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CHAPTER 6 DVR MANAGEMENT
This DVR supports backing up files to USB flash drives, USB hard drives and USB DVD
burners through the USB port on the front panel. Remote backups can be performed over the
Internet. Refer to Section
7.6 Remote Backup
.
BACKUP
CHAPTER 5
Selecting
BACKUP
in the
Main Menu
will
open the
Backup
configuration window.
Set the start and end times as well as channel(s) you wish to back up. Clicking the
Search
button will bring up the search results in the
Data Backup
list box.
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PICTURE 5-1
Save File Type
: Choose between
DVR
and
AVI
. The former will save the video in a
proprietary format while the latter will create a standard .avi file usable by most media
playback software.
Clicking on the
Start
button will begin the backup and the progress bar will display the
progress.
Select specific events or select the
All
button.
Clicking the
Backup
button will bring up the
Backup Information
window:
This window will present a summary of the
number of files, starting and ending times,
total size of the files and whether you have
space available on the receiving storage
media. You can select which type of device
you are recording to as well as what type of
file you will be creating.
NOTE!
If you save the file(s) using the
DVR
selection, two folders are created
when backing up the events to a USB storage device. One will contain the
video files while the other, labeled
Video Play
contains the software needed
to playback the videos on a PC. To view the video files, open the
Video Play
folder, and run Videoplay.exe. Click on
Open Path
and navigate to the folder
containing the video files to begin playback.
6.1 INFORMATION
DVR MANAGEMENT
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PICTURE 6-1
This window enables the user to monitor the status of the system, its network connection,
online users, history and events through five submenus:
System
,
Event
,
Log
,
Network
and
Online Users
.
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SYSTEM INFORMATION
Data on the system’s hardware, MCU (MicroController Unit), kernel and firmware versions can
be found here along with the device’s name and ID.
NOTE!
External USB hard drives used for backing up data will need to be
in the FAT32 format. Most new drives will need to be reformatted before use
with this DVR.