4 Action at an alarm occurrenceThe alarm action (camera action at an alarm occurrence) will be performed when the following alarms occur.4.1 Alarm type• Terminal alarm: When connecting an alarm device such as a sensor to the EXT I/O connectors 1-3 of thecamera, the alarm action will be performed when the connected alarm device is activated.• VMD alarm: When motion is detected in the set VMD area, the alarm action will be performed.*VMD stands for “Video Motion Detection”.• Command alarm: When a Panasonic alarm protocol is received from the connected device via a network,the alarm action will be performed.• Auto track alarmSW396SW396SC386SC386 : According to the conditions set in advance, the alarm action will beperformed in the auto tracking operations.4.2 Action at an alarm occurrenceDisplay the alarm occurrence indication button on the “Live” pageThe alarm occurrence indication button will be displayed on the “Live” page at an alarm occurrence.(®page 12)IMPORTANT• When “Polling(30s)” is selected for “Alarm status update mode” (®page 53), the Alarm occurrenceindication button will be refreshed in 30-second intervals. For this reason, it may take a maximum of30 seconds until the alarm occurrence indication button is displayed on the “Live” page at an alarmoccurrence.Notify of alarm occurrences to the device connected to the alarm connectorIt is possible to output signals from the alarm connector on the rear of the camera and sound the buzzer whenan alarm occurs. The settings for the alarm output can be configured in the “Alarm output terminal setup”section of the [Alarm] tab of the “Alarm” page. (®page 134, page 141)Save images on the SD memory card (SW396/SW395/SC386/SC385/SC384/SW175/SW172/ST165/ST162)When an alarm occurs, images (JPEG/H.264) will be saved on the SD memory card. The settings to saveimages on the SD memory card can be configured on the [SD memory card] tab of the “Basic” page(®page 58) and the [Alarm] tab of the “Alarm” page. (®page 138)Transmit an image onto a server automaticallyAn alarm image can be transmitted at an alarm occurrence to the server designated in advance. The settingsrequired to transmit an alarm image to a server can be configured in the “Alarm image” section on the[Alarm] tab of the “Alarm” page (®page 138) and the [FTP] tab (®page 162) of the “Server” page.Operating Instructions 334 Action at an alarm occurrence
