RC-E User Manual
Management Client (RC-E Manager)
Tip
: In the
Time Profile Information
window, edit the time profile as required. Remember that a time profile may
contain more than one time period, and that time periods may be recurring.
Tip:
The small month overview in the top right corner of the
Time Profile Information
window can help you get a quick
overview of the time periods covered by the time profile, as dates containing specified times are highlighted in bold. In
this example, the bold dates indicate that time periods have been specified on several days, and that a recurring time
may have been specified on Mondays.
Manage Day Length Time Profiles
When cameras are placed outside, it is often required to lower the cameras resolution, enable black/white, or change
other settings when it gets dark or vice versa when it gets light. The further north or south from the equator the
cameras are placed, the more the sunrise and sunset time varies during the year. This makes it impossible to use
normal fixed time profiles (see "Manage Time Profiles" on page 138) to adjusts camera settings according to light
conditions.
To overcome this, Day Length Time profiles can be created and defined in RC-E according to the sunrise and sunset
in a specified geographical area. Via GPS coordinates, the system, on a daily basis, calculates the sunrise and sunset
time, even incorporating daylight saving time. As a result, it automatically follows the yearly changes in sunrise/sunset
in the selected area, ensuring the profile to be active only when needed. All times and dates are based on the
management servers time and date settings.
In addition, it is possible to set a positive or negative offset (in minutes) for the start (sunrise) and end time (sunset).
The offset for the start and the end time can be identical or different.
Day Length Time profiles can be used when creating both rules (see "Manage Rules" on page 133) and roles (see
"About Roles" on page 145).
Creating a Day Length Time Profile
1. In the Management Client, expanding the Site Navigation pane (see "Panes Overview" on page 36)'s
Rules
and Events
folder, select
Time Profiles
.
2. In the overview pane, in the
Time Profiles
list, right-click
Time Profiles
, and select
Add Day Length Time
Profile....
3. In
the
Day Length Time Profile
window, fill in the needed information. In order to deal with transition periods
between lightness and darkness, it is possible to offset activation and deactivation of the profile.
Furthermore, time and month names are shown in the language dictated by your computer's
language/regional settings.
4. To see the location of the entered GPS coordinates in a map, click
Show Position in Browser..
. (will open a
browser).
5. Click
OK
.
Day Length Time Profile Properties
Name:
Name of the profile.
Description
(optional): Description of the profile.
GPS coordinates:
GPS coordinates indicating the physical location of the camera(s) assigned to the profile.
Sunrise offset:
Number of minutes (+/-) by which activation of the profile is offset by sunrise.
Sunset offset:
Number of minutes (+/-) by which deactivation of the profile is offset by sunset.
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