Event Configuration

Configure normal events, perimeter protection, thermal detection, arming schedules, and alarm linkage actions on the video recorder.

Normal Event

Motion Detection

Motion detection enables the video recorder to detect the moving objects in the monitored area and trigger alarms. Refer to Motion Detection for details.

Video Tampering

Trigger alarm when the lens is covered and take alarm response actions.

Steps

Go to Configuration → Event → Normal Event → Video Tampering.
Set Camera.
Turn on Enable.
Adjust Sensitivity as your desire. The higher the value is, the more easily the video tampering can be triggered.
Set the arming schedule. Refer to Configure Arming Schedule for details.
Set the linkage actions. Refer to Configure Alarm Linkage Action for details.
Click Apply.

Video Loss

Detect video loss of a camera and take alarm response actions.

Steps

Go to Configuration → Event → Normal Event → Video Loss.
Set Camera.
Turn on Enable.
Set the arming schedule. Refer to Configure Arming Schedule for details.
Set the linkage actions. Refer to Configure Alarm Linkage Action for details.
Click Apply.

Alarm Input

Set linkage actions for an external sensor alarm.

Steps

Go to Configuration → Event → Normal Event → Alarm Input.

Local alarm input: Local alarm input is triggered by the external device that connected to the video recorder's terminal block.
Click the edit icon of a desired alarm input.
Customize Alarm Name.
Set alarm type as N.O (normally open) or N.C (normally closed).
Set Settings as Input to enable the function.

If you set Settings as Nonuse, the alarm input will be disabled. If you set Settings as One-Key Disarming, the selected linkage method(s) of the alarm input will be disabled.
Set the arming schedule. Refer to Configure Arming Schedule for details.
Set the linkage actions. Refer to Configure Alarm Linkage Action for details.
Click Apply.

Alarm Output

Trigger an alarm output when an alarm is triggered.

Steps

Go to Configuration → Event → Normal Event → Alarm Output.
Click the edit icon of a desired alarm output.
Customize Alarm Name.
Select Dwell Time.
Set Settings as Input to enable the function.
Set the arming schedule. Refer to Configure Arming Schedule for details.
Click Apply.

Exception

Exception events can be configured to take the event hint in the live view window and trigger alarm outputs and linkage actions.

Steps

Go to Configuration → Event → Normal Event → Exception.
Configure event hint. When the set events occur, you will receive hints in alarm center.
1. Enable Event Hint.
2. Select events to hint. Choose from:
  - Click the icon of Event Hint Configuration to select events.
  - Click the icon in the upper-right corner of local menu to enter alarm center to select events.
Select Exception Type to set its linkage actions.
Set the arming schedule. Refer to Configure Arming Schedule for details.
Click Apply.

Perimeter Protection

Perimeter protection includes line crossing detection, intrusion detection, region entrance detection, and region exiting detection.

Perimeter protection is only available for certain device models or camera models.

Line Crossing Detection

Line crossing detection detects people, vehicles, and objects crossing a set virtual line. The detection direction can be set as bidirectional, from left to right or from right to left.

Steps

Go to Configuration → Event → Smart Event → Line Crossing.
Set Camera.
Turn on Enable.
Optional: Check Save VCA Picture to save the captured pictures of VCA detection.
Set the detection rules and detection areas.
1. Set Arming Area. Up to 4 arming areas are selectable.
2. Set Direction as A<->B, A->B, or A<-B.
  
  A<->B: Only the arrow on the B side shows. An object crossing a configured line in both directions can be detected and trigger alarms.
  
  A->B: Only an object crossing the configured line from the A side to the B side can be detected.
  
  B->A: Only an object crossing the configured line from the B side to the A side can be detected.
3. Optional: Set Target Detection as Human or Vehicle to discard alarms which are not triggered by human body or vehicle.
  
  This function is only available for certain models.
4. Click Draw Area and draw a quadrilateral in the preview window by specifying four vertexes of the detection region.
Set the arming schedule. Refer to Configure Arming Schedule for details.
Set the linkage actions. Refer to Configure Alarm Linkage Action for details.
Click Apply.

Intrusion Detection

Intrusion detection function detects people, vehicles, or objects that enter and loiter in a pre-defined virtual region.

Steps

Go to Configuration → Event → Smart Event → Intrusion.
Set Camera.
Turn on Enable.
Optional: Check Save VCA Picture to save the captured pictures of VCA detection.
Set the detection rules and detection areas.
1. Set Arming Area. Up to 4 arming areas are selectable.
2. Adjust Time Threshold and Sensitivity.
  
  Sensitivity: The size of the object that can trigger the alarm. The higher the value is, the more easily the detection alarm will be triggered. Its range is [1-100].
  
  Time Threshold: Range [1s-10s], the threshold for the time of the object loitering in the region. When the duration of the object in the defined detection area is longer than the set time, the alarm will be triggered.
3. Optional: Set Target Detection as Human or Vehicle to discard alarms which are not triggered by human body or vehicle.
  
  This function is only available for certain models.
4. Click Draw Area and draw a quadrilateral in the preview window by specifying four vertexes of the detection region.
Set the arming schedule. Refer to Configure Arming Schedule for details.
Set the linkage actions. Refer to Configure Alarm Linkage Action for details.
Click Apply.

Region entrance detection function detects people, vehicles or other objects which enter a pre-defined virtual region from the outside place, and some certain actions can be taken when the alarm is triggered.

Steps

Go to Configuration → Event → Smart Event → Region Entrance.
Set Camera.
Turn on Enable.
Optional: Check Save VCA Picture to save the captured pictures of VCA detection.
Set the detection rules and detection areas.
1. Set Arming Area. Up to 4 arming areas are selectable.
2. Adjust Sensitivity. Sensitivity: Range [0-100]. The higher the value is, the more easily the detection alarm can be triggered.
3. Optional: Set Target Detection as Human or Vehicle to discard alarms which are not triggered by human body or vehicle.
  
  This function is only available for certain models.
4. Click Draw Area and draw a quadrilateral in the preview window by specifying four vertexes of the detection region.
Set the arming schedule. Refer to Configure Arming Schedule for details.
Set the linkage actions. Refer to Configure Alarm Linkage Action for details.
Click Apply.

Region Exiting Detection

Region exiting detection function detects people, vehicles or other objects which exit from a pre-defined virtual region, and some certain actions can be taken when the alarm is triggered.

Steps

Go to Configuration → Event → Smart Event → Region Exiting.
Set Camera.
Turn on Enable.
Optional: Check Save VCA Picture to save the captured pictures of VCA detection.
Set the detection rules and detection areas.
1. Set Arming Area. Up to 4 arming areas are selectable.
2. Adjust Sensitivity. Sensitivity: Range [0-100]. The higher the value is, the more easily the detection alarm can be triggered.
3. Optional: Set Target Detection as Human or Vehicle to discard alarms which are not triggered by human body or vehicle.
  
  This function is only available for certain models.
4. Click Draw Area and draw a quadrilateral in the preview window by specifying four vertexes of the detection region.
Set the arming schedule. Refer to Configure Arming Schedule for details.
Set the linkage actions. Refer to Configure Alarm Linkage Action for details.
Click Apply.

Other Events

Thermal Camera Detection

The device supports the event detection modes of thermal network cameras: fire detection, temperature detection, etc. You can configure the arming schedule and linkage actions of the selected event.

Before You Start

Add a thermal network camera to your device and make sure the camera is activated.

Steps

Go to Configuration → Event → Other Events.
Select a thermal camera detection event.
Set Camera.
Set the arming schedule. Refer to Configure Arming Schedule for details.
Set the linkage actions. Refer to Configure Alarm Linkage Action for details.
Click Apply.

Configure Arming Schedule

Steps

Click Arming Schedule.
Choose one day of a week and set the time segment. Up to eight time periods can be set within each day.

Time periods shall not be repeated or overlapped.
Click Apply.

Configure Alarm Linkage Action

Configure Alarm Pop-up Window

When an alarm is triggered, the local monitor displays in full screen the video image from the alarming channel configured for full screen monitoring. And when the alarm is triggered simultaneously in several channels, you must configure the auto-switch dwell time.

Steps

Go to Configuration → System → Live View → General.
Set the event output and dwell time.

Alarm Pop-up Output: Select the output to show event video.

Alarm Pop-up Delay: Set the time in seconds to show alarm event image. If alarms are triggered simultaneously in several channels, their full-screen images will be switched at an interval of 10 seconds (default dwell time).
Click Linkage Action of the alarm detection.
Select Alarm Pop-up Window alarm linkage action.
Select the channel(s) in Trigger Channel settings you want to make full screen monitoring.

Auto-switch will terminate once the alarm stops and back to the live view interface.

Configure Buzzer Alarm

The audio warning enables the video recorder to trigger an audible beep when an alarm is detected.

Steps

Go to Configuration → System → Live View → General.
Turn on Audio, and set Volume.
Go to Linkage Action interface of the alarm detection.
Select Buzzer Alarm linkage action.

Notify Surveillance Center

The video recorder can send an exception or alarm signal to the remote alarm host when an event occurs. The alarm host refers to the computer installed with client software (e.g., iVMS-4200, iVMS-5200).

Steps

Go to Configuration → Network → General → More Settings.
Set Alarm Host IP and Alarm Host Port.
Go to Linkage Action interface of the alarm detection.
Select Notify Surveillance Center.

Configure Email Linkage

The video recorder can send an email with alarm information to a user or users when an alarm is detected.

Steps

Go to Configuration → Network → Email.
Configure the settings.
Go to Linkage Action interface of the alarm detection.
Select Send Email as alarm linkage action.

Trigger Alarm Output

The alarm output can be triggered by the normal and smart events.

Steps

Go to Linkage Action interface of the alarm input or event detection.
Click Trigger Alarm Output.
Select the alarm outputs to trigger.
Go to Configuration → Event → Normal Event → Alarm Output.
Select an alarm output item from the list. Refer to Alarm Output for details.

Configure PTZ Linkage

Video recorder can trigger the PTZ actions (e.g., call preset/patrol/pattern) when the alarm event, or VCA detection events occur.

Steps

Go to Linkage Action interface of the alarm input or VCA detection.
Select PTZ Linkage.
Select the camera to perform the PTZ actions.
Select the preset/patrol/pattern No. to call when the alarm events occur.

You can set one PTZ type only for the linkage action each time.

Configure Audio and Light Alarm Linkage

For certain network cameras, you can set the alarm linkage action as audio alarm or light alarm.

Before You Start

Ensure your camera supports audio and light alarm linkage.
Ensure the audio output and volume are properly configured.

Steps

Click Linkage Action.
Select audio or light as your desire.
Click Apply.

If you require to set audio and light parameters, please log into the network camera via web browser to configure them.

Normal Event

Motion Detection

Motion detection enables the video recorder to detect the moving objects in the monitored area and trigger alarms. Refer to Motion Detection for details.

Video Tampering

Trigger alarm when the lens is covered and take alarm response actions.

Steps

Go to Configuration → Event → Normal Event → Video Tampering.
Set Camera.
Turn on Enable.
Adjust Sensitivity as your desire. The higher the value is, the more easily the video tampering can be triggered.
Set the arming schedule. Refer to Configure Arming Schedule for details.
Set the linkage actions. Refer to Configure Alarm Linkage Action for details.
Click Apply.

Video Loss

Detect video loss of a camera and take alarm response actions.

Steps

Go to Configuration → Event → Normal Event → Video Loss.
Set Camera.
Turn on Enable.
Set the arming schedule. Refer to Configure Arming Schedule for details.
Set the linkage actions. Refer to Configure Alarm Linkage Action for details.
Click Apply.

Alarm Input

Set linkage actions for an external sensor alarm.

Steps

Go to Configuration → Event → Normal Event → Alarm Input.

Local alarm input: Local alarm input is triggered by the external device that connected to the video recorder's terminal block.
Click the edit icon of a desired alarm input.
Customize Alarm Name.
Set alarm type as N.O (normally open) or N.C (normally closed).
Set Settings as Input to enable the function.

If you set Settings as Nonuse, the alarm input will be disabled. If you set Settings as One-Key Disarming, the selected linkage method(s) of the alarm input will be disabled.
Set the arming schedule. Refer to Configure Arming Schedule for details.
Set the linkage actions. Refer to Configure Alarm Linkage Action for details.
Click Apply.

Alarm Output

Trigger an alarm output when an alarm is triggered.

Steps

Go to Configuration → Event → Normal Event → Alarm Output.
Click the edit icon of a desired alarm output.
Customize Alarm Name.
Select Dwell Time.
Set Settings as Input to enable the function.
Set the arming schedule. Refer to Configure Arming Schedule for details.
Click Apply.

Exception

Exception events can be configured to take the event hint in the live view window and trigger alarm outputs and linkage actions.

Steps

Go to Configuration → Event → Normal Event → Exception.
Configure event hint. When the set events occur, you will receive hints in alarm center.
1. Enable Event Hint.
2. Select events to hint. Choose from:
  - Click the icon of Event Hint Configuration to select events.
  - Click the icon in the upper-right corner of local menu to enter alarm center to select events.
Select Exception Type to set its linkage actions.
Set the arming schedule. Refer to Configure Arming Schedule for details.
Click Apply.

Perimeter Protection

Perimeter protection includes line crossing detection, intrusion detection, region entrance detection, and region exiting detection.

Perimeter protection is only available for certain device models or camera models.

Line Crossing Detection

Line crossing detection detects people, vehicles, and objects crossing a set virtual line. The detection direction can be set as bidirectional, from left to right or from right to left.

Steps

Go to Configuration → Event → Smart Event → Line Crossing.
Set Camera.
Turn on Enable.
Optional: Check Save VCA Picture to save the captured pictures of VCA detection.
Set the detection rules and detection areas.
1. Set Arming Area. Up to 4 arming areas are selectable.
2. Set Direction as A<->B, A->B, or A<-B.
  
  A<->B: Only the arrow on the B side shows. An object crossing a configured line in both directions can be detected and trigger alarms.
  
  A->B: Only an object crossing the configured line from the A side to the B side can be detected.
  
  B->A: Only an object crossing the configured line from the B side to the A side can be detected.
3. Optional: Set Target Detection as Human or Vehicle to discard alarms which are not triggered by human body or vehicle.
  
  This function is only available for certain models.
4. Click Draw Area and draw a quadrilateral in the preview window by specifying four vertexes of the detection region.
Set the arming schedule. Refer to Configure Arming Schedule for details.
Set the linkage actions. Refer to Configure Alarm Linkage Action for details.
Click Apply.

Intrusion Detection

Intrusion detection function detects people, vehicles, or objects that enter and loiter in a pre-defined virtual region.

Steps

Go to Configuration → Event → Smart Event → Intrusion.
Set Camera.
Turn on Enable.
Optional: Check Save VCA Picture to save the captured pictures of VCA detection.
Set the detection rules and detection areas.
1. Set Arming Area. Up to 4 arming areas are selectable.
2. Adjust Time Threshold and Sensitivity.
  
  Sensitivity: The size of the object that can trigger the alarm. The higher the value is, the more easily the detection alarm will be triggered. Its range is [1-100].
  
  Time Threshold: Range [1s-10s], the threshold for the time of the object loitering in the region. When the duration of the object in the defined detection area is longer than the set time, the alarm will be triggered.
3. Optional: Set Target Detection as Human or Vehicle to discard alarms which are not triggered by human body or vehicle.
  
  This function is only available for certain models.
4. Click Draw Area and draw a quadrilateral in the preview window by specifying four vertexes of the detection region.
Set the arming schedule. Refer to Configure Arming Schedule for details.
Set the linkage actions. Refer to Configure Alarm Linkage Action for details.
Click Apply.

Region Entrance Detection

Steps

Go to Configuration → Event → Smart Event → Region Entrance.
Set Camera.
Turn on Enable.
Optional: Check Save VCA Picture to save the captured pictures of VCA detection.
Set the detection rules and detection areas.
1. Set Arming Area. Up to 4 arming areas are selectable.
2. Adjust Sensitivity. Sensitivity: Range [0-100]. The higher the value is, the more easily the detection alarm can be triggered.
3. Optional: Set Target Detection as Human or Vehicle to discard alarms which are not triggered by human body or vehicle.
  
  This function is only available for certain models.
4. Click Draw Area and draw a quadrilateral in the preview window by specifying four vertexes of the detection region.
Set the arming schedule. Refer to Configure Arming Schedule for details.
Set the linkage actions. Refer to Configure Alarm Linkage Action for details.
Click Apply.

Region Exiting Detection

Region exiting detection function detects people, vehicles or other objects which exit from a pre-defined virtual region, and some certain actions can be taken when the alarm is triggered.

Steps

Go to Configuration → Event → Smart Event → Region Exiting.
Set Camera.
Turn on Enable.
Optional: Check Save VCA Picture to save the captured pictures of VCA detection.
Set the detection rules and detection areas.
1. Set Arming Area. Up to 4 arming areas are selectable.
2. Adjust Sensitivity. Sensitivity: Range [0-100]. The higher the value is, the more easily the detection alarm can be triggered.
3. Optional: Set Target Detection as Human or Vehicle to discard alarms which are not triggered by human body or vehicle.
  
  This function is only available for certain models.
4. Click Draw Area and draw a quadrilateral in the preview window by specifying four vertexes of the detection region.
Set the arming schedule. Refer to Configure Arming Schedule for details.
Set the linkage actions. Refer to Configure Alarm Linkage Action for details.
Click Apply.

Other Events

Thermal Camera Detection

The device supports the event detection modes of thermal network cameras: fire detection, temperature detection, etc. You can configure the arming schedule and linkage actions of the selected event.

Before You Start

Add a thermal network camera to your device and make sure the camera is activated.

Steps

Go to Configuration → Event → Other Events.
Select a thermal camera detection event.
Set Camera.
Set the arming schedule. Refer to Configure Arming Schedule for details.
Set the linkage actions. Refer to Configure Alarm Linkage Action for details.
Click Apply.

Configure Arming Schedule

Steps

Click Arming Schedule.
Choose one day of a week and set the time segment. Up to eight time periods can be set within each day.

Time periods shall not be repeated or overlapped.
Click Apply.

Configure Alarm Linkage Action

Configure Alarm Pop-up Window

Steps

Go to Configuration → System → Live View → General.
Set the event output and dwell time.

Alarm Pop-up Output: Select the output to show event video.

Alarm Pop-up Delay: Set the time in seconds to show alarm event image. If alarms are triggered simultaneously in several channels, their full-screen images will be switched at an interval of 10 seconds (default dwell time).
Click Linkage Action of the alarm detection.
Select Alarm Pop-up Window alarm linkage action.
Select the channel(s) in Trigger Channel settings you want to make full screen monitoring.

Auto-switch will terminate once the alarm stops and back to the live view interface.

Configure Buzzer Alarm

The audio warning enables the video recorder to trigger an audible beep when an alarm is detected.

Steps

Go to Configuration → System → Live View → General.
Turn on Audio, and set Volume.
Go to Linkage Action interface of the alarm detection.
Select Buzzer Alarm linkage action.

Notify Surveillance Center

Steps

Go to Configuration → Network → General → More Settings.
Set Alarm Host IP and Alarm Host Port.
Go to Linkage Action interface of the alarm detection.
Select Notify Surveillance Center.

Configure Email Linkage

The video recorder can send an email with alarm information to a user or users when an alarm is detected.

Steps

Go to Configuration → Network → Email.
Configure the settings.
Go to Linkage Action interface of the alarm detection.
Select Send Email as alarm linkage action.

Trigger Alarm Output

The alarm output can be triggered by the normal and smart events.

Steps

Go to Linkage Action interface of the alarm input or event detection.
Click Trigger Alarm Output.
Select the alarm outputs to trigger.
Go to Configuration → Event → Normal Event → Alarm Output.
Select an alarm output item from the list. Refer to Alarm Output for details.

Configure PTZ Linkage

Video recorder can trigger the PTZ actions (e.g., call preset/patrol/pattern) when the alarm event, or VCA detection events occur.

Steps

Go to Linkage Action interface of the alarm input or VCA detection.
Select PTZ Linkage.
Select the camera to perform the PTZ actions.
Select the preset/patrol/pattern No. to call when the alarm events occur.

You can set one PTZ type only for the linkage action each time.

Configure Audio and Light Alarm Linkage

For certain network cameras, you can set the alarm linkage action as audio alarm or light alarm.

Before You Start

Ensure your camera supports audio and light alarm linkage.
Ensure the audio output and volume are properly configured.

Steps

Click Linkage Action.
Select audio or light as your desire.
Click Apply.

If you require to set audio and light parameters, please log into the network camera via web browser to configure them.

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