Camera the Administrating

Suffix

Select a suffix to be added to the file name.

None: The recording file name will be the image file name.

Date & time: The date & time suffix is added to the image file name.

The date/time suffix consists of lower two-digits of the year (2 digits), month (2 digits), date (2 digits), hour (2 digits), minute (2 digits), second (2 digits), and consecutive number (2 digits), thus adding a 14- digit number to the image file name.

Sequence number: A consecutive number of 10 digits between 0000000001 and 4294967295 and two fixed digits 00 are added to the image file name.

Sequence number clear

Click Clear to reset the Sequence number suffix to 1.

Mode

Select the periodical recording mode.

Periodical mode: An image file is recorded periodically according to the specified Interval and Effective period.

Tour mode: An image file is recorded when the camera is moved to each preset position during the tour.

Interval

Type the interval at which you want to record an image in the memory periodically. You can set the hour (H), minutes (M) and seconds (S) between 1 second and 24 hours (one day).

Note

The actual interval may be longer than the set value depending on the image size, image quality, bit rate, or recording media.

Effective period

Set the period during which the periodical recording is effective.

Always: The periodical recording is always effective.

Schedule: You can specify the period during which the periodical recording is effective.

Click Schedule and the menu for the effective period is displayed. (“Setting the Schedule — Schedule Menu” on page 63)

OK/Cancel

See “Buttons common to every menu” on page 30.

Folder structure of image memory

When the image memory function is used, the images are recorded with the following tree structure of folder.

FTP root

 

Date_No.

 

xxxxxxx.jpf

 

 

 

 

yyyyyyy.jpf

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

aaaaaaa.jpg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

bbbbbbb.jpf

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date_No.

 

ccccccc.jpf

 

 

 

 

 

 

zzzzzzz.m4f

 

 

 

 

qqqqqqq.m4f

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A represents a folder created automatically.

The Date_No. folder has a 11-digit name consisting of the last two digits of the year (2 digits), month (2 digits), day (2 digits), underscore and sequence number (4 digits).

Note

The folder size varies depending on the capacity of the CF memory card or ATA memory card.

About the extension of a file

A file to be recorded/sent using the image memory function or the FTP client function has one of the following three extensions depending on the video mode setting and the recording/sending settings of the camera.

.m4f: A file of this type is created when Use alarm buffer is selected in the Alarm recording or Alarm sending tab and MPEG4 is selected on Codec in the Alarm buffer menu. The file may include audio data depending on the microphone setting of the camera.

.jpf: A file of this type is created when Use alarm buffer is selected in the Alarm recording or Alarm sending tab and JPEG is selected on Codec in the Alarm buffer menu. The file may include audio data depending on the microphone setting of the camera.

.jpg: A file of this type is created when Use alarm buffer is not selected in the Alarm recording or Alarm sending tab or when a periodical sending or periodical recording is performed.

The SNC video player (page 78) allows playing of “.m4f” and “.jpf” files.

58 Recording Images in Memory — Image memory Menu