4-Channel Digital Video Recorder
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Highlight the Storage tab and the Storage setup screen displays.
Highlight the first box beside Disk S.M.A.R.T., and press the
button. Use the Up and Down
arrow buttons to scroll through the numbers. Refer to the hard disk drive manufacturer’s
documentation for the correct temperature setting. If the temperature of hard disk drive exceeds
the defined threshold, the system triggers an alert.
Highlight the second box beside Disk S.M.A.R.T., and press the
button. Select either ºC
(Celsius) or ºF (Fahrenheit), and press the
button.
Highlight the Actions tab and the System Event Actions setup screen displays.
NOTE: Alarm-Out action cannot be set to System, Boot Up, Restart, Shutdown and Panic
Record events.
Highlight the Notify box beside the desired event (System, Boot Up, Restart, Shutdown, Panic
Record, Check Recording, Check Alarm-In, Disk Almost Full, Disk Full, Disk Bad, Disk
Temperature, Disk S.M.A.R.T. or Disk Config Change), 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.
Figure 48 Storage setup screen.
Highlight the box beside Disk Bad Notify, and
press the
button. Select percentage level of
bad disk sectors at which you want the DVR to
trigger an alert. Percentage levels range from
10% to 90%.
Highlight the box beside Disk Almost Full
Notify, and press the
button. Select the
percentage level of disk usage at which you want
the DVR to trigger an alert. Percentage levels
range from 80% to 99%.
Figure 49 System Event Actions setup screen.
The DVR can be set to react to system events.
System events can activate the Alarm-Out
connector, sound the DVR’s internal buzzer,
and/or notify a number of different devices.
Highlight the Alarm-Out box beside the desired
event (Check Recording, Check Alarm-In,
Disk Almost Full, Disk Full, Disk Bad, Disk
Temperature, Disk S.M.A.R.T. or Disk
Config Change), and press the
button.
Select between Alarm Output and Beep (DVR’s
internal buzzer) that you would like to activate
and to sound whenever the DVR detects an
event.