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Operation Instruction

The DVR can be set to react to system events. System events can be associated with an Alarm-Out connector, sound the DVR’s internal buzzer, and/or notify a number of different devices.

Highlight the Alarm-Outbox beside the desired event (Check Recording, Check Alarm-In, Disk Almost Full, Disk Full, Disk Bad, Disk Temperature, or Disk S.M.A.R.T.), and press the button. A list of Alarm Outputs appears. You can associate as many Alarm-Outs with the Event as you wish. If the DVR detects that event, it triggers output signals on all the associated Alarm-Out connectors. You can also have the DVR’s internal buzzer sound if an event is detected.

Figure 42 — System Event Actions screen.

NOTE: Alarm-Out action cannot be set to System, Boot Up, Restart, Shutdown and Panic Record events.

Highlight the Notify box beside the desired event (System, Boot Up, Restart, Shutdown, Panic Record, Check Recording, Check Alarm-In,Disk Almost Full, Disk Full, Disk Bad, Disk Temperature, or Disk S.M.A.R.T.), 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 to work, the DVR should be registered in the Speco Central (Remote Administration System).

Event Status

Highlight Event Status in the Event menu and press the button. The Event Status screen appears.

The Event Status screen displays the status of the DVR’s systems and inputs. Events will be highlighted, and related channels or events will flicker for five seconds when detected.

(Alarm-In), (Motion), (Video Loss), (Video Blind) and (Text-In) will be highlighted when each event is detected

	based on the settings you made in the Alarm-In, Motion
	Detection, Video Loss, Video Blind and Text-In setup screen
	on the Event menu.
	(Check Alarm-In) and Check Recording will be
	highlighted when each event is detected based on the settings
	you made in the System Event setup screen on the Event menu.
Figure 43 — Event Status screen.	Panic Record will be highlighted while the DVR is in the
	panic recording mode.

Disk Almost Full will be highlighted when the DVR is not in the Recycle mode and the level of disk usage reaches the Disk Almost Full percentage you made in the System Event setup screen on the Event menu. Disk Full will be highlighted when the DVR is not in the Recycle mode and all available storage space has been used.

Fan Error will be highlighted when the cooling fan to the left of the power cord on the rear panel is not working for more than four seconds.

Disk Config Change will be highlighted when the DVR reboots after the hard disk drive has been replaced. Highlighting the Storage tab will display the hard disk drive status. Refer to the Storage section for details.

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