Setup guide
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BX2
Watermark Partition
This enables a watermark to be generated for each image partition and stored in a text le which will be
downloaded with the video images to the archive destination.
The watermark is logged in the archive log le.
Download on Demand
If a manual download option has been selected, highlighting this option will start the download process. A
screen prompt will warn that the FTP download process will commence when the unit receives conrmation.
Record Mode
The record mode option allows the unit to be congured to either Standard Loop recording (default) or Write
Once recording.
Standard Loop Record Mode
This is the default setting for the unit and identies how the unit stores images on the internal hard drives. The
recorded images will be saved on the hard disk in a ‘loop’. Once the hard disk reaches maximum capacity, the
images that were stored at the start of the ‘loop’ will be automatically overwritten with the latest recordings
(unless protected).
Images at the beginning of the record cycle will only be available for a set period of time before they are
overwritten by more recent recordings.
There are a number of parameters within the menu that can be used to identify when the internal hard disk
will reach maximum capacity and images will start to be overwritten. These can be used to ensure images are
archived before the unit returns to the beginning of the ‘loop’.
Write Once Record Mode
When the ‘Write Once’ option is selected, the system creates a marker on the loop recording to mark the start of
the write once record mode.
There are two record operations in the ‘Write Once’ mode when the disk is full; Overwrite and Stop.
Write Once Overwrite will behave in the same way as the loop record mode but will give a visual warning to the
Operator to remind them that vital information (recorded images) is about to be overwritten and it is necessary
to archive. If the alarm is ignored the unit will continue to record and the images at the beginning of the loop
will be overwritten. A warning will inform the Operator that important information has been overwritten.
If Write Once Stop is selected the ‘marker’ will be created on the loop recording and the warning will be
displayed to say archiving is required. If this warning is ignored, all recording will stop when the unit reaches
the marker.
This is used in covert operation, where access to the recorded les can only be obtained at certain times, and
ensures vital information is never overwritten.
Write Once
The ‘Write Once’ submenu determines how the unit records images.
Highlight the option and press the
button to access the Write Once Option conguration menu.