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Remote Devices - Add Device - This will only be available when accessing an NVR. Full
instructions are available in Section 4.5 Remote Device in the User Manual
and Section 2.4 Connecting Your Camera to a Remote Network in the IP
Camera Manual.
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The same actions and methods used on your recorder are used in this menu. You will be able
to add cameras that are on the same network as your NVR using the local IP search while
cameras on a different network - even those that are on the same network as the computer
you are currently using - will need to use the procedure for adding remote devices.
Icon Meaning Description
Editable
You may edit the settings on this device by double-clicking on it
Cannot
Delete
This device is connected directly to the NVR and must be physically
unplugged to be removed from this list.
Removable
This device may be deleted from the list by checking the box next to
it and clicking on the Delete button below.
Device
Status OK
The connected device is operating normally.
Device
Error
There is an issue with the connected device that is preventing it from operating
normally.
Advance
This menu replicates the Advanced menu located on your system which is covered in
Section 4.4 of the DVR User Manual or Section 4.6 of the NVR User Manual. This
contains all of the additional settings that govern your recorder’s internal operations including,
hard drive management, recording status, user accounts and firmware upgrades.
HDD Manage - This is where you can review the status of any hard drives installed in your
recorder. In addition to showing the amount of free space available on a drive, you can
also change it’s operation to Read Only from Read/Write. This is done if there are
critical recordings on the drive and downloading them isn’t an option at the present.
However, if your recorder only has a single hard drive, changing it to a Read Only
profile will mean that you will no longer be able to record video until you change it to
Read/Write. In the HDD Setting tab you can add selected hard drives to a group.
This option is only available on systems with multiple internal hard drives, but it allows
you to assign specific channels to record onto a selected hard drive using the HDD
Channel submenu, below.
Record Status - This window shows the current recording mode of each channel - Schedule,
Manual or Off. Additionally it shows the status of that channel’s extra stream (sent over
the Internet) as well as whether it has been set to take snapshots. The status of each
channel can be changed by selecting the appropriate radio button and then selecting
Save. Likewise, factory defaults can be restored by clicking on Default.
HDD Channel - As was mentioned above, in HDD Manage, this area allows you to assign
channels to be recorded on a group of one hard drive or more. Obviously, this feature
will only work in systems with more than one hard drive. Please check your model’s
specifications to see if it will support multiple hard drives. This feature can be used, for
example, when some cameras are recording all of the time while others will only record
in the event of motion detection or another alert. The two groups can be assigned to
record on different drives with that for the constantly-recording cameras being set to
automatically overwrite when filled while the alert-only cameras record to a second
drive making it even easier to locate video of the event.
Error Alert -The options in the six tabs located in this submenu allow you to enable alert
messages, emails, alarm uploads and the internal buzzer on the system for disk error,
missing hard drive, drive full, network disconnect, IP or MAC conflic situations.
Alert -Manage and edit user accounts. Because of the availability of a keyboard connected to
your computer, it may be easier to enter user names and passwords in this window
than on the recorder itself.
Auto Maintain -Like computers, your system benefits from occasional restarts to clear internal
files. You can schedule this activity here. Of course, when the recorder restarts, you
will be logged out of the system.
Config Backup -This offers you a way to back up your preferred configuration settings.