Operating instructions
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6.2.1 Video Loss Setup
In Camera Setup, press ENTER to call up Video Loss Setup of the selected camera as shown when
the highlighted option is Video Loss Settings.. of the camera to setup. The Video Loss Setup allows
the administrator to define how the system responds to the detected video loss for the camera.
The general operations are as below:
▲▼
Press these buttons to select the items.
Numeric
Press these buttons to select the camera.
COPY ( )
Press this button to copy the Video Loss settings of the focus camera to all the following cameras.
(i.e. focus camera is 1, its Video Loss settings will be copied to those of cameras 2-4.)
ESC
Press this button to escape from this screen and return to Camera Setup display. If the Save
dialog is shown, press ENTER to exit and save, ESC to exit without saving.
Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations:
Duration – response duration to define at most how long (in seconds) the Alarm Out relay and
the Buzzer will keep being triggered after video loss is detected for this camera. However, the
Alarm Out relay and the Buzzer will be reset immediately once the camera returns to normal.
Press +/- buttons to adjust the value (3-60 seconds, discrete).
Pre-record – to define how long before video loss is detected this camera shall be intensively
recorded at Pre-record IPS. Press +/- buttons to adjust the value (0-10 seconds, discrete).
Please note that the actual pre-record time may be shorter than the value set if the total size of
the pre-record pictures exceeds the pre-record buffer size of the system.
Alarm Out – to define which Alarm Output will be triggered when video loss of this camera is
detected. Press +/- buttons to select none (N/A) or one of the Alarm Outputs (1-2).
Buzzer – to activate the internal Buzzer or not when video loss of this camera is detected.
Press ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “
ˇ
ˇˇ
ˇ
” - checked.
Log – to log to event logs or not. Press ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck this item. The default
setting is “ˇ
ˇˇ
ˇ” - checked.
Screen Message
– to display the event message on the screen or not. Press
ENTER
or
+/-
to
check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “ˇ
ˇˇ
ˇ” - checked.