4 Action at an alarm occurrence
The alarm action (camera action at an alarm occurrence) will be performed when the following alarms occur.

4.1 Alarm type

•Terminal alarm: When connecting an alarm device such as a sensor to the alarm input terminal of the
camera, the alarm action will be performed when the connected alarm device is activated.
•VMD alarm: When motion is detected in the set VMD area, the alarm action will be performed.
*VMD stands for “Video Motion Detection”.
•Command alarm: When a Panasonic alarm protocol is received from the connected device via a network,
the alarm action will be performed.

4.2 Action at an alarm occurrence

Display the alarm occurrence indication button on the “Live” page

The alarm occurrence indication button will be displayed on the “Live” page at an alarm occurrence.
(®page 18)
IMPORTANT
•When “Polling(30s)” is selected for “Alarm status update mode” (®page 57), the Alarm occurrence
indication button will be refreshed in 30-second intervals. For this reason, it may take a maximum of
30 seconds until the alarm occurrence indication button is displayed on the “Live” page at an alarm
occurrence.

Notify of alarm occurrences to the device connected to the alarm connector

It is possible to output signals from the alarm output terminal of the camera and sound the buzzer when an
alarm occurs. The settings for the alarm output can be configured in the “Alarm output terminal setup” section
of the [Alarm] tab of the “Alarm” page. (®page 131)

Save images on the SD memory card

When an alarm occurs, images (JPEG/H.264) will be saved on the SD memory card. The settings to save
images on the SD memory card can be configured on the [SD memory card] tab (®page 61) of the “Basic”
page and the [Alarm] tab of the “Alarm” page. (®page 126)
IMPORTANT
•When “VGA Quad streams [4:3]” is selected for “Image capture mode”, images cannot be saved on
the SD memory card.

Transmit an image onto a server automatically

An alarm image can be transmitted at an alarm occurrence to the server designated in advance. The settings
required to transmit an alarm image to a server can be configured in the “Alarm image” section on the
[Alarm] tab of the “Alarm” page (®page 126) and the [FTP] tab of the “Server” page (®page 150).
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4 Action at an alarm occurrence