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front-end network camera will not be regarded as offline. After one successfully
connection, all the disconnection events will be regarded as IP-CAM offline event.
When IP-CAM offline alarm occurs, the record and snapshot function of digital
channel is null.
Enable: You need to highlight this button to enable current function.
Type: normal open or normal close.
Period: Click set button, you can see an interface is shown as in Figure 4-83. There are
two ways for you to set periods. There are max 6 periods in one day. There are four
record types: regular, motion detection (MD), Alarm, MD & alarm.
In Figure 4-86, Select icon of several dates, all checked items can be edited
together. Now the icon is shown as . Click to delete a record type from one
period.
Click button after one date or a holiday. There are four record types: regular,
motion detection (MD), Alarm, MD & alarm.
PTZ activation: When an alarm occurred, system can activate the PTZ operation. The
PTZ activation lasts an anti-dither period. See Figure 4-85.
Anti-dither: Here you can set anti-dither time. The value ranges from 5 to 600s. The
anti-dither time refers to the alarm signal lasts time. It can be seem as the alarm signal
activation stays such as the buzzer, tour, PTZ activation, snapshot, channel record. The
stay time here does not include the latch time. During the alarm process, the alarm signal
can begin an anti-dither time if system detects the local alarm again. The screen prompt,
alarm upload, email and etc will not be activated. For example, if you set the anti-dither
time as 10 second, you can see the each activation may last 10s if the local alarm is
activated.
During the process, if system detects another local alarm signal at the fifth second, the
buzzer, tour, PTZ activation, snapshot, record channel will begin another 10s while the
screen prompt, alarm upload, email will not be activated again. After 10s, if system detects
another alarm signal, it can generate an alarm since the anti-dither time is out.
Alarm output: The number here is the device alarm output port. You can select the
corresponding ports(s) so that system can activate the corresponding alarm device(s)
when an alarm occurred.
Latch: When the anti-dither time ended, the channel alarm you select in the alarm output
may last the specified period. The value ranges from 1 to 300 seconds. This function is
not for other alarm activation operations. The latch is still valid even you disable the
alarm event function directly.
Show message: System can pop up a message to alarm you in the local host screen if
you enabled this function.
Alarm upload: System can upload the alarm signal to the network (including alarm