In the IP Notify Profiles dialog, you can configure the network messages that the camera uses in case of an alarm to send text messages to the TCP port of a computer or camera and, thus, trigger e.g. other events (observation chain).
Open the Action Group Overview dialog and edit an action group to link its actions to specific events.
Instead of the IP addresses used here, you can also use the DNS names of cameras or computers (e.g. cam1.myintranet.net
or myserver.myintranet.net
) if these names have been defined in the DNS servers (Ethernet Interface dialog).
Click on the More button at the bottom of the dialog to display all options for all profiles.
For each profile, set the following parameters in the IP Notify Profiles dialog:
Option |
Parameter |
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IP Notify Profile |
Enter a unique profile name. Valid characters for profile names are letters, digits, hyphen, dot and underscore. |
IP Notify Type |
Predefined Configuration can have the following values:
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Destination Address |
Enter the IP address(es) and the port(s) (separated by a colon) to which the camera is supposed to send the network message in the Destination Address field. Example 1. Destination Addresses
Remarks
Set the Send Order for sending the IP message:
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Data Protocol |
Set the transfer protocol to use in the Data Protocol selection box:
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Transfer Protocol: Raw TCP/IP |
If Transfer Protocol has been set to Raw TCP/IP, the following options appear:
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Transfer Protocol: HTTP/1.0 Request, HTTP/1.0 Request + Acknowledge |
If Transfer Protocol has been set to HTTP/1.0 Request, the following options appear:
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Data Type |
Select the Notification Data you would like to send to the destination computer:
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Notification Data: Plain text |
Enter the text to send in the Message field. This text can be a simple text message for triggering the IP Receive (RC) event in the receiving camera (see the You can enter any text and use predefined variables. For a complete list of variables, see the Variables help page. |
Notification Data: MxPEG or JPEG clip |
Select the file format of the image files that will be sent:
Set the desired Clip Frame Rate and the time to include before and after the event(Time Before and Time After). NoteThe frame rate set in these boxes depends on a number of factors (e.g. the processor load at the time of the event) and may not reach the set frame rate. In particular, using the Playback has Priority setting in the Setup Menu > General Image Settings dialog can reduce the pre-alarm frame rate to 2 fps. |
Message data:Image from image profile |
For every network message profile, you can use a specific image format that is independent of the image format currently displayed by the camera. These formats are saved in the camera as image profiles. Select one of the image profiles defined in the Image Profiles dialog. NoteIf MxPEG has been activated in the camera, the frame rate will be reduced for ten seconds if an image is pulled from the camera using one of the image profiles. |
Notification Data: System messages |
Select the System Message Scope to include the desired range of system messages. |
Send Port |
When using a firewall, you can set a different send port for your camera. In order to do this, click on the More button and enter the port of your choice in the Send Port field. The factory default setting for the send port is 0 (automatic). |
In order to ensure the successful transmission of a network message, the receiving computer has to acknowledge the message.
If a network message cannot be transmitted successfully (broken connection, computer down, ...), this will result in an error
that is logged in the camera's System Messages dialog with an IPMSG
Service tag and the profile name in the ID column.
If you have created or modified one or more profiles, you should test the profiles (after you have closed the dialog using the Set and Close buttons and you have stored the configuration permanently). Open the Test Current Network Configuration dialog for testing. Click on the Send button behind the corresponding profile and monitor the output on the Network Test Log window. For additional information on this topic, please see the Test Network Current Configuration help page.
Click on the Add new profile button at the bottom of the dialog to create a new profile. Overtype the proposed name with a name that describes the profile as good as possible; this name is used to identify the profile in other dialogs (e.g. the detail view of the action groups).
In order to delete a profile, activate the Delete checkbox at the top of the profile. The profile will be deleted as soon as you click on Set at the bottom of the dialog.
Profile |
Explanation |
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This profile sends a predefined IP notify (network) message to the alarm list of the computer with the IP address If Predefined Configuration has been set to MxCC Alarm: Acknowledge Required instead of MxCC Alarm: Simple, the user needs to acknowledge every new alarm by clicking onto the corresponding alarm in the MxControlCenter alarm list. |
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This profile sends a simple text message to port The message contains the camera name |
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This profile sends a simple text message to port The message contains the camera name |
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This profile also sends a simple text message, but this time simultaneously to port The message is the same as in |
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This profile sends a command to the default HTTP port The camera will pass the command For additional information on camera commands, see the following help pages:
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Click on the Set button to activate your settings and to save them until the next reboot of the camera.
Click on the Factory button to load the factory defaults for this dialog (this button may not be present in all dialogs).
Click on the Restore button to undo your most recent changes that have not been stored in the camera permanently.
Click on the Close button to close the dialog. While closing the dialog, the system checks the entire configuration for changes. If changes are detected, you will be asked if you would like to store the entire configuration permanently.