14  Active Deterrence

Lorex Active Deterrence cameras feature bright, customizable warning lights and a remote-triggered siren. Active Deterrence features can be used in combination with other detection features, such as smart motion plus. By enabling automatic deterrence, these visuals and audio alerts will trigger when motion is detected, in turn deterring unwanted visitors (see 14.1 Automatic Deterrence Settings ). You can also trigger the lights and sirens manually from the recorder on the Lorex Cloud app (see 14.2 Manually Activate Deterrence Features ).
Refer to your camera’s documentation to locate the warning light and embedded speaker for sirens and voice prompts on your camera.
For a complete list of compatible deterrence cameras, navigate to your recorder series at .
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14.1  Automatic Deterrence Settings

Set preferences for automatic warning light and voice prompt triggering on compatible Lorex deterrence cameras.
    To configure deterrence settings:
  1. From the Live View display, right-click to open the Quick Menu, then click Main Menu.
  2. Click EVENTS. Click the Event Settings tab from the side panel, then the Smart Motion Plus tab from the drop-down.
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  3. Select a compatible camera that you would like to configure for active deterrence.
  4. Check to enable the active deterrence rules that you want to use.
  5. Set a name for the rule by double-clicking the mouse over the Name of the rule.
  6. Displays the Person, Vehicle, or Person/Vehicle detection targets. The targets can be changed in the next step.
  7. Click the Draw icon icon and customize the active area for smart motion plus:
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    • Action: Check Appear to detect if an object of interest appears in the defined area. Check Cross to detect if an object of interest enters or exits the defined area. Check both to enable each type of action.
    • Direction: Determine which direction an object needs to travel in order to trigger automatic deterrence. You can select Enter for movement entering the defined area, or Leave for movement exiting the defined area, or Both for both types of directions.
    • To draw, click-and-drag the corners of the yellow box to resize the area. For most accurate results, set an area where objects of interest will move within the bounding box as well as into/out of.
    • Target: Enable the Target Filter. Then check the detection targets that you would like to use or both.
    • Click OK when finished.
  8. Click the Trigger icon icon to enable automatic deterrence features.
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  9. Click Setting next to Schedule to choose which days and times of the week to enable automatic deterrence:
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    • Click or click-and-drag along each of the blue timelines to quickly add or remove time from each day’s schedule in 30–minute segments.
    • Click icon beside 2 or more days to link schedules (icon ). This allows you to quickly change multiple schedules at once.
    • To make fine adjustments to a schedule, click icon . This will allow you to set exact start and end times for a schedule.
  10. Check Camera Audio for automatic voice prompt, and then click Setting to configure preferences:
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    • File: Select one of the pre-recorded voice prompts.
    • Play Times: Select how many times the voice prompt will repeat after a detection event.
    • Click OK when finished.
  11. Check Light for automatic warning light.
  12. Click OK when finished.
  13. Click Apply to save changes.

14.2  Manually Activate Deterrence Features

The system has multiple options for activating deterrence features.
    To activate deterrence features on a single camera:
  • Hover the mouse pointer near the top of the camera image in Live View to reveal the Camera Toolbar. Click icon to activate the warning light, or icon Graphic to activate the siren.
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  • Activate deterrence features using the Lorex Cloud app. For full setup instructions and advanced support for the app, go to your recorder’s product support page. Visit and search your recorder’s model number.
    To activate deterrence features on all connected cameras:
  • Push and hold the front panel panic button on the recorder for 3 seconds.
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  • From the Live View display, click icon on the Navigation Bar.
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