Summary:

We can enable/disable privacy mask with physical alarm input using ‘Event Rule’ and ‘Handover’

It can be used to deal with sensitive matters that need to be broadcast to other audiences. For example, in court they sometimes want to mask witnesses and by pressing a button.

Here are the SUNPAI commands to enable/disable the privacy mask

• Enable privacy mask

http://<IP>/stw-cgi/image.cgi?msubmenu=privacy&action=set&Enable=True

• Disable privacy mask

http://<IP>/stw-cgi/image.cgi?msubmenu=privacy&action=set&Enable=False

Step By Step Guide:

1. Prerequisite: Configure the privacy mask on the camera

Example of the camera IP : 192.168.1.223

2. Create the Handover to enable the privacy mask

stw-cgi/image.cgi?msubmenu=privacy&action=set&Enable=True

3. Create another Handover to disable the privacy mask

stw-cgi/image.cgi?msubmenu=privacy&action=set&Enable=False

Figure 1: Setting the handover to turn off the privacy mask

Figure 2: After setting the handovers

Figure 3: Creating an event rule to enable the privacy mask with the alarm input 1

Figure 4: Creating an event rule to disable the privacy mask with the alarm input 2