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Highlight the box beside Transaction End, and press the
to enter the Transaction End string. Refer to the device manufacturer's documentation for the text
string that the device sends when a transaction ends.
Highlight the more line(s) box, and press the
of text that you want the DVR to record. You can choose from 0 to 10.
Highlight the box beside Line Delimiter, and press the
enter the character(s) that the device uses to indicate the end of a line. Special characters can be
created using ^ and a capital letter; e.g., ^J for NL (New Line), ^M for CR (Carriage Return).
Refer to the device manufacturer's documentation for Line Delimiter character(s).
Highlight the box beside Ignore String, and press the
enter any strings of text that you want the DVR to ignore. Refer to the device manufacturer's
documentation for text strings that the device sends during transactions, so you will know which
ones you do not want recorded.
Highlight the Case Sensitive box, and press the
to the device manufacturer's documentation to determine if the text strings are Case Sensitive. If
the device distinguishes between upper and lower case letters, make certain the Case Sensitive
box is turned On.
Highlight the box beside Time Out, and press the
the new text string. The DVR will consider a transaction complete if no new text strings are entered
between the last text input and the dwell time out. You can adjust the Time Out dwell from 5
seconds to 15 minutes.
Highlight the Actions tab, and the Text-In Actions setup screen appears.
Figure 54 ─ Text-In Actions setup screen.
NOTE: For the Record action, the camera you select should be set to the Event or Time
& Event recording mode in the Record Schedule setup screen.
Highlight the box under the Alarm-Out heading and press the
Output and Beep (DVR's internal buzzer) that you would like to activate and to sound whenever
the DVR detects text input.
NOTE: For the Alarm-Out action, the alarm output and beep you select should be set to
the Event mode in the Alarm-Out setup screen (Schedule tab).
4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder
button. Use the virtual keyboard
button. Select the number of additional lines
button. Use the virtual keyboard to
button. Use the virtual keyboard to
button to toggle between On and Off. Refer
button. Set the length of time to wait for
The DVR can be set to react to text input. Text
input can be associated with cameras, trigger an
Alarm-Out connector, sound the DVR's internal
buzzer, notify a number of different devices,
and/or move PTZ cameras to preset positions.
Highlight the box beside Record and press the
button. A list of cameras appears. You
can associate as many cameras with the Text
Input as you wish. If the DVR detects text
input, it starts recording video from all the
associated cameras.
button. Select between Alarm
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