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Figure 117. Clearing the Event Picker
2. Click anywhere on the bottom row of the Event Picker. The Year row appears above the bottom row.
Figure 118. Selecting the Year
3. Click anywhere on the Year row. A year appears in the Year row as well as in the bottom row. The bottom row has - Year at the left end and
+ Year at the right end. The Month row appears above the Year row.
Figure 119. Selecting the Month
4. Continue clicking across the Year row until you locate the year you want. Years are distributed across the row with the current year at the
extreme right. Alternatively, click - Year and + Year, or use the mouse wheel to change the year. The selected year appears in the Year row
and the bottom row.
5. If you know what month of archive you want to view, click on the Month row. Otherwise, continue at step 8. The selected month appears in
the Month row as well as in the date you are building in the bottom row. The bottom row has - Month at the left end and + Month at the
right end. The Day row appears above the Month row.
6. Continue clicking across the Month row until you locate the month you want. Months are distributed across the row, with the current month
at the extreme right. Alternatively, click - Month and + Month, or use the mouse wheel to change the month. The selected month appears
in the Month row and the bottom row.
7. Continue building the date until you have narrowed it down as much as you can. Select the day if you know the day, the hour if you know
the hour, and the minute if you know the minute. The date/time you have built appear in the bottom row.
Figure 120. Sample Event Picker Date and Time
8. Click the date/time in the bottom row of the date/time selector. VMX300(-E) retrieves the archives for the time period selected. Refer to the
beginning of the Event Picker section for information on how the Event Picker displays retrieved events.
Video: If you are using the Event Picker in a custom window and a camera is switched to the window, VMX300(-E) will automatically load
and play the archived video for that camera, cued to the date/time selected in the Event Picker. Rewind or advance the video using the tools
in the gadget to locate the video you want. Refer to Custom Windows - Viewing Archived Video for more information.
Alarms and events: If you are using the Event Picker in Session Manager Archive View, details of the retrieved events will be listed in the
Session Manager window, above the Event Picker.
VMX300(-E) retrieves the archived events for the time period selected. For example, if you specified a date/time down to the hour, all
archived events for that hour will display.
Browse or filter the archived events to locate the ones you want. Refer to Session Manager - Browsing Archived Alarms and Events and Fil-
tering Archived Alarms and Events for instructions.
View the details of archived events. Refer to Session Manager - Archive View for instructions.