Separate alert types. Can this be done with ZM and how?
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2024 9:28 am
First let me say I'm happy to do some scripting so this is not just a question of the type: can it be done via the web interface. I'm happy to write whatever extra functionality, but I'd prefer not to modify ZM itself.
So to the point. Ideally I'd like to be able to see different types of stuff in montage review. For example, I'm setting up object recognition and I'd like to track my cats, but at the same time I need to alert on humans/vehicles for security. It would be great if I could differentiate somehow these two kinds of alerts in Montage Review. I know zmtrigger can overlay text on video feed, but this requires scrolling to the event and viewing it.
Is there any trick one can think of to mark different types of events/alerts on the timeline? One idea I have is perhaps additional monitors can be set up for each camera, for each event/alert type.
For example there is a 4K camera called "Entrance"4K on Mocord with no ZM motion detection. There is a script that listens for the push motion alerts from the camera and when it receives one the plan is to trigger ZM alert, but also do object recognition and somehow include that information about the objects in the type of the alert.
So lets say I want to separate general motion, from "human/vehicle" and cats. I create two additional monitors EntranceSecurity and EntranceCats. I set both to Nodect and source is empty for both(or is set to file, pointing to a 1x1px image if necessary). I trigger them as required. Then in montage review I see additional highlighted bars for Security alerts and Cats.
What do you think? Is there a better way? Perhaps the dev version has some extra features that can help?
So to the point. Ideally I'd like to be able to see different types of stuff in montage review. For example, I'm setting up object recognition and I'd like to track my cats, but at the same time I need to alert on humans/vehicles for security. It would be great if I could differentiate somehow these two kinds of alerts in Montage Review. I know zmtrigger can overlay text on video feed, but this requires scrolling to the event and viewing it.
Is there any trick one can think of to mark different types of events/alerts on the timeline? One idea I have is perhaps additional monitors can be set up for each camera, for each event/alert type.
For example there is a 4K camera called "Entrance"4K on Mocord with no ZM motion detection. There is a script that listens for the push motion alerts from the camera and when it receives one the plan is to trigger ZM alert, but also do object recognition and somehow include that information about the objects in the type of the alert.
So lets say I want to separate general motion, from "human/vehicle" and cats. I create two additional monitors EntranceSecurity and EntranceCats. I set both to Nodect and source is empty for both(or is set to file, pointing to a 1x1px image if necessary). I trigger them as required. Then in montage review I see additional highlighted bars for Security alerts and Cats.
What do you think? Is there a better way? Perhaps the dev version has some extra features that can help?