You can set the camera to alert you on a schedule.
Camera systems can be programmed to send an alert (alarm) by e-mail or cell phone text when they are triggered through their motion detection functionality. They can even be programmed to send an alarm if they haven't been triggered---acting as a latch key kid monitor. You can set the camera to alert you on a schedule, for example only to text you if the camera is triggered during certain hours. The alert can send frames, or the entire video.
Instructions
1. Install the camera and the control software following the manufacturer's instructions. Locate the camera where it can protect entry and exit points. Run any power lines.
2. Launch the control software, configure the camera and set the alarms. Logon to the online account that comes with the security system and click on the Connection Monitoring tab. Create an e-mail or cell phone alert. Specify whether you want the alarm to occur if the camera or the control software's computer goes offline too.
3. Specify under what parameters you want the alert to occur. Use the control software to map the zone on the camera image that you want to use to trigger the alert. This is called the Detection Zone. Identify the camera (in a multiple camera setup) and select it. There will be a "Define Zones" tab. Use the mouse to map an area on the screen that you want to use to trigger the alarm when motion is detected. For example, you may want to trigger an alarm only when the top of a fence is breached, not the pathway in front of the fence. Save the configuration.
4. Turn on your cell phone or E-mail application and test. Create a movement within the Detection Zone and the wireless camera system will send an alarm, alerting you to the movement. Depending on the configuration it will send you the video as an attachment too.
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