Administrating the Camera

SMTP server name

Type the SMTP server name up to 64 characters, or the IP address of the SMTP server.

Recipient e-mail address

Type the recipient E-mail address up to 64 characters. You can specify up to three recipient E-mail addresses.

Administrator e-mail address

Type the Administrator e-mail address up to 64 characters.

This address is used for reply mail and sending error messages from the camera.

Subject

Type the subject/title of the E-mail up to 64 characters.

Message

Type the text of the E-mail up to 384 characters. (A line break is equivalent to 2 characters.)

Image file name

Type the basic file name you want to assign to the image to attach an E-mail. You can use up to 6 alphanumeric, - (hyphen) and _ (underscore) for naming.

Suffix

Select the suffix to add to the file name.

None: No suffix is added. The basic file name is assigned to the image to be sent via an E-mail.

Date/Time: The date/time suffix is added to the file name.

The date/time suffix consists of lower two-digits of year (2 digits), month (2 digits), date (2 digits), hour (2 digits), minute (2 digits) and second (2 digits) , thus 12-digit number is added to the file name.

Sequence number: A consecutive number of 10 digits between 0000000000 and 4294967295 is added to the basic file name.

Sequence No. clear

Click Apply to reset the Sequence number suffix to 0.

Mode

Select the mode of the SMTP function.

Manual: Sends a still image attached to an E-mail manually. After selecting Manual, click OK. The SMTP function mode is set to Manual.

In this mode, when you click the (Trigger) button on the main viewer page, a still image is captured and sent via an E-mail. (See “Controlling the Application Manually” on page 12.)

Alarm: Sends a still image via an E-mail by synchronizing with an external sensor input or the built-in activity detection function. When you select Alarm, the Alarm mode setting section appears (see page 32).

Periodical sending: Sends a still image via an E-mail periodically. When you select Periodical sending, the Periodical sending mode setting section appears (see page 33).

Back/OK

See “Buttons common to every setting page” on page 17.

Alarm mode setting Section

Alarm

Select the alarm to link the SMTP function. If the selected alarm is detected, a still image is captured and sent via an E-mail.

Sensor: External sensor connected to sensor input of the camera I/O port

Activity detection: The activity detection function built in the camera.

To set the activity detection function, click Activity detection. The Activity detection setting page appears (see page 40).

Note

The image that can be attached to an E-mail is the one captured at the moment when an alarm is input. If the next alarm occurs while the captured image is being processed, that alarm is ignored.

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