Axis All Camera Station Enable motion recording for third-party devices in AXIS Camera Station

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Motion detection needs to be enabled and configured properly on the device before the event
trigger can be used in AXIS Camera Station. Different manufacturers provide different ways for
the configuration. Please find instructions in user documentation provided by each manufacturer

Verify that motion is triggered correctly on the device before continuing.

Add the device to AXIS Camera Station as usual. Third-party devices are by default recording
continuously. It’s currently not supported to enable “Motion Recording” for third-party devices in
the Add Camera wizard.

Some third-party devices do not support multi-streaming over ONVIF interface. Therefore it’s
recommended disable continuous recording before enabling motion detection recording, and
vice versa.

1. Go to Configuration > Recording and events > Recording method.

2. Choose the third-party device, uncheck “Enabled” under “Continuous” and select “Apply”

1. Go to Configuration > Recording and events > Action rules.

2. Create a new rule and choose the Device Event trigger:

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3. Select the third-party device and choose “MotionAlarm” in the Event list.

4. Set the Trigger peiord to at least 5 seconds.

5. Under Filter set “State” to “Yes” which means the trigger should be activated when there

is a motion. “Source” is an optional filter which can be used to filter on motion triggers

sent from different sources/windows.

Some manufacturers may name the motion
detection events differently

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6. Trigger motion detection on the device and check the Activity window to verify if the
event is configured correctly. The Activity window displays the current state of the device
event trigger as a function of time. A trigged event could appear as a step or pulse on the
straight line, depending on how the manufacturer defines an event

7. Click OK and Next to add and configure the Action(s).

8. Select Record and then the third-party device in the Create Recording Action dialog.
Several different actions can be created if needed, among others Raise Alarm.

9. Click Next to name the Action rule and Finish to finalize the rule configuration.

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10. Verify that the new Action rule by triggering motion detection on the device and confirm
that the recording is displayed in the recording timeline. Refresh the timeline by grab and
drag by timeline to the left.

For more information about third-party support in AXIS Camera Station see this document.