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5.1
Record Search by Type
(a)
illustrates the main window displayed by browsing to
Recordings
Rec. Search
Recording Search Figure 59
Recording Channel Search Figure 60
(b)
shows a calendar view for the current month. Change the
DATE
in order to move to any previous month view.
(c) Select the
SOURCE
, which can be either
HDD
or
MIRROR SD
. The HDD contains recordings at normal quality whereas the SD card
contains all recordings in sub-stream mode (i.e. at CIF resolution and lower frame rate
– see section 4.1.5 Sub-Stream Settings).
(d) Finally select the
TYPE
of recordings to look for:
ALL
recordings;
ALARM
recordings (if users need to view/export event triggered alarms).
Select
SEARCH
and proceed to the next screen (
Recording Channel Search Figure 60
(e) In
Recording Channel Search Figure 60
grey areas (11:21:25) represent a time period with no recordings; red areas (11:24:25) contain at
least one alarm during the 15 minute
RECORD FILE TIME
interval (see section 4.1.1); yellow (11:27:25) represents locked alarm files and
green periods (11:33:25) are normal recordings.
Note: For the MDR-408xx-1000 only, select
CHANNEL
in order to move to the remaining 4 channels (i.e. 5-8).
(f) Channels can only be viewed/exported one channel at a time. Select the channel to be viewed/exported (in this example CH1) by browsing
with the up/down arrows ▲▼and then selecting the
ENTER
button (the radio button would move to the selected channel).
(g) Select the timeframe by entering the
START TIME
and
END TIME
. Users will notice that the view of the channels will be refreshed and
updated immediately after the cursor will move outside those boxes (i.e. to PLAY).
(h) Finally select
PLAY
and view the selected recording for the chosen channel.
In play mode:
▐►
is used as a
Pause
button. By pressing it repeatedly, it changes to
STEP
mode which enables a “frame by frame” playback.
►
is the standard
Play
button.
is the
Slow
button and allows users to play at 1/2, 1/4 and 1/8 of the standard speed.
is the
GoTo
button which allows users to enter a
time inside
the timeframe selected by
START TIME
and
END TIME.
is the
Rewind
button that can rewind the video at 2x, 4x and 8x.
is the
Fast Forward
button that can playback the video at 2x, 4x and 8x.
(i)
UNLOCK
is used to unlock recordings that were previously marked as locked (see
LOCKED FILE RETENTION
in section 4.1.1 Options).
Note: If playback of a particular video recording is in a different video format from the current settings, it cannot be played. Please, switch the
VIDEO FORMAT
to the correct format (see section 4.1.1 Options).
5.1.1
Exporting Recordings
(a) Plug a USB flash drive into the front USB port of the MDR and select
EXPORT
.
Warning
: Do not connect an external HDD to the front USB port. Only USB Flash drives (which contain flash memory) is supported by
this port. Brigade will not be held responsible for incorrect use of this port.
(b) An option to select a single channel or all channels will be shown.
(c) A progress bar (
) is displayed, indicating the TOTAL number of files and the current file number exported.
Export Progress Bar Figure 61
Export Complete Figure 62
(d) Once the exporting is complete, a confirmation window will appear above (
), unless an error has occurred such
as no external storage detected or a lack of memory space.
(e) The files stored on the USB will be raw proprietary data (H.264). In order to read these files, users must use MDR-Dashboard 2.0.
(f) Please see section 8.6 Loading from a USB flash drive or Folder for further information.
5.2
Event Files Search by Type
(a)
illustrates the main window shown by browsing to
Recordings
Event Search.