Instruction manual

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Using the Main Menu
To configure the Alarm tab:
1 From the Alarm menu, click the Alarm
ta
b.
2 Configure the following:
• Alarm In: Select
the channel you wish to
configure.
• Alarm Type: Sel
ect the alarm type of the
device. Choose from N/O (normally open),
N/C (normally closed).
• Alarm Out: Sel
ect the checkbox to enable
the system’s alarm block to trigger a
connected external alarm.
• Latch Time: Ent
er the duration the alarm
continues to trigger after the event ends.
• Show Message: Select the checkbox if you
want
the system to display a system
message when an alarm triggers.
• Buzzer: Sel
ect the checkbox to enable the
system to "beep" if an alarm triggers.
• Send Email: Sel
ect the checkbox if you
want the system to send email
notifications if an alarm triggers.
• Post Recording: Sel
ect the duration the
system continues to record as an event
after the alarm trigger ends. For example,
if you select 30s (30 seconds), the system
continues to record for 30 seconds after
the alarm trigger ends.
• Full Screen: Se
lect the Full Screen check
box so that the system goes into full screen
mode when motion or an alarm trigger is
detected.
3 Click A
pply to save your settings.
Device
The Device menu allows
you to configure hard drive
and PTZ settings and
format a USB flash drive
(not included).
• For details on connecting PTZ cameras
(not
included), see “Appendix B:
Connecting a PTZ Camera” on page 102.
Configuring Hard Drive settings
To format the hard drive:
ATTENTION: Formatting the HDD
erases
all data on the hard disk. 
This step cannot be undone.
1 Select the HDD tab.
2 Click the checkbox under Select to choose
the drive you wish to reformat.
3 Click For
mat HDD. Enter the system user
name (default: admin) and password
(default: 000000), and click Apply.
4 When
the warning window appears, click
OK. W
ait for the system to format the hard
drive.
To set the hard drive recording mode
(loop recording
or linear recording):
1 Select the HDD tab
.
2 Select the checkbox beside the hard drive
y
ou wish to configure.