Installation guide
DVR light and On/O buon
Step 7 Set Up Recording
The CheckVideo Gateway can record video to an aached USB storage device. This
video can then be viewed via a Web interface (such as the CheckVideo Dashboard -
see next page).
The storage device can be a small ash drive or portable hard drive; either is ne
so long as the device is capable of storing data in an EXT3 le format. The storage
device’s available capacity can range from 2 GB to 1 TB, but must have at least 500
MB available.
If your storage device has a FAT32 or other non-EXT3 format, it will be automacally
reformaed to EXT3 and all stored data on that device will be lost when it is inserted
into the CheckVideo Gateway. The reformang process may take some me (e.g.,
20+ minutes for a 500 GB device).
To begin recording, insert the USB storage device into the CheckVideo Gateway
according to the following process (do not use any intermediary device such as a USB
hub):
• Verify the DVR light is o. If the light is on, briey press the DVR On/O buon
and then wait for the light to turn o (Figure 32).
• Insert the storage device into the USB port.
• Briey press the DVR On/O buon.
• The DVR light blinks rapidly while the drive mounts and formats. During the
formang process, video is not recorded to the drive.
• Once recording begins, the DVR light blinks slowly.
The amount of storage space required for your device is determined by the number
of cameras in your system. As a rule, connuous recording of video requires at least
1.4 GB of storage per camera, per day.
Once the USB storage device is within 30 MB of maximum capacity, CheckVideo
deletes the oldest les for any of the camera channels.
Note: Connuously recorded video is only stored on the USB device aached to
your CheckVideo Gateway. Event clips, on the other hand, are stored on
the CheckVideo Portal.
Figure 32 DVR light, DVR On/O buon, and USB port posions on CheckVideo Gateway
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USB port