The Line Crossing analytics works with any camera that's connected to a Pure Cloud Storage gateway appliance in the Arcules platform. This tool lets you draw a virtual line on the camera feed and detect when objects cross it in a specified direction. When an object crosses the line, the system can trigger various automated responses through the Arcules Rules engine, including:

1. Access the Arcules Web Portal.

2. Select the Devices menu on the left panel. Then select the Video section:

3. Select the corresponding Camera:

4. A menu will appear on the right section.

5. Then, select the Analytics tab.

6. In the bottom part of this tab, you will see the Line Crossing option. A slider button on the right will allow you to enable it.

In this setting, you can add multiple virtual lines for the camera view and subsequently build a Rule for each one of them.

Select the Add button on the right side:

to open the new line configuration menu:

Define the title of the line. This is used to easily identify the line when creating a rule.

Specify which direction objects must cross the line to trigger detection.

Regarding the direction, there are three options:

Returns the line to its last saved position in the camera view.

To edit a line's properties, click on the pencil-type icon.

This will open the menu to change the line's properties.

To set up an automated response when a line crossing event is detected, click the Rules icon.

This will take you to the Rules section of the Arcules portal:

In this section you can configure all the options for the rule, especially what type of Action you want to use when an event is detected. For more information, please visit the Rules article.

To delete a line, click on the bin-type icon.

This will present you a warning dialog confirming the action that is about to happen if accepted.