1. Open your camera’s web interface, and then click Settings in the bottom right corner of the screen.
   
2. In the Settings tray that opens, navigate to the System tab, and then click Events.
   
3. In the window that opens, select Recipients.
4. Select + to add your first recipient. Here you’re going to enter your instance of Room Alert Manager to receive HTTP notifications:
   • In Name, enter a name for your recipient. In our example, we’re entering “RA 192.168.123.45.”
   • In Type, select HTTP from the drop-down menu.
     • Select HTTPS instead if Room Alert Manager is using an SSL certificate.
   • In URL, enter the following (do not include the square brackets in your URL) :
     http://[Room Alert Manager's Host IP Address]:[Room Alert Manager's web port]/ram/api/v1/axisdevice/push/[Camera_MAC]
     • In our example, Room Alert Manager’s host system is 192.168.123.45, and the service is using the default web port, 9393: http://192.168.123.45:9393/ram/api/v1/axisdevice/push/AA:BB:CC:D3:E4:F5
5. You may leave the login credentials blank.
6. Select Test to test the connection.
   • You should see a Connection successful message. Select OK to dismiss it.
   • If your connection test fails, you may need to open inbound TCP port 9393 in the firewall on Room Alert Manager’s host system.
   • Finally, select Save to save your new recipient.

1. With your camera’s web interface open to the Setup page, select Events in the navigation bar to the left.
2. In the window that opens, select Recipients.
3. Select Add. Here you’re going to enter your instance of Room Alert Manager to receive HTTP notifications:
   • In Name, enter a name for your recipient. In our example, we’re entering “RA 192.168.123.45.”
   • In Type, select HTTP from the drop-down menu.
     • Select HTTPS instead if Room Alert Manager is using an SSL certificate.
   • In URL, enter the following (do not include the square brackets in your URL) :
     http://[Room Alert Manager's Host IP Address]:[Room Alert Manager's web port]/ram/api/v1/axisdevice/push/[Camera_MAC]
     • In our example, Room Alert Manager’s host system is 192.168.123.45, and the service is using the default web port, 9393: http://192.168.123.45:9393/ram/api/v1/axisdevice/push/AA:BB:CC:D3:E4:F5
4. You may leave the login credentials blank.
5. Select Test to test the connection.
   • You should see a Connection successful message. Select OK to dismiss it.
   • If your connection test fails, you may need to open inbound TCP port 9393 in the firewall on Room Alert Manager’s host system.
   • Finally, select OK to save your new recipient.

1. Open your camera’s web interface, and then click Settings in the bottom right corner of the screen.
   
2. In the Settings tray that opens, navigate to the System tab, and then click Events.
   
3. In the window that opens, select Rules.
4. Select + to add your first rule.
5. Make sure Use this rule is selected (enabled).
6. In Name, enter a name for the rule. We’re calling ours ‘Notify RA Manager.’
7. In Wait between actions, you may leave the default, 00:00:00.
8. In Condition, select VMD 4: Any Profile (or VMD: Profile X if there’s a specific profile you’d like to use).
9. You may leave the checkboxes Invert this condition and Use this condition as a trigger at the default, unchecked.
10. In the Action drop-down menu, select Send images through HTTP (or HTTPS if required).
11. If you only have one recipient, it will be selected automatically.
    • Otherwise, in the drop-down menu, choose the recipient you made earlier.
12. You may leave the default selections for Image Frequency, Prebuffer, Postbuffer, Maximum Images, Maximum Sequence Number, and CGI Parameters, or adjust these settings as desired.
13. You may leave Create folder empty, and keep the default selections in Filename.
14. Then select Save to save your new rule.

1. With your camera’s web interface open to the Setup page, navigate to Events→Action Rules  in the navigation bar to the left.
2. In the window that appears, select Add.
3. In the General section, make sure Enable rule is selected.
4. In Name, enter a name for the rule. We’re calling ours ‘Notify RA Manager.’
5. In Trigger, select Applications.
6. Leave Start condition only at the default, unchecked.
7. In the drop down-menu that appears, select VMD 4 or VideoMotionDetection depending on which Video Motion Detection version you have installed.
8. In Active (or Motion Detected), leave the default, Yes, selected.
9. In Schedule, select Always (No Schedule).
10. Leave Additional conditions blank, which is the default.
11. In Wait at least, you may leave the default, 00:00:00.
12. In Type, select Send Images.
13. In Stream profile, select JPEG.
14. You may leave the default selections in Image frequency, Duration, and Limit, or adjust these settings as desired.
15. In the Recipient drop-down menu, select the recipient you made earlier.
16. You may leave Create folder empty, and keep the default selections in Base file name.
17. Then select OK to save your new rule.

These instructions apply to Axis camera version 5.40 and higher.

1. With your camera’s web interface open to the Setup page, select Events in the navigation bar to the left.

2. In the window that opens, select Recipients.

3. Select Add. Here you’re going to enter your instance of Device ManageR to receive TCP notifications:

– In Name, enter a name for your recipient. In our example, we’re entering ‘ADM 192.168.2.71.’

– In Type, select TCP from the drop-down menu.

– In Network Address, enter the IP address of Device ManageR’s host system.

– In Port Number, enter ‘8085.’

– Select Test to test the connection.

You should see a Connection successful message. Select OK to dismiss it.

If your connection test fails, you may need to open inbound TCP port 8085 in the firewall on Device ManageR’s host system.

– Finally, select OK to save your new recipient.

Your recipient will now appear in the Recipients List, and you can choose it later when you set up your Action Rule.

These instructions apply to Axis camera firmware below version 5.40.

1. With your camera’s web interface open to the Setup page, select Event Config in the navigation bar to the left.

2. In the window that opens, select Event Servers.

3. Select Add TCP. Here you’re going to enter your instance of Device ManageR to receive TCP notifications:

– In Name, enter a name for your event server. In our example, we’re entering ‘ADM 192.168.2.71.’

– In Network Address, enter the IP address of Device ManageR’s host system.

– In Port Number, enter ‘8085.’

– Select Test to test the connection.

You should see a Connection successful message. Select OK to dismiss it.

If your connection test fails, you may need to open inbound TCP port 8085 in the firewall on Device ManageR’s host system.

– Finally, select OK to save your new event server.

Your event server will now appear in the Event Servers List, and you can choose it later when you set up your Event Type.

These instructions apply to Video Motion Detection settings.

You may configure Axis Video Motion Detection application settings or simply leave them at defaults. To view or configure them:

1. With your camera’s web interface open to the Setup page, navigate to Applications→Motion Detection in the navigation bar to the left.

2. In Application Settings, select Axis Video Motion Detection settings.

Settings for Video Motion Detection 3 (version 3.2) are shown here at their defaults. Your settings may differ depending on the version of Video Motion Detection you have installed.

3. Select the question mark  icon in your camera’s web interface for information about the settings that are available. You may also find the Video Motion Detection manual on Axis’ website here: Axis Video Motion Detection (Axis website).

4. If you make any changes, be sure to select Save.

5. Select Close to dismiss the window.

These instructions apply to the camera’s built-in Motion Detection.

If you’re using built-in Motion Detection, you must configure a Motion Detection window in order to later set up your Action Rule or Event Type.

1. With your camera’s web interface open to the Setup page:

– Navigate to Detectors→Motion Detection in cameras with firmware versions 5.40 to pre-5.80.

or

– Navigate to Event Config→Motion Detection in cameras with firmware below 5.40.

2. When you attempt to view the Motion Detection window, you may see an error message. If you do—or if you otherwise cannot properly view the window—you’ll need to add your camera’s IP address to IE’s Compatibility View settings:

– In Internet Explorer, select Tools from IE’s menu at the top of the page.

– Then select Compatibility View settings.

– In Compatibility View Settings dialog box, type the IP address of your camera in Add this website.

– Then select Add.

– Finally, select Close to dismiss the dialog box. You should then be able to see the Motion Detection window and settings.

3. In the Motion Detection window, leave Configure Included Windows selected, which is the default.

4. In Windows Name, select New. A new ‘default window’ will appear.

5. Use your mouse to drag the window to the size and position you want it to be. In our example, we are sizing the window to match the entire image.

6. In the ‘default window’ line item, name your window. In our example, we’re calling it ‘Office Door – Motion Detection Window.’

7. Your window comes with a default Object Size (15), History (90) and Sensitivity (90). You may leave the default values, or choose your own using the slider. In our example, we’ve left the defaults for Object Size and History, but increased the Sensitivity to 95.

For more information about the features of the Motion Detection window, select the question mark  icon in your camera’s web interface.

8. Then select Save to save your motion detection window.

These instructions apply to Axis camera firmware versions 5.40 and higher when you’re using the Video Motion Detection application.

Note that the menu options you see may differ slightly from those below, depending on your firmware version.

1. With your camera’s web interface open to the Setup page, navigate to Events→Action Rules  in the navigation bar to the left.

2. In the window that appears, select Add.

3. In the General section, make sure Enable rule is selected.

4. In Name, enter a name for the rule. We’re calling ours ‘Notify ADM – Motion.’

5. In Trigger, select Applications.

6. Leave Start condition only at the default, unchecked.

7. In the drop down-menu that appears, select VMD 3 or VideoMotionDetection depending on which Video Motion Detection version you have installed. (It may already be selected for you.)

8. In Active (or Motion Detected), leave the default, Yes, selected.

9. In Schedule, select Always (No Schedule).

10. Leave Additional conditions blank, which is the default.

11. In Wait at least, enter 00:00:02.

12. In Type, select Send Notification.

13. In the drop-down menu that appears, select the recipient you made earlier.

14. In Message, enter “Motion Detected.” (This message will appear in Device ManageR’s logs and can assist with troubleshooting.)

15. Leave Send notification continuously while rule is active at the default, unchecked.

16. Then select OK to save your new rule.

Your Action Rule will now appear in your Action Rule List.

These instructions apply to Axis camera firmware versions 5.40 to pre-5.80 when you’re using the camera’s built-in motion detection.

1. With your camera’s web interface open to the Setup page, navigate to Events→Action Rules  in the navigation bar to the left.

2. In the window that appears, select Add.

3. In the General section, select Enable rule.

4. In Name, enter a name for the rule. We’re calling ours ‘Notify ADM – Motion.’

5. In Trigger, select Detectors.

6. Then select Motion Detection from the new drop-down menu that appears.

7. The motion window you created in the previous step should automatically get selected beneath that.

8. In Motion, ensure that Yes is selected.

9. In Schedule, select Always (No Schedule) from the drop-down menu.

10. Select Additional conditions.

11. In Wait at least, enter 00:00:02.

12. In Type, select Send Notification.

13. In the drop-down menu that appears, select the recipient you made in the previous step.

14. In Message, enter “Motion Detected.” (This message will appear in Device ManageR’s logs and can assist with troubleshooting.)

15. In Send notifications continuously while rule is active, leave the default, unchecked.

16. Then select OK to save your new rule.

Your Action Rule will now appear in your Action Rule List.

These instructions apply to Axis camera firmware below 5.40.

1. With your camera’s web interface open to the Setup page, navigate to Event Config→Event Types in the navigation bar to the left.

2. In the window that appears, select Add Triggered.

3. In the General section, in Name, enter a name for your event. We’re calling ours ‘Notify ADM – Motion.’

4. In priority, leave the default, Normal.

5. In Set min time interval between triggers, enter 00:00:02.

6. In Respond to Trigger, leave Always selected.

7. In Triggered by, select Motion detection.

8. In When Triggered, select Send TCP notification.

9. In Send to, select the Event Server you made in the previous step. In our example, we’re selecting ADM 192.168.2.71.

10. In Message, enter ‘Motion Detected.’ (This message will appear in Device ManageR’s logs and can assist with troubleshooting.)

11. In Send notifications continuously while event is active, leave the default, unchecked.

12. Then select OK.

Your Event Type will now appear in your Event Type List.