

Set the time to start operations. Setting the begin

 

time the same as the stop time will force the

 

operations to run continuously.

Snapshots stop at -

Sets the time to stop the operations.

All of the time except for

 

the above schedule -

If you do not wish to set a schedule, this box must

 

be checked.

Event operation

 

Delay second(s) before

 

detecting next event -

Sets the time delay before restarting to check the

 

trigger condition when the current condition is

 

triggered.

Take snapshots at second(s)

after event -After a snapshot is taken because of a trigger, another snapshot will be taken after the configured time in seconds.

Trigger condition -

There are 4 conditions related to the digital input

 

and three windows for motion detection. There

 

can be multiple selections. Select the appropriate

 

digital input condition according to the

 

characteristics of the external device. “High”,

 

“low” indicate external voltage input for level

 

trigger, while “rising”, “falling” is for edge triggers.

 

There are three windows shown for the names

 

you defined for motion detection. “Undefined” will

 

show instead of the window title if motion

 

detection is not setup yet. An active, named

 

motion window must be checked for motion

 

detection to be possible.

Reset output -

Check and save this option to reset the external

 

device at the digital output back to the original

 

state.

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D-Link DCS-5300 manual Configuration Tools Applications Weekly schedule, Event operation

DCS-5300 specifications

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