Recording: Schedule - Swann 960H Digital Video Recorder Instruction Manual

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Recording: Schedule

Day
The Recording: Schedule menu enables you to specify when
the DVR records video and under what modes for each channel.
The schedule presented on-screen applies to one channel
only over one whole week. There is a 24-hour timeline for
each day of the week. Each square in the timeline represents
an hour in the 24-hour period.
Use the Copy To functions to quickly assign identical schedule
layouts to multiple days/channels at once.
Be careful when programming your schedule. It's one of the
most important aspects of setting up your DVR, and if it's wrong
in any way, it could lead to disastrous complications later.
Copy To (Channel): Located at the base of the screen, with
Default on one side and Apply on the other. This allows you to
copy the schedule from the channel you're editing to another
channel or channels.
Recording Modes
By default, all channels are armed to use Motion
Detection as their recording mode.
There are three types of recording to choose from.
Normal (Blue): The DVR will constantly record for any period.
You won't miss anything, but constant recording will fill your
hard drive very quickly. (The DVR does record the equivalent
of a DVD film every two hours on every channel, so that's
rather a lot of data!) Typically, we suggest Motion as a better
recording mode for most users.
Motion (Green): The recommended recording setting for
most applications. The DVR will only record when it detects
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This example image shows a
recording schedule defined for a
channel with the DVR's recording
modes. If the DVR was started with
this shedule, the selected channel
(in this case Channel 1) would:
Time
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Recording Mode
something moving in front of a camera, and will then only
record footage from the camera(s) that do detect motion
unless you alter your Action settings (see
page 38) to include other channels.
Before setting any of your schedule to Motion, ensure that
Motion Detection is properly configured for the channel(s)
you want to associate with it. The Action Options for Motion
Detection can affect the way the recording schedule works.
Any adjustments in the Alarm -> Action menus will change
the DVR's behavior, even if it is set to Motion Recording mode
(see "Alarm: Motion Detection - Action" on page
None (White): As the name suggests, the DVR will not record
anything.
To define a schedule:
• Select the channel that you want to edit.
• To set a recording mode for a specific time and day, click
the corresponding square(s) in the timeline until the
colour changes to your desired recording mode - Blue
(Normal recording), Green (Motion recording) and White
(Not recording).
• A quick way to set a specific type of recording over
a large period of time is by clicking on the desired
recording mode below the timeline then clicking and
dragging the mouse over the squares corresponding to
your desired days and times.
To disable the recording schedule for a particular
channel, simply uncheck the Enable box.
Not record anything from
midnight (00:00) to 6am (06:00).
Record based on Motion from
6am (06:00) until 6pm (18:00).
Record constantly from 6pm
(18:00) until midnight (00:00).
"Alarm: Motion" on
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