Table of Contents
Advertisement
EN
ADVANCED CONFIGURATION
Alarm: Exception
An Exception is any deviation from the NVR's normal behaviour - phrased another way, it's like saying the NVR's been working
fine except for these events
Exception Type: What event type you'd like the NVR to react to. By configuring the Action for these events, you can create any
combination of audio alerts (see below) or auto-emails to be sent for different event types.
•
HDD Full: As the name suggests, this event occurs when the NVR runs out of space on the hard drive to save new footage.
This event is redundant if you've got overwrite enabled, as the NVR will automatically delete old footage to ensure it can
continue to record.
•
HDD Error: Occurs when the NVR has trouble accessing its hard drives, or when it cannot detect one at all. This error could
be generated by either an internal hard drive, or an external one connected to the eSATA port.
•
Net Disconnected: Will occur if the NVR has problems connecting to the Internet. This may indicate a problem with the NVR's
configuration, a fault with your network or a problem with your Internet Service Provider (ISP).
•
IP Conflict: This event will occur if the NVR detects another device on the same network with a conflicting IP address. It's a
little like two houses with the same number being on the same street - one house might get the other's mail, or get woken up
at all hours of the night being asked if someone named "Big Bob" lives there. Basically, it indicates that two devices are trying
to use the same IP address. This shouldn't occur if you're using DHCP addressing, unless one or more devices is set to use a
STATIC IP (the static addressing method overrides the automatic assignment process).
Audio Warning: The NVR will use its internal buzzer to emit an alarm tone. It sounds like an old computer indicating an error, or
a large truck backing up.
Send Email: The NVR will send an auto-email alert when the event type you've selected occurs.
Show Exception: The NVR will display the
you've selected occurs. Click on the icon to access the Event Log and know more about the exception that occured.
42
icon at the bottom right corner of the main screen when the event type that
EN
ADVANCED CONFIGURATION
Device: HDD
Here you'll find a comprehensive list of hard drives connected to the NVR.
External drives connected via eSATA will be listed here, and will behave
like a standard hard drive. They will be labeled as eSATA.
External drives connected via USB will not appear on this list, and can't
be used to record footage - USB lacks the bandwidth to write multiple
streams simultaneously. External USB drives can only be used for
backing up footage.
Warning!
Don't initialize a drive that already has data on it, as theinitialization process will erase any information on the drive.
Device: S.M.A.R.T
S.M.A.R.T (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology - gotta love a good acronym) is your hard drive's way of telling the
NVR how it's going.
Status: The current condition of the hard drive. It should say "Good". If it says anything else, this indicates there's a problem with
your hard drive.
If there's no problem, there's little else to do here, unless reading the output of the dozens of self-tests the hard drive performs
on itself is of interest to you.
If you have been confronted with a HDD Error, or the Status entry doesn't read "Good" then you can use the S.M.A.R.T. information
to attempt to diagnose the problem. The information presented in the S.M.A.R.T. report is practically identical to what you'd see on
a desktop PC while using Administrator Tools, or a similar service.
Init.: Initializes the hard drive. You'll only need to do
this for drives once, assuming that it's not already
initialized. If the Mount column reads "No" then
choose Init. to initialize the drive.
Label: A quick way of differentiating between hard
drives. For the first setup, there will usually only be
one hard drive - you can always add and initialize
another hard drive later (connected via the eSATA
port).
Capacity: The total amount of space on the hard
drive. This will typically be slightly less than the
rated capacity of the hard drive as a fraction of the
space is required by the file allocation table (FAT).
Format: Whether the hard drive has been formatted
to operate with the NVR. When the hard drive is
formatted appropriately, this will simply read "yes".
If it says anything else, such as an ominous "no",
then select the disk and choose Format.
Mount: Whether the drive has been initialized and is
detected by the NVR. If the drive isn't mounted then
it needs to be initialized (see above).
Free Space: The amount of available space on the
hard drive.
43
Hide quick links:
Advertisement
Table of Contents
