Pelco DVR5100 manual Modifying a Script Schedule

MODIFYING A SCRIPT SCHEDULE

You can activate a script manually by using the Execute Scripts screen, or you can program the script to activate automatically on certain dates or in response to alarms or motion.

To select the dates, times, and events when a script should execute:

1.In the Modify script area, click the Schedule tab.

2.Click the right arrow beside “Assign dates, times, and events.” The Shortcut menu is displayed.

3.Click Add. The Assign Dates and Times dialog box opens (refer to Figure 120 on page 105).

Figure 120. Assigning Dates and Times Dialog Box

4.Set the script start and end times or select “All day”.

5.Set the start date, using one of three options:

•Click Calendar , and then select start date for your script.

•Type the date: Click in a date field, delete the current date, and then type the start date you want to use for your script.

•Use the date up-down control: Click the month field, then use the up and down control to scroll through the numbered months

(1–12) until you reach the month you want to use for the start of your script. Repeat the same process for setting the date and the year.

6.Select “No end date,” or specify an end date using one of the three options listed in step 5.

7.Select the recurrence pattern. Different settings appear depending on the option button you select:

•None: No recurrence pattern; no settings required.

•Weekly: The days of the week appear on the right. Click the check boxes of the days you would like the script to recur.

•Monthly: Set which day (1–31) of the month and how many months apart (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6) you would like the script to recur.

•Yearly: Set the month and day of the year you would like the script to recur.

8.Select an event to trigger the script.

•Click the ellipses button beside “Select event.” The Select Event screen appears.

•Select an event (motion or alarm) or event group.

•Click OK, Clear Selection, or Cancel.

9.You may assign more than one set of dates, times, and events to a particular script. To add additional dates/times/events, repeat the preceding steps.

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