37Figure 35: Motion Detection Min. Blocks screenYou can adjust the minimum number of detectionblocks that must be activated to trigger a motion alarm.Highlighting the box under the “Min. Blocks” heading andpressing the button allows you to adjust the minimumnumber of detection blocks for “Daytime” and “Nighttime”independently. Smaller numbers provide greater sensitivitybecause fewer detection blocks must be activated.Highlight the box under the “Actions” and press the button. The recorder can be set to react to motiondifferently for each camera. Each camera can be associated with another camera, trigger an Alarm-Outconnector, sound the recorder’s internal buzzer, notify a number of different devices, move PTZ cameras topreset positions, and/or display a camera on a SPOT monitor.You can control excessive event logging and remote notification of motions detected after the motion dwelltime by adjusting the motion ignoring dwell intervals. Highlight the box beside “Motion Ignoring Interval” andpress the button. A list of intervals ranging from “1” to “10” seconds or “Never” appears. The recorder willnot log and notify motion events occurred during the preset interval range.Note: The record action for motion events will not be affected by the Motion Ignoring function.Highlighting “Daytime Setup” and pressing the button allows you to set up the Daytime range.Highlight the box beside “Daytime” and press the button. Usethe Up and Down arrow buttons to set the Daytime range. Therecorder will consider the remaining time range as the Nighttime.Figure 36: Daytime Setup screenAlarm-InFigure 37: Event – Alarm-In setup screenThe alarm terminal strip on the back of the recorder has inputs associated with each alarm. You can set upeach input on the “Alarm-In” screen. You can turn each input On or Off by highlighting the alarm number andpressing the button.Each input can be given a title. Highlight the desired “Title” box and press the button. A virtual keyboardappears allowing you to enter a title name.Each input can be set as “NO” (normally open) or “NC” (normally closed).Highlight the box under the “Actions” and press the button. You can set the actions the recorder willtake whenever it senses an input on one of its alarm input connectors. Alarm input can be associated withcameras, trigger an Alarm-Out connector, sound the recorder’s internal buzzer, notify a number of differentdevices, move PTZ cameras to preset positions, and/or display a camera on a SPOT monitor.