User`s manual

SoftDVR™ Lite/Pro User’s Manual Application Settings
Adding/Removing Storage Hard Disks
In SoftDVR™ Lite/Pro, administrators can set up a maximum of 16 hard disks per system. From
SoftDVR™ Lite/Pro’s Main Window, you can verify information about available storage under
System Time.
Adding a Hard Disk
1. Click on the ．．． button in Select a Location. An Add Data Storage Location window will
pop up to search all the hard disks on the local PC and LAN.
2. Select a hard disk from the local hard disks or network hard disks via My Network Places.
(SoftDVR™ Lite does not support the network storing function).
3. Click on the hard disk to add it into the Location list. The total storage space will be shown
on the top-right of the location list.
4. To ensure that recording remains active, administrators can check the Enable Recycle box to
delete the oldest recording file (FIFO rule) when the total storage space is lower than the safe
space, which can be set up in the Safe Space box (the minimum safe space of each hard disk
is 300 MB to ensure the operating system works properly). If you do not do this, recording
will stop when the total storage space is lower than the safe space.
5. An Alarm Space box can be set up below the location list. When the total storage space of the
system is lower than the safe space plus the alarm space, the system will send a warning email
to the email address being set up in the Alarm transmitted email to notify the administrator
that the system will stop recording if the total storage space is lower than the safe space if
administrator doesn’t enable the recycle function.
NOTE
When the available hard disk space is less than the safe space (for example, 300 MB), the system
will begin to store video files on the next hard disk to save hard disk space for running the
system. If the alarm space setting is 200 MB, when the available storage space on the last hard
disk is less than the safe space plus alarm space (500 MB), SoftDVR™ Pro will send an alarm via
email to inform the system administrator that the system space is almost full. When the available
storage space is less than the safe space, SoftDVR™ Pro will send a Storage Full and Stop
Recording alarm via email to the administrator, and recording will stop if recycle mode is not
activated.
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