Surveillance

Backup System and Repair Database Utility

 

 

8.1 Backup System

Our backup system will do the following tasks:

1. Recorded audio/video files can be saved to CD-R, DVD, MO or ZIP media.

2. Delete audio/video files from the database.

 

 

8.2 Backup Audio/Video Files

1.   Press    or select from the drop-down menu [log] > [backup], you will see the following dialog box:

2.   Select the Media you want to backup to, either a CD-Writer, a hard disk drive, or a MO/ZIP/JAZ drive.

3.   Enter the desired starting time in [Start Time] and the desired ending time in [End Time] of the audio/video files you want to backup.

Note Each backup unit is 1 minutes.

4. Press [OK], and you will see the following dialog box:

5. If you selected [CD / DVD Writer], you will see the following dialog box:

6. After clicking ok, you may run a CD-R application, such as EasyCD. Click on the right button of your mouse to paste files in the application.

7.    If you selected Hard disk drive or MO/ZIP/JAZ driver, you will see the following dialogue box:

8.    You need to run the "EZViewLog500.exe" located in the root directory of your backup media, in order to view the backup video files.

 

 

8.3 Remote Backup

Repeat the same procedures in (1) and (2) in the previous topic "Remote Playback".

Remote users may run the "DMBackUp500.exe" through LAN in the following screen.

 

 

8.4 Delete Audio/Video Files

Step 1: In the [Delete Log], press or select from the drop-down menu [log] > [delete]. You will see the following dialog box

You may be required to enter a password if one has been set previously.

Step 2:   Enter the desired starting time in [Start Time] and the desired ending time in [End Time] of the video files that you want to delete.

Note Each delete unit is 1 minutes.

Step 3:   Press [OK] to delete.

 

 

8.5 Repair Database Utility

When you playback the video clips and find one of the following situations, please run the [Repair Database Utility].

1.   You see question marks in video column.

2.   You do not see video display even when you press the playback button.

3.   Garbage text is displayed.

[Default Path]

The [Repair Database Utility] will search and rebuild the database using the path you have defined in the GV-Series system.


[Search Hard disk]

The [Repair Database Utility] will search all the hard disks you have installed in the PC, including the subdirectories to rebuild the database.