User guide
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Event Notification Window
The event notification window displays event alarms from the registered DVRs. The alarms must be
set up in the DVR before they will display in the event window. The event alarms available are
sensor, motion, and camera loss. The image below shows the event notification window.
Emergency Record Button
Emergency record button when clicked will start recording to the local drive all cameras on screen, even
cameras in playback mode. The system will continue to record until the user clicks the emergency record
button again. The data path that the emergency record function writes to is set in the system setup window.
Below is an image of a camera in emergency record mode.
Please note: Use caution when recording video to the local hard disk. Make sure that the remote
system has sufficient hard disk space to record data to. If the remote system disk becomes too full,
Windows may not operate correctly.
Rec indicating that local recording is active
Event Alarm Mute Button
The Event alarm mute button turns on/off the audible alarm. When turned on, the button will be blue.
Live Audio Mute Button
The live audio mute button turns live and recorded audio on/off. When audio is turned on, button
will turn blue. To hear audio from a specific camera, click that camera to select it, and turn audio on. To
hear live audio, the registered DVR must be set up to support audio.