Sony RealShot Manager Quick Set Up Guide

Scheduled EventsA core part of the RealShot Manager software is the scheduling of events such as recording andmonitoring.Press the button marked on the toolbar to access the schedule screen.Cameras can be scheduled as a group or individually, and multiple schedules can be runsimultaneously.The image below is extracted from the screen shot on the next page. It shows a schedule with thegroup Local Cameras configured for normal recording and alarm recording.The scheduled event is active between 06:45 and 18:00, everyday of the week.The Normal Recording tab is visible. It shows the recording options for this event.Scheduled recording allows multiple connections to a camera. As an example, this allows you tohave Normal Recording at CIF resolution and 8 frames per second, Alarm Recording at 4CIF and15 frames/sec, and monitor the picture at QCIF resolution with 12 frames/sec, all happening at thesame time.This can be useful if you want to minimise network traffic. You can monitor at a low resolution andframe rate, but when an alarm is triggered, the images can be recorded at high resolution andframe rate for the period of the alarm.• To create a scheduled event, select the camera or group you want to use, then press the‘Insert Recurrent Item’ button , on the toolbar.You can then set the parameters for the event in the area shown above.• To activate a scheduled event press the button marked• To insert a Cleanup event, for disk management, press the button markedNote: For Alarm events, an external trigger is required. This is configured in the IO Boxconfiguration section.© Sony PSE 2004This document is intended for use as a guide only. Information in this document is subject to change without notice.17