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4.1.4 Formatting A New MicroSD Card Using A Web Browser
Before a MOBOTIX camera can store image and video sequences on a new MicroSD
card (besides the one delivered with the camera), the new card must first be formatted
as MxFFS (MicroSD cards delivered with MOBOTIX cameras are already MxFFS-formatted).
The following steps are necessary to format a storage device (
Admin Menu > Storage
on External File Server / Flash Device
):
1. Make sure that the MicroSD card is in the card slot of the MOBOTIX camera.
2. Click on the
Format
button under
SD
Flash Card
.
3. Select the
Quick Format option and
confirm by clicking on
OK
.
Hint: In contrast to the Quick Format
option, the
Safe Format option will make
sure that the data on the MicroSD card
is overwritten completely so that the data
cannot be recovered in any way. However,
keep in mind that the Safe Format takes
considerably more time.
4. Enter the user name and the password of
a user of the
admins group in the dialog
that opens and click on
OK
to confirm.
The MOBOTIX camera now starts formatting
the card. It usually takes between 5 and
12 minutes to format an 8 GB MicroSD
card using the
Quick Format option and 3
to 14 hours using the
Safe Format option.
Caution
Make sure that you always wait until the formatting process has been completed
before accessing the camera again. This usually takes only a few minutes when
using the
Quick Format
option. You can only access the MicroSD card once MxFFS
formatting has been completed.
The
Safe Format
option takes several hours. You can also use suitable applications
on Windows or Mac OS X computers to safely erase data from the MicroSD card.
Formatting the card:
Admin Menu > Storage
on External File
Server / Flash Device
The Safe Format option
takes several hours. You
can also use suitable
applications on Windows
or Mac OS X comput-
ers to safely erase data
from the MicroSD card.
