Cisco Video Surveillance 7000 Series IP Camera Configuration Guide, Release 2.5
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- March 13, 2015
Chapter: Feature Setup
Feature Setup
The Feature Setup windows let you configure a variety of IP camera features and functions. The following sections describe the Feature Setup windows in detail:
Streaming Window
The Streaming window provides options for configuring audio and video streams from the IP camera. You can configure settings for the primary and an optional secondary video stream.
Configuring a secondary stream is useful for providing a video stream that is at a lower resolution than the primary stream to third-party devices or software.
Both streams support H.264 and MJPEG for video, and G.711 A-law and G.711 u-law for audio.
When configuring video streams, be aware of the following guidelines:
- The resolution of the primary stream must be higher than the resolution of the secondary stream.
- You cannot configure a maximum frame rate of 30 for the primary stream if the secondary stream is enabled.
- Multiple secondary frame rates are supported. Table 4-1 shows the frame rate combinations of primary and secondary streams with a 16:9 aspect ratio. Table 4-2 shows the frame rate combinations of primary and secondary streams with a 4:3 aspect ratio. Table 4-3 shows other aspect ratio resolutions. If a secondary frame rate that is not shown in this table is selected in Cisco Video Surveillance Manager, the IP camera uses the closest available frame rate.
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If you configure the camera for 768 x 432, 704 x 400, and 352 x 208 resolutions and then downgrade the firmware, the camera might reboot. Before downgrading, change the resolution back to an older resolution.
Table 4-1 shows the frame rate combinations of primary and secondary streams with a 16:9 aspect ratio.
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Table 4-2 shows the frame rate combinations of primary and secondary streams with a 4:3 aspect ratio.
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Table 4-3 shows other aspect ratio resolutions.
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To display the Streaming window, perform the following steps:
Step 1 From the IP camera user interface, click the Setup link.
Step 2 Click Feature Setup to expand the menu.
Step 3 From the Feature Setup menu, click Streaming.
The Streaming window appears. If you change any options in this window, you must click the Save button to save the changes. If you do not click this button, changes are not retained when you exit the window. The Save button appears at the bottom of the window. You might need to scroll down to it.
Table 4-4 describes the options in the Streaming window.
Camera Window
The Camera window provides options for selecting a microphone and configuring the operation of the IP camera day and night filters.
A microphone captures audio at the camera location. This audio is sent to the PC that you use to view video from the IP camera. You can listen to the audio when viewing video in the Camera Video & Control window.
The IP camera day and night filters allow the IP camera to optimize its video image for various lighting conditions. When the IP camera uses its day filter, it is operating in day mode. In this mode, the camera displays video images in color. When the IP camera uses its night filter, it is in night mode. In this mode, the camera displays video images in black and white.
To display the Camera window, perform the following steps:
Step 1 From the IP camera user interface, click the Setup link.
Step 2 Click Feature Setup to expand the menu.
Step 3 From the Feature Setup menu, click Camera.
The Camera window appears. If you change any options in this window, you must click the Save button to save the changes. If you do not click this button, changes are not retained when you exit the window. The Save button appears at the bottom of the window. You might need to scroll down to it.
Table 4-5 describes the options in the Camera window.
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The Cisco 7030 IP camera supports only an external microphone. Audio is captured by an optional external microphone, available from third-parties. |
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Check this check box to enable the automatic gain control feature. This feature automatically adjusts the gain of the microphone (that is, how sensitive it is to the audio that it picks up) as appropriate. |
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Choose the day/night mode for the IP camera:
When the IP camera is in Auto mode, it attempts to avoid frequent or unnecessary changes between day mode and night mode (such as can occur when an IP camera is set up on a street where car headlights could cause constant changes between these modes). When the IP camera detects that a switch from day to night mode might be necessary, it monitors the light level for 10 seconds. If the light level remains below or above the configured Day to Night Threshold for the entire 10 seconds, the IP camera switches modes. Otherwise, the IP camera remains in the current mode. If the IP camera goes through 3 day/night mode transitions within a 60 second period, the camera stops detecting and implementing day/night changes for a period of 5 minutes from the point of the third transition. During these 5 minutes, the IP camera remains in the current day or night mode.
Note If you configure a Night Schedule, make sure that the time on the IP camera is set correctly. |
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(Available when the filter is set to any night mode.) Enable this option to turn on the infrared LED to improve visibility and image quality in low light. |
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(The Day to Night Threshold option is available only when the Switch Mode is set to Auto.) Choose a value that specifies the relative light threshold at which the IP camera switches from day to night mode. A lower value designates that the IP camera switches from day to night mode in brighter conditions. A higher value designates that the IP camera switches modes in darker conditions. |
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(The Night to Day Threshold option is available only when the Switch Mode is set to Auto.) Choose a value that specifies the relative light threshold at which the IP camera switches from night to day mode. A lower value designates that the IP camera switches from night to day mode in darker conditions. A higher value designates that the IP camera switches modes in lighter conditions. |
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(The Input option is available only when the Switch Mode is set to Night External.) Choose the Input port that is connected to an external device that is to trigger the switch to night mode. |
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Choose the Output port that is connected to an external device that is to be triggered. |
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(The Start Time option is available only when the Switch Mode is set to Night Schedule.) Enter the time, in 24 hour format, when the camera enables its night filter. |
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(The Start Time option is available only when the Switch Mode is set to Night Schedule.) Enter the time, in 24 hour format, when the camera disables its night filter. |
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Check this check box to enable the camera tamper feature. When enabled, this feature causes the IP camera to generate alerts when any of the following events occur and persist for a designated period: |
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Enter the minimum length of time that a tamper event persists before a tamper alert is generated. To prevent false alerts, the IP camera waits for this period after detecting a tamper event before it generates an alert. If the tamper event is resolved (the IP camera view is returned to its original setting, the IP camera view blockage is removed, or the IP camera is put back in focus), an alert is not generated. |
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Check this check box to enable the profiling feature, which automatically applies a profile to the IP camera. A profile is the set of options that you configure in the Picture Adjustment, Exposure Controls, and Advanced Settings areas in the View Video window. You can create separate day and night profiles, which are applied when the camera is in day or night mode, respectively. For detailed information about configuring profiles, see the Camera Settings controls rows in Table 3-1 . |
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Video Overlay Window
The Video Overlay window provides options for configuring overlay information that appears on the video image in the Camera Video & Control window.
To display the Video Overlay window, perform the following steps:
Step 1 From the IP camera user interface, click the Setup link.
Step 2 Click Feature Setup to expand the menu.
Step 3 From the Feature Setup menu, click Video Overlay.
The Video Overlay window appears. If you change any options in this window, you must click the Save button to save the changes. If you do not click this button, changes are not retained when you exit the window. The Save button appears at the bottom of the window. You might need to scroll down to it.
Table 4-6 describes the options in the Video Overlay window.
IO Ports Window
The IO Ports window lets you configure various options for the three input and one output ports on the IP camera. A state change of an input port triggers a camera to take configured actions. An output port sends signals that can control external devices, such as alarms or door switches.
Note Cisco 7530PD cameras support one input and one output port only.
The IP camera can trigger an action only when the input that is received on an input port comes from a contact that is in a normally closed condition. The camera triggers the action when the contact changes to an open condition.
To display the IO Ports window, perform the following steps:
Step 1 From the IP camera user interface, click the Setup link.
Step 2 Click Feature Setup to expand the menu.
Step 3 From the Feature Setup menu, click IO Ports.
The IO Ports window appears. If you change any options in this window, you must click the Save button to save the changes. If you do not click this button, changes are not retained when you exit the window. The Save button appears at the bottom of the window. You may need to scroll down to it.
Table 4-7 describes the options in the IO Ports window.
Event Notification Window
The Event Notification window provides options for how the IP camera handles system triggers and generates event notification. A system trigger is any of the following:
- A change of state from low to high or from high to low on an input port of the IP camera. For related information about input ports, see the “IO Ports Window” section.
- Motion that the IP camera detects. For related information about motion detection, see the “Motion Detection” rows in Table 3-1 .
- An activity that is defined by a camera app.
When an event occurs, it triggers the IP camera to take certain configured actions:
- Email notification—An event can cause the IP camera to send a notification e-mail message to designated recipients. The message can include a video clip or a snapshot of the activity that triggered the event.
This message includes the same information that is provided with HTTP notification.
- Output port state change—Changes the state of an IP camera output port from low to high or from high to low.
- Syslog server message—Sends a notification message to the designated Syslog server.
- HTTP notification—IP camera sends notification to a remote system via HTTP. This information includes the following:
– Device ID—ID of the IP camera
– Device name—Name of the IP camera
– IP address—IP address of the IP camera
– MAC address—MAC address of the IP camera
– Channel ID—Channel identification number (1 for primary stream or 2 for secondary stream)
– Channel name—Name that is configured for the channel
– Date and time—Date and time that the event occurred
– Active post Count—Sequence number of the notification for this event
– Event state—Indicates whether the event is active or inactive at the time that the event was detected for this notification
– Event description—Description of the event
– Input port ID—If the event was triggered by an input port state change, port ID of the port
– Region index—If the event was triggered by motion detection, identification number of the region in which the IP camera detected motion
– Sensitivity level—If the event was triggered by motion detection, sensitivity that is configured for the region in which motion was detected
– Detection threshold—If the event was triggered by motion detection, threshold that is configured for the region in which motion was detected
- FTP notification—An event can cause the IP camera to upload a video clip or a snapshot of the activity that triggered the event to an FTP server.
The Event Notification window also allows you to designate schedules. If an event takes place within a designated schedule, the IP camera takes the actions that you configure.
Step 1 From the IP camera user interface, click the Setup link.
Step 2 Click Feature Setup to expand the menu.
Step 3 From the Feature Setup menu, click Event.
The Event Notification window appears. If you change any options in this window, you must click the Save button to save the changes. If you do not click this button, changes are not retained when you exit the window. The Save button appears at the bottom of the window. You might need to scroll down to it.
Table 4-8 describes the options in the Event Notification window.
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Check the desired check boxes to designate the events that trigger actions:
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Check the desired check boxes to designate the actions that the IP camera takes when the corresponding trigger occurs.
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Choose the time interval (in minutes) from the drop-down list to wait after an event occurs before detecting the next event. |
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Designate the times at which an event causes the IP camera to take the designed actions. If an event occurs during a time that is not designated, the IP camera does not take any action. Each cell in this grid represents one hour on the corresponding day, starting at 12:00 a.m. (0:00). To designate times, click the desired cells. Selected cells appear shaded. |
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Change the scheduling settings to the last saved configuration. |
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Check this check box if you want to send HTTP messages to a secondary HTTP server in the event that the primary HTTP server is unreachable. |
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Identify the primary server to which HTTP messages are sent by choosing IP Address or Hostname from the drop-down list and entering the IP address or host name in the corresponding field. |
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Enter a string to be used as the prefix in the HTTP URL. The HTTP URL is sent in this format: http://< IP address >/< URL Base >?< system-provided-name-value-pairs > where IP address is the IP address of the destination server, URL Base is the string that you enter, and system-provided-name-value-pairs is information about the event. |
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Enter the port number that receives messages on the primary server to which HTTP messages are sent. |
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If authentication is required on the primary server to which HTTP messages are sent, enter the user name. |
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If authentication is required on the primary server to which HTTP messages are sent, enter the password. Note Invalid special characters are: []\&|:";<>?,/+=*'%# blank |
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If authentication is required on the primary server to which HTTP messages are sent, choose the MD5 Digest Authentication method from the drop-down list. |
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If the High Availability check box is checked, you can identify an optional secondary server to which HTTP messages are sent by choosing IP Address or Hostname from the drop-down list and entering the IP address or host name in the corresponding field. |
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Enter a string to be used as the prefix in the HTTP URL for the secondary server. The HTTP URL is sent in this format: http://< IP address >/< URL Base >?< system-provided-name-value-pairs > where IP address is the IP address of the destination server, URL Base is the string that you enter, and system-provided-name-value-pairs is information about the event. |
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Enter the port number that receives messages on the secondary server to which HTTP messages are sent. |
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If authentication is required on the secondary server to which HTTP messages are sent, enter the user name. |
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If authentication is required on the secondary server to which HTTP messages are sent, enter the password. Note Invalid special characters are: []\&|:";<>?,/+=*'%# blank |
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If authentication is required on the secondary server to which HTTP messages are sent, choose the MD5 Digest Authentication method from the drop-down list. |
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Identify the primary SMTP server that is used for sending e-mail by choosing IP Address or Hostname from the drop-down list and entering the IP address or host name in the corresponding field. |
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Enter the port number for the primary SMTP server. The default SMTP port number is 25. |
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Identify the primary POP server that is used for sending e-mail by choosing IP Address or Hostname from the drop-down list and entering the IP address or host name in the corresponding field. This field is dimmed if you do not choose Requires POP Before SMTP in the Authentication field that follows. |
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If the primary SMTP server requires authentication to send e-mail, choose the appropriate authentication type from the drop-down list. The authentication type typically is the same as that for the POP3 server that you use to receive e-mail. |
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If the primary SMTP server requires authentication, enter the account name for the server. |
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If the primary SMTP server requires authentication, enter the account password for the server. |
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Identify an optional secondary SMTP server that is used for sending e-mail by choosing IP Address or Hostname from the drop-down list and entering the IP address or host name in the corresponding field. |
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Enter the port number for the secondary SMTP server. The default SMTP port number is 25. |
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Identify an optional secondary POP server that is used for sending e-mail by choosing IP Address or Hostname from the drop-down list and entering the IP address or host name in the corresponding field. This field is dimmed if you do not choose Requires POP Before SMTP in the Authentication field that follows. |
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If the secondary SMTP server requires authentication to send e-mail, choose the appropriate authentication type from the drop-down list. The authentication type typically is the same as that for the POP3 server that you use to receive e-mail. |
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If the secondary SMTP server requires authentication, enter the account name for the server. |
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If the secondary SMTP server requires authentication, enter the account password for the server. |
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Enter an e-mail address to which an e-mail message is sent when an event occurs. |
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Enter the e-mail address to be shown in the From field for the e-mail message that is sent when an event occurs. |
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Enter the text to be shown in the Subject field for the e-mail messages that the IP camera sends when events occur. The subject can contain up to 118 characters, including spaces. |
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Check this check box to include in the e-mail message body the URL from which the recipient can access the live video stream from the camera on which the event was detected. |
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Check this check box to include with the e-mail message a still picture from the beginning of the event. This snapshot is stored on the IP camera until the message is sent. This functionality is available only when the secondary video stream is enabled. |
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This option is available if the secondary video stream (H.264 only) is enabled. Check this check box and enter the following values to include with the e-mail message a video clip of the event:
Note The maximum pre-capture length is 5 seconds.
Note The maximum combined pre-capture and post-capture length is 10 seconds. This video clip is stored on the IP camera until the message is sent. |
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Identify the primary FTP server to which snapshots or video clips are uploaded by choosing IP Address or Hostname from the drop-down list and entering the IP address or host name in the corresponding field. |
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Enter the port number that receives messages on the primary FTP server. The default FTP port number is 21. |
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Check this check box to enable the passive mode feature of the primary FTP server. |
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Identify an optional secondary FTP server to which snapshots or video clips are uploaded by choosing IP Address or Hostname from the drop-down list and entering the IP address or host name in the corresponding field. |
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Enter the port number that receives messages on the secondary FTP server. The default FTP port number is 21. |
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Check this check box to enable the passive mode feature of the secondary FTP server. |
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Check this check box to upload a snapshot of the activity that triggered the event. This functionality is available only when the secondary video stream is enabled. |
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Check this check box and enter the following values to upload a video clip of the activity that triggered the event:
Note The maximum pre-capture length is 5 seconds.
Note The maximum combined pre-capture and post-capture length is 10 seconds. |
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Alert Notification Window
Use the Alert Notification window to define the alert types that will trigger actions. For example, a health alert can trigger an email notification, while a security alert can trigger an HTTP notification.
1. An event is any of the alerts described in Alert Triggers.
– Health—See Health Alerts for descriptions.
– Audit—See Audit Alerts for descriptions.
– Security—See Security Alert for descriptions.
2. These alerts can trigger one or more specified actions:
- Email notification—An event can cause the IP camera to send a notification e-mail message to designated recipients. The message can include a video clip or a snapshot of the activity that triggered the event.
This message includes the same information that is provided with HTTP notification.
- Output port state change—Changes the state of an IP camera output port from low to high or from high to low.
- Syslog server message—Sends a notification message to the designated Syslog server.
- HTTP notification—IP camera sends notification to a remote system via HTTP. This information includes the following:
Tip The Event Notification window also allows you to designate schedules. If an event takes place within a designated schedule, the IP camera takes the actions that you configure. See the “Event Notification Window” section.
Step 1 From the IP camera user interface, click the Setup link.
Step 2 Click Feature Setup to expand the menu.
Step 3 From the Feature Setup menu, click Alert.
The Alert Notification window appears. If you change any options in this window, you must click the Save button to save the changes. If you do not click this button, changes are not retained when you exit the window. The Save button appears at the bottom of the window. You may need to scroll down to it.
Table 4-9 describes the options in the Alert Notification window.
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Check the desired check boxes to designate the event that trigger actions:
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Check the desired check boxes to designate that actions that the IP camera takes when the corresponding trigger occurs.
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Identify the server to which HTTP messages are sent by choosing IP Address or Hostname from the drop-down list and entering the IP address or host name in the corresponding field. |
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Enter a string to be used as the prefix in the HTTP URL. The HTTP URL is sent in this format: http://< IP address >/< URL Base >?< system-provided-name-value-pairs > where IP address is the IP address of the destination server, URL Base is the string that you enter, and system-provided-name-value-pairs is information about the event. |
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Enter the port number that receives messages on the primary server to which HTTP messages are sent. |
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If authentication is required on the primary server to which HTTP messages are sent, enter the user name. |
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If authentication is required on the primary server to which HTTP messages are sent, enter the password. Note Blank characters and the following special characters are not valid: []\&|:";<>?,/+=*'%# |
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If authentication is required on the primary server to which HTTP messages are sent, choose the authentication method from the drop-down list. |
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Identify the SMTP server that is used for sending e-mail by choosing IP Address or Hostname from the drop-down list and entering the IP address or host name in the corresponding field. |
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Enter the port number for the SMTP server. The default SMTP port number is 25. |
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Identify the POP server that is used for sending e-mail by choosing IP Address or Hostname from the drop-down list and entering the IP address or host name in the corresponding field. This field is dimmed if you do not choose Requires POP Before SMTP in the Authentication field that follows. |
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If the SMTP server requires authentication to send e-mail, choose the appropriate authentication type from the drop-down list. The authentication type typically is the same as that for the POP3 server that you use to receive e-mail. |
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If the SMTP server requires authentication, enter the account name for the server. |
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If the primary SMTP server requires authentication, enter the account password for the server. Note Blank characters and the following special characters are not valid: []\&|:";<>?,/+=*'%# |
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Enter an e-mail address to which an e-mail message is sent when an event occurs. |
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Enter the e-mail address to be shown in the From field for the e-mail message that is sent when an event occurs. |
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Enter the text to be shown in the Subject field for the e-mail messages that the IP camera sends when events occur. The subject can contain up to 118 characters, including spaces. |
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Alert Triggers
The following types of alerts can trigger alert actions (such as email notifications):
Health Alerts
Audit Alerts
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Any application changes its status, for example, restarted, stopped, and so forth. |
Security Alert
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Camera view is changed or blocked. This alert is generated only when the tamper detection is enabled on the IP camera as described the “Camera Tamper Area” rows in Table 4-5 . |
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