10Action at an alarm occurrenceThe alarm action will be performed when the following alarms occur.Alarm typeTerminal alarm: When connecting an alarm device such as a sensor to the EXT I/O connector on the of thecamera, the alarm action (camera action at an alarm occurrence) will be performed when the connectedalarm 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 ( Setup Instructions) is received from the connecteddevice via a network, the alarm action will be performed.Action at an alarm occurrenceDisplay the [Alarm occurrence indication] button on the "Live" page. ( page 6)The alarm occurrence indication button will be displayed on the "Live" page at an alarm occurrence.Important:When "Polling (30 sec)" is selected for "Alarm status update mode" ( Setup Instructions), the alarm occurrenceindication button will be refreshed in 30-second intervals. For this reason, it may take a maximum of 30 secondsuntil the alarm occurrence indication button is displayed on the "Live" page at an alarm occurrence.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 when analarm 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. ( Setup Instructions)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 of the [Alarm] tab ofthe "Alarm" page ( Setup Instructions) and the [FTP] tab of the "Server" page ( Setup Instructions).Important:Select "FTP error" for "Save trigger" on the [SD memory card] tab when using the SD memory card. When"Alarm input" or "Manual" is selected for "Save trigger", an alarm image will not be transmitted at an alarm occur-rence to the FTP server.Notify of alarm occurrences by e-mailAlarm mail (alarm occurrence notification) can be sent at an alarm occurrence to the e-mail addresses registered inadvance. Up to 4 addresses can be registered as recipients of the alarm mail. An alarm image (still picture) can besent with the alarm mail as an attached file. The settings for alarm mail can be configured in the "Mail notification"section of the [Notification] tab of the "Alarm" page ( Setup Instructions) and the [Mail] tab of the "Server" page( Setup Instructions).Notify of alarm occurrences to the designated IP addresses (Panasonic alarm protocol)This function is available only when a Panasonic device, such as the network disk recorder, is connected to the sys-tem. When "On" is selected for "Panasonic alarm protocol", the connected Panasonic device will be notified that thecamera is in the alarm state. The settings for Panasonic alarm protocol can be configured in the "Panasonic alarmprotocol notification" section of the [Notification] tab of the "Alarm" page. ( Setup Instructions)