Advanced Applications

time except for the above schedule.

Step 5: Check the option Enable the external script file to exclude the following settings to activate the command script.

Command format

[Event][“Operator”Event]……=[Action][+Action]……;

Event

[“Digital Input Number””Digital Input State”] [“M” “Channel Number…”]

[“Channel Number””Video Input State”]

Operator

“+”: (OR)

“*”: (AND)

Action

[(“Delay Time”)“Digital Output Number””Digital Output State”] [“V”“Channel Number”“P”“Preset Location Number”] [“W”{“IP”:“Port”}{“Message”}]

[“U”“Method”] [“S”“Channel Number…”]

[“N”{“filename”}];

Parameter Explanations

Items above in brackets show the options available for that item.

“Digital input number”:

1 to 4

“Digital input state”:

H (high), L (low), / (low to high), \ (high to low)

“M”:

motion detection event.

“Channel Number”:

A, B, C, D for channel 1, 2, 3, 4

“Video input state”:

/ (signal from loss to presence), \ (signal from presence to loss), X (as

 

long as signal loss)

“Delay time”:

seconds of delay for the following actions after events happen

“Digital output number”:

1 or 2

“Digital output state”:

C (NC), O (NO)

“V”:

set video channel to go to preset location

“P”:

set preset location number to go to preset location

“W”:

send warning to server

“IP”:

server IP

“Port”:

server port

“Message”:

text to be sent to the server

“U”:

upload snapshots

“Method”:

‘F’ is by FTP, ‘M’ is by e-mail

“S”:

take snapshot on channels

“N”:

define the format of the filename

“;”:

end of line

The filename format is,

 

%a

image characterization (pre, trg, pos)

%c

video channel number

%y

year

%M

month

%d

day

%h

hour

%m

minute

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2140 specifications

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