What's up guy's, I'm just a guy good at his job!
I'm starting out in my own now and it's super spooky but going ok.
I want to help you guys and create myself a name.
It seems to be when I train they don't retain so let's do this.
Email notifications on motion are a nightmare no matter how well you set it up night vision and scheduling come into play, bugs are a big deal so on.
The best plan for your security is to have a plan sir,
Damien Clark 17 yrs in the business and starting my own.
Commercial, Industrial & Residential.
In alarm to send notification's via email.
On motion to record and preferably attach photos in the alarm event seemed to work the best for me this far.
When triggered to send email it's preferable to have it also upload the image to a storage device separate from dvr like nas or an extra godaddy...
I've used a 4204 relay module from Vista alarm panel to trigger dvr alarm inputs for email notification and it worked perfectly.
I've also wired pir to dvr to trigger a preset on a ptz.
All of these are simple contact closures not meant to pass power through. If so very small amounts to activate...