Falcon 4-Channel, User Manual

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Highlighting the box under the Interval heading beside each alarm-in and pressing the button allows you to change
the interval that you want the DVR to run self-diagnostics on Alarm Inputs. You can select from 1 hr. to 30 days or
Never .
Highlight the
Storage
tab and the
Storage
setup screen displays.
Highlight the second box beside
Disk S.M.A.R.T.
, and press the button. Select either
ºC (Celsius)
or
ºF (Fahrenheit)
,
and press the button.
Highlight the Actions tab and the System Event Actions setup screen displays.
Highlight the Setup... box beside Check Recording and press the button.
The Check Recording screen appears.
Highlighting Schedule On and pressing the button toggles On and Off.
When set to On, you can select the day, time range and interval that you
want the DVR to run self-diagnostics on the recorder. The
Interval can
be selectable from 1 min. to 7 days or Never . The box allows you to
delete a check recording schedule.
Figure 56 ─ Storage setup screen.
Highlight the box beside Disk Bad Notify , and press the
button. Select percentage level of bad disk sectors at which
you want the DVR to trigger an alert. Percentage levels range
from 10% to 90%.
Highlight the box beside Disk Almost Full Notify , and press
the button. Select the percentage level of disk usage at which
you want the DVR to trigger an alert. Percentage levels range
from 80% to 99%.
Highlight the first box beside Disk S.M.A.R.T. , and press
the button. Use the Up and Down arrow buttons to scroll
through the numbers. Refer to the hard disk drive
manufacturer’s documentation for the correct temperature
setting. If the temperature of hard disk drive exceeds the
defined threshold, the system triggers an alert.
Figure 57 ─ System Event Actions setup screen.
The DVR can be set to react to system events. System events
can activate the Alarm-Out connector, sound the DVR’s internal
buzzer, and/or notify a number of different devices.
Highlight the Alarm-Out box beside the desired event ( Check
Recording
,
Check Alarm-In
,
Disk Almost Full
,
Disk Full
,
Disk Bad
,
Disk Temperature
,
Disk S.M.A.R.T.
,
Disk Config
Change
or
Fan Error
), and press the button. Select
between Alarm Output and Beep (DVR’s internal buzzer) that
you would like to activate and to sound whenever the DVR
detects an event.
NOTE: Alarm-Out action cannot be set to System and Panic
Record events.