Alarm Recording
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Alarm recording is when recording is triggered by a signal from an input on the AXIS 262, or when an alarm notification from a network camera or video server triggers recording.
Important!
- If the AXIS 262 records alarm and manual/scheduled recordings simultaneously, this will be the same as fetching 2 video streams from the camera.
- Note that whatever frame rates are set for alarm or manual/scheduled recording, the actual frame rate will always depend on what the camera and/or network is capable of delivering.
- On the input on the AXIS 262, ON means grounded circuit and OFF means open circuit.
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Video Source List
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This list shows, for each camera, the alarm recording frame rate (in frames per second), the type of trigger, the max recording time and whether TCP notification is enabled or not.
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Alarm Recording Configuration
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Camera number: Select the camera to configure.
Important!
The camera must already be configured and enabled for alarm recording on the Video Sources page.
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Frame rate: Triggered by input port - Set the frame rate to record at when alarm recording is triggered by a signal from the local input on the AXIS 262. Recording starts when the input goes ON, and stops when the input goes OFF.
Frame rate: Triggered by camera - Set the frame rate to record at when alarm recording is triggered by a notification message from a camera or video server.
Important!
- Changes made here will take effect first when the next alarm recording starts.
- Alarm recording for the camera/video server must be configured on the Video Sources page. Set to Camera or Local input.
- Although the AXIS 262 records images at the highest frame rate the network camera or video server can deliver, this might actually be lower than the value set in the Frame rate option. This can happen if there is only limited bandwidth available, or if the camera/video server is limiting the frame rate.
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Max recording time: Specify the maximum recording period after the alarm occurs. Recording stops when the AXIS 262 receives a notification message ending the alarm, or when the maximum recording period is reached, whichever comes first.
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TCP notification: The AXIS 262 sends a TCP notification when the alarm starts and ends. Select the ON radio button to enable. The default setting is OFF.
TCP notification is used to send messages about when the alarm started and stopped to the specified TCP server. The maximum number of characters that can be used in a single message is 64. The allowed characters are a-z, A-Z, 0-9 and some other special characters (!, ", #, etc). Please see the 7-bit ASCII code table for more details.
Message when recording starts: Specify the message the TCP server receives when the alarm occurs.
Message when recording stops: Specify the message the TCP server receives when the alarm stops.
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TCP Notification Servers
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Configure at least a primary TCP server to send notification messages to. Configuring a secondary server is optional. The TCP server must contain a special application program for receiving TCP notifications.
TCP notification: Select the ON radio button to enable. The default setting is OFF.
IP address/host name: Provide the IP address or host name of the TCP notification server.
TCP port: Specify the port on the TCP server to send the TCP notification message to.
Note: You may need to contact your network administrator for TCP server IP addresses and port numbers.
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