Advanced Recording; Alarm Recording - Vitek SAGA “XL” Series User Manual

SAGA "XL" Series

5.3 ADVANCED RECORDING

Advanced recording is comprised of customizing various event recording options such
as alarm, video loss and motion. Event recording maximizes recording time with the
available storage space. Event recording can also utilize the backup mode hard drives
in addition to normal recording hard drives for duplicate copies of the events. For more
information, please refer to 6.3.7 BACKUP MODE under 6.3 RECORD SETUP on page
96.
Prior to activating event recording, please verify that event options are activated in
either the QUICK SETUP menu or the RECORD PROGRAM menu. Please note that if
QUICK SETUP is not used, then certain parameters in the EVENT menu must be
activated for the event recording to work properly. Moreover, please verify that the
proper program number is being used under RECORD SETUP.
There are two methods for event recording. The first method is recording events in
addition to manual recording, and the second method is event recording only. The first
method involves leaving the REC button on to start recording manually and combining
event recording. This would be useful in a scenario where a location needs to be
recorded continuously even at a very minimal recording speed, but when an event is
triggered, the recording speed is boosted to the desired pictures per second. The
second method involves leaving the REC button off so that only events are recorded.
The following settings will assume that the second method is used for event recording.
With either method, the events will trigger the designated relays and send out
notification e-mails if the e-mail addresses have been defined. Please see 6.4.8 RELAY
OUTPUT under 6.4 EVENT SETUP section on page 101 and 6.6.5 E-MAIL under 6.5
LINK SETUP on page 120.

5.3.1 ALARM RECORDING

Alarm recording is a form of event recording that triggers off of the circuit lines
connected to the terminal blocks in the rear of the DVR. Typical circuits comprise of
normally closed circuits (NC) and normally open circuits (NO).
If there are no preset points predefined, then press
the PRESET button once again to activate
PTZ(PRESET)SET mode. Move the PTZ camera to
the desired location, then press the numeric buttons
to define the numbers to the locations. A total of 16
preset points can be defined.
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