Recording & Archiving Paths - OnSSI RC-P User Manual

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When you configure video and recording
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Always: Record whenever the camera is
recording).
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Never: Never record. Live video will be displayed, but—since no video is kept in the database—users will not
be able to play back video from the camera.
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Conditionally: Record when certain conditions are met. When you select this option, specify required
conditions (see the following).
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On built-in motion detection: Select this check box to record video in which
recording (see the following) is used, recording will stop immediately after the last motion is detected.
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On event: Select this check box to record video when an event occurs and until another event occurs. Use of
recording on event requires that
neighboring lists.
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Start event: Select required start event. Recording will begin when the start event occurs (or earlier if using
pre-recording; see the following).
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Stop event: Select required start event. Recording will end when the stop event occurs (or later if using post-
recording; see the following).
When the option Conditionally is selected, you can store recordings from periods preceding and following detected motion
and/or specified events. Example: If you have defined that video should be stored when a door is opened, being able to
see what happened immediately prior to the door being opened may also be important. For example, you may have
specified that video should be stored conditionally on event, with a start event called Door Opened and a stop event called
Door Closed. With three seconds of pre-recording, video will be recorded from three seconds before Door Opened occurs
and until Door Closed occurs.
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Enable pre-recording: Available only when the option Conditional is selected. Specify the number of seconds
for which you want to record video from before recording start conditions (that is motion or start event) are met.
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Enable post-recording: Available only when the option Conditional is selected. Specify the number of seconds
for which you want to record video after recording stop conditions (that is motion end or stop event) are met.
How does pre- and post-recording work? RC-P receives video in a continuous stream from the camera whenever the
camera is enabled and scheduled to be online. This is what lets you view live video, but it also means that RC-P can
easily store received video for a number of seconds in its memory (a.k.a. buffering). If it turns out that the buffered video is
needed for pre- or post-recording, it is automatically appended to the recording. If not, it is simply discarded.
Recording & Archiving Paths
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Recording path: Path to the folder in which the camera's database should be stored. Default is C:\VideoData.
To browse for another folder, click the browse button next to the Recording path field. You are only able to
specify a path to a folder on a local drive. If using a network drive, it would not be possible to save recordings if
the network drive became unavailable.
If you change the recording path, and there are existing recordings at the old location, you will be asked
whether you want to move the recordings to the new location (recommended), leave them at the old location, or
delete them.
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Delete Database: Click button to delete all recordings in the database for the camera. Archived recordings will
not be affected.
IMPORTANT: Use with caution; all recordings in the database for the camera will be permanently deleted. As
a security measure, you will be asked to confirm the deletion.
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Archiving path: Only available if not using dynamic paths for archiving. Path to the folder in which the camera's
archived recordings should be stored. Default is C:\VideoData\Archives. To browse for another folder, click the
browse button next to the Archiving path field. You can only specify a path to local drive. If you change the
archiving path, and there are existing archived recordings at the old location, you will be asked whether you
want to move the archived recordings to the new location (recommended), leave them at the old location, or
delete them. Note that if moving archived recordings, RC-P will also archive what is currently in the camera's
for specific cameras, recording properties include:
enabled and scheduled to be online
events have been defined, and that you select start and stop events in the
Camera Specific Properties
(the latter allows for time-based
motion is detected. Unless post-
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