To create a new recording schedule:
1. Click the Recording Schedule tab . 2. Click Add. A dialog box appears.
Figure 57. Naming a Recording Schedule 3. Enter a name for the recording schedule. Click OK.
4. Click the arrow next to “Assign dates and times.” Click Add. A dialog box appears.
Figure 58. Assigning Dates and Times 5. Set the recording start and end times or click the “All day” option button.
6. Set the start date, using one of three options:
• Click the Calendar button and then click a date on the pop-up calendar to set the start date for your recording.
• Type the date. Click in a date field, delete the current date, and then type the date you want to use for the start of your recording.
• Use the date spinners. Click the month field, and then use the up and down arrows to scroll through the numbered months (1to 12) until you reach the month you want to use for the start of your recording. Repeat the same process for setting the date and the year.
7. Select “No end date,” or specify an end date using one of the three options listed above.
8. Select the recurrence pattern. Depending on which option button you select, different settings appear:
• Daily: Recurs daily.
• Weekly: The days of the week appear on the right. Click the check boxes of the days when you would like the recording to recur (refer to Figure 58).
• Monthly: Set the day (1 to 31) of the month and how many months apart (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6) you would like the recording to recur (refer to Figure 59 on page 66).
Figure 59. Setting Monthly Schedule
• Yearly: Set the month and day of the year you would like the recording to recur.
Figure 60. Setting Yearly Schedule
9. You may assign more than one set of dates and times to a particular schedule. To add additional date and time blocks, repeat steps 5 to 9.
Once you have selected the time period, you can record continuously during the time period or record only events during that time period.
10. Set a continuous recording schedule. You may select all cameras or select individual cameras by location or camera group. To select all cameras for continuous recording during the time period:
a. Click the Continuous Recording tab.
b. Click the “All Cameras” check box to select it.
11. To add cameras to or remove cameras from a schedule by location:
a. Click the Continuous Recording tab.
b. Click beside Location. Click Assign.
c. To add cameras to your schedule: in the Cameras list, click the locations or individual devices you want to add, and then click Add.
d. To remove cameras from your recording schedule, reverse the process: in the Assigned Cameras list, click the locations or individual devices you want to remove, and then click Remove.
e. When you have finished adding or removing cameras, click OK, or to exit the window without saving your changes, click Cancel.
Figure 61. Scheduling Cameras by Location 12. To add cameras to or remove cameras from a schedule by camera group:
a. Click the Continuous Recording tab.
b. Click the arrow beside Camera Group. Click Assign.
c. To add cameras to your schedule: in the Camera Groups list, click the camera groups or individual devices you want to add, and then click Add.
d. To remove cameras from your recording schedule, reverse the process: in the Assigned Cameras list, click the camera groups or individual devices you want to remove, and then click Remove.
e. When you have finished adding or removing cameras, click OK, or to exit the window without saving your changes, click Cancel.
Figure 62. Scheduling Cameras by Group
13. Set the event recording schedule. To add or remove cameras by event type:
a. Click the Event-Based Recording tab.
b. Select a schedule under the Schedules list.
c. Click the Event-Based Recording tab, and then select an event on the Event-Based Recording tab (refer to Figure 62).
d. Click the arrow beside Event, and then select Modify from the menu.
Figure 63. Event-Based Recording Tab
Figure 64. Scheduling Cameras by Events
e. To add an event to your schedule: in the Events list click the event you want to add, and then click Add. Only configured events appear in the list. Alarm Devices includes any alarms that have been configured for encoders. Each alarm appears as a separate entry. Event Groups includes any custom groups that have been created on the Event Groups tab of the Setup screen. Motion Alarms includes any motion sensing areas that have been configured for cameras.
f. To remove an event from your recording schedule, reverse the process: in the Assigned Events list, click the event you want to remove, and then click Remove.
g. Select the camera (or cameras) you wish to record when the event occurs. You may select all cameras or select individual cameras by location or camera group, and then click Add.
h. When you have finished setting the event recording schedule, click OK. To exit the window without saving your changes, click Cancel.
i. To set the length of time that video will be recorded before and after an alarm is triggered, click the arrow beside Event, and then select Properties from the shortcut menu (refer to Figure 65). The Properties dialog box appears (refer to Figure 66 on page 70).
Figure 65. Setting Pre- and Post-Alarm Recording
Figure 66. Event Properties Dialog j. Set the recording duration as follows:
• Adjust the pre-alarm recording duration as needed. The default setting is 5 minutes.
• To record video for a specific duration, select the Record check box. Otherwise, select the check box to record until the alarm is turned off.
• To run a script when an alarm is activated, click the Select Event button next to Script to display the Select Script dialog box.
After you select a script, click OK to save your changes and return to the Event Properties dialog box.
Figure 67. Select Script Dialog Box
k. You may set more than one event-based recording schedule. To add additional events, repeat steps a through k.
l. Click OK or Apply on the Recording Schedule tab to save your event recording schedules.