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Event Search Figure 63
Event List Figure 64
Similar to
, this shows a calendar view for the current month.
(b) Change
DATE
in order to move to any previous month.
EVENT TYPE
allows selecting the kind of event which can be as follows:
TRIGGER INPUT for trigger sensor alarms. See section 4.2.1
G-FORCE for alarms related to acceleration. See section 4.2.5
SPEED for alarms related to low/high speed. See section 4.2.3
TEMP. ALARM for alarms related to low/high temperature. See section 4.2.4
MD ALARM for motion detection activation. See section 4.2.6
BD ALARM for camera blind detection
VIDEO LOSS for alarms triggered when no video is detected from cameras
(c) By selecting
SEARCH
will be shown. This illustrates all events for the day.
(d)
Using the up/down arrows ▲▼and then pressing the
ENTER
button on the remote control, users can select the event (
E
) or alarm (
A
) and
an
X
will appear under the
SEL
column.
(e) The
TYPE
column indicates if this is an event or an alarm, whereas the
NAME
gives an indication of the type of event. In the example
above, there are motion detection (
MD
), video loss (
VL
) and G-Force shock (
SHK
).
(f) In addition there is a
DATE
and
TIME
of the event and a red letter
R
under the
REC
column to indicate if a recording is associated to the
event. For further details on the meaning of the event
NAME
s, please, refer to 13.5 Events Table.
(g) Four buttons allows users to browse pages.
FIRST
and
LAST
moves to the first and last entry respectively.
PGUP
and
PGDOWN
allows
users to scroll up and down the pages
(h)
REV
is a useful feature which allows users to inverse the selection of the entries on the same page. In other words, the cells already
denoted with an
X
, will be blanked and the blanked ones will be marked with an X.
5.2.1
Exporting Log Files
There are two types of export functions:
●
EX LOG
allows users to export the selected entries (
) onto a USB flash drive plugged into the front of the MDR in the
form of a log file which will be stored in the folder containing the recordings for the same day. The location follows the format \MDVR-
X05\UUUUU\YYYY-MM-DD\log\event and can be read using Notepad
TM
.
●
EXPORT
allows users to export the selected event/alarm video files (
) onto a USB flash drive.
Note: Ensure the red letter R is present for the selected event otherwise an error message will appear stating that no related video file is
present.
6
Miscellaneous
This chapter explains features that are not frequently used, but constitute important information about configuration and diagnostic routines.
6.1
HDD/SD Formatting
(a) Browse to
Settings
System
Format
format are below:
HDD
– main storage medium.
USB
– whenever a USB flash drive is plugged to the front of the MDR.
MIRROR SD
– internal SD card or the fireproof box (optional accessory).
(b) The user chooses whether a
FAST FORMAT
or
SLOW FORMAT
is suitable.
(c) In order to format the fireproof box,
SD CARD TYPE
must be set to external (see section
Note:
SLOW FORMAT
is only available for
HDD.
It will analyse the disk for any bad sectors and
attempt to repair them. If repairing is not possible, these sectors will not be used to prevent any
data loss.
(d) After formatting the device, the MDR will restart automatically.
Format Figure 65
6.2
Firmware Upgrade
There are two kinds of software which may need upgrading. These are:
1.
FIRMWARE
– this is OSD related software and directly affects the user interface.
2.
MCU
– this is software related to hardware functions.
(a) By using a PC, create a folder named
dvrupgrade
in the root directory of a USB flash drive.
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.