Dedicated Micros Digital Sprite 2 Manual page 18

Function
Standard Record
Rate
Alarm Record Rate This identifies the global alarm recording rate, for the mode of operation
Alarm Record
Mode
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Description
This is global setting and identifies the 'common pictures per second' for all
enabled video inputs on the unit in the mode of operation that is being
configured. This will remain unless otherwise actioned (Alarm or Variable Record
Rate).
This can be set in milliseconds or the number of pictures per second.
The delay between consecutive images from any one camera is the Standard
Record Rate multiplied by the number of cameras being recorded. Changing the
Standard Record Rate will automatically update the Record Duration. Changing
the Record Duration will likewise change the Standard Record Rate.
Example Record Rates
20ms = 50/60 pictures per second
33ms = 30PPS
40ms = 25pps
50ms = 20pps
100ms =10 pps
125ms = 8pps
200ms = 5 pps
500ms = 2pps
1000ms = 1pps
WARNING: When running the unit at maximum Record Rate (50pps or 20ms in
Standard Record Settings), this will affect viewing and network transmission, as
the video codecs will be running close to capacity - the unit's priority is to record
the footage to the internal HDD, so transmission performance will be reduced.
This is exhibited by slow connection to the html pages and reduced viewing
frame rates. Multi-user viewing will also be affected. It is not recommended to
set the Standard Record rate to 20ms for everyday usage, but rather only for
specific situations where this rate is necessary.
being configured (i.e. Day, Night and Weekend mode), which will be
activated if an alarm is triggered on the unit. For example, the unit may
be configured to increase the recording rate when a door contact is
triggered.
This option allows exclusive or interleave recording to be selected within any of
the operating modes (Day, Night, Weekend) to adjust the record sequence when
an alarm is received. The options for event recording are:
Unchanged – This sets the record sequence to remain the same whether an
alarm is present or not.
Exclusive – The unit will only record the alarm cameras.
Interleaved – This will set the unit to record the alarm cameras more frequently
than non-alarm cameras, by interleaving the two i.e. if camera 1 is in alarm the
interleave recording would be 1213141516...
This will display a thumbnail view of video connected to the unit. Place
the cursor in the camera title box to view the corresponding video input.
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