Hello all. So sometime ago I had asked Support what the little bell icon on the GUI meant for the DVR. After some back and forth I was told it was for nothing that I could ignore it (It was for a feature that was not present in the DVR) meaning software like many devices was shared between platforms and some items could be present even if not in use and the item might be removed in future UPDATES...
That said It is something that is used on the 7108-AI DVR.. I found out the hard way to tell you the truth I normally just left it on so I never really cared however after I was told it wasn't used I just always turned it off..
So I have been working with things on my NVR and have been testing things between the AI NVR and AI DVR and couldn't understand why I was no longer getting emails from the DVR. I used to when I tested out things. I will admit I made some changes along the way and thought maybe something in the changes was why it wouldn't work. So I didn't want to have to do a Reset but thought it was my only option. I mean one of the things I offer as a Solution for fixing other peoples problems is with a Factory Reset. So after little time of trying to find out using the menus on the GUI and also using WebUI to see if there was something I clicked on one or the other I thought ok time for Factory Reset.
Did the Reset, Turned off the bell, setup email, did the test, got the first of the daily keep alive emails when you setup to get an email every so often to know your email is working. I setup my IVS rule and I waited for my first test subject to pass the rule. No email, Second and no email so I thought lets go over the steps. First thing and really only thing that I did was turn off the bell. So I put it back to Armed and third subject passed and sure enough the Email starts to flow...
So yes the Red Bell that comes Red when you first setup your DVR if nothing else it controls the Email traffic on Events...
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AI-DVR 7108 and the GUI Bell
AI-DVR 7108 and the GUI Bell
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