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SECTION 8: DVR SYSTEM MENUS REFERENCE
BUZZER: Set to ON for the buzzer to sound when an alarm is triggered by a sensor.
Prerecord: Set to ON for the channel to record the 5 seconds of video occurring before the alarm is triggered by a sensor.
Email: Set to ON for a snapshot of the channel video to be send by email after a alarm was triggered by a sensor.
NOTE
If the output time, record, buzzer, prerecord and Email is OFF, the relevant option will not be triggered.
8.6.7 Motion Detection
Click Tool Bar -> System settings -> Alarm -> Motion to open the motion detection menu. In this menu, you can set the
Sensitivity, MD Detection area, Output, Record, Buzzer, Prerecord, and Email parameters.
CHANNEL: Select the channel you need to setup. Open the drop-down menu to select the channel number
SWITCH: Set the switch to ON to enable motion detection for the channel selected.
SENSITIVITY: Set the sensitivity for the channel selected. A sensitivity of “1” indicates highest sensitivity. Open the drop-down list
to select a level appropriate for the channel.
MD AREA: To improve DVR performance, use the MD Area feature to select only the areas of a channel video image to sense for
motion. For example, the image of a road near a walkway can be congured to sense for motion only in the walkway only.
To establish motion detection areas in the video image, click the >> icon on the MD AREA line. An image of the channel video will
appear, covered by a semi-transparent layer on a 10 x 15 block grid. Motion sensing for blocks in the grid can be toggled on and o
by clicking on the block area. Areas on the screen selected for motion sensing are indicated by removal of the semi-transparent layer
inside the block area.