Honeywell HRDVS, Reference Manual

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Rev 2.00 78 Document 900.0281
02/07
Pre-Event Recording Setup
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2. Use the following table to configure pre-event recording.
3. When you are satisfied with your settings, select Accept , then press Enter to exit this
screen.
Field Description
Enable Enable or disable Pre-event recording. When enabled, if the HRDVS detects an
event (motion, text, or alarm), the video recorded before the event is saved as a
pre-event clip. After the event is reset—depending on the individual event reset
types you set—the HRDVS goes back to a wait state until the next event is triggered.
Length The length of time (from 1 second to 59 minutes, 59 seconds) the HRDVS records a
pre-event video clip.
Record Rate Specify the record rate, in fields per second (fps), recorded by all cameras.
• HRDVS1
• (NTSC) .05 , 0.1 , 0.2 , 0.5 , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 10 , 15 , 30 , 60
• (PAL) 0.05 , 0.1 , 0.2 , 0.5 , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 10 , 12.5 , 25 , 50
• HRDVS4, HRDVS8, and HRDVS16
• (NTSC) 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 10 , 15 . 15 fps is valid only for timelapse recording.
• (PAL) 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 10 , 12.5 12.5 fps is valid only for timelapse recording.
Compression Ratio Set image quality for events. The higher the compression ratio, the longer you can
record video before your disk is full. Options are:
10:1 , 15:1 , 20:1 , 25:1 , 30:1 , 35:1 , 40:1 , 45:1 , or 50:1
Record Cameras Enable Pre-event recording for any or all 16 cameras.
The number of cameras that you can set depends on your HRDVS model:
• HRDVS1 - 1 camera
• HRDVS4 - 4 cameras
• HRDVS8 - 8 cameras
• HRDVS16 - 16 cameras