Monitoring motion detection notifications
If you have configured notifications based on events detected by cameras (see Configuring notification triggers), accounts configured to be notified can log in to the GUI and review the video clips. If you have configured email settings, then these accounts will also receive an email when a camera detects an event. Notifications contain snapshot images from the video clip of the detected motion or, depending on your configuration, a link directly to the video clip. (See Customizing email templates.) In this way, recipients can quickly assess whether or not the event is serious, or just a false alarm.
Occasionally, you might also sometimes be required to review these notifications if, for example, the usual recipient is on vacation. If you have permissions (see Configuring administrator profiles), you can do this from the GUI, without logging in to a separate account. Alternatively, you can add yourself to the list of people that will receive a notification via email.
To monitor camera-based notifications
- Go to Monitor > Camera Notifications > Notification Events.
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From Select recipient, select either All, or the account that should have received the notification.
The list of notifications is filtered by the recipient criteria. Only matching notifications appear.
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In the Message column, click the link to view that notification.
A new browser tab or window opens, displaying the notification that was included in the email body, if any. By default, the notification includes images that are key frames from the motion detection video clip.
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To view the motion detection video clip, click a key frame image.
A video player replaces the notification, and begins to play the video. See also Viewing previously recorded video.