User manual

Outputting Audio Linked to Alarm Detection

— Voice alert Menu

Click

Voice alert

in the Administrator menu to display the Voice alert menu.

Use this menu to set the voice alert function to output audio from the line output jack of the camera when an alarm is detected by the sensor input or detection functions.

You can output audio from a speaker connected to the camera in synchronization with an alarm event triggered by the sensor input or the detection functions.

The Voice alert menu consists of 3 tabs: Voice alert 1,

Voice alert 2 and Voice alert 3. You can configure an individual audio file on each tab.

Note

Before using the voice alert function, you need to save the audio file to the camera using the SNC audio upload tool stored in the supplied CD-ROM.

For details on use of the SNC audio upload tool, see

page 121.

Voice alert 1, 2, 3 Tab

File

Displays the name of the audio file saved in the camera.

“Not uploaded” is displayed dimly if no audio file is saved.

To delete the audio file saved in the camera, click

Delete.

Note

Before deleting an audio file, set Voice alert to Off.

Test

When an audio file is saved in the camera, you can check it by playing it back.

Click Play to play back the audio file once.

Voice alert

To use the voice alert function linked with the sensor input or the detection functions, select On.

Repeat

Select playback repeat time from 1 to 3.

Alarm

Select the alarm to be linked with the voice alert function.

Sensor input 1: The external sensor that is connected to sensor input 1 of camera I/O port.

Sensor input 2: The external sensor that is connected to sensor input 2 of camera I/O port.

Sensor input 3: The external sensor that is connected to sensor input 3 of camera I/O port.

Sensor input 4: The external sensor that is connected to sensor input 4 of camera I/O port.

Tampering: An alarm that is triggered when the camera detects tampering, such as direction shift or spraying.

VMF: An alarm of the VMF detection function.

Motion detection: The alarm detected by the motion detection function.

Click Detection to display Motion detection menu to allow you to set the motion detection function

(page 94).

Audio detection: Select the preset position linked with alarm by audio detection function.

Click Detection, and the audio detection menu is displayed to allow you to set the audio detection

function (page 94).

Notes

• If voice alert is actively linked with a different alarm type while another voice alert is occurring, the first voice alert is cancelled and the second one is output.

• If two or three audio files are set to be output simultaneously linked with the same alarm type, priority is given in the order Voice alert 1, 2 then 3.

• In the case where a preset position is specified in

Position at alarm in the Preset position menu, the alarm event that occurs when the camera moves to the preset position will be invalid.

• Audio detection alarm is not triggered during playback of voice alert.

Effective period

Set the period during which alarm detection is effective.

Always: Alarm detection is always effective.

Schedule: You can specify the period during which alarm detection is effective.

Click Schedule, and the menu for the effective

period is displayed. (“Setting the Schedule —

Schedule Menu” on page 93)

OK/Cancel

See “Buttons common to every menu” on page 34.

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Outputting Audio Linked to Alarm Detection — Voice alert Menu