Setting up external alarms – Interlogix DVR 11 User Manual User Manual

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4BChapter 5: Alarm settings

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To trigger the front panel alarm LED:

1. Click the

Display Settings

icon in the menu toolbar and select

Monitor>More Settings

.

2. Check both the

Other Notification: Panel Alarm LED

and

Motion Alarm

boxes.

Setting up external alarms

The DVR can be configured to record when an alarm is triggered by an external
alarm device (for example, PIR detector, dry contacts…).

To set up external alarms:

1. Click the

Alarm settings

icon in the menu toolbar and select the

Alarm Input

tab.

2. Select the alarm input number of a camera and enter the name of the input, if

required.

3. Select the alarm input type, NO or NC.

4. Check the Setting box to enable the function and click

Rule

to set up the rules

for the cameras to be triggered, their alarm schedules, method of alarm
notification and PTZ function.

5. Select the cameras to be triggered when an external alarm is detected.

In the Rule window, click

Trigger channel

and select the cameras to be

triggered for recording when an alarm is detected. Only analog cameras can
be selected. Click

Apply

to save the settings.

6. Select the recording schedules for the external alarm.

Click the

Arming schedule

tab and select the day of the week and the time

periods during the day when motion can be recorded. You can schedule up to
eight time periods in a day. Default is 24 hours.

Click

Apply

to save the settings. Click

Copy

to copy the settings to other

days of the week and holiday period.

Note: The time periods defined cannot overlap.

7. Select the response method to an external alarm.

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