Creating Single-Day Schedules

This section describes how to create a single-day schedule and includes the following topics:

Working with Single-Day Schedules

Copying and Applying Schedule Attributes on page 152

Working with Single-Day Schedules

Custom Mode schedules are defined for single days only. A custom-scheduled day can be set to recur on the same day of every month or the same day every year.

To set the HVR to record on a specific day:

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

2.Click the Schedule button . The Schedule page is displayed.

3.Click the Month View tab (if it is not currently selected.)

4.Select Custom Mode from the drop-down box.

5.Click New. The New File Name dialog box opens.

6.Enter a new file name for the profile.

The profile file name follows the standard Windows file-naming conventions.

7.Click OK.

8.Select Once Per Month or Once Per Year.

9.Select the date range for the custom schedule.

a.Set the start date with the Start spinner buttons. The start date cannot be set later than the end date.

b.If you want the schedule to recur indefinitely, deselect the Finish on End Date check box.

c.Set the end date with the End spinner buttons.

10.On the calendar, click the desired date.

11.Select the recording modes and times for each camera you want to schedule. Refer to Setting Up the Camera Recording Mode on page 145 for instructions.

12.Click Save.

13.Click Apply.

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dx8100 specifications

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