Yes, Security Monitor Pro can play an alarm when a network failure occurs. Under General settings there is an option ‘When network failure occurs, turn on audio alarm’. Select this option. [image: SMPpost5053.jpg] From the drop down list, you can select the length of time to run the alarm. Alternatively, you can use multiple monitoring stations on different ISP's to make sure recording occurs. Please see this article on multi-station surveillance monitoring.

Since you mentioned the camera was installed in a garden area, the false alarms may be getting triggered because of tree branches that are moving when the wind blows. I recommend masking the area on the camera preview which shows the trees or branches. Motion will not be detected under a masked area, and the false alarm events should be reduced. For more details on avoiding false alarms please refer this article: https://www.deskshare.com/resources/articles/smp_Masking.aspx Another option is to adjust the motion trigger level from the Motion Settings during the night hours.

Yes, Security Monitor Pro can upload images to website easily. It also allows you to keep only the most recent images and you can set how many of the most recent images to be maintained. For more details on configuring Security Monitor Pro for uploading images to your website please refer to this link: https://www.deskshare.com/help/smp/Upload-Media-Files.aspx

Security Monitor Pro allows you to configure schedule for cameras to start and stop monitoring actions at a specific time. To configure schedule, click on the 'Scheduler' icon. Choose the camera(s) and select when to perform scheduled actions. Monitoring action would be selected by default to be performed at scheduled time. Here you need two different schedules to be configured, one for the weekdays and other for weekends. Select the 'Weekly' schedule. Enter the Start date-time, and run it for 9:00 hours. Select all the days except Saturday and Sunday. [image: SMPpost5017.jpg] For second schedule, repeat the procedure but enter the 'Run for' duration as 4:00 hours and select only Sunday and Saturday. The schedules will start the monitoring actions at the configured date and time. [image: SMPpost5017_1.jpg]

You can adjust the playback speed from Media Analyzer in Security Monitor Pro. Select the 'Media Analyzer' option on tool bar and maximize the media analyzer window. Click on ‘Playback Settings’ icon from the preview controls. On Playback settings, you can adjust the playback speed using the slider. This will change the playback speed instantly for the video being played. [image: PlaybackSpeed.png]

Security Monitor Pro allows you to add Text and Image labels to your camera. When you add an image label, you need to adjust the image transparency. This is important in order to make sure that the motion is detected behind the image. To adjust the transparency level, select 'Manage camera' from tool bar, then choose the camera and click on 'Edit Camera'. On Labels tab, double click on the label image. Select 'Image Transparency' option and set the transparency level such that motion is detected behind the label. [image: add_water_mark.png] Note- Below 60% transparency, motion will not be detected.

Security Monitor Pro allows you to add mask area to avoid false alarm. To add mask area, select 'Manage camera' from tool bar, then choose the camera and click on 'Edit Camera'. On Mask Area tab, select the 'Enable Masking' checkbox, this will add a new mask area, you can move or change the shape of the region by selecting Grab and Move icon. The masked area will block motion detection in that particular area. [image: MaskArea.png] Note- You can also hide the mask area from main window by unchecking 'Show mask area on camera preview'.

Security Monitor Pro shows thumbnail view that allows you to quickly see the camera status and previews. To view thumbnails, you have to select camera layout which has camera count less than the total number of cameras present in the application. Also the thumbnail view is visible only upto three camera layout. To change the layout, click on the 'Camera layout' icon from toolbar. [image: SMPpost4963.jpg] The thumbnail view is a smaller view of your camera along with the status icon indicating recording, monitoring or broadcasting actions. You can also adjust the size of the thumbnail view.

Security Monitor Pro shows different color codes to indicate the status of the schedules. There are four color codes used: Black, Green, Orange and Gray. Black: Indicates a schedule is active and is waiting for its next run to execute or the schedule is completed. [color=green]Green[/color]: Shows a schedule is currently running.  [color=orange]Orange[/color]: This color signifies that a schedule is expired and will not run again. [color=olive]Grey[/color]: This color mark shows that a schedule is in disabled state. [image: Schedular.png]

In Security Monitor Pro, the red border indicates that there is motion detected on the camera. This will help to easily find which camera has detected motion if there are multiple cameras previewing. To prevent highlighting of camera, click Manage cameras >> Select Camera >> Edit Camera. On Actions tab, click on Motion settings button and uncheck the 'Highlight camera border in red color' option. Now, when motion is detected, the camera preview window will not be highlighted in red color. [image: SMPpost4939.jpg]

Security Monitor Pro provides five options for broadcast profile. While selecting a broadcast profile make sure that your network bandwidth is greater than the bit rate you select in the profile. [image: SMPpost4926.jpg] If you are broadcasting the video from all the IP cameras then the total bandwidth used will be the sum of the bit rate used by each camera for broadcast profile. For more information on broadcast profile refer this link: https://www.deskshare.com/help/smp/select-broadcast-profile.aspx

With Security Monitor Pro you can configure a schedule to start and stop camera actions automatically. To add a schedule, click on the 'Scheduler' icon from the tool bar. On Add Schedule dialog, select 'Broadcasting' Action and 'Daily' schedule. Now provide start date-time and the duration to broadcast the live video for the selected camera. The schedule will run for the specified time and the live preview of the camera will be broadcasted. [image: SMPpost4906.jpg]

In Security Monitor Pro, you can set a time interval between sending email alerts. On menu bar, click Camera >> Manage Cameras. Select the camera and click Edit Camera. From Actions tab, click on 'Configure' button for email notification action. Select the time interval to wait for the next email to be sent from the drop down list under 'Customize E-mail' section. This will reduce the load on your Inbox. [image: SMPpost4894.jpg] On motion detection, an email will be sent and then the application will wait for N minutes and will send an Email only if motion is detected after N minutes. N is the number of minutes you have selected to wait after sending email.

Using Security Monitor Pro, cameras can be scheduled to start monitoring or recording action when you turn on your PC. On File menu, click Tools >> Application Settings. In General settings, select 'When windows start, launch Security Monitor Pro in:' option. This will invoke the application every time the PC starts. [image: Generalsettings.png] Next, click on the 'Scheduler' icon from the tool bar. On Add schedule, select the cameras for which you want perform schedules actions, then select 'Video Recording' from actions to perform section. At the end, configure 'On Application Launch' schedule by selecting the start date and time period (as 6 hours) to run the schedule. [image: SMPpost4880_1.jpg] When Windows starts, Security Monitor Pro will be launched and video recording action will start for the selected cameras.

Security Monitor Pro can trigger actions on motion detection and transfers the recorded media files to your FTP server. To configure these settings, open Manage Cameras from the tool bar. Select the camera you would like to create actions for and click Edit Camera button. On Actions tab, select and configure Video Recording, Take Photos and Upload Media Files actions. [image: SMPpost4870.jpg] To delete media files after uploading, click the Configure button for Upload media files action, then select the option 'After uploading, delete media files from this PC'. [image: SMPpost4870_1.jpg] Now you are ready to start monitoring for motion. Select 'Monitor' from the tool bar. When motion is detected, video and photo will be captured, uploaded to FTP server and deleted from PC. [image: SMPpost4870_2.jpg]

Security Monitor Pro keeps track of all important incidents in the form of event logs for each camera. To save Event log for specific camera, select the respective camera from the 'Show Event Log For' drop down from the Event log view, all the log entries for specific camera will be listed. Now click on the Save button, this will create separate log file for the selected camera. [image: SMPpost4859.jpg]

In Security Monitor Pro, you can add a label in the form of text, date and time or image to the camera preview. By default, application adds the current date and time to all video recordings and photos. Adding a logo is same as placing a watermark. To include watermark, select Manage Camera from the tool bar, then choose the camera and click Edit Camera. [image: SMPpost4846.jpg] On Labels tab, click Add Image button and choose a picture file using Browse button. The selected image will be shown in the Preview area. With the help of the 'Image Transparency' option you can adjust the visibility of underlying objects. [image: SMPpost4846_1.jpg] To remove the Timestamp from camera preview, uncheck the Date and Time Stamp option. When the images are uploaded, you will have the watermarked logo on the images.

In Security Monitor Pro, you can view and preserve cameras across multiple monitors using the 'Full Preview' mode. First arrange and logically group camera previews by selecting camera layouts. Click Camera Layout icon from the Toolbar and select the desired layout. Now select Full Preview icon from the Toolbar to view cameras on multiple monitors. This mode hides toolbar and menu bar and only the camera preview area will be visible. To preserve this setting for the next PC launch, you need to select 'Launch Security Monitor Pro in Full Preview when Windows starts' option from Tools on menu bar >> Application Settings >> General. [image: Generalsettings.png] Next time when you start your PC, Security Monitor Pro will be launched in full preview mode with camera layouts displayed across multiple monitors.

Security Monitor Pro allows you to add same cameras on different PCs without manually configuring each camera again. You can backup the camera settings on your local drive or external drive and restore it from any computer. Click File >> Export Cameras on the PC from where you want to take backup of cameras. Enter file name and the folder location to save the backup file. Select the cameras you want to export and click OK button. All your cameras with configured settings will be saved to the specified folder. [image: export_Camera.png] Now, on another PC, click File >> Import Cameras to restore the cameras from a backup file. Specify the folder location where backup file is present. After selecting a backup file, click Next button to restore cameras with configured settings. [image: Import_cameras.png] This way you can view same cameras on multiple PCs without manually adding each camera.

You can easily configure Security Monitor Pro to receive e-mail alerts on multiple accounts during specific times of day. To configure these settings, click Manage camera icon from the toolbar. Select camera for which you want to receive alerts. Click Edit Camera button. On the Actions tab, select Email Notifications action and enter multiple email addresses in 'To' field using a comma to separate them. [image: EmailNotificationSettings.png] To receive email alerts at specific times of the day, click on the Scheduler icon from toolbar. Select both cameras and Daily schedule type. Enter start date and time and number of hours to run the schedule. Set Repeat after every option to 1 day and click OK to save these settings. The schedule will run every day and start monitoring actions. You will receive email notifications on both email addresses for a specified number of hours.