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Chapter 4 Camera Management
Managing the Local Storage
Managing the Local Storage
The 6000 Series IP cameras have an SD card slot that can support an optional SD memory card (up to 8
GB) for local storage purposes. If local storage is available on an IP camera and the camera loses network
connectivity, video data storage switches to the local SD memory card.
For security purposes, video data stored on the SD memory card is encrypted. To view the encrypted
video, you must decrypt it to H.264 or MP4 format. Encrypted files cannot be decrypted directly from
an SD memory card on an IP camera; before they can be decrypted, they must either be downloaded to
your PC, or the SD memory card must be moved from the IP camera to your PC.
The Cisco SD Utility allows you to manage the SD memory card and to decrypt the encrypted video data
on the card. The utility can be downloaded from Cisco.com and installed on your PC. For more
information see the
“Downloading and Installing the Cisco SD Utility” section on page 4-13
.
Note
Note You cannot manage an SD memory card using the camera firmware or Cisco Video Surveillance
Manager (VSM); you must use the Cisco SD Utility.
Privacy Zone
Up Arrow toggle
button
Click the Up Arrow to display the privacy zone controls. The button changes
to the Down Arrow button.
Click the Down Arrow button to hide the privacy zone controls. The button
changes to the Up Arrow button.
Down Arrow toggle
button
Privacy Zone controls
Note
These controls appear when you click the Up Arrow in the Privacy Zone area.
Enable Privacy
Region
Check this check box to enable the privacy zone feature that allows you to
create to four user-defined privacy regions. Any video within a privacy region
is masked in the video stream.
To create a region, right-click on the video image and choose
Draw Region
.
Drag the region to the desired area and drag an edge or corner of the region to
resize it. To remove region, right-click on it and choose
Delete Region
.
Foe each region listed under the Privacy Zone Properties area, you can
configure the following properties:
•
Current Region
—You can enter a name of up to 12 characters for a
region.
•
IsActive
—Specifies whether the region is active (enabled) or not active
(disabled). Chose true to enable a region; choose False to disable a region.
Region Color
Choose a color from the Region Color drop-down list to specify the color that
will be used to mask the actual video in all privacy regions.
Save
button
Saves the current privacy zone configuration.
Table 4-4
Camera Video & Control Window Controls (continued)
Control
Description
