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CREATING AN EVENT HANDLER: SEND EMAIL
NOTE: To use email notification, the camera must be connected to a local area network (LAN) that maintains an SMTP mail server. Consult your
network administrator for information on configuring email notification on your local network.
1. Configure the SMTP server to send email.
2. Place your mouse pointer over the Events tab.
3. Select Handler from the drop-down menu.
4. Click in the Name box and type a user-friendly name (2 to 23 alphanumeric characters).
5. Select Send Email from the Type drop-down menu.
6. Click in the text boxes (To, From, Subject, and Message), and then type the necessary information in each text box.
7. Select the JPEG Snapshot box if you want to send a JPEG as an attachment.
8. Select the Attach Raw Event Data box if you want the email to include extra data about the event. For example, select this box if the event
is triggered by an alarm and you want to receive data about the state, time, or type of alarm.
9. If you do not want the handler activated every time an event occurs, set filters for the handler.
a. Select the day(s) of the week on which you want emails to be sent.
b. Type times in the Start and End boxes for the days you have selected. Use time values in 24-hour notation (for example, use 0800 for
8:00 a.m., 1600 for 4:00 p.m.).
10. Select one or more event sources to send an email when those event sources are activated.
11. Click the Submit button to save the settings, or click the Reset button to clear all of the information you entered without saving it.
Refer to the following sections for more information:
• System Tab on page 24
• Example Handler Filter Setup on page 64