From 36995de96f44c760b8674480bd013e3311e512e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Isaac Connor Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2019 15:11:49 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Alter option help for EVENT_CLOSE_MODE to reflect that alarm will end the continuous event and start a new one --- .../ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/ConfigData.pm.in | 18 ++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/ConfigData.pm.in b/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/ConfigData.pm.in index c848441e8..2b2a20958 100644 --- a/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/ConfigData.pm.in +++ b/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/ConfigData.pm.in @@ -2571,17 +2571,23 @@ our @options = ( period of time (the section length). However in Mocord mode it is possible that motion detection may occur near the end of a section. This option controls what happens when an alarm occurs - in Mocord mode. The 'time' setting means that the event will be - closed at the end of the section regardless of alarm activity. + in Mocord mode.~~ + ~~ + The 'time' setting means that the event will be + closed at the end of the section regardless of alarm activity.~~ + ~~ The 'idle' setting means that the event will be closed at the end of the section if there is no alarm activity occurring at the time otherwise it will be closed once the alarm is over meaning the event may end up being longer than the normal - section length. The 'alarm' setting means that if an alarm - occurs during the event, the event will be closed once the - alarm is over regardless of when this occurs. This has the + section length.~~ + ~~ + The 'alarm' setting means that if an alarm + occurs during the event, the event will be closed and a new one + will be opened. So events will only be alarmed or continuous. + This has the effect of limiting the number of alarms to one per event and - the events will be shorter than the section length if an alarm + the events may be shorter than the section length if an alarm has occurred. `, type => $types{boolean},