Manually Set Up Privacy Switch Rules for 8.x Firmware

If you are complete with the previous page, and you did not use a config file for privacy rules, complete the following steps. In the case of multiple cameras, these steps should only be done for the main camera; the recipient cameras do not need rules built.

Update I/O Ports

1. Click on Settings in the bottom right hand corner of the window.

   

2. Click on System.

   

3. Click on I/O Ports.

   

4. On a camera with 4 I/O Ports, change I/O Port 4 to Output.
5. On a camera with 2 I/O Ports, change I/O Port 2 to Output.
6. For a camera who's ports do not alternate, simply rename the output "Output 2".
7. Click Save.

Privacy Rules

LED On

LED Off

Privacy Off Rule

For a Fixed Camera:

Name	Value
action	update
Image.I0.Overlay.MaskWindows.M0.Enabled	no
AudioSource.A0.InputGain	0
autofocus	on

For a PTZ Camera:

Name	Value
action	update
Image.I0.Overlay.MaskWindows.M0.Enabled	no
AudioSource.A0.InputGain	0
PTZ.Various.V1.PanEnabled	true
PTZ.Various.V1.TiltEnabled	true
PTZ.Various.V1.ZoomEnabled	true
autofocus	on

If during the course of audio testing, the cameras have been set to gain other than 0, you must also update the gain value in this rule.

Privacy On Rule

For a Fixed Camera:

Name	Value
action	update
Image.I0.Overlay.MaskWindows.M0.Enabled	yes
AudioSource.A0.InputGain	mute

For a PTZ Camera:

Name	Value
action	update
Image.I0.Overlay.MaskWindows.M0.Enabled	yes
AudioSource.A0.InputGain	mute
PTZ.Various.V1.PanEnabled	false
PTZ.Various.V1.TiltEnabled	false
PTZ.Various.V1.ZoomEnabled	false

Privacy PTZ

Only for a PTZ Camera

Multiple Cameras

1. If you are building a room with multiple cameras, you need to add rules onto the master camera, to drive the slave cameras. Make duplicates of the Privacy and/or PTZ rules.
2. In the extra sets of rules, select the recipients you created in the recipients field.