DW IP InterCam Door Station Event Setup

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Affected Roles:  Owner, Administrator

Related Digital Watchdog VMS Apps:  DW Spectrum IPVMS

Last Edit:  December 12, 2024

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DW Spectrum Event Rules

The DWC-INTCAM02 Intercom Door Station camera provides the means to monitor your entryway in a single solution. When deployed, users can combine this device with DW Spectrum IPVMS to notify users when the doorbell is pressed or to remotely unlock a door through their DW Spectrum Client or DW Spectrum Mobile app.

This article will outline how to create the event rules in DW Spectrum to enable these features for the door station.

 

Supported/Affected Devices:

• DWC-INTCAM02

 

Creating Event Rules

Push Button Alarm Notification Setup

To configure an Event Rule that will trigger an action when the door station’s button is pressed:

1. Using the DW Spectrum Client, open the Event Rules menu.
   1. Open the Main Menu and select the System Administration menu.
   2. Select the Event Rules menu.

 

2. Click the +Add button to create a new rule and configure the following:
   • Event
     • When: set as “Input Signal on Camera” (Starts).
     • At: select the door station camera, “DWC-INTCAM02”.
     • Input ID: set as “2”. Camera ID: 1 is for alarm input and ID: 2 is for the push button.
   • Action
     • Do: set the action to trigger the desired action. For example, “Show desktop notification”.
     • Interval of Action: [optional] set to “Instant”.
     • To: select the recipients of the action.

 

3. Click the Apply button to save and apply the Event Rule.

 

Door Lock Release Setup

Installers have the option of connecting the Door Station camera’s terminal block to an electronic lock relay, so that users can remotely control the lock.

To remotely unlock the door of the door station using a soft trigger:

1. Using the DW Spectrum Client, open the Event Rules menu.
   1. Open the Main Menu and select the System Administration menu.
   2. Select the Event Rules menu.

 

2. Click the +Add button to create a new rule and configure the following:
   • Event
     • When: set as “Soft Trigger”.
     • At: select the door station camera, “DWC-INTCAM02”.
     • Available to: select the users that will have permission to remotely unlock the door through DW Spectrum.
     • Name: enter a simple label for the rule such as “Door Open”.
     • Icon: select an icon that will appear on the soft-trigger button.
   • Action
     • Do: select “HTTP(S) Request”.
     • Interval of Action: [optional] set to “Instant”.
     • HTTP(S) URL: enter the following command, replacing “<IP Address>” with the IP Address of the Door Station.

• HTTP(S) URL: Alternatively, to lock the door:

 

3. Click the Apply button to save and apply the Event Rule. When viewing the Door Station camera, permitted users can click the soft-trigger button to unlock the door.

 

 

 

 

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