Multiple Schedules for Events?

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Lurch96

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I got 2 new IPC-COLOR4M-Ts from EmpireTech recently. I'm trying to set them up but am running into difficultly getting the video detection settings fine tuned.

The cameras have the ability to sound an alarm and/or flash lights when detecting motion. Ideally, I'd like motion detection to be active 24/7, but I only want the lights to flash and alarm to sound if it detects motion during certain hours of the night. I see the ability to create multiple schedules under Event / Video Detection / Motion Detection, but it seems like any triggers I create get attached to all schedules. Does anyone know how to only associate certain triggers with certain schedules? Thanks!
 
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Do not use MD or SMD, use IVS.

You need to create an IVS rule for each type of event.

So if you want 24/7 triggering with events, set one up that way.

Then if you want from say 9pm to 6am for it to alarm and light and sound, then set up an IVS rule for that with the schedule from 9pm to 6am.
 
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Hello and Welcome to the Forum..

If your camera is setup with the ability it wouldn't be in that Scheduling. you will want to look at the Alarm area for motion, Under the Event might have Period or Schedule for your light/Alarm..

Even if light/Alarm is enabled and Scheduling isn't the camera will always make alarm go off. you want to I assume record all events but only want to have the Alarm go off at set hours? If that is the case again it will be in either Motion Not a good idea setup IVS if your camera has it. Setup an Intrusion or tripwire.. In the Event for your detection type where you change light info and alarm it might have Period..

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Thank you! I disabled MD & SMD and have set up IVS rules. I'll do some testing with it but I think it'll be good to go!
 
wittaj said:
Do not use MD or SMD, use IVS.

You need to create an IVS rule for each type of event.

So if you want 24/7 triggering with events, set one up that way.

Then if you want from say 9pm to 6am for it to alarm and light and sound, then set up an IVS rule for that with the schedule from 9pm to 6am.
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Is there a way to temporarily disable the alarm through blue iris? Lets say I have it set up as an overview for my driveway and I need to get something out of the car at 11pm, how would I temporarily disable the alarm and then have it reenabled after a certain amount of time?
 
I do it via changing profiles - I have a no alarm and no alert profile that I switch to for situations like this and others.
 
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Grissl said:
I meant the alarm within the camera setting, is there a way you can send an API through blue iris to disable?
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Yes, I do that thru the profile change - the profile change sends the API command to disarm the alarm within the camera GUI setting.

You need some mechanism to send the command and a profile change is the easiest way I have found to do it.
 
First set up a profile to turn off camera alarms.

Then under the main setting page (gear icon) go to the Profiles tab and then the "On Change" button.

Then add a "Do command" for that profile to turn them off.

These are for Dahua (Or Empiretech) cameras:

curl --digest --globoff "http://username:password@ipaddress/cgi-bin/configManager.cgi?action=setConfig&DisableLinkage[0].Enable=true"

or

curl --digest --globoff "http://username:password@ipaddress/cgi-bin/configManager.cgi?action=setConfig&VideoAnalyseRule[0][3].EventHandler.VoiceEnable=false"


Some models use the first command and some use the second command.

They also have some sloppy programming and for some the "true" at the end turns the alarm off while for others it turns the alarm on.

So you have to play with each command and then true or false at the end to figure out which one it is for your camera.

If it is only one camera, the do command works well. I have several, so I created a .bat file with all the cameras in one file and then it is just one do command.

Then on my normal profile, I created a do command on profile change that has the true or false opposite of turning them off to turn them back on.
 
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