Event Action

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It relies on the Event Action tabbed page to enable/disable the event(s) that will launch action(s) from the digital input/output pin, which is when the input signal is on.

 

To access the Event Action tabbed page for a digital input/output pin:

 

1. From the Tree Console, click the topic Recording Server.

 

2. Click the topic Video Device.

 

3. Click the Video Device to which the DI/DO to configure belongs.

 

The DI/DO Overview tabbed page opens in the Configuration Pane for the digital input/output to configure by default.

 

4. Click the Event Action tab.

 

The Event Action tabbed page then opens.

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Take a closer look at the user interface. The Event Action tabbed page shows an overview of the available digital input pin(s) at the top. And the event settings are in the following. Click a listed digital input pin to show the Event group of settings.

 

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The Event settings are:

Group

Icon / Setting

Description

Event

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Adds an event.

The available event is Digital input triggered.

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Deletes the selected event.

Click any of the event info cells to select the event.

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Edits the selected event.

Click any of the event info cells to edit the info.

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Copies the event setting to another Digital input.

Event Name

Delivers the event type.

Only one type is available: Digital input triggered.

Schedule

Delivers the applied “schedule”, which means one or more time period(s) in which the occurrence of the event is taken effective.

Use the Add schedule settings to apply a schedule to the event.
To create/delete/edit a schedule, see Schedule.

Stop Related Action

Sets whether to stop the action launched by the digital input pin sometime after the event occurs, leaves it on automatic, or manually close.

Sec.

Sets when to stop the action launched by the digital input pin after the event occurs.

1 to 60 seconds are configurable.

Action list

Delivers all the actions set up for the digital input pin to take when the event occurs.

Add schedule

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Adds a schedule.

Available options are the schedules created as described in Create A Schedule.

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Deletes the selected schedule.

Click a schedule to select it.

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Edits the selected schedule.

Click a schedule to select it.

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Moves the selected schedule up.

Click a schedule to select it.

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Moves the selected schedule down.

Click a schedule to select it.

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Opens a schedule overview dialog that shows the applied schedule(s) in a daily view or a weekly view.

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Copies the schedule setting to another event.

Schedule Name

Delivers the name of the schedule.

Click the Schedule name cell to change the schedule to some other schedule.

Property

Sets whether to allow or block the applied schedule’s time period(s).

Description

Delivers a brief description for this schedule for the easier identification of it.

Add action

Action List

Delivers all the actions set up for the IO device to take when the event occurs.

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Adds an action for the IO device to take when the event occurs.

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Deletes the selected action.

Click an action to select it.

Action properties

Sets the detail of an action.

Sets which digital output pin to turn on (for DO turn on).
Sets whom to send the alert email(s) to (for E-Mail to multiple)
Sets which associated camera to go to the “preset point” (for Go to Preset).
Play Alert Sound on NuClient. Please enable Audio Notification on Global| Client Configuration| Function| Alarm (for Audio Notification)
No detail setting for Video Edge Display(for Video Edge Display)
Sets which camera to popup on which monitor(for Video Popup)

 

This group of settings is available only when any of the available actions is added.

 

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If you choose "manually close" in the column of stop related action, the action will stop until you close it in the close alarm window. Play alarm sound, Video popout, and Video edge display could be manually closed. However, other actions which are not supported to be manually closed would follow the setting of stop _ sec. to stop (Except the action "Go to Preset" and "Start Patrol", you can see more detail in Optical PTZ setting).