VIVOTEK
User's Manual - 105
■ Event name: Enter a name for the event setting.
■ Enable this event: Select this option to enable the event setting.
■ Priority: Select the relative importance of this event (High, Normal, or Low). Events with a higher
priority setting will be executed rst.
■ Detect next motion detection or digital input after
seconds: Enter the duration in seconds to pause
motion detection after a motion is detected.
Follow the steps 1~3 to arrange the three elements -- Schedule, Trigger, and Action to configure an
action to take when an event is triggered. You can congure 3 event-triggered conditions.
1. Schedule
Specify the time span for the event-triggering condition. Please select the days of the week and the time
in a day (in 24-hr time format) for the recording schedule.
2. Trigger
This is the cause or stimulus which denes when to trigger the Network Camera. The trigger source can
be congured to use the Network Camera’s built-in motion detection mechanism or external digital input
devices.
There are several choices of trigger sources as shown on next page.
Select the item to display the
detailed conguration options.
■ Video motion detection
This option makes use of the built-in motion detection mechanism as a trigger source. To enable this
function, you need to congure a Motion Detection Window rst. For more information, please refer to
Motion Detection on page 118 for details.
■ Periodically
This option allows the Network Camera to trigger periodically for every other dened minute. Up to 999
minutes are allowed.
■ Digital input
This option allows the Network Camera to use an external digital input device or sensor as a trigger
source. Depending on your application, there are many choices of digital input devices on the market
which helps to detect changes in temperature, vibration, sound, and light, etc.
■ System boot
This option triggers the Network Camera when the power to the Network Camera is disconnected and
reconnected.
■ Recording notify
This option allows the Network Camera to trigger when the recording disk is full or when recording
starts to rewrite older data.