Pelco C2631M-A CONFIGURING THE FRAME RATE

C2631M-A (6/07) Client Application 141

CONFIGURING THE FRAME RATE

The DX8100 can record at frame rates up to 480 ips by National Television System Committee (NTSC) standards and 400 ips by Phase Alternating

Line (PAL) standards.

This total frame rate capacity is distributed among 8, 16, 24, or 32 cameras, depending on the configuration of your unit. Resolution and frame

rate values can be assigned evenly among all cameras, or they can be configured independently for individual cameras. Frame rate values can

also be customized according to recording mode type (normal, motion, alarm, or ATM/POS).

Power Users and Administrators can configure recording frame rates on the DX8100. All cameras are optimized to provide 30 ips frame rates at

320 x 240 resolution for NTSC (352 x 288 resolution for PAL). The DX8100 allows you to change the frame rates available to each camera, while

resolution values must remain constant or change both frame rate and resolution settings.

This section describes how to configure the frame rate and includes the following topics:

•Accessing the Frame Rate Configuration Dialog Box

•Setting the Frame Rate

•Setting the Resolution and Frame Rate

•Understanding the DX8100 Frame Rate Calculations

To access the Frame Rate Configuration dialog box:

1. On the DX8100 toolbar, click . The Setup dialog box opens to the Camera page.

2. In the Setup dialog box, click . The Schedule page is displayed.

3. In the Camera Settings section, click Frame Rate Configuration. The Frame Rate Configuration dialog box opens.

The DX8100 Series DVR is optimized to provide 8, 16, 24, or 32 cameras of continuous video recording, with a frame rate of 30 ips at a resolution

of 320 x 240 (NTSC) or 320 x 288 (PAL). The DX8100 allows you to change the frame rate independent of the resolution. For information on

accessing the Frame Rate Configuration dialog box, refer to Accessing the Frame Rate Configuration Dialog Box.

To set the frame rate values for cameras:

1. On the DX8100 toolbar, click . The Setup dialog box opens to the Camera page.

2. In the Setup dialog box, click . The Schedule page is displayed.

3. In the Camera Settings section, click Frame Rate Configuration. The Frame Rate Configuration dialog box opens.

4. Select the button for the recording mode you want to configure. Options are as follows:

•604

•704

•Normal

•Motion

•Alarm

•ATM/POS

5. Do the following:

a. Using the ALL frame rate settings slider, set the frame rate for all channels.

b. To set the frame rate for an individual channel, use the frame rate slider for that channel to select a frame rate from 1-30 ips

(according to the available capacity for the channel). The frame rate of an individual channel is limited to the maximum setting of the

ALL frame rate slider.

The frame rate ranges from 1-30 ips, depending on the DX8100 Series DVR configuration. The 8-camera DVR has 8 sliders, the 16-camera

DVR has 16 sliders, the 24-camera DVR has 24 sliders, and the 32-camera DVR has 32 sliders.