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How does motion detection work?

There are two parameters for setting the motion detection:

Sensitivity

and

Percentage

. In the illustration above, frame

A and frame B are two sequential images. Pixel differences between the two frames are detected and highlighted in

gray (frame C), and will be compared with the sensitivity setting. Sensitivity is a value that expresses the sensitivity to

moving objects. Higher sensitivity settings are expected to sense a slight movement while smaller sensitivity settings

tend to neglect it. When the sensitivity is set to 70%, the Network Camera defines the pixels in the purple areas as

“alerted pixels” (frame D). Percentage is a value that expresses the proportion of “alerted pixels” to all pixels in the

motion detection window. In this case, 50% of pixels are identified as “alerted pixels”. When the percentage is set to

30%, the motions are judged to exceed the defined threshold; therefore, the motion window will be outlined in red.

For applications that require higher security management, it is suggested to set higher sensitivity settings and smaller

percentage values.

A

B

D

C

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Current Server Time:

Time Zone:

Enable Daylight

Saving:

Daylight Saving

Dates:

Automatic Time

Configuration:

NTP Server:

Update Interval:

Set the date and

time manually:

Copy Your

Computer’s Time

Settings:

Displays current time.

Select your time zone from the drop-down

menu.

Select this to enable the daylight saving time

(DST). During DST, the system clock moves

one hour ahead.

Note:

To utilize this feature, ensure to set

the time zone of your network camera.

Then starting and ending time of the DST is

displayed upon selecting the option.

You may configure the daylight saving date

and time.

Enable this feature to obtain time configuration

automatically from NTP server.

Network Time Protocol (NTP) synchronizes the

DCS-3110 with an Internet time server. Choose

the one that is closest to your location.

The time interval for updating the time information from NTP server.

This option allows you to set the time and date manually.

This will synchronize the time information from your PC.

Time and Date

Automatically or manually configure, update, and maintain the internal system clock for your camera.

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Event Setup

There are four sections in

Event Setup

page.

• Event

• Server

Server

• Media

Media

• Recording

Recording

1. To add a new item - event, server or media click

Add

. A pop-up will appear and update the fields

accordingly.

2. To delete the selected item from the pull-down

the selected item from the pull-down

menu of event, server or media click

click

Delete

.

3. Click on the item name to pop up a window for

modifying.

Note:

You can add up to four events, five servers and five

media fields.

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Application

A typical application is that when motion is detected, the DCS-3110 Network Camera sends images to a FTP server or

via e-mail as notifications. For example, as seen in the illustration below, an event can be triggered by many sources,

such as motion detection or external digital input devices. When an event is triggered, you can specify what kind of

action will be performed. You can configure the Network Camera to send snapshots or videos to your email address

or FTP site.

To start plotting an event, it is suggested to configure server and media columns first so that the Network Camera will

know what action shall be performed when a trigger is activated.

ex.

Motion detection,

Periodically, Digital input,

System reboot

ex.

Snapshot, Video Clips

ex.

Email, FTP

Media

(what to send)

Server

(where to send)

Action

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Server Name:

Email:

FTP:

HTTP:

Network Storage:

Unique name of your server.

Select this to enable and apply your email account

setting for your camera.

Select this to access a granted folder on the

external FTP server.

Select this to use a web server to store the

media.

Only one network storage device is supported.

Add Server

Configure up to 5 servers to store the media.