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    Creating Camera Alerts

    Generating alerts with AI Dashcams on Telematics Guru

    Written by Jake Tannenbaum

    Updated at September 4th, 2025

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      What Alerts Can I Get From Cameras? Setting up a Camera Alert Use Camera Event Use Geo-Fence Use Time Next Steps

      What Alerts Can I Get From Cameras?

      AI Dashcams can generate two types of alerts, depending on the way in which you have integrated them into Telematics Guru. The primary way is by setting up a Camera Alert to listen for media events from the camera which are generated as the AI algorithms in the dashcam automatically detect and upload a media event to the cloud. The secondary way is only possible if you have set the camera up as a standalone asset so that the telemetry comes from the camera unit itself. In that case, the normal Alerts functionality will be available for telemetry. 

      Setting up a Camera Alert

      Navigate to Admin → Alerts → Create Camera Alert.

       

      The General, Assets, Notifications, and Advanced tabs work in the same manner as normal Alerts.

      The Conditions tab has several sections as follows.

       

      Use Camera Event

      Different camera platform providers have different names for the same types of events. In Telematics Guru we have tried to unify them under common names where we can. 

      Provider Provider Name Telematics Guru Name
      LightMetrics ForwardCollisionWarning Collision
      LightMetrics CellphoneDistractedDriving DriverCellphoneUse
      LightMetrics DistractedDriving DriverDistracted
      LightMetrics DrowsyDrivingDetected DriverDrowsiness
      LightMetrics DriverFatigueDetected DriverFatigue
      LightMetrics LaneDriftFound DriverLaneDrift
      LightMetrics TailGatingDetected DriverTailgating
      LightMetrics HarshAcceleration HarshAcceleration
      LightMetrics HarshBraking HarshBrake
      LightMetrics Cornering HarshCornering
      LightMetrics MaxSpeedExceeded Speeding
      LightMetrics TrafficSTOPSignViolated StopSign
      LightMetrics TrafficSpeedViolated Speeding
      LightMetrics CustomTriggered Assistance
      VisionMax Collision Collision
      VisionMax CellPhoneUse DriverCellphoneUse
      VisionMax Distraction DriverDistracted
      VisionMax NoddingOff DriverDrowsiness
      VisionMax Yawn DriverDrowsiness
      VisionMax LaneDrift DriverLaneDrift
      VisionMax RollingStop DriverRollingStop
      VisionMax StopAndGo DriverStopAndGo
      VisionMax Tailgating DriverTailgating
      VisionMax UnfastenedSeatbelt DriverUnfastenSeatbelt
      VisionMax RapidAcceleration HarshAcceleration
      VisionMax HarshAccelerating HarshAcceleration
      VisionMax SuddenDeceleration HarshBrake
      VisionMax AbruptSteering HarshCornering
      VisionMax HarshCornering HarshCornering
      VisionMax Idling Idling
      VisionMax EndIdling IdlingEnd
      VisionMax Speeding Speeding
      VisionMax RailroadCrossing RailroadCrossing
      VisionMax SchoolZoneSpeed SchoolZoneSpeed
      VisionMax SpeedCamera SpeedCamera
      VisionMax SpeedSign SpeedSign
      VisionMax GeofenceIn GeofenceEnter
      VisionMax GeofenceOut GeofenceLeave
      VisionMax FaceID DriverFaceId
      VisionMax NFCClockIn DriverNFCTag
      VisionMax ManualBurst OnDemandBurst
      VisionMax ManualSnapshot OnDemandImage
      VisionMax ManualVideo OnDemandVideo
      VisionMax EngineOff IgnitionOff
      VisionMax MotionDetect MotionDetected
      VisionMax Parking Parking
      VisionMax ParkingCollision ParkingCollision
      VisionMax Startup Startup
      VisionMax CameraTampered CameraTampered
      VisionMax CoverRecovered CoverRecovered
      VisionMax CoverRemoved CoverRemoved
      VisionMax ADASFailure AdvancedDriverAssistanceSystemFailure
      VisionMax ADASRecovery AdvancedDriverAssistanceSystemRecovery
      VisionMax Assistance Assistance
      VisionMax BSIS BlindSpotInformationSystem
      VisionMax DMSFailure DriverMonitoringSystemFailure
      VisionMax DMSRecovery DriverMonitoringSystemRecovery
      VisionMax FCWS ForwardCollisionWarningSystem
      VisionMax PCWS PreCollisionWarningSystem

      Use Geo-Fence

      As with normal alerts, choose the Geo-Fence that you wish to record interactions with and specify the interaction type. This is useful when used in conjunction with Camera Events, as you may specify that you're only interested in distraction events outside of the company yard, so as to avoid over-reporting.

      Use Time

      Time allows you to specify a time of occurrence. This may be used to send a high priority alert on driver fatigue late at night for example.

      Next Steps

      To get the most out of alerts, ensure that your Address Book is up to date with all the contacts that need to be alerted.

      camera notifications alert system alerts adas fatigue

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