Monitoring events
You can display events from FortiRecorder and its connected cameras and other devices such as motion detection, DIDO, and ACS without loading the live video feeds of your cameras. Monitoring this way saves network bandwidth.
Viewing events as a timeline
You can view the timeline separately from camera live video feeds, with no video players.
- Go to Monitor > Event > Event.
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Use the timeline to find motion detection and other events.
Viewing events as a table
Alternatively to the timeline, you can view events and recordings as a table.
Each entry in the list contains:
- start and end time of the event
- camera that the event occurred on (if applicable; FortiRecorder system events have no associated camera, but ACS events have an associated camera)
- type of the event, such as Annotate, ACS, Motion Detection, System (FortiRecorder), and Camera (recording interruptions etc. that are not a motion detection alarm)
- subtype of the event, such as Motion Alarm, System Reboot, Access Granted, Door Forced Open, etc.
To display events as a table
- Go to Monitor > Event > Event List.
- Click Select Cameras and select which cameras' events to include.
- In Start date and End date, select the time range of events.
- Click Events Filter and select the type of events and/or annotations to include.