VE141 Camera Tampering

Overview

The VE141 Camera Tampering Engine is designed to detect when the field of view is obstructed. This can occur if the camera has been moved, if the lens is spray painted, or if a large object is placed in front of the camera.

Working Scenarios

This is a general purpose analytic and should normally run on each camera.

VE141 Configuration Steps

 Add the VE141 to the camera(s) where you wish to detect camera tampering events. See how to select analytics for more help.

 

  1. No configuration is required for the VE141 from the Analytics Configuration tab.
     

  2. Click Apply to save settings.
     

  3. Create a Rule to alarm on camera obstructed events.

Create a Rule using VE141

Configuring the VE141 (see above) is required before creating a Rule that uses the VE141. To configure a Rule using the VE141, follow the steps below:

 

  1. Open Server > Configuration > Rules and click New.
     

  2. Select the camera
     

  3. Pick the VE141 from the video engine combo box. No further configuration is required.
     

  4. Click Next to continue to next step in Rule wizard.

 

See Also

Rules