Interlogix Topaz User Manual - Manual (Page 279)

Chapter 9
Hardware
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Video Camera
This page allows the user to link the video recorder to the cameras which monitor and record the
alarm events. Digital video recording allows the video clip to begin before the alarm event. This
feature allows the event to be seen by the operator. Pre event, Length and Quality settings are done
on the DVMRe directly. Refer to the documentation which came with your video recorder. On this
page, you assign a name to the camera and link it to a Video Recorder.
To navigate to the Video Camera page, click the Hardware button on the main navigation bar at the
left side of the browser window then click the
button next to Video on the main Hardware
page then click the Camera tab. You can also click the Video tab at the top of the window from any
Hardware page and then click the Camera tab. The following page displays.
Figure 180.Video: Camera
The Video Camera page contains the following information:
Video Camera Name The Video Camera Name field is used to assign a name to the camera that can then be
selected on various pages of the Topaz program. This name must be unique and clearly
identify the camera. It could reference the area which is monitored by the camera that is being
configured. for example: Southeast corridor or Accounting Lobby, etc.
Recorder Name The Recorder Name field is used to indicate the video recorder that controls the camera.
Select the name of the recorder from the drop-down list of available video recorders.
If the correct recorder is not configured, click the link arrow to open the Video Recorder page
and configure the required recorder.
Recorder Camera Number The Recorder Camera Number field indicates the Camera Number that was assigned to this
camera on the recorder. For information regarding the assigning of Camera Numbers refer to
the documentation which came with the Video Recorder.
Save/Add Click Save/Add to save the configuration to the database.