How To Configure A Motion GIF Action In Room Alert Manager

Room Alert Manager can compile a GIF of images captured by your Axis camera to show you what triggered the motion.

When motion is detected, Room Alert Manager can compile a GIF of the images captured by your Axis camera. You may choose to email the GIF to your notifications groups, offering a quick visual check of your facility.

Before you begin:

First, discover your Axis camera. This FAQ shows you how: How To Discover Axis Cameras In Room Alert Manager.

Please follow these instructions to set up a GIF Action:

1. Begin configuring an alert in Room Alert Manager to trigger when motion is detected. This FAQ shows you the basic process: How To Create Alerts In Room Alert Manager.
   • Stop when you reach “Step 3: Add actions to your alert.”
2. In the Then… section of your new alert, select Motion GIF to add a Motion GIF action.
3. In the Motion GIF Action form, select the camera that you used for the alert threshold.
   • The camera used for the action must be the same camera used for the threshold.
4. (Optional) You may configure the action to repeat and/or associate the action with a Quiet Time schedule.
5. In the Send GIFs to… field, select the notification group(s) that you’d like to send the images to.

6. Motion GIFs are only sent when an alert is triggered (or as a repeat action while an alert remain triggered.) GIFs are not captured or sent when an alert clears.
   • For this reason, you may wish to add an additional notification action to your alert, so that you get notified when the alert clears.
7. When you’re done configuring your alert, select Save Changes.