This article assumes you have triggering all setup with a single Monitor already. If you haven't done so you can take a look at
one
of these articles to help you get through it.
Setup the Primary Trigger Monitor
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Open the Monitor Settings for the Camera that will be the main trigger for all the cameras in the group.
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In the
Identity
section set a new
Tag
as the name for the group.
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Set the view to Advanced in the bottom right corner.
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Scroll down to Detector Settings and set
"Trigger Group to Record"
with the name of the group
Tag
.
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Save.
Adding a Monitor to a Group and setting to Record
1. Open the
Monitor Settings
for a monitor that will be triggered by the "Multi-Trigger".
2. In the
Identity
section set the
Tag name you set previously for another monitor
.
3. Set the
Mode
to one of the following based on your desired method of Recording upon an Event.
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Watch-Only
: If you want to use
Event-Based Recording
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Previously offered methods of recording on Detector Event are no longer reccommended
.
4. Set the view to Advanced in the bottom right corner.
5. Scroll down to
Detector Settings
and set the following options :
-
Enabled
: Yes
-
Send Frames
: No (This means it will not do any Motion Detection or Object Detection)
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How to Record
: Traditional Recording (you may use another if you'd like)
-
Recording Timeout
:
Any number
(Set in Minutes)
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Timeout Reset on Next Event
: Yes, if you want it to reset the recording cutoff if another trigger occurs during the recording.
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Set any other Trigger options you'd like to occur, like Notifications.
6. Save and Repeat on all monitors that you want to get triggered.