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VCA Zones

Zones are the detection areas on which VCAcore operate.
To detect a specific behaviour, a zone must be configured to specify the area where a rule applies.

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Zone specific settings 

The zone configuration menu contains a range of zone-specific configuration parameters:

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  • Name The name of the zone, which appears in event notifications.

  • Type: The type of the zone. Can be one of:

  • Detection: A zone that detects tracked objects and to which rules can be applied.

  • Non-detection: A zone that specifies an area that should be excluded from VCAcore analysis.

    • Objects are not detected in non-detection zones.

    • Useful for excluding areas of potential nuisance alarms from a scene (e.g. waving trees, flashing lights, etc).

  • Shape: The shape of the zone. Can be one of:

    • Polygon: A polygonal detection area with at least three nodes. Rules apply to the whole area.

    • Line: A single- or multi-segment line with at least two nodes. Rules apply to the length of the line.

  • Colour: The colour of the zone.

  • Configure Rules: A shortcut button to navigate directly to the rules configuration page

Adding a zone 

Zones can be added in multiple ways:

  1. Double-click anywhere on the video display.

  2. Click the Create Zone button in the zone settings menu.

  3. Right-click or tap-hold to display the context menu and select the add zone icon

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The context menu

Right-clicking or tap-holding (on mobile devices) displays a context menu that contains commands specific to the current context.

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The possible actions from the context menu are:

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Creating a zone

Click Create Zone icon

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  1. Draw zone and set the location to the image

  2. Set name of the zone

  3. Set detection type

  4. Set shape

  5. Define color

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Positioning zones 

To change the position of a zone, click and drag the zone to a new position. To change the shape of a zone, drag the nodes to create the required shape. New nodes can be added by double-clicking on the edge of the zone or clicking the add node icon  from the context menu. 

Deleting the zone 

Zones can be deleted in the following ways:

  • Select the zone and click the Delete Zone button from the zone settings menu.

  • Select the zone, display the context menu and select the delete zone icon