Analytics and Analytics Queue Alerts
For cameras preconfigured to send analytic events, an alert can be sent based on specifically defined audio or video events within a selected time period. The Audio analytic types are Audio Detected, Explosion, Glass Break, Gunshot, Scream, or All Audio Events. The Video analytic types are Intrusion Entered, Intrusion Exited, Intrusion Motion, Camera Out of Focus, Camera Tampering, Change In Area, Face Detected, Fog/Smoke, Gun Detected, Line Cross, Loitering, No Mask Detected, Person Detected, Thermal Event Detected, and Vehicle Detected. Analytic Queues is treated as a separate alert type and is sent when a queue line has reached a Medium or High threshold within a determined time range.
Creating an Analytics or Analytics Queue Alert Rule
Defining an Alert Rule: Analytics
- Choose either Video or Audio from Event Group and an Event Type from the dropdown list.
- Enable Alert Regions and then check the regions you want to generate alerts. Regions can be configured for Person Detected, Vehicle Detected, Line Crossing Detected, Loitering, or Intrusion.
- Enable secondary images to receive additional images with alert notifications: thermal images, cropped images, etc.
- Enter the Time of Day ranges that this rule should be active for.
- Check the boxes beneath the Days of the Week on which the rule should be active.
- Select Armed and Disarmed, Armed, or Disarmed from the Intrusion Area Armed dropdown. See Location Arming for more information.
- Active Alert (Optional) - Check the Active Alert box to add the alert to the Active Alert Dashboard and tag it as an Active Alert in email notifications.
- Priority Event Cloud Recording - Check the Priority Event Cloud Recording box to record priority events to the cloud for the associated camera when an alert is triggered by this rule. See Priority Event Cloud Recording for more information.
- Activate Relay on originating device (Optional) - Check the Activate Relay on originating device box to activate a relay when an alert is generated. See Activating a Relay for an Alert Rule for more information.
- Send To Third-Party Integration (Optional) - Check the Send To boxes to send the alert to the associated third-party integration.
- Click Save.
Defining an Alert Rule: Analytics Queue
- Choose the Queue Threshold to either Medium or High.
- Enter the Time of Day ranges that this rule should be active for.
- Check the boxes beneath the Days of the Week on which the rule should be active.
- Active Alert (Optional) - Check the Active Alert box to add the alert to the Active Alert Dashboard and tag it as an Active Alert in email notifications.
- Activate Relay on originating device (Optional) - Check the Activate Relay on originating device box to activate a relay when an alert is generated. See Activating a Relay for an Alert Rule for more information.
- Send To Third-Party Integration (Optional) - Check the Send To boxes to send the alert to the associated third-party integration.
- Click Save.