[Alarm Functions] How to exclude areas where you don't want alarms to sound
2026/06/10
When you don’t need alarms to be triggered across the entire monitoring area, but only want to detect alarms in specific sections of the monitoring area, you can mask out the areas you want to exclude by drawing detection zones. Here’s how to set it up:
- Open the O - KAM Pro app, go to the device’s system settings page, select [Monitoring Features], and tap to enter;
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- In the Monitoring section, scroll down to the bottom of the page, select “Draw Detection Area,” and click to enter;
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- Customize areas where you do not want alarms to trigger as needed. Use the paint tool to draw these areas, the eraser tool to clear or modify them, and the “Clear All” button to clear all drawn areas with a single click;
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Note: By default, all zones are set to alarm mode. Please cover any zones you do not wish to detect alarms in.