4 Action at an alarm occurrenceThe alarm action (camera action at an alarm occurrence) will be performed when the following alarms occur.4.1 Alarm type• Terminal alarm: When connecting an alarm device such as a sensor to the alarm input terminal of thecamera, the alarm action will be performed when the connected alarm 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 is received from the connected device via a network,the alarm action will be performed.• Audio detection alarm: When the configured audio detection level is exceeded, the alarm action will beperformed.4.2 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 47), 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.Notify of alarm occurrences to the device connected to the alarm connectorIt is possible to output signals from the alarm output terminal 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” sectionof the [Alarm] tab of the “Alarm” page. (®page 127)Save images on the SD memory cardWhen an alarm occurs, images (JPEG/H.264) will be saved on the SD memory card. The settings to saveimages on the SD memory card can be configured on the [SD memory card] tab (®page 53) of the “Basic”page and the [Alarm] tab of the “Alarm” page. (®page 128)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 128) and the [Advanced] tab of the “Network” page (®page 161).26 Operating Instructions4 Action at an alarm occurrence