Setup guide

BX2

Alarm Duration

This is the minimum time period in seconds from the start of the alarm that will be protected from being

overwritten. This time will include the alarm trigger, the pulse extension and any post alarm recording (if

applicable). This does not include the pre-alarm images.

Rate

PPS

Alarm

Starts

Event Duration

Alarm Duration

Alarm

Ends

Pulse Extension Event PreAlarm

(protected)

Regular recording

Enhanced Pre-alarm

Event Recording

Time

Post Alarm

Recording

Zone Alarm Input

Zones are groupings of alarm inputs. The zones allow an installer to arrange the inputs into a logical order to

allow a faster response.

This determines what input or system function will trigger the zone alarm. The options available are:

• No Contact - Default setting.

• Presets - When an alarm is triggered and a camera is sent to a preset position. It is possible to use

this to trigger a zone alarm input. This is used in conjunction with the Alarms and Presets menu.

• VMD - If a camera has been congured for VMD or activity, it is possible to use this to trigger an

alarm zone. This is used in conjunction with ‘Activity Camera Setup’.

• System - There are a number of system features that can be used to trigger an alarm, these include

Panic, Disk low, Disk Full. Disk Fault (a disk failure which can be congured to use the disk fault

notication as a zone trigger), Fault Archive (if the automatic archive process to either the internal

CD/DVD writer or to an FTP server fails, the unit can be congured to use failure notication as a

zone trigger) and Slow Archive (will identify when the continuous archive process is slow and use

an alarm trigger to help ensure that recorded images are not overwritten before being archived).

Note: The Disk Full feature will inform the Operator when the HDD is nearing capacity (90%).

• General - These contacts are congured in the General Contacts section.

Zone OR Input

The Zone OR Input identies an alternative input that can also be used to trigger the zone alarm. This means

an alarm trigger can be received on zone alarm input or the zone OR input for the unit to initiate the alarm

actions. The allocated alarm trigger can be any of these options; VMD, Presets, System, Keywords, No Contact

and General.

Zone AND Input

An alarm trigger must be received on both the zone alarm input and the zone AND input for the unit to initiate

the alarm actions. The allocated alarm trigger can be any of these options; VMD, Presets, System, Keywords, No

Contact and General..