Task
In the Task tab, you can add, edit, enable, disable, and delete Smart Time Lapse tasks.
The left section of the list displays the current number of different status categories while the right section shows all Smart Time Lapse tasks. Click on a task to view detailed information such as memory space occupied, limitations, storage, and recording range.
To add a scheduled Smart Time Lapse task:
- Click Add to create a new Smart Time Lapse task.
- Enter the name of the task in the Task Name field.
- Select a camera from the Camera drop-down menu.
- Select Schedule Execution from the Task type drop-down menu to execute the Smart Time Lapse task periodically. You can configure the execution time of the Smart Time Lapse task by selecting grids in Recording Schedule. Select an entire day by clicking on a day and a specific time by clicking on the hour.
- Select Next to continue.
- Under the Recording section, you can adjust the following settings: Truncate recording every (minutes), Time compression ratio (multiply by), Frame rate (FPS). The time lapse calculation displayed below is computed based on these settings.
- Under the Advanced section, you can choose to tick the Reduce the time compression ratio to display more video details when detecting events checkbox, and adjust the following settings:
- Detection: Select events such as Motion Detection, Digital Input, Tampering Detection, Audio Detection, PIR Motion Detection, ACAP Detection.
- Time compression option: Select customize or original video speed (1x).
- Customize time compression ratio (multiply by): Enter a value between 60 and 100,000. To retrieve more video details, the time compression ratio when detecting events should be lower than the ratio with no events detected.
- Select Next to continue.
- Under the Storage Settings section you can adjust the following settings:
- Select the desired storage space from the Recording storage drop-down menu. For your reference, the selected path of the recordings is displayed on the screen.
- Click Management to open Storage. You can view, add, delete or edit storage space here.
- Tick the Customized archive folder name checkbox to specify a name for the archived recording directory.
- Under the Rotation Rules section, you can adjust the following settings:
- Keep the files within (days): Specify a period of time (in days) to retain the recordings. Any recordings that were saved earlier than the specified time range will be deleted automatically.
- Limit the archive folder up to (GB): Specify the maximum size limit (in gigabytes) of the storage space to archive recordings. When the specified maximum size is reached, either the recording will stop or the oldest recordings will be overwritten by new ones depending on the option selected in When space or time limit is reached.
- When the space or time limit is reached: Select remove old archives or stop recording as the corresponding action.
- Select Finish to save the Smart Time Lapse task.
Note:
- Only cameras from the host server can be selected. To add tasks on the recording server, please open Smart Timelapse from CMS.
To add a one time execution Smart Time Lapse task:
- Click Add to create a new Smart Time Lapse task.
- Enter the name of the task in the Task Name field.
- Select a camera from the Camera drop-down menu.
- Select One Time Execution from the Task type drop-down menu. By selecting this option, the Smart Time Lapse task will only be executed once. You can specify a time range to execute the Smart Time Lapse task
- Configure the execution time of the Smart Time Lapse task by selecting grids in Specify Recording Time. Select an entire day by clicking on a day and a specific time by clicking on the hour.
- Select Next to continue.
- Under the Recording section, you can adjust the following settings: Truncate recording every (minutes), Time compression ratio (multiply by), Frame rate (FPS). The time lapse calculation displayed below is computed based on these settings.
- Under the Advanced section, you can choose to tick the Reduce the time compression ratio to display more video details when detecting events checkbox, and adjust the following settings:
- Detection: Select events such as Motion Detection, Digital Input, Tampering Detection, Audio Detection, PIR Motion Detection, ACAP Detection.
- Time compression option: Select customize or original video speed (1x).
- Customize time compression ratio (multiply by): Enter a value between 60 and 100,000. To retrieve more video details, the time compression ratio when detecting events should be lower than the ratio with no events detected.
- Select Next to continue.
- Under the Storage Settings section you can adjust the following settings:
- Select the desired storage space from the Recording storage drop-down menu. For your reference, the selected path of the recordings is displayed on the screen.
- Click Management to open Storage. You can view, add, delete or edit storage space here.
- Tick the Customized archive folder name checkbox to specify a name for the archived recording directory.
- Under the Rotation Rules section, you can adjust the following settings:
- Keep the files within (days): Specify a period of time (in days) to retain the recordings. Any recordings that were saved earlier than the specified time range will be deleted automatically.
- Limit the archive folder up to (GB): Specify the maximum size limit (in gigabytes) of the storage space to archive recordings. When the specified maximum size is reached, either the recording will stop or the oldest recordings will be overwritten by new ones depending on the option selected in When space or time limit is reached.
- When the space or time limit is reached: Select remove old archives or stop recording as the corresponding action.
- Select Finish to save the Smart Time Lapse task.
To edit a task:
- Select a task from the list and click Edit.
- Modify the configuration in General, Settings, and Storage tabs.
- Click Save to apply settings.
To enable or disable a task:
- Select a task from the list.
- Click Enable to enable selected task from the Enable drop-down menu or click Disable to disable the corresponding task.
To delete a task:
- Select a task from the list and click Delete.
- A confirmation prompt will appear. Select Remove all recorded files (including locked items) or Keep all recorded files. Click Ok to delete the task.