External Search; Event Source Search - Digimerge DH200+R Series Instruction Manual

External Search

External search allows you to search for video footage stored on an external device such as an
external hard drive. Note that the DVR can only search for video that is from the same model DVR.
Prerequisites:
• A USB 2.0 hard drive with data backed up from the same model DVR.
To perform an External Search:
1. Connect a external USB hard drive to the USB port on the front or rear panel of the system.
2. Right-click to open the virtual remote, and then click
3. Enter your system password if required.
4. In the EXTERNAL SEARCH menu, click -/+ and select the external device that you wish to
search.
5. Press the ENTER
6. The Time Search menu appears. Perform a search to search for videos on your external hard
drive.

Event Source Search

Event Source search allows you to search for video on channels that have an alarm, motion, or
video loss event.
To perform an Event Source search:
1. Press the Search button (
2. Click on the date that you wish to search for. Right-click to open the Virtual Remote. Click the
+ button to select the hour. After you have selected the hour, click the + button again to select
the desired minute you wish to search under.
3. Click the Event Select button.
4. Under SEARCH MODE, click -/+ and select EVENT SOURCE.
5. Under Event Status, configure the following:
• ALARM: Select the alarm input you wish to search (input 1~4)
• MOTION: Select the channel that you wish to search for motion (channels 1~16)
• VLOSS: Select the channel that you wish to search for Video Loss (channels 1~16)
6. Press MENU to begin the search.
) button. The system scans the external hard drive.
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) on the front panel or (
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) on the virtual remote.
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