Operation Instruction
Highlight the more line(s) box, and press the 
button. Select the number of additional lines of text that you want the DVR to record. You can choose from 0 to 10.
Highlight the box beside Line Delimiter, and press the 
button. Use the virtual keyboard to enter the character(s) that the device uses to indicate the end of a line. Special characters can be created using ^ and a capital letter; e.g., ^J for NL (New Line), ^M for CR (Carriage Return). Refer to the device manufacturer’s documentation for Line Delimiter character(s).
Highlight the box beside Ignore String, and press the 
button. Use the virtual keyboard to enter any strings of text that you want the DVR to ignore. Refer to the device manufacturer’s documentation for text strings that the device sends during transactions, so you will know which ones you do not want recorded.
Highlight the Case Sensitive box, and press the 
button to toggle between On and Off. Refer to the device manufacturer’s documentation to determine if the text strings are Case Sensitive. If the device distinguishes between upper and lower case letters, make certain the Case Sensitive box is turned On.
Highlight the box beside Time Out, and press the 
button. Set the length of time to wait for the new text string. The DVR will consider a transaction complete if no new text strings are entered between the last text input and the dwell time out. You can adjust the Time Out dwell from 5 seconds to 15 minutes.
Highlight the Actions tab, and the
The DVR can be set to react to text input. Text input can be associated with cameras, trigger an
Highlight the box beside Record and press the 
button. A list of cameras appears. You can associate as many cameras with the Text Input as you wish. If the DVR detects text input, it starts recording video from all the associated cameras.
NOTE: For the Record action, the camera you select should be set to the Event or Time & Event recording mode in the Record Schedule setup screen.
Figure 39 — Text-In Actions screen.
Highlight the box beside 
button. A list of Alarm Outputs appears. You can associate as many
NOTE: For the
Highlight the box beside Notify and press the 
button. You can toggle the entire list On and Off by highlighting Notification and pressing the 
button. You can toggle the individual items On and Off by highlighting that item and pressing the 
button. Highlight OK and press the 
button to accept your changes.
NOTE: For the Notify action, the notify item you select should be enabled in the Notification setup screen and the DVR should be registered in the Speco Central (Remote Administration System).
Highlight the desired box under the PTZ heading, and press the 
button. A list of PTZ presets appear. Select the preset positions for each PTZ camera, where you want PTZ cameras to move to when the DVR detects text input.
System Event
Highlight System Event in the Event menu and press the 
button. The System Event setup screen appears.
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