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To set up alarm recording
NOTE: If you want to refine a schedule so that video is recorded based on motion detection, you must first set up timer recording for your cameras.
1. From the remote agent application main screen, click the Setup button if the Settings screen is not open. The Settings screen
appears and the Remote Agent tab is displayed.
2. Open the DVR System tab, and then click the Record tab. (See Figure 67 on page 52.)
3. Under the Alarm Recording settings, configure the start and stop times for recording. Based on the start and stop times you select for each
camera, the DX4000 will add an entry to the log each time an alarm occurs. You can search for these marked events.
•Record: Turn on recording to enable a recording schedule for each camera.
•Start: Select the hour at which you want to start recording each day. Time is selected based on a 24-hour day. If you select 0, recording
will start just after 12:00 midnight.
•Stop: Select the hour at which you want to stop recording each day. Time is selected based on a 24-hour day where 24 is 12:00
midnight.
4. Move to the pre-alarm duration field and select the number of seconds before an alarm that the DX4000 should start recording. Including pre-
alarm activity in the recorded video ensures that you will capture all relevant activity surrounding an alarm. Choose between 1 and 5 seconds.
5. Move to the post-alarm duration field and select the number of seconds after an alarm that the DX4000 should continue recording.
Including post-alarm activity in the recorded video ensures that you will capture all relevant activity surrounding an alarm. You can record
for a maximum of three minutes.
6. Click the Apply button to save the changes and continue to other settings. If you are finished updating settings, click the OK button to close
the screen.
To set up motion detection
To record video based on motion detection, you must first set up timer recording. The DX4000 will use motion detection to record video during
the scheduled recording start and stop times that you select for each affected camera.
1. From the remote agent application main screen, click the Setup button if the Settings screen is not open. The Settings screen
appears and the Remote Agent tab is displayed.
2. Open the DVR System tab, and then click the Record tab. (See Figure 67 on page 52.)
3. Turn on timer recording for each camera for which you will set up motion detection. The Motion Detection settings are enabled for each
camera as you set up timer recording for them.
4. Under the Motion Detection settings, configure the following settings.
•Motion: Turn it on or off.
•Sensitivity: Select a sensitivity level between 1 and 10 where 10 is the most sensitive.
•Region: Select “Partial” or “Entire”. When motion detection is turned on, the DX4000 detects motion on the entire screen by default.
If you select “partial,” the Motion Area Setup screen appears (Figure 69).
5. For partial regions, set up motion detection as follows:
a. On the Motion Area Setup screen, press and hold the mouse button while you highlight a region. The DX4000 will detect motion in
any areas of the screen that are yellow.
b. A shortcut menu appears when you release the mouse button.
c. Choose an option that applies to the selected region: “Select” includes the region in your motion detection areas, “Deselect” removes
the region from your motion detection areas, and “Cancel” exits the shortcut menu and returns you to the Motion Area Setup screen
without altering the settings for the region.
d. After you are satisfied with the motion settings for a camera, click the OK button to return to the Record tab.
e. Repeat steps a through d for each remaining camera.