Chapter 12: Recording 
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 TL Time lapse (Green squares): Record of a specific day. Each green square in the timeline 
represents an hour in the 24-hour period. 
 TL-Hi (Dark green): High quality time lapse. Records high quality video. 
 TL-Lo (Bright green): Low quality time lapse. Records low quality video. This could be used, for 
example, for night recordings when few events or alarms are expected. Saving the video in low 
quality helps save resources on the HDD.  
 Event (Yellow): Records only events, such as motion detection and POS/ATM text insertion. 
 Alarm (Red): Records only alarms. 
 None (Grey): No recording during this period. 
5.   Edit button. Click to modify schedules and to copy schedules to other days of the week. 
6.   Timeline. There is a 24-hour time line for each day. Up to eight recording periods can be scheduled 
during the 24-hour period. 
7.   Copy button. Click to copy schedules between cameras. 
Define a schedule from the recording schedule window 
To set up a daily recording schedule: 
1.  Select a camera. 
2.  Check the Enable Recording box to indicate that video from this camera is to be 
recorded. 
3.  Click a record type in the legend to activate that record type. The cursor changes to 
a pen. 
4.  Drag the pen cursor across desired hours and days in the schedule overview to 
mark those times with that specific record mode. To mark areas with a different 
record type, click on a different record type to activate it. 
 
5.  Click Apply to save the settings and Exit to return live view. 
Define a schedule from the Edit menu 
To set up a daily recording schedule: 
1.  From the menu toolbar, click Recording > Recording Schedule. 
2.  Select a camera. 
3.  Check the Enable Recording box. 
4.  Click Edit. The following window is displayed: