Table E. Alarm Settings (Continued)

 

 

 

Configuration

Default

Description

Item

Settings

 

 

 

Alarm status

off

Current alarm activation status can be shown in the video

 

 

frame (similar to the name, date, and time stamping dis-

 

 

cussed in Table C).

 

 

If configured to be on, the status of the activated alarms,

 

 

namely video, motion and input, is shown in the upper left cor-

 

 

ner of the video frame. Or, the display can be activated as

 

 

soon as an alarm condition is reached. This way, the video

 

 

frame corresponding to the alarm condition is clearly marked.

 

 

Also, there is a choice to keep the status display, once an

 

 

alarm has been triggered, even when the original cause of

 

 

the alarm is no longer present, or to have the status dis-

 

 

play follow the alarm condition.

 

 

 

Alarm message

empty

In connection with the alarm status explained above, a

string

 

user-defined text string can be displayed on the screen in

 

 

the upper right corner. The text string is typically used to

 

 

convey additional alarm-related information to the remote

 

 

viewer (a guard, for example).

 

 

 

Connect

off

The alarm functions would have little effect without auto-

 

 

matically triggering corresponding actions. The current set-

 

 

ting allows for an automatic connection establishment to

 

 

the given IP address. The idea is to provide a remote

 

 

monitoring station with live video in case of an alarm.

 

 

This feature can be useful even for many applications not

 

 

related to alarm conditions. One example is a video-

 

 

equipped door entry system: when the doorbell is pressed,

 

 

a contact closes and the connected transmitter autono-

 

 

mously connects to a receiver. Full duplex audio can pro-

 

 

vide verbal communication, while the relay output can re-

 

 

motely open the door.

 

 

On receivers, the default alarm connection IP address is

 

 

set to 192.168.0.1 (default IP of transmitter).

 

 

 

Live video

0.0.0.0

Enter the IP address of the transmitter or receiver for

receive IP

 

live/alarm connection. If that remote unit has a password,

 

 

enter it in the Remote Password field so the two units can

 

 

communicate with each other.

 

 

 

 

 

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