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4.6 LOG INQUIRY
CMS keeps a log of all events occurring in the system, including alarm events and user
activities. This log can be searched by date, time and channel. The event log can be useful in
narrowing down times to search for events in the Video Search function (Chapter 5).
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To search the log
STEP 1. Select the type of log you wish to
search - Alarm, Operations (user activities)
or All from the pull-down. If you select
Alarm or Operations, use the pull-down
immediately below to select the specific type
of alarm or operation you are searching for.
You can also choose to search all alarms or
operations.
STEP 2. Select the start time and date. You’ll
only be able to search one day at a time.
Clicking on the date will open a calendar
allowing you to select the specific date. To
select the start and end times for the search,
click on the hour, minute, second and/or AM/
PM segments of the time and enter the value
with the keyboard.
STEP 3. Select the channel(s) to be searched. Clicking on the Select Channel button will
open the Select Channel window (above). You can select channels individually or you can
select all channels by putting a check mark in the box corresponding to that system.
To include user activity in your search, select Control Center Log in the Other Related
portion of the window. Click OK to enter your settings.
STEP 4. Click on the Search button to have the system check the log for the events that
meet your criteria. The results will be displayed in the area below the search settings (#5 in
the image at the top of this page).
VIDEO SEARCH
CHAPTER 5
Next to live remote viewing, the most important feature of CMS is the ability to search and play
back recorded video of events. Playback - along with backing up important video records for
use elsewhere - is handled within the Video Search area.
Video Search allows you to review files saved
locally on the computer running CMS as well
as video files stored on any systems moni-
tored by CMS.
There are two sections to the Video Search
window; Playback and Backup.
5.1 PLAYBACK
When you open the Video Search window, Playback is the default mode. In Playback, you
can chose to search files recorded directly onto the PC running CMS or you can search files
recorded on the DVR itself.
Playback divides these two searches into separate tabs - Local Playback and Remote
Playback. In both, searches are conducted in a similar manner as is playback. Like the Live
View window, you can view multiple screens simultaneously. A third tab, Picture Playback,
is for viewing still images captured by an IP camera and will be covered at the end of this
section.