Play a sounds file upon motion

[501 0]

I was wondering if there is a way to have a sound file play when there is motion on a specific camera but only at certain times?

 

We have integrated the sound card output with the intercom system of a Car Dealer and when one of the cameras see motion between 9 at night and 7 am we'd like the DVR to play a recorded sound file. I know how to get the sound file to play, and I am just wondering if there is a way to only have it play during certain times?

[bike_rider 0]

I know trhis is going to sound a little strange, but one of the reasons I picked a PC based solution is the ability to extend it with other tools. I use a mouse macro recorder to move my PTZ's home position between day and night. At 6PM the macro for night mode runs and reprograms a bit of the PTZ on screen display. At 7 AM, the day mode macro runs. I'm still fine tuning it, but the idea should be solid.

 

You should be able to do the same thing to turn on and off the "play a sound" setting.

[501 0]

I'm surprised this is not an option. Any other ideas? Is there a way to have the soundcard only active at certain times? How about turnign on and off the speakers at certain times?

[bike_rider 0]

No other idea on how to alter the config, besides the macro idea. However, I have to ask, are you thinking about having the outside intercom system make some announcement every time the system sees movement? If so, that is not going to work because the cameras will see all sorts of image changes as movement that isn't really movement. Rain, moths, car lights from passing traffic, etc. All of these will trigger video recording, but you don't want it triggering any sort of loud announcement.

[CollinR 0]

Can you not set this up in the scheduler. I'm pretty sure I did this once, where the dog bark occurs on motion at the front door after X pm.

[Kiwi 0]

It would seem most expeditious just to hook up a relay to a 24-hr timer that only connects the audio to your PA system when required.

[bike_rider 0]

Can you not set this up in the scheduler. I'm pretty sure I did this once, where the dog bark occurs on motion at the front door after X pm.

 

As near as I can tell, you can set it up to sched email alerts, recording and/or I/O module outputs. If you used an I/O module to drive a relay that might work. I can't find anyway to control the audio output via the scheduler.

[501 0]

The plan was to record an audio file with the stores hours, and then if a cam sees motion between 8 pm and 6 am it just plays the stores hours letting people know that the store is closed but "someone" is watching. We have PTZ's patrolling the whole premesis but the sound would only come when the single stationary cam watching the main gate saw motion.

 

Geo should have this funstion available in it's schedule. There are many other things a feature like this could be used for (alerting security cards of motion after hours but not during the day for example)

[bike_rider 0]

I have just tested that you can use the advanced I/O functions to schedule audio alarms when a signal is received from an outside sensor. In others, I just setup a virtual dog to bark when my driveway motion sensors goes off in the middle of the day.

 

I can see why GV did not make this function available on video detected motion - there are just too many false positives to make it meaningful.

 

So, what you'd need to do is get a GV i/O card and tie it to an external motion sensor - Passive infrared or photo electric. It is pretty easy to set up.

[rory 0]

install an alarm with some motion detectors (sure they must have this already) and use a Siren with a Voice Driver, record what you want it to say.