Chapter 3 Configuring and Managing the IP Camera

Status Windows

The IP camera stores video log files in its internal SDRAM. When the SDRAM becomes full, the IP camera stops storing additional video files or begins overwriting the oldest video files, depending on the setting of the Overwrite/Replace oldest video file when SDRAM is full option in the Event window. (See the “Event Window” section on page 3-24for additional information.)

To prevent the SDRAM from becoming full, periodically delete video logs.

To display the View Video Log window, access the configuration windows as described in the “Performing the Initial Setup of the IP Camera” section on page 2-4, click Status, then click View Video

Log.

Table 3-25describes the option in the View Video Log window.

Note These features are not currently supported if you use the IP camera with Cisco VSM.

Table 3-25

View Video Log Window Options

 

 

 

Option

 

Description

 

 

 

Video Log

 

Displays a list of video logs. Files are named

 

 

Camera_name-Event_Name-yymmdd-hhmmss.xxx, where:

 

 

Camera_name is the name of the IP camera, as configured in the Camera

 

 

Name field in the Basic Setup window.

 

 

Event_name describes the event that caused the alert. For motion

 

 

detection events, this field is the name of the video field area in which

 

 

motion was detected (for example, Window 2). For input events, this

 

 

field is input1 or input2, depending on which input port the event was

 

 

detected.

 

 

yymmdd is the 2-digit year, month, and date on which the event occurred.

 

 

hhmmss is the, hours, minutes, and seconds at which the event occurred.

 

 

xxx is the format of the file (asf, mp4, or 3gp), as configured in the Video

 

 

Format (MPSG-4) field in the Event window.

 

 

An example file name is:

 

 

CAM00194FFDFF66-Window 2-080213-012934.asf

 

 

To view a video file, click its name. The file plays in the default media player

 

 

on your PC. (If the video file does not play properly through an HTTPS

 

 

connection, download it to your PC and open it in a media player.)

 

 

To download a video file to your PC, right-click its name and follow the

 

 

prompts to save it on your PC. You can then open the saved file in a media

 

 

player.

 

 

 

Delete button

 

Deletes the corresponding video file.

 

 

Delete All button

Deletes all video files in the Video Log window.

 

 

 

 

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