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Chapter 2

Installing and Using the Camera Utility

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Wireless-N Internet Home Monitoring Camera

To delete a scheduled recording, check the box to the left
of the recording, and click Delete. To delete all scheduled
recordings, check the box in the upper left corner of the
table and click Delete.

Memory Requirements for Video Recordings

You may find it helpful to know how much memory is
required to hold a video recording. For information on
estimated bit rates for a typical video recording at each
available resolution and video, refer to the “Setup > Image”
section of “Chapter 3: Advanced Configuration with the
Web-Based Utility.”

NOTE:

In order for the scheduled recordings to

occur, the Camera Utility must be running on a
networked PC.

NOTE:

The maximum length of a recording file

is one hour. If a recording is more than one hour
long, then multiple files will be saved.

Setup > Settings

Click the Settings tab to configure the Camera Utility’s
settings.

Setup > Settings

Recording Path

Recording

This is the drive and folder where recorded

video files will be saved on your computer. The default is
C : \ D o c u m e nt s a n d S e t t i n g s \ < u s e r n a m e > \ M y
Documents\storage
, where is your Windows
user name.

Instant Recording Time Limit

Maximum Time Limit for Instant Recording

This is the

maximum length of a recording started by clicking the
Record button on the Monitor window. Select the length
of time from the drop down menu. The options are 1 min,
5 mins, 10 mins, 15 mins, 30 mins, 45 mins, 1 hrs, 2 hrs,
and 4 hrs. The default is 1 min.

Motion Detection

The following setting applies only if the Motion Detection
Recording feature is enabled.

Record

This is the length of video prior to and

following the detection of motion that will be saved
with the recording. Having this additional footage can
help to show the motion more clearly when it occurs.
Select the length of time from the drop down menu.
The options are 5 secs, 10 secs, 15 secs, and 20 secs.
The default is 10 secs.

Disk Space for Each Camera Recording

Total Disk Space

This is the total amount of storage

space on your hard drive.

Available Disk Space

This is the total amount of

remaining storage space on your hard drive.

Enable Diskspace Limitation

If you want to limit the

amount of disk space used by each Camera, check this
box, then complete the fields below.

Maximum Allowed Space per Camera

Enter the

maximum allowed space per camera (in MB).

When allowed space is full

Select the action to take

when the space limit is reached: Overwrite earliest
file
(default), or Stop recording.

Initial Settings

Launch this utility when Windows starts

Check this

box if you want this utility started automatically whenever
Windows is started.

Enable text overlays

Check this box if you want text

overlays (such as date, time, and Camera name) enabled
in the video display.

Click Save to save any settings you have changed, or click
Cancel to exit without saving your changes.

If you want to use the Camera’s Web-based Utility, go to
“Chapter 3: Advanced Configuration with the Web-Based
Utility.”