Setting System Options

User Guide

Manage Disk Usage

The Command Center Disk Usage dialog allows you to view and change the disk allocation rules. The adjustable options include the Video Path and Max Allocation. You can also view the free disk space, current usage, and discard date among other statistics. You open the Command Center Disk Usage dialog by clicking on the VIEW DISK USAGE button on the Setup > Recording dialog.

This graphic shows a screen shot of the Disk Usage dialog. A description of each field is also included:

 

 

 

 

 

Dialog

 

Item

 

Usage

 

 

Video Path

 

The path where Command Center stores video

 

 

(adjustable)

 

files. The default value is C:\WiLife Video.

 

 

Browse

 

The browse button allows you to navigate and

 

 

Button (…)

 

pick another video storage directory.

 

 

Free Disk

 

The amount of free space on the drive

 

 

Space

 

Command Center is using to store video files.

 

 

Max

 

The max amount of space you allow to

 

 

Allocation

 

Command Center for storing video files. The

 

 

 

 

number is in megabytes. The gray calculations

 

 

 

 

shows the percent of the disk drive allocated

 

 

 

 

for video storage use.

 

 

Current

 

Current usage shows the megabytes in

 

 

Usage

 

current use for video files. The gray

 

 

 

 

calculation shows the percent of the

 

 

 

 

maximum allocated in use.

 

 

Discarding

 

Discarding From shows the date of the oldest

 

 

From

 

file and the one Command Center will delete if

 

 

 

 

it needs to recycle space to make room for a

 

 

 

 

new clip.

 

 

Command

 

Here you can review a detailed list of the

 

 

Center Disk

 

storage and files in use by each camera.

 

 

Usage Per

 

 

 

 

Camera

 

 

Change Video Storage Options

 

 

 

 

Setup > Recording > Recording section > VIEW DISK USAGE button.

 

 

Command Center allows you to store captured video segments in any directory you wish. Once you have

chosen a directory, Command Center allows you to specify the maximum space you want to allocate for video.

By default, when you choose a path, Command Center will guess at a reasonable maximum disk allocation,

which you can change.

 

 

 

To change the storage directory,

 

 

 

1) From the Setup dialog, click on the Recording tab.

 

 

 

2) Click the VIEW DISK USAGE button.

 

 

 

3) Either enter the path for the video files or click the browse (…) button and navigate to the path.

4) Finally, set the amount of disk space you wish to allocate to video files in this directory.

Note: If you reduce the amount of disk space allocated to video files to a number less than that currently in use, Command Center will slowly reduce the space used as new recordings are created.

5) Click the APPLY button to apply the changes.

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WiLife V2.1 manual Manage Disk Usage, Change Video Storage Options

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