Axis Communications 250S - Manual (Page 17)

AXIS 250S User’s Manual Operating the AXIS 250S 17
Events and Event Types
Your AXIS 250S MPEG-2 Video Server is capable of performing various actions when
certain types of events occur. The terminology used to describe this is as follows:
• Event type - a defined set of parameters that specify how and when something will
trigger an action.
• Event - one occurrence of an event type.
• Action - what occurs when the event triggers. Examples are the upload of video to an
FTP server, email notification, etc.
• Trigger - the circumstances that start an event. This could be e.g. a pre-programmed
time or a signal from an external device, such as a door switch or a motion sensor.
Configuring Event Types
An event type is a set of parameters describing how and when the server will perform
certain actions. An event type may result in one single event, or it may result in many,
depending on its configuration. The most common kind of event type will trigger the
upload of images to a specified destination. Other actions performed by event types can
include the sending of e-mail, the activation of the output port and various types of event
notification.
Setting up a new event type
Click the menu link to Event Types. This opens the list of event types as in the example
below. The list shows various information about the event types currently configured.