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Recording and stopping
Recording
Recording can be started by one of the
following methods:
• Pressing the REC button on the recorder.
• Pressing the REC button on the camera.
• Clicking the REC button in the
Toughbook-Arbitrator Front End
Software.
• Activating a recording start trigger
from a device connected via the
GPIO/SERIAL connector on the
recorder. (A setting must first be
made with the Toughbook-
Arbitrator Front End Software.)
• Setting the SIGNAL pin of the power
cable connected to the DC IN connector
of the recorder to ON. (A setting must
first be made with the Toughbook-
Arbitrator Front End Software.)
When recording starts, the prerecording
function operates to ensure that material
from a certain interval before the start
point is included in the recording. (For
details on prerecording, see page 20.)
The duration of this interval can be set
with the Toughbook-Arbitrator Front End
Software. For details, see the
documentation of the Toughbook-
Arbitrator Front End Software.
Make sure that the camera cable,
external trigger cable, and audio cables
(available separately) as well as any
other cables are connected correctly, as
described in the installation manual.
Notes:
• Recording can be started only if
the READY LED on the recorder is
lit. If recording is not possible when
the REC button is pressed or the
recording start trigger signal is
activated, the REC LED on the
recorder and the camera will flash
for about 1 second.
• The video signal from the input
selected with the Toughbook-
Arbitrator Front End Software will
be recorded (see page 21).
• When recording is started by a
recording start trigger signal, the
recorded video signal will always be
the signal originating from the
camera unit, via the camera input
cable. If a recording start trigger
signal is activated while recording a
video signal from the VIDEO IN
connector, recording will
automatically switch to the video
signal originating from the camera
unit, via the camera input cable.
• The audio signal from the input
selected with the Toughbook-
Arbitrator Front End Software will
be recorded (see page 21).
• If the cover is opened during
recording, recording will stop.
• If the cover is not closed, recording
cannot be restarted.
• Even if there is space left on a P2
card, recording will not start under
the following conditions.
-
The maximum number of
recording days has been
exceeded on a 16 GB or higher
P2 card.
- The maximum number of files that
can be recorded on a single day
has been exceeded on a 16 GB or
higher P2 card. (However, you can
start recording on the next day
(according to world standard time)
if the maximum number of
recording days has not been
exceeded.)
