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Cisco Video Surveillance 8020/8030 IP Camera Reference Guide
Chapter 5 Configuration
Recording > Recording settings
Follow these steps to set up recording:
1.
Trigger: Select a trigger source.
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Schedule—The server will start to record files on the local storage or network storage (NAS).
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Network fail—Since network fail, the server will start to record files on the local storage (SD
card).
2.
Destination: You can select the SD card or network storage (NAS) for the recorded video files. If
you have not configured a NAS server, see the following steps.
NAS server
1.
Click
Add NAS
server to open the server setting window.
2.
Fill in the information for your server.
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In the Network storage location field, enter the network storage path in the format
\\
server_name
or
IP_address
\
folder_name
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In the Username and password field, enter information for your server
3.
Click
Test
to check the setting. The result will be shown in a pop-up window. If successful, you will
receive a test.txt file on the network storage server.
4.
Enter a server name.
5.
Click
Save
to complete the settings and click Close to exit the page.
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Capacity—You can choose either the entire free space available or limit the reserved space. The
recording size limitation must be larger than the reserved amount for cyclic recording.
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Enable cyclic recording—If you check this item, when the maximum capacity is reached, the oldest
file will be overwritten by the latest one. The reserved amount is reserved for the transaction stage
when the storage space is about to be full and new data arrives. The minimum for the Reserved space
must be larger than 15 MB.
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Recording file management—You can manually assign the Maximum duration and the Maximum
file size for each recording footage. You may need to stitch individual files together under some
circumstances. You may also designate a file name prefix by filling in the responsive text field.
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File name prefix—Enter the text that will be appended to the front of the file name.
If you want to enable recording notification, click
Event
to configure event triggering settings. See
the
“Event > Event settings” section on page 5-31
for more details.
When completed, select
Enable this recording
. Click
Save
to enable the setting and click Close to
exit this page. When the system begins recording, it will send the recorded files to the network
storage. The new recording name will appear in the drop-down list on the recording page.
To remove a recording setting from the list, select a recording name from the drop-down list and
click
Delete
.
