TVG-Series System Guide v1-4 - SerVision

SerVision
TVG System Guide
• Field
Polarity
(Sensors only)
• Description
Select Reverse if the normal, inactive state of the sensor is closed – if it is activated
from on to off.
Note: Sensors are either designed to activate from “off to on” (normally open, or
standard polarity) or from “on to off” (normally closed, or “reverse polarity”) when an
event occurs. Consult the device’s manual to determine its normal state.
Note: This field is equivalent to the "Normal Status" field for activators.
Normal status
(Activators only)
Attach cameras
Select the normal, inactive state of the activator.
Note: Activators are either designed to activate from “off to on” (normally open) or
from “on to off” (normally closed) when an event occurs. Consult the device’s manual to
determine its normal state.
Note: This field is equivalent to the "Polarity" field for sensors.
Select the cameras to which the device should be linked, if desired. Selecting a camera
has the following effects:
• You will be able to configure e-mail notifications of events that were
triggered by this device to include images.
• If you activate AVV for the device, video of events from each of the
selected cameras is uploaded to the AVV server.
Note: If the camera is configured to record by event, attaching it to a device
here does not automatically mean that the device is a trigger that activates
recording. The device must be selected as one of the recorder triggers in the
camera configuration for this to occur. If it is not selected as a trigger, the TVG
may not record the event, and therefore it will not be possible to upload it to the
AVV server. For information about defining recorder triggers, see Configuring
Video Recording, page 96.
• Events from the device will appear in the client interface under the
selected camera as well as under the device. This makes it possible to
play back video of the event by dragging and dropping it into a
camera pane in the MultiClient.
4. Under Notifications, under When Sensor On or On Activator Activated, specify the actions that
should be performed when the device triggers an event, as follows:
Field
AVV
Description
Select this option to have the TVG send video of the event to an AVV server for
downloading. The video is downloaded to the site defined in the AVV screen, in the
format defined there (see Automatically Uploading Video to an AVV Server, page 64) ,
and e-mail notifications are sent to all e-mail recipients (see SMS and E-mail
Notifications, page 58).
Note: Two e-mail notifications are sent – one when the event is first detected, and the
other when uploading of the video to the AVV server is completed. Thus, the video clip
may not be available yet when you receive the first e-mail notification.
Note: This feature only works if the device is attached to a camera and recording
(either event-triggered or continuous) is activated for the camera (see Video Recording
Settings, page 96).
Note: This option only appears if AVV is activated for the TVG (see Automatically
Uploading Video to an AVV Server, page 64).
Configuring Sensor and Activator Settings 113