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I just started exploring Genius Vision. For me, it is using about 4% CPU for each camera added (Core i7 Skylake). That's with no recording and no motion.
Anyways, have you found if there is an email function for it? IE, email a picture from a camera that alerts on motion detection.
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There kind of is but it looks like it's being phased out in favor of push notifications to their mobile app. You can also set it to FTP a picture somewhere, even your DropBox.
If you dig around on their website they have a huge amount of documentation, troubleshooting guides, etc. Way more than any other vendor I can think of.
Here's a couple of FAQ about email that I found there.
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How to use Email Alert?
This is covered by user manual.
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Does the software support using TLS/SSL over SMTP to transmit Email notification?
No.
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Can I use Gmail, Yahoo, or Hotmail to receive trigger policy notification?
NOTE: This function has been superseded, you are strongly recommended to use Mobile push instead, which is available since version 920.
No you can’t. The reasons are explained below:
Free Yahoo Email and Hotmail does not provide standard SMTP protocol, while Gmail requires TLS (some kind of encrypted transmission) which we don’t currently support.
There is currently no plan to support these free Email types.
You need to find a mail server that supports SMTP protocol without TLS requirement. It’s generally the case of corporate internal mail servers, not those free Email servers which (due to being the main target of Email abuse or spamming) requires higher security.
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Trigger Policy: Sending Email through SMTP anonymously
NOTE: This function has been superseded, you are strongly recommended to use Mobile push instead, which is available since version 920.
Genius Vision NVR does not allow sending email anonymously. You must create an account in your SMTP server and enter the correct username/password in our Trigger Policy configuration. This is not a bug but by design. SMTP servers that allow anonymous access are vulnerable to exploitation by spammers and worms.