American Dynamics EDVR Calculator User Manual
American Dynamics EDVR Calculator User Manual

American Dynamics EDVR Calculator User Manual

Version 1.0

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EDVR Calculator User Guide
Version 1.0
Part Number 8200-0826-01 AO

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  • Page 1 EDVR EDVR Calculator User Guide Version 1.0 Part Number 8200-0826-01 AO...
  • Page 2 Customer Service Thank you for using American Dynamics products. We support our products through an extensive worldwide network of dealers. The dealer through whom you originally purchased this product is your point of contact if you need service or support.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    EDVR Calculator User Guide Table of Contents Introduction ..........................4 The Calculator Utility ........................5 General Information ....................... 5 Known Limitations........................5 How To Read The Screen ..................... 6 Example - Scenario 1 ......................11 Example - Scenario 2 ......................14 Understanding Alarm Record Rate and Alarm Record Mode..........17 Alarm Record Rate ......................
  • Page 4: Introduction

    EDVR Calculator User Guide Introduction The Calculator utility is a companion for American Dynamic’s Embedded Digital Video Recorder (EDVR). The purpose of this utility is to assist users in estimating how much record time is attainable in their EDVR systems with a known hard disk drive (HDD) size. It can also be used to estimate how much hard drive space is needed for a target recording duration.
  • Page 5: The Calculator Utility

    One quality setting applies to EDVR provides options to set each channel’s record quality at 4 all channels. different levels of recording image; the EDVR Calculator v1.03 only supports one global setting of record quality. Under a special condition, the...
  • Page 6: How To Read The Screen

    EDVR Calculator User Guide How To Read The Screen Default screen.
  • Page 7 EDVR Calculator User Guide Calculate Record Time on a 10 GB hard drive.
  • Page 8 EDVR Calculator User Guide Calculate hard drive size needed for 1 day of Record Time.
  • Page 9 EDVR Calculator User Guide Calculate Record Time when alarm is active.
  • Page 10 EDVR Calculator User Guide Calculate Record in the presence of audio.
  • Page 11: Example - Scenario 1

    EDVR Calculator User Guide Example - Scenario 1 I have a system of 4 cameras on NTSC and no audio. I have the following setup:  Normal record at 5 IPS  Schedule1 for 12 hr of recording on alarm trigger at alarm record rate 5 IPS ...
  • Page 12 EDVR Calculator User Guide Schedule1 Alarm Record Mode: Estimate HD space needed for 12 hours of alarm recording at 50% of the time, or 6 hours (continued from the last section).
  • Page 13 EDVR Calculator User Guide Schedule1 Normal Record Mode: Estimate HD space needed for the other 50% of time (6 hours) when alarm is off (continued from the last section). Compute HD space needed during 24 hours from steps 1–3 above: HD space = (6 + 3 + 3 +/- 0.7) GB...
  • Page 14: Example - Scenario 2

    EDVR Calculator User Guide Example - Scenario 2 Everything is set up the same way as Scenario 1 except that Schedule1 alarms are all set to Exclusive mode. How do I do the calculation now? Normal Record Mode: Estimate HD space needed for 12 hours of normal recording.
  • Page 15 EDVR Calculator User Guide Schedule1 Alarm Record Mode: Estimate HD space needed for 12 hours of alarm recording at 50% of the time, or 6 hours (continued from the last section).
  • Page 16 EDVR Calculator User Guide Schedule1 Normal Record Mode: Estimate HD space needed for the other 50% of time (6 hours) when alarm is off (continued from the last section). Compute HD space needed during 24 hours from steps 1–3 above: HD space = (6 + 12 + 3 +/- 1.1) GB...
  • Page 17: Understanding Alarm Record Rate And Alarm Record Mode

    EDVR Calculator User Guide Understanding Alarm Record Rate and Alarm Record Mode Alarm Record Rate Please see 4. Alarm Record Rate, on page 48 of the EDVR Installation and Operation Guide v1.54 (or later). IOGs of earlier releases do not contain adequate information.
  • Page 18: The Computation Algorithm

    EDVR Calculator User Guide The Computation Algorithm Normal Record Mode Alarm Record Mode Alarm Camera: Cameras are in the alarm state. Non-Alarm Camera: Cameras are not in alarm state. If CH1~CH16 are set to the same Alarm Record Mode, the expected record rate can be...
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  • Page 20: Possible Recording Time Tables For Edvr V1.44A

    EDVR Calculator User Guide Possible Recording Time Tables for EDVR v1.44A The quality of each image will lead to a range of picture sizes, depending on the quality of the camera and the image content. The ranges are:  BEST: 38K ~ 42K ...
  • Page 21: Recording Rate = 30 Ips

    EDVR Calculator User Guide Recording Rate = 30 IPS Recording Rate = 30 IPS, Possible Recording Time ( hour ) Capacity HDD=40G HDD=80G HDD=100G HDD=160G HDD=200G HDD=250G HDD=300G Best 18.5 23.2 37.0 46.3 57.9 69.4 High 11.6 23.2 28.9 46.3 57.9...
  • Page 22: Recording Rate = 1 Ips

    EDVR Calculator User Guide Recording Rate = 1 IPS Recording Rate = 1 IPS, Possible Recording Time ( hour ) Capacity HDD=40G HDD=80G HDD=100G HDD=160G HDD=200G HDD=250G HDD=300G Best 277.8 555.6 694.4 1111.1 1388.9 1736.1 2083.3 High 347.2 694.4 868.1 1388.9...
  • Page 23: Possible Recording Time Tables For Edvr V1.53A And Later

    EDVR Calculator User Guide Possible Recording Time Tables for EDVR v1.53A and Later The quality of each image will lead to a range of picture sizes, depending on the quality of the camera and the image content. The ranges are: ...
  • Page 24: Recording Rate = 30 Ips

    EDVR Calculator User Guide Recording Rate = 30 IPS Recording Rate = 30 field/sec, Possible Recording Time ( hour ) Capacity HDD=40G HDD=80G HDD=100G HDD=160G HDD=200G HDD=250G HDD=300G 18.5 23.2 37.0 46.3 57.9 69.4 Best 13.2 26.5 33.1 52.9 66.1 82.7...
  • Page 25: Recording Rate = 1 Ips

    EDVR Calculator User Guide Recording Rate = 1 IPS Recording Rate = 1 field/sec, Possible Recording Time ( hour ) Capacity HDD=40G HDD=80G HDD=100G HDD=160G HDD=200G HDD=250G HDD=300G Best 277.8 555.6 694.4 1111.1 1388.9 1736.1 2083.3 396.8 793.7 992.1 1587.3 1984.1...

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