Recording
Schedule
- Click Schedule
- Click the Recording mode tab.
- Set the recording mode.
- To remove the oldest video files when storage space is low, select Automatic recycle.
It is highly recommended to enable automatic recycling when storage space is less than 10%.
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Important info: When both Automatic recycle and Keep video are enabled, Automatic recycle has priority.
Schedule recordings
- Click Schedule.
- Click the Recording schedule tab.
- Select the frequency.
- Day–Record daily at the same time.
- Week–Record daily at different times.
- Select a camera.
- Click Configure.
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- Configure the start and ends times and the recording mode.
Note: If you select Record on event, the motion that triggers the event must already be configured.
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- Click Save.
Important info: When changing a camera’s motion detection settings, make sure to disconnect it first. Reconnect it once the settings have been adjusted.
Important info: When setting an event, Motion or Digital inputs can be triggered from other cameras. For example, a camera can be set to begin recording when motion or a digital input occurs on other cameras or I/O Boxes.
Important info: You can drag the time bar to set a camera’s schedule.
Events
Set up an event
- Click Events.
- Click Event & Action.
- Select the camera.
- Select an event on the left. The event list shows events that the camera supports.
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Important info: Before choosing Camera motion, make certain to configure the camera’s motion detection settings.
- Click Configure.
- In the Event configuration window, configure the event.
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- Click OK.
- Click Add to select an action for the event.
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- To modify an action, click it and then click Configure.
- Click Save to confirm the settings.
Important info: After selecting camera events, the event information displays when it is triggered.
- Click Events.
- Click Event & Action.
- Select an I/O Box input from the list.
- Click Add to select an action.
- To modify the action, click it and then click Configure.
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- Click Save.
Set up system events and actions
- Click Events.
- Click Event & Action.
- Click System to view the list of system events.
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- Click Add to set up the actions for the event. Follow the steps in Set up Event & Action.
- Click Save.
Notifications
- Click Notifications.
- Click the Contacts tab.
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- Enter the contact information.
- Click Add contact.
- Click Save.
Edit the SMTP server
- Click Notifications.
- Click the SMTP server tab.
- Make your changes.
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- Click Send test mail and confirm that the email arrived.
- Click Save.