IVS Wiki:Privacy Switch - Add Recipients

Introduction

Some of the rules point to a recipient at a specific IP address, so the camera must have a recipient set up, even for itself.

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In the case of a room with multiple cameras, the master camera will need a recipient set up for all other cameras in the room as well.

Adding Self

1. Navigate to Setup → Events → Recipients.
2. Click on Add.
3. Add Self in the name field.
4. In Recipient, type

   http://IPADDRESS/axis-cgi/param.cgi

5. Type in the login credentials for the camera.
6. Click Test.
7. Click Close.

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Adding Remote Cameras

Fixed Cameras

1. Click on Setup.
2. Click on Events.
3. Click on Recipients.
4. Click on Add.
5. Add Remote in the name field.

   For rooms with multiple remote cameras, be sure to give them unique names.

6. In Recipient, type

   http://IPADDRESS/axis-cgi/param.cgi

7. Type in the login credentials for the camera.
8. Click Test.
9. Click Close.

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PTZ Cameras

When a PTZ camera is being used as a secondary camera, one must add a separate recipient, just for the PTZ rules, using the following information.

1. Click on Setup.
2. Click on Events.
3. Click on Recipients.
4. Click on Add.
5. Add Remote PTZ in the name field.
6. In Recipient, type

   http://IPADDRESS/axis-cgi/com/ptz.cgi

7. Type in the login credentials for the camera.
8. Click Test.
9. Click Close.

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Remote PTZ rules

To create the Remote PTZ rules, add the following parameters:

Custom Parameters

Name	Value
action	update
gotoserverpresetname	presetname (typically named Privacy or Home)

Make a copy of the newly generated Action rule, and modify the second parameter to reflect either Privacy or Home; whichever one was not chosen before.

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