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Tip: If you do not want the unit to automatically identify itself on a network, use
a ‘#’ symbol as the first character. You will still be able to access the unit across the
network by typing in the IP address directly into the Network Viewing software.
Audio
A single channel of audio can be recorded on the Digital Sprite 2, use this menu
to enable or disable audio recording. Audio recording takes up a small amount of
storage, approximately 4KB/s, this is regardless of the record rate (PPS) of the
video. When audio is enabled the record time is affected, check the new record
time in the ‘Record Schedule’ menu.
Note: The audio recording is linked to Camera input 1, when playing back the
audio, camera 1 must be displayed.
IR Receiver
The Infrared remote control option can be enabled or disabled from this menu. The
remote control mimics the front panel control of the Digital Sprite 2. The re m o t e
c o n t rol does not allow the configuration of the menus or control of telemetry
c a m e r a s .
When the IR receiver is enabled the IR LED on the Digital Sprite 2 is solid green,
when it is disabled the IR LED switches to solid amber. The LED flashing green
signifies an IR signal being received.
Event partition
An event partition can be configured to protect events for longer than using just
the normal recording partition. When an event partition is configured, all events
will be saved to this area. The events are overwritten on a first in first out basis
when the partition is full.
To work out the required event partition size, use the following equation:
Event partition (GB) = Days x Image size (KB) x % Events x Event PPS
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Where;
Days = Number of days required before the events are overwritten.
Image size (KB) = The recorded image size in kilobytes.
% Events = The percentage of recordings which are events.
Event PPS = The record rate of event recording (PPS).
For example, If you want to keep events for 5 days before they are overwritten,
alarms are triggered for 25% of the time, image size is 18KB, and the Event PPS
is 6 pictures per second the equation would be:
Event partition (GB) = 5 x 18 x 25 x 6 = 12GB
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Caution: Specifying an event partition will reduce the disk space for normal
recording, reducing the recording time on disk.
Image Storage
It is possible to select which drive(s) to re c o rd images to, for example, if you have a
RAID or disk array connected to the Digital Sprite 2 you can elect to re c o rd images to
the external storage only, giving greater image security.
C D L M
Image Storage ❏ ❏ ■ ■
Event Log ■ ❏ ❏ ❏
Selecting Edit will bring up a pop-up menu with the following options:
The above example has two external RAID’s or disk arrays (drive L and M) connected
to a Digital Sprite 2 which will be recording images, the event log will be recorded to
the C drive.
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