Setup guide

• Interleaved – This will set the Digital Sprite 2 to record the alarm cameras
more frequently than non-alarm cameras, by interleaving the two i.e. if
camera 1 is in alarm the interleave recording would be 1213141516...
Note: By using event interleave, it is possible to keep the record rate constant
but effectively increase the speed of alarm or activity recording.
Image size
The image size determines the quality of the image that is recorded to disc.
A larger file size will allow more detail to be captured within the image and
therefore produce superior picture quality, but this does take more space on
the hard drive, so less time will elapse before the images are overwritten.
The file size on the unit can be set between 5KB and 45KB, the table below
shows the image quality at typical file sizes:
Note: The equivalent image quality is representative in most cases, however it
is possible that a camera view with large amounts of detail requires the file
size to be increased from the standard setting to maintain the image quality.
Record Cameras
Each camera can be individually included or excluded from the standard
record settings.
Using the button to highlight the Record cameras option and press to
enter the Record Cameras menu.
Use the corresponding camera key to select/deselect the camera, a blank box
indicates the camera is not
included in the record sequence.
Note: You can also use this menu to configure which cameras are included in
the variable rate recording, which is covered in a later section of this manual.
Maximum record/alarm time
This will show an estimate of the number of days and hours before the
recorded images on the hard disc will be overwritten. The maximum record
time is read only and will be displayed when the record or alarm rate (day or
night) is highlighted. It will be automatically calculated by the Digital Sprite 2
when the standard or alarm record rate is changed, the maximum recording
time will not include the audio if enabled.
Tip: Reducing the file size (KB) or record rate (PPS) will increase the
maximum recording time.
Maximum storage (protected %)
The maximum storage setting is read only. This displays the total video
storage, in Gigabytes (GB), along with the percentage of video storage that is
protected from being overwritten.
Note: The calculations for recording time assume there is no protected video.
Video that is protected will need to be manually unprotected in the 'Image
Protection' menu before it can be used for recording again.
Earliest unprotected recording
The earliest unprotected recording displays the date and time of the first image
on the disk that has not been protected.
Note: When the Schedule function is enabled the settings for the Standard
Record screen changes to include Day and Night settings.
The standard record and alarm record rate can be configured for Day time
operation and Night time operation allowing the system to automatically
change the required number of PPS (or ms) between the two time schedules,
e.g. day time could be during business hours, night time operation outside of
business hours.
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Image quality
File Size (KB)
LOW
MED
HIGH
14KB
18KB
25KB