Filters

Here are some example filters for use with Zoneminder. If you have a useful filter, please add it here.

Note about purgewhenfull and Additional HDDs

See: https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Using_a_dedicated_Hard_Drive

Examples

Receive email alarm on Weekends

For monitoring on the weekend you might have:

date/time greater than or equal to -1 minute AND
alarm frames greater than or equal to 1 AND
Weekday equal to Saturday OR
Weekday equal to Sunday AND
alarm frames greater than or equal to 1 AND
date/time greater than or equal to -1 minute

Choose "email details upon match" in the filter. For more details see Email

Receive email for specific monitor on Sunday

Monitor id equal to ### AND
Cause not equal to Signal AND
Date/Time greater than or equal to -1 minute AND
Alarm frames greater than or equal to 10 AND
Weekday equal to Sunday

Related Links

https://forums.zoneminder.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=29280

https://zoneminder.readthedocs.io/en/latest/userguide/filterevents.html#relative-items-in-date-strings

https://forums.zoneminder.com/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=28961