Network Video Recorder User Guide
This chapter guides you on how to view and configure recording and storage settings on your NVR. VIGI NVR allows you to set your own recording schedules and parameters, assign disk quota to connected cameras, manage and detect the installed hard drive, as well as export and back up recordings. This chapter includes the following sections:
4. 1 Configure Recording Schedules
Recording schedule section provides convenience and flexibility for the daily monitoring of your NVR. You can customize the recording schedule for all channels at a time or specify a recording schedule for certain channels. You can set different schedules for each day. In Advanced Settings page, you can set the pre-recorded time and delay time for recording.
4. 1. 1 Configure Recording Schedule for all Channels
Right click on the Live View screen and click 24-Hour Recording in the pop-up main menu, all of the channels will be set to record continuously (24/7).
Right click on the Live View screen and click Motion Detection Recording in the pop-up main menu, all the channels start to record when motion detection is triggered.
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4. 1. 2 Customize Recording Schedule
Recording schedule in Storage enables users to customize the everyday recording plan for each channel according to their needs.
I want to :
I have set all channels to record continuously (24/7). Now I want two cameras (Channel 1 and 2) to record based on a schedule of motion detection from 8:00-19:00 and record continuously for the rest of time in weekdays; on weekends, the cameras will record continuously from 19:00-24:00.
How can I do that:
1. Right click on the Live View screen and click Settings in the pop-up main menu, then go to Storage > Recording Schedule > Basic Configuration.
2. Select the channel from the drop-down list.
3. Enable Schedule . By default, it is enabled.
4. Customize the recording schedule with one of the following methods.
? Method 1: Via Time Bar
1 )
Select
Motion Detection Recording
and drag the cursor on time bar to set 8:00 to 19:00 for motion detection recording from Monday to Friday. The color of these rectangles will change from blue to green.
2 )
Select
Continuous Recording
and drag the cursor to set 8:00 to 19:00 for no recording on Saturday and Sunday. The color of these rectangles will be erased.
3 ) Click Save in Basic Configuration to save the settings.
? Method 2: via Edit Schedule
1 )
Click
Edit Schedule
.
2 )
Click
Add Schedule
, select the recording type and set the start time and end time.
Note:
? Make sure the periods for different recording types are not overlapped.
? The scheduled time can be accurate to the second.
3 )
Click
Copy Schedule
and select the
repeating days for this schedule in a week and click
Yes
.
4 ) Click Apply on the Edit Detailed Schedule page.
5 ) Click Save in Basic Configuration to save the settings.
5. Click Cop y to other Channels and select the channel to apply the settings, then click OK .
6. Click Save in Basic Configuration to save the settings.
4. 1. 3 Configure Advanced Recording Settings
To configure the pre-recorded and delay time for cameras, go to Storage > Recording Schedule > Advanced Settings . Click Save after you finish the configuration.
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Pre-recorded Time |
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Delay |
4. 2. 1 Configure Storage Disk Group In Storage Disk Group , you can manually start and stop recording on certain channels, select the storage stream for recording, and select the hard drive group. To configure these settings, right click on the Live View screen and click Settings in the pop-up main menu. Then go to Storage > Recording Controls and select Storage Disk Group . Click Save after you finish the configuration.
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on the tool bar at the bottom of the Live View screen to start or stop recording.
and the hard drive will be automatically added to your NVR.
Caution:
