User's Manual

Synology DiskStation User's Guide

Based on DSM 4.0

134 Chapter 15: Safeguard Your Environment with Surveillance Station

Play and Manage Events

Under the Management tab, you can go to Event > Event List to browse all recorded events, play them with the

Event Player

, and delete, lock, filter, or download the video files. For more information about managing events,

click the Help button (with a question mark) at the top-right corner.

Event Types

All recorded events will be here. The events are displayed with the latest ones on top. The images displayed

under Mode correspond with the type of recording the event was filmed under.

 The gray icon represents Continuous Recording

 The blue icon represents Manual Recording

 The green icon represents Motion Detection Recording

 The orange icon represents Alarm Recording

 The green/orange icon represents Motion Detection and Alarm Recording

 The icon represents the recorded event is being saved right now

Note: Your IP camera must support alarm recording to be able to use Alarm Recording. Alarm recording often

relates to the IP camera’s digital input and output pin, or DIDO. Refer to its datasheet for pin configuration detail.

Alarm recording will begin when the IP camera detects an input pin is triggered.

Play Events with Timeline

Click the Timeline tab to see the timeline page, which offers the Multiple-Event Playback function, which allows

you to simultaneously watch events recorded on one day or at the same time by different cameras. All event

videos are lined up in the timeline. You can easily find the event you are looking by clicking a specific time on this

day or during the hour, and play it with the event player on this page. For more information, click the Help button

at the top-right corner.

Search for Specific Situations with Smart Search

Click the search icon at the bottom-right corner of the timeline page to enter the Smart Search mode. With Smart

Search, you can search events for specific situations such as general movement or missing/foreign objects on