Add a hardware input event

With hardware input events, you can turn input received from input units attached to hardware devices into events in your system.

Before you specify input for a hardware device, verify the hardware device recognizes sensor operation. Most hardware devices can show this in their configuration interfaces, or via CGI script commands. Also check the release notes to verify that input-controlled operation is supported for the hardware device and firmware used.

To add and/or configure a hardware input event, do the following:

Expand Advanced Configuration > Events and Output. Right-click Hardware Input Events > Enable New Input Event.
In the Hardware Input Event Properties window's list of hardware devices, expand the relevant hardware device to see a list of pre-defined hardware input.
Select the required types of input to use them as events. The types of input often vary from camera to camera. If motion detection is enabled in the system for the relevant camera, note the input type System Motion Detection, which lets you turn detected motion in the camera's video stream into an event.
Note that some types of input are mutually exclusive. When you select one type of input, you may therefore note that other types of input become unavailable for selection.
For each selected type of input, select required properties. When ready, click OK, or click the Add button to add a timer event to the event you have just created.
Save your configuration changes by clicking Save in the yellow notification bar in the upper-right corner of the Management Application.