Event Setup
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When using Triggered by camera to start an alarm recording, the camera (or video server) needs to be configured to send a notification message to the AXIS 262.
The following description of how to set up notification applies to any Axis device that supports HTTP and/or TCP notification.
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Event Servers
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Open the Event Server page in the Axis camera/video server.
For this example, click the Add HTTP... button.
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Event Server Setup
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Now make the following settings:

Name: Use AXIS 262 as the event server name.
URL: This should be entered as http://<IP-address>/axis-cgi/operator/record/record.cgi
Note: <IP-address> should be replaced with the IP address or host name for the AXIS 262.
User name: Specify a user name already registered in the AXIS 262. This can be an operator or an administrator.
Password: Specify the password for the above user.
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Event Types
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The next step is to configure an event type that will send a notification to the event server (the AXIS 262). Open the Event Types page in the Axis camera/video server.

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Triggered Event Type Setup
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To add a triggered event, click Add triggered ...

Now enter the information required to complete the event type setup.
Triggered by... This defines the circumstances that start the event. For more information, please see the documentation and online help for the Axis camera or video server.
When Triggered... In this section, check the box for Send HTTP notification, and select the Event Server as configured above.
In the Custom parameters field enter the following:
When the alarm starts:
action=start&trigger=alarm&sourceno=sourceno
Specify the camera number (1 to 8) in sourceno.
E.g. for camera number 1:
action=start&trigger=alarm&sourceno=1
When the alarm stops:
action=stop&trigger=alarm&sourceno=sourceno
Specify the camera number (1 to 8) in sourceno.
E.g. for camera number 1:
action=stop&trigger=alarm&sourceno=1
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