Setup guide

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IntroductionContents
• Introduction 1
• Important Safeguards 3
• Installing Digital Sprite 2 4
• Quick Install 5
• Connecting External Devices 6
- Connecting Telemetry Cameras 6
- Connecting Storage Devices 7
- Connecting to an Ethernet Network 9
- Connecting 485-bus Devices 10
- Connecting Audio Devices 12
- Recording Audio 12
• Configuring Digital Sprite 2 13
- Using the Menus 13
- Time, Date & Language 14
- Camera Viewing 15
- Schedule 16
- Camera Recording 16
- Record Schedule 17
- Alarm Setup 19
- Activity Setup 20
- Display Options 21
- Passwords 21
- System Options 22
- Camera Setup 24
- Alarm and Presets 25
- Activity Camera Setup 26
• Appendix 1 - Configuring for tape archive 27
• Notes 30
What is Digital Sprite 2?
Digital Sprite 2 is a cost effective and easy to use video multiplexer, digital video
recorder, single channel audio recorder, and network video transmitter in a one
box solution.
A video multiplexer?
• Designed with security in mind
• Easy to use
• Operates like a traditional multiplexer, not a PC
• All the feature you would expect from a Dedicated Micros multiplexer:
- Main and Spot monitor
- Multiscreen displays
- Activity detection
- Alarm handling
- Schedules for day, night, and weekend
- User defined record rates
- 485-bus networking
A digital video recorder?
• Playback and record simultaneously, without affecting recording
• 31 days or more of 24 hour time-lapse recordings in one box*.
• Instant access to images recorded on the hard disk with no tapes.
Single channel audio recorder?
• Record a single channel of audio stream along with the images.
Network transmission?
• View live and playback images across the network.
• No extra software to buy, Network Viewing software for Windows™ provided.
• Copy images across the network
*Refers to the 320GB model
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