TruVision DVR 60 User Manual - Interlogix

Chapter 12Configuring alarm settingsThis chapter describes setting up how the system will respond when an alarm istriggered.Motion detectionMotion detection is one of the most important features of a DVR. With it there isno need to manually search through hours of video recordings to find an event.The TVR 60 can be set up to trigger an alarm if it detects motion and to record it.You can then search these recorded motion activities for specific incidents. Ifenabled, motion detection recording can help increase the number of days yourDVR can record.You can mask out any areas of motion on an analog camera display that you donot want to trigger a recording such as a flag on a pole or a moving tree.Select the level of sensitivity to motion as well the target size so that only objectsthat could be of interest can trigger a motion recording. For example, recordingis triggered by the movement of a person but not that of a cat. Motion sensitivityand target size can only be set up using the mouse when in the motion detectionarea setup interface. See Figure 36 on page 88 for a description of the mousepop-up menu.TruVision DVR 60 User Manual 87