NexLog Recorder User Manual v2.2.0
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formatting the media on the NexLog recorder, it does not protect against placing
the media in a PC and formatting it there.
Time
Set Archive Time
: Allows you to set the current archive pointer.
When you start archiving, the first call to be archived is determined by an
internal archive pointer. This pointer tracks where you left off archiving with the
previous disk, so that the next disk will begin where the previous one left off.
Also, if you are in the middle of a disk and you stop archiving, for whatever
reason, such as the need to browse calls on the disk, you can resume archiving
at the point where you left off. The goal is to ensure that only consecutive calls
are recorded on each disk, making labeling and searching easier. This pointer is
maintained automatically.
However, there are times when you may want to manually set the current
pointer location. For example, you may have misplaced an archive disk and you
want to re-archive calls. Of course, to do so the calls must still be present on the
RAID.
To manually set the current archive time, select a date and time using the
calendar control and save the form. The next time you start archiving, the calls
on your RAID closest to the new archive time setting will be archived first.
When you have completed recording a medium whose starting time you have
selected with the Set Archive Time feature, the time pointer is set to the time of
the end of the medium just recorded. It is NOT set to the end of other data that
may have been archived. Sometimes this is desired behavior, such as when you
want to record more data than will fit on a single medium from the starting time
you set. Sometimes it may not be, such as when you want to continue archiving
from the end of the last medium you recorded in the normal sequence. If the
second is your requirement, you can note the desired time and reset the archive
pointer to this time. If you failed to make a note, you can take the most recent
archive medium, read the “Media info” for that disk, and set the pointer to that
time.
Important!
As noted in the display, the Archive time is set in LOCAL time. If you are setting
the archive time to start at the end of a previously recorded archive medium,
you will probably use the “Media Info” feature to check on the end time of that
medium. The recorder displays “Media Info” in UTC since the archives are
portable and must be compatible over time zones and different playback
hardware. To dovetail the recorded and new archive times, you must convert
your local time to UTC for this setting. For example, if “Media Info” shows an
archive completed at 14:02:00 UTC and you are in the EST time zone, you
would want to set Archive time to 09:02:00.
Archive Delay
: how long to archive behind the recorders current time.
Archive Duration
: Limit the time period contained on an archive. This is useful
if you only want one day’s worth of recordings on a media, for example.
