Q-See QC40108 manual Part 6 Setting DVR to Record, Manual Recording, Scheduled Recording

PART 6 - SETTING DVR TO RECORD

There are two modes for recording: Manual Recording and Scheduled Recording.

An example of such a mixed schedule is shown in Picture 6-4. In this example, Camera 1 is scheduled to record if motion is detected (MD) from midnight to 8am and then records continu-

SCHEDULE

Channel	1	PreRecord 4 sec.
Week Day	Wed		Record Type Regular MD Alarm MD/Alarm
Period 1	00 :00	-08 :00
Period 2

MANUAL RECORDING

You can get to the Manual Record menu by right clicking on the screen with the mouse and se- lecting Record.

View 1

View 4

Color Setting

Search

Record

Main Menu

ously from 8am to noon (Regular) followed by a one-hour motion detection recording segment until 1pm before returning to continuous record- ing after that. Then, at the end of the day, it is in motion detection mode from 5pm to midnight.

The scale running along the bottom of the menu ranges from 0 to 24, representing the hours of a day. You can set starting and ending times to any specific minute you choose.

		08 :00	-12 :00
Period 3		12 :00	-13 :00
Period 4		13 :00	-17 :00
Period 5		17 :00	-24 :00
Period 6		00 :00	-24 :00
		Regular		MD		Alarm		MD/Alarm
0	3	6	9		12	15	18		21	24
	Copy	Paste			Default		Save		Cancel

PICTURE 6-4

This will take you to the Record menu. You can click the All option on the Manual row to start recording on all channels, or you can select only the cameras that you want to begin recording.

To stop recording, select the Stop option under each camera to cause that camera to cease re- cording, or you can selecting the All option in the Stop row to cause all cameras to stop.

PICTURE 6-1

	RECORD
Record Mode All	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Schedule
Manual
Stop
OK	Cancel

MOTION DETECTION RECORDING

There are three steps to scheduling the DVR to record on motion.

STEP 1. Return to the Record menu (Picture 6-2) and designate which cameras will be recording in Motion Detection mode.

STEP 2. Next, go to the Schedule (Picture 6-3) menu as described above and set schedule for each camera.

STEP 3. After setting up the schedule go to the Main Menu and select the Setting menu. Inside, select the Detect window (Red square in Picture 6-5)

PICTURE 6-2

SCHEDULED RECORDING

To record on a schedule you will need to get to the Record menu as described above and select the cameras on the Schedule row instead of the Manual row.

Next, go to the Main Menu, and click on Settings, and select Schedule. This will open the Sched- ule menu.

The DVR is programmed with all cameras set to record constantly by default. You may set up your own schedule to meet your specific requirements.

The Detect window will allow you to configure your camera and the actions

PICTURE 6-5

DETECT

There are six blocks of time you can use to schedule recording and each camera can be individually configured or they all may share the same schedule. In addition, you may set up indi- vidual schedules for each day, or you may share the same schedule across every day.

Cameras may be scheduled to record in different modes at different times of the day.

SCHEDULE

Channel

1

PreRecord 4

sec.

Week Day Wed

Record Type

Regular

MD Alarm MD/Alarm

Period 1

00 :00

-24 :00

Period 2

00 :00

-24 :00

Period 3

00 :00

-24 :00

Period 4

00 :00

-24 :00

Period 5

00 :00

-24 :00

Period 6

00 :00

-24 :00

Regular

MD

Alarm

MD/Alarm

0

3

6

9

12

15

18

21

24

the DVR will perform when motion is detected. Under Event Type select Motion Detect, Select your Channel, or All, and select the enable option to enable the camera for motion detection.

Event Type		Motion Detect				Channel	1
Enable
Region			Select			Sensitivity	3
Period				Set		Anti-dither	0		sec.
Show Message			Alarm upload			Send Email
Record Channel		1	2	3	4
Delay		10				sec.
Tour		1	2	3	4
Snapshot		1	2	3	4
Buzzer
Copy	Paste				Default		Save	Cancel

PICTURE 6-6

Copy Paste Default Save Cancel

PICTURE 6-3