Speco Technologies CS8 DVR User Manual


 
4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder
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Panic
Selecting (Panic) in the Search menu starts panic recording of all cameras, and selecting
again stops panic recording.
Data Source
Selecting (Data Source) in the Search menu allows you to select the data source to be searched.
Selecting Record searches recorded data on primary storage installed in the DVR, and selecting
Other searches recorded data on storage used for another DVR then installed in this DVR.
Exit
Selecting (Exit) in the Search menu exits the search mode and enters the live monitoring mode.
Event Log Search
Pressing the (Play/Pause) button will extract the event video and display the first image of the
event. Pressing the
button will start playing the “event” video segment. Pressing PLAY/STOP
button returns to live monitoring.
NOTE: It is possible that no recorded image displays on the current screen. Change the
screen mode to 3x3, for the 8-channel DVR and 2x2 for the 4-channel DVR and you will be
able to easily see the cameras that have recorded video during target time.
You can also narrow your event search by selecting the Option… button and setting up the new
search condition.
Figure 69 Event Log Search screen.
The DVR maintains a log of each time the Alarm
Input port is activated. The Event Log Search
screen displays this list. Use the arrow buttons
to highlight the event for which you would like
to see video.
There is no determined user authority to display
the Event Log Search screen, however, the event
video will not be played unless a user with
Search authority logs into the system
.
You can search video from the first to last
recorded images, or you can set the start and stop
times and dates.
Highlight the box beside From and press the
button to toggle between On and Off. When set
to Off, you can enter a specific Date and Time.
When set to On, the search will be from the first
recorded image.