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Highlighting the
Storage
tab will display the hard disk drive status.
Figure 45: Event Status – Storage screen.
The
Type
column displays the type of storage device.
The
Disk Bad
column displays the percentage of bad sectors.
Not formatted
indicates the device is not formatted.
The
Temperature
column displays the temperature of the storage device.
The
S.M.A.R.T.
column displays
“Good”
,
“Bad”
or
“N/A”
, depending on storage conditions.
Good
–
The storage condition is normal.
Bad
–
Data cannot be written on or read from the storage device.
N/A
–
Storage conditions are normal, however, the S.M.A.R.T. monitoring is not working or supported.
NOTE: When the storage condition is “Bad”, the Event Status – Storage screen displays and you can check
the storage condition for details. Once the “Bad” message displays, replacing the hard disk drive is
recommended, usually within 24 hours.
Temperature
and
S.M.A.R.T.
information will be available only for
internal
hard disk drives supporting
the SMART (Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology) monitoring program.
Recording Video
Once you have installed the DVR following the instructions in
Chapter 2 — Installation
, it is ready to record. The DVR
will start recording based on the settings you made in the
Record
setup screen. See
Chapter3 — Configuration.
Recycle On
or
Recycle Off
. The factory default is
Recycle On
. It does this by recording over the oldest video once
the hard disk is full. Setting the DVR to
Recycle Off
causes it to stop recording once the hard disk is full.
Although you will be able to record without changing the unit from its original factory settings, you will want to take
advantages of the DVR’s many tools. See
Chapter 3 — Configuration
for detailed descriptions of the recording mode
options.
Panic Recording
Selecting
(Panic) in the Live Monitoring menu starts panic recording of all cameras, and selecting
again stops
panic recording. If you set the Panic Recording Duration in the Panic Record setup screen, panic recording will stop
automatically according to the preset duration as long as
is not selected.