Enhancing Video for Security

4.Response. A Response can include:

Use Event Recording values to record video. For this to have an effect, settings for Event Recording need to be higher than those for continuous recording; see Event Recording: Configuration, p. 103.

Make a PTZ camera go to a PTZ preset.

Make a PTZ camera go to a PTZ tour.

Activate an Output on the Multi–Media unit.

Combinations of the above. If an Action cell is unavailable, the action is not setup.

5.Log/ Alarm. You can customize the duration of a response and if the response is Logged or Raises an Alarm. See Managing the Response to a Rule, p. 115.

6.Schedule. You also have the option of selecting a schedule. See Assigning a Schedule to a Response Rule, p. 115.

7.Apply. Sends the rule to the Multi-Media unit.

Flexibility of checklist

After selecting a rule, you can perform steps 4 to 6 of the Checklist for Setting a Rule in the Response Schedule in any order. A rule lists the Events that Trigger a response and the Actions that are taken as a Response. Figure 7–9shows where and how to make a rule.

Renaming a Rule

1.Select a rule; then click the rule’s name once again.

2.Type a name. Letters and numbers can be used, as can some punctuation. The same name cannot be used for two rules.

3.Save the name. Either:

Press the Enter key

Click elsewhere in the View window

Switch to another Windows application.

Rule Status: Icons

As a rule is customized, its status is reported by one of five icons; see figure 7–10.

Fig. 7–10. Status Icons for a Response Rule.

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