3 Action at an alarm occurrenceThe alarm action (action at an alarm occurrence) will be performed when the following alarms occur.3.1 Alarm type• 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.• Video loss alarm: The alarm will be activated when there is a loss of video input signals due todisconnection of the coaxial cable or camera problems.3.2 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 9)IMPORTANT• When “Polling(30s)” is selected for “Alarm status update mode” (®page 27), 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.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 47) and the [FTP] tab of the “Server” page (®page 62). However,when “D1” is selected for “Picture (Camera) mode”, images cannot be transmitted.Notify of alarm occurrences by E-mailAlarm E-mail (alarm occurrence notification) can be sent at an alarm occurrence to the E-mail addressesregistered in advance. Up to 4 addresses can be registered as recipients of the alarm E-mail. The settings foralarm E-mail can be configured in the “E-mail notification” section on the [Notification] tab of the [Alarm] page(®page 52) and the [E-mail] tab of the “Server” page (®page 61).Notify of alarm occurrences to the designated IP addresses (Panasonicalarm protocol notification)This function is available only when a Panasonic device, such as the network disk recorder, is connected tothe system. When “On” is selected for “Panasonic alarm protocol notification”, the connected Panasonic devicewill be notified that the unit is in the alarm state. The settings for Panasonic alarm protocol can be configuredin the Panasonic alarm protocol section of the [Notification] tab of the [Alarm] page. (®page 53)18 Operating Instructions3 Action at an alarm occurrence