This page describes setting procedures related to recording.
[FTP Recording] Page
TOPThis page can be used during access using “admin” or “operator”.
Click [Advanced Settings] in the side menu, and click [Record Status].
Press the [OK] button to enable the new settings.
If the [OK] button is pressed upon entering an invalid value, a warning message will appear and the entry will be denied. Press the [Cancel] button to restore the invalid entry to the value before the change was made. If you press the [Cancel] button, other changed items will also be restored to the values before the change was made.
Options displayed vary according to the recording mode selected.
Memo
If FTP recording is set while [microSD Card Recording] is set to “ON”, a dialog box will appear. When this occurs, press the [OK] button to set [Record Status] of [microSD Card Recording] to “OFF”.
Settings
Setting values with 
are default values.
FTP Recording
Record Status
For selecting a recording mode. Selecting “ON” displays options after [Record Status].
[Set values: ON, OFF]
FTP Server
For setting the IP address or FQDN of the FTP server.
Path
For setting the path name. When [Path] is left blank, FTP transfer will be performed to the home directory of the FTP server.
Memo
To enable FTP transfer to a directory below the home directory, set the corresponding directory name in [Path]. Delimit the directory using “/”.
Example: subdir1/subdir2
Destination directory of FTP transfer will be dependent on the FTP server if “/” is added at the beginning.
User Name
Enter the user name.
Password
Enter a password. When a user name is specified, “******” is displayed.
Recording Mode
For setting the FTP recording mode. Options for [Constant] vary according to the selected [Recording Mode].
Constant:
Transfers JPEG images to the FTP server constantly at the preset time.
Alarm:
Transfers JPEG images before and after the occurrence of an alarm that matches the preset conditions to the FTP server.
Constant+Alarm:
Enables both Constant and Alarm recording.
[Set values: Constant, Alarm, Constant + Alarm]
Constant
Settings for performing constant recording.
Encoder
For selecting the encoder for performing constant recording.
Memo
You can select a JPEG encoder number.
Interval
For setting the recording interval in seconds.
[Set values: 1 to 65535] seconds
File Naming
Three types of recording file names are available for selection.
“Auto”:
Generated from the year/month/day/hour/minute/second, and number.
Example: 20121114161032-001-2.jpg
“Manual1”:
Year, month, day, hour, minute, second, and number are added to [User-Defined-String] in the file name.
Example: Camera1_20121114161032001.jpg
“Manual2”:
File name contains only the character string entered in [User-Defined-String].
Example: Camera1.jpg
[Set values: Auto, Manual1, Manual2]
Sunday to Saturday
For selecting whether to activate or stop recording by day of the week.
[Set values: Unmask All, Mask All, Unmask Span, Mask Span]
For setting the time period when “Unmask Span” or “Mask Span” is selected.
[Set values: 00H00M to 24H00M]
Alarm
Settings for performing alarm recording.
Encoder
For setting the encoder for performing alarm recording, and the JPEG frame rate.
[Set values: 30 fps, 15 fps, 10 fps, 7.5 fps, 5 fps, 3 fps, 2 fps, 1 fps]
Memo
You can select a JPEG encoder number.
The settable frame rate varies with the encoder setting.
Trigger1, Interval, Trigger2
Trigger1:
For selecting the first trigger for performing alarm recording.
[Set values: Pin Input1 Make, Pin Input2 Make, Pin Input1 Break, Pin Input2 Break, Position, Audio Detection1, Audio Detection2, Motion Detection, Tampering Detection, Time, Day/Night, FAN Stop]
Interval:
Specify the maximum interval between each trigger for [Trigger1] and [Trigger2].
[Set values: 1 to 3600]
Trigger2:
For selecting the second trigger for performing alarm recording.
[Set values: Disable, Pin Input1 Make, Pin Input1 Break, Pin Input2 Make, Pin Input2 Break]
Position Number
Displayed when “Position” is selected in [Trigger1]. Executes alarm recording upon moving to the entered preset position.
[Set values: 0 to 99]
Memo
Specify the setting for Preset Position in [PTZ Settings] of Built-in Viewer.
Pre-Trigger
For setting the FTP pre-recording trigger time (recording time before alarm input) in seconds.
[Set values: 0 to 5 to 60]sec
Post-Trigger
For setting the FTP post-recording trigger time (recording time after alarm input) in seconds.
[Set values: 0 to 5 to 60]sec
Memo
[Pre-Trigger] and [Post-Trigger] cannot be set to “0 sec” at the same time.
To keep only one image at the time of alarm occurrence, set [Pre-Trigger] or [Post-Trigger] to “1 sec”, and [Encoder] of [Alarm] to “1 fps”.
Sunday to Saturday
For selecting whether to activate or stop recording by day of the week.
[Set values: Unmask All, Mask All, Unmask Span, Mask Span]
For setting the time period when “Unmask Span” or “Mask Span” is selected.
[Set values: 00H00M to 24H00M]