On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc.
NetDVMS 6.5f User Manual
Input, Events & Output
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database will automatically be overwritten. A database can contain up to 600,000
records.
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Max timespan in database: Select this option to limit the database size based on
the age of records in the database. Specify the required number in neighboring field,
and select required unit (Minutes, Hours, or Days) from the list.
When records become older than the specified number of minutes, hours, or days,
they will automatically be deleted.
Note: A database can contain no more than 600,000 records, regardless of what
maximum age has been defined.
Tip: You will receive a message if—based on the recording frame rate you have
specified for the camera—NetDVMS detects that the maximum number of allowed
records in the database is likely to be reached before the end of the specified time
span.
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Clear Database... :Click button to delete all records stored in the database for the
camera in question.
WARNING: Use with caution; all records in the database for the camera will be
permanently deleted. As a security measure, you will be asked to confirm that you
want to permanently delete all stored records for the camera.
Records stored in archived databases will not be affected.
Note: If the Recording Server service is running, the button will not be available. To
make the button available, pause the Recording Server service by clicking the
Administrator window
's Service Manager button, then clicking the Pause button or by
stopping the service from the
Recording Server Manager icon
.
IMPORTANT: No video or audio will be recorded while the Recording Server service
is paused or stopped.
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Archive automatically when database is full: Select this check box if you wish to
automatically archive the database when it is full.
Note: For this feature to work, you should first enable archiving in the
Archive Setup
Window
.
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Delete archives older than [n] days (0 to use default archive setting):In this
field you can specify after how many days archives for the camera should be deleted.
Note: What you specify here overwrites what you have specified in the
Archive Setup
Window
. Type 0 to use same number of days as specified the Archive Setup window.
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Database path: Specify which local directory the database for the camera should be
kept in.
Example: C:\videodata\
To browse for a folder, click the browse button next to the Database path field.
