User manual

AXIS P3304-V Fixed Dome Network Camera

Detectors

Camera Tampering

Camera Tampering can generate an alarm whenever the camera is repositioned, or when the lens is covered, sprayed or severely

defocused. To send an alarm, for example an email, an action rule must be set up.

To conﬁgure tamp ering:

1. Go to Detectors > Camera Tampering.

2. Set the Minimum duration, that is, the time that must elapse before an alarm is generated. This ca n help prevent f als e

alarms for known conditions that affect the image.

3. Select Alarm for dark images if an alarm should be gene rated if lights are dimmed or turned off, or if the lens is sprayed,

covered, or rendered severel y out of focus.

4. Click Save.

To conﬁgure the pro duct to send an alarm when tampering occurs:

1. Go to Events > Action Rules.

2. Click Add to set up a new action rule.

3. Enter a Name for the action rule.

4. Under Condition ,selectDetectors from the Trigger list.

5. Select Tampering from the list of detectors.

6. Optionally, select a sche dule and set additional conditions.

7. Select the action. To send an email, select Send Notiﬁcation a

nd select a Recipient from the list of deﬁned recipients.

Note

The While the rule is active op tion under Duration cannot be used with camera tampering, since camera tampering does not

have a duration and once it has been triggered it will n ot automatically return to its untriggered state.

For more information on actio n s rules, see Events, on page 30.

Motion Detection

Motiondetectionisusedtogenerateanalarmwhenevermovementoccurs(orstops)intheview.Upto10IncludeandExclude

windows can be conﬁgured:

• Include windows — target speciﬁc areas within the who le video image

• Exclude windows —deﬁne areas within an Include window that should be ignored (areas outside Include windows

re automatically ignored)

Once conﬁgured, motion dete ction windows appear in the list of Detectors in Action rule s etup. S ee Setting Up an Action Rule, on

page 30.

Note

Using the motion detection feature may decrease the product’s overall performance.