Operation Instruction
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Highlight the more line(s) box, and press the button. Select the number of additional lines of text that you want
the DVR to record. You can choose from 0 to 10.
Highlight the box beside Line Delimiter, and press the button. Use the virtual keyboard to enter the character(s)
that the device uses to indicate the end of a line. Special characters can be created using ^ and a capital letter; e.g., ^J
for NL (New Line), ^M for CR (Carriage Return). Refer to the device manufacturer’s documentation for Line Delimiter
character(s).
Highlight the box beside Ignore String, and press the button. Use the virtual keyboard to enter any strings of text
that you want the DVR to ignore. Refer to the device manufacturer’s documentation for text strings that the device
sends during transactions, so you will know which ones you do not want recorded.
Highlight the Case Sensitive box, and press the button to toggle between On and Off. Refer to the device
manufacturer’s documentation to determine if the text strings are Case Sensitive. If the device distinguishes between
upper and lower case letters, make certain the Case Sensitive box is turned On.
Highlight the box beside Time Out, and press the button. Set the length of time to wait for the new text string. The
DVR will consider a transaction complete if no new text strings are entered between the last text input and the dwell
time out. You can adjust the Time Out dwell from 5 seconds to 15 minutes.
Highlight the Actions tab, and the Text-In Actions setup screen appears.
Figure 39 — Text-In Actions screen.
The DVR can be set to react to text input. Text input can be
associated with cameras, trigger an Alarm-Out connector,
sound the DVR’s internal buzzer, notify a number of different
devices, and/or move PTZ cameras to preset positions.
Highlight the box beside Record and press the button. A
list of cameras appears. You can associate as many cameras
with the Text Input as you wish. If the DVR detects text
input, it starts recording video from all the associated cameras.
NOTE: For the Record action, the camera you select
should be set to the Event or Time & Event
recording mode in the Record Schedule setup
screen.
Highlight the box beside Alarm-Out and press the button. A list of Alarm Outputs appears. You can associate as
many Alarm-Outs with the Text Input as you wish. When the DVR detects text input, it triggers output signals on all
the associated Alarm-Out connectors. You can also have the DVR’s internal buzzer sound if text input is detected.
NOTE: For the Alarm-Out action, the alarm output and beep you select should be set to the Event mode in the
Alarm-Out setup screen (Schedule tab).
Highlight the box beside Notify and press the button. You can toggle the entire list On and Off by highlighting
Notification and pressing the button. You can toggle the individual items On and Off by highlighting that item and
pressing the button. Highlight OK and press the button to accept your changes.
NOTE: For the Notify action, the notify item you select should be enabled in the Notification setup screen and
the DVR should be registered in the Speco Central (Remote Administration System).
Highlight the desired box under the PTZ heading, and press the button. A list of PTZ presets appear. Select the
preset positions for each PTZ camera, where you want PTZ cameras to move to when the DVR detects text input.
System Event
Highlight System Event in the Event menu and press the button. The System Event setup screen appears.