Open the Time Tasks dialog to define tasks that the camera performs at specific points in time (most often recurring periodically). A typical example would be to update an image on a website every 10 minutes between 7 am and 9 pm every day.
In order to properly test the time task, make sure that the first occurrence is at least one minute in the future. If this is not the case, the time task will not be executed!
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Restore last configuration |
The last permanently stored configuration is retrieved. Temporary setting are lost. Use this action to reset all cameras periodically which can be accessed by several persons at user level (e.g. for testing purposes). |
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Reboot the camera |
In order to ensure that the camera functions operate as desired, it is recommended to reboot the camera periodically. |
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Reboot randomly within one hour |
As opposed to a regular reboot, the camera can execute the reboot randomly within one hour. This method prevents the camera from rebooting at the same time and thus prevents exploiting the camera's downtime during the reboot. By factory default, the camera automatically reboots every Monday between 03:00 and 03:59 hours. |
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Time Task (TT) event |
Triggers an event following a certain time scheme. NoteIn case this action is not be displayed, activate the Time Tasks (TT) option in the Event Settings dialog and reload this dialog. |
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FTP "<profile name>": Current image FTP "<profile name>": Event Archive |
Select one of the FTP profiles that you have created in the FTP Profiles dialog and set the action of your choice:
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Email "<profile name>" |
Select one of the email profiles that you have created in the Email Profiles dialog in order to send emails periodically. NoteIf this action is not displayed, create a new profile in the Email Profiles dialog and reload this dialog. |
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Phone call "<profile name>" |
Select one of the profiles you have created in the Phone Profiles dialog and the camera will call periodically. NoteIf this action is not displayed, create a new profile in the Phone Profiles dialog and reload this dialog. |
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IP Notify "<profile name>" |
Select one of the IP Notify profiles that you have created in the IP Notify Profiles dialog to send the IP message periodically. NoteIf the desired IP message is not displayed, create a new profile in the IP Notify Profiles dialog and reload this dialog. |
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Play audio message "<file name>" |
Select one of the audio files that you have created in the Manage Audio Messages dialog in order to play back the audio file over the camera's speaker periodically. NoteIf this action is not displayed, record a new audio file in the Manage Audio Messages dialog and reload this dialog. |
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Time Field |
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Minutes |
Minutes from 0 to 59 |
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Hours |
Hours from 0 to 23 CautionThis field is evaluated without considering the minutes. This may lead to the camera transferring images from 7 am until 7:59
pm if you have entered See also |
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Days of Month |
Days of the month from 1 to 31 |
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Months |
Months from 1 to 12 |
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Days of the Week |
Days of the week 0 .. 7, with 0 = Sunday, 1 = Monday, ..., 6 = Saturday, 7 = Sunday CautionIf you are using numbers (as opposed to *) for both calendar days and the days of the week, the camera will execute the task if at least one of these criteria has been fulfilled. See also |
When filling out the time fields, you can only use numbers.
You can enter a numeric value for a point in time, an asterisk *, a list, a range or an interval:
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A numeric value means at this point in time: |
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Every |
The asterisk "*" means every: "*" in the Hours time field means at every hour. |
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List |
You can combine several numeric values to form a list: |
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Area |
You can enter a range in time field. Note that the smaller numeric value always comes first. Thus, entering |
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You can shorten a list by entering an increment: The entry corresponds to the following list: You can also combine an increment with an asterisk (*): NoteValues that are larger than 1/2 of the maximum value (e.g. > Example 1.
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Enter at least one number in one of the time fields. A task is rejected if you have entered asterisks in every time field.
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Minutes |
Hours |
Days of Month |
Months |
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The task is executed every 10 minutes between 7 am and 9:50 pm every day. If you would like to store images from 7 am to 9 pm sharp, create two time tasks (see next example). |
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If you would like the task to be performed on the hour for the last time, you need to define a second task with this exact
hour and the value These two tasks now work as follows:
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The task is executed every 10 minutes between 7 am and 3:50 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays from June to September. |
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The task is executed every 15 minutes between 8 am and 4:45 pm from Monday to Friday. |
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The task is executed at 3:30 p.m., on the 1st and 15th of each month and additionally on each Friday. |
At the right border of the dialog, two option switches per defined task are displayed:
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Inactive |
The task is deactivated although the definition remains in the configuration. |
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Deleting |
The task is deactivated and will be deleted from the configuration. |
The Remove option is only available for stored tasks.
Click on the Set button to activate your settings and to save them until the next reboot of the camera.
Click on the Factory button to load the factory defaults for this dialog (this button may not be present in all dialogs).
Click on the Restore button to undo your most recent changes that have not been stored in the camera permanently.
Click on the Close button to close the dialog. While closing the dialog, the system checks the entire configuration for changes. If changes are detected, you will be asked if you would like to store the entire configuration permanently.