User manual

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If
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is selected, you need to also select at least one alarm sensor for the
corresponding time period. Event recording is activated when the alarm sensor is triggered
(see
Section 2.5.5, Setting Up Alarm Sensors
).
The recording status is indicated by the colored camera symbol in MxEasy (on the left
above the main window). For more information on the recording features of the MOBOTIX
camera, see Chapter8
Recording
of the
software manual
.
Notes
A period of two seconds before the beginning of the event is saved automatically
along with the event for event recording.
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When the
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of the MOBOTIX camera (or the active connected CamIO or ExtIO) is
triggered, event recording and alarm notifi cation are activated (see
Section 2.5.4, Selecting
The Recording Mode
and
Section 2.5.6, Setting Alarm Notifi cations
).
You can set up alarm sensors using the pop-up menu of the
time period (right-click the time period). You can also set up the
alarm sensors using the pop-up menu of the corresponding
button (right-click the button on the lower edge of the MxEasy
program window). Make sure to assign it an alarm sensor before
activating the correct time window.
 The alarm is triggered when a
VM event is triggered in a MOBOTIX camera.
The MOBOTIX camera uses motion detection windows to
detect changes in the live camera image. You can select
a predefi ned set of motion detection windows from the
pop-up menu of this button. You can specify whether or not the window will be vis-
ible in the camera image with the
Show Video Motion Windows
option. This option
can be used to check the windows and create user-defi ned windows (see below).
 The alarm is triggered when a PI event is triggered in a
MOBOTIX camera. MOBOTIX cameras of the model series  and  are equipped
with a PIR sensor (Passive Infrared Sensor) as standard.  and  models
can use the PIR of a connected MOBOTIX ExtIO. The PIR sensor enables motion
detection even in the dark.
 The alarm is triggered when a MI event is trig-
gered in a MOBOTIX camera. This event can be triggered either by the built-in camera
microphone or the microphone of an active connected CamIO or ExtIO.