From 8da0dfa74f8f26c79c112e47314849b8ba7f971f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paulus Schoutsen Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2017 08:56:44 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Revert "Added documentation changes for ZM external trigger (#2350)" (#2359) This reverts commit 8c8b44b64439cb0bc57508f41b8b97ec267ec552. --- source/_components/switch.zoneminder.markdown | 17 ----------------- source/_components/zoneminder.markdown | 1 - 2 files changed, 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/source/_components/switch.zoneminder.markdown b/source/_components/switch.zoneminder.markdown index 51f7aa5d23f..e9312a7ca09 100644 --- a/source/_components/switch.zoneminder.markdown +++ b/source/_components/switch.zoneminder.markdown @@ -34,23 +34,6 @@ Configuration variables: - **command_on** (*Required*): The function you want the camera to run when turned on. - **command_off** (*Required*): The function you want the camera to run when turned off. -External trigger mode: - -Zoneminder supports "External Trigger", where recording is triggered out-of-band (not with ZM's built-in motion detector). -This is useful if your camera takes a while to 'warmup' and you use some external sensor like PIR motion detector. -In this case camera can be kept in 'Nodect' state so it is warm and ready to capture. Once external trigger is activated camera starts recording immediately. -This way you will not lose any frames and actually see how your S.W.A.T team deals with the intruder stepped into your nuclear facility. - -Configuration variables: - -- **ext_trigger_enable** (*Optional*): Enable external trigger switch. This will create 'trigger' switch for each of your monitors. -- **ext_trigger_time** (*Optional*): How long ZM is to record once switch is triggered. -- **ext_trigger_cause** (*Optional*): Text that will appear as 'cause' in ZM event log. - -Please note: -* If you use trigger mode, it is recommended to keep camera in 'Nodect' state, so set both **command_on** and **command_off** to Nodect. -* Make sure OPT_TRIGGER is enabled in ZM -* If your trigger source can generate "no motion" event, you may want to set **ext_trigger_time** to some large value.

The default functions installed by ZoneMinder are: None, Monitor, Modect, Record, Mocord, Nodect. diff --git a/source/_components/zoneminder.markdown b/source/_components/zoneminder.markdown index 650cbf90f4b..bec7f12ffdb 100644 --- a/source/_components/zoneminder.markdown +++ b/source/_components/zoneminder.markdown @@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ Configuration variables: - **ssl** (*Optional*): Set to `True` if your ZoneMinder installation is using SSL. Default to `False`. - **username** (*Optional*): Your ZoneMinder username. - **password** (*Optional*): Your ZoneMinder password. Required if `OPT_USE_AUTH` is enabled in ZM. -- **trigger_port** (*Optional*): ZM's external trigger port. Default is 6802 ### {% linkable_title Full configuration %}