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CHAPTER 7  ALARMS

Once external alarms are properly connected, you can configure the DVR to activate them.

The 

Alarm interface can be selected from the 

Setting menu.

The upper portion of this window is used to choose an alarm, its configuration and its type.

Alarm In – Select the alarm channel you are 

configuring.

Event Type – Choose between Local Input 

and Network Input

Enable – When this is selected the alarm 

response(s) in the bottom portion of 
this window are enabled.

Type – Alarms are either Normally Open (NO) 

or Normally Closed (NC)

 
The bottom portion of the window allows you to choose what actions the DVR will initiate 
when an alarm is activated along with scheduling when the alarms are active.

Period – This is for setting the schedule for 

when alarms are active. Clicking the 
Set button opens up a new window. 
Its operation is exactly like the setting 
window used to schedule motion 
detection and covered in Section 
4.7. 

 
You can set the schedule in up to six blocks 
of time for specific days of the week or by 
weekday and weekend.

Clicking the Set button next to the day drop 
down allows you to specify which days are 
work days and which are not.
 

Anti-dither – This is the hold time you want the system to delay before beginning recording on 

an alarm.

Latch Time – This is the time that the DVR will before starting a new event (10 seconds to 300 

seconds (5 minutes)) after the alarm is ended. 

Alarm Out – This will send an alarm signal to up to three connected external alarms when 

enabled.

Show Message – When this is enabled, an alert message will be displayed on the DVR’s 

screen.

Alarm Out – To utilize this feature you must connect have at least one external alarm attached 

to the DVR. You may have up to three separate alarms.

Show Message – When this is enabled, the system will bring up the Alarm Status window 

whenever an event is detected. You can configure this to display when motion, video 
loss or masking is detected. 

Alarm Upload – The system can upload the alarm to the network including to an alarm 

monitoring service.

Send E-mail – E-mail notifications can be sent a single e-mail address. Please see the 

Section 1.2 Advanced Network Setup in the Remote Monitoring Guide for 
instructions on how to set up the e-mail alerts including recipient address.

Record Channel – When one camera detects an event, you can set the DVR to activate 

recording on other cameras.

PTZ Activation – If you have Pan-Tilt-Zoom 

cameras connected to the DVR, you 
can cause them to be activated when 
an alarm occurs. You can further 
instruct it to perform one of 255 pre-
set activities. You can also allow a 
delay of 0 to 300 seconds before 
the PTZ camera(s) activates. Setting 
up these pre-programmed functions 
is covered in Section 6.2 PTZ 
Control and Setup.

Tour - When enabled, this causes the DVR’s display to cycle through selected Live View 

channels while maintaining the selected recording functions. Instructions for 
configuring this feature are found in Section 5.3 Setting Menu.

Snapshot - When this is selected, the DVR will begin recording still images, in addition 

to whatever video is being recorded, and it will upload or e-mail these images as 
configured in Section 5.3 Setting Menu.