Reviewing Camera Notifications
If you have configured camera-based notifications, accounts configured to be notified can log in to the web UI in order to review the video clips. If you have configured email settings, these accounts will also receive an email when a camera-based event occurs. Notifications contain snapshot images from the video clip of the detected motion or, depending on your configuration, a link directly to the video clip. In this way, recipients can quickly assess whether or not the event is serious, or just a false alarm.
Occasionally, you may sometimes be required to review these notifications if, for example, the usual recipient is on vacation. You can do this from the web UI, without logging in to a separate operator account. Alternatively, you can add yourself to the list of people that will receive a notification via email.
To review camera-based notifications
- Go to Monitor > Camera Notifications > Notification Events.
- Select All from the select recipient drop-down menu, or select the name of an account that should have received the notification. The list of notifications will be filtered by the recipient criteria. Only matching notifications will appear.
- In the Message column, select the link to view the corresponding notification. A new tab opens, displaying the notification that was included in the email body, if any. The notification includes some images that are key frames from the motion detection video clip.
- To view a video clip from the notification, select its key frame image. The notification window will be replaced with a video clip player.