Unsupervised Alarms

When an alarm is configured as an unsupervised alarm, the camera only activates an alarm when the normal alarm state (open or closed) changes.

Figure 12 illustrates the alarm and no alarm conditions of an unsupervised alarm input.

 

NORMALLY CLOSED

 

 

NORMALLY OPEN

NO ALARM

 

 

NO ALARM

 

GND

 

+V

GND

+V

ALARM

 

 

ALARM

 

GND

 

+V

GND

+V

ALARM

 

 

NO ALARM

 

GND

 

+V

GND

+V

NO ALARM

CUT

 

ALARM

CUT

 

 

 

GND

 

+V

GND

+V

 

BYPASS

 

 

BYPASS

Figure 12. Unsupervised Alarm Conditions

Figure 13 illustrates the wiring configuration for unsupervised alarm inputs.

NORMALLY CLOSED

NORMALLY OPEN

A1

A1

Figure 13. Normally Closed and Normally Open Unsupervised Alarm Input Wiring

NOTE: A normally closed alarm input can be defeated with a bypass; a normally open input can be defeated with a cut.

Alarm Connections

Figure 14 shows how to wire the camera to an alarm.

ALARM A1

ALARM

Figure 14. Alarm Connections

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