Canon recording software RM9 V10 User Manual

Chapter 5
Setting a Recording 
Schedule
❏Setting weekly schedules
❏Configuring recording modes: continuous recording, motion detection 
recording, and sensor recording
❏Setting special day schedules 

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The camera supports sensor recording and schedule recording to internal memory. If these features are enabled, they take 
precedence over the Storage Server recording schedule. You must disable the feature on the camera before using the 
recording schedule on the Storage Server.
Flow of Recording Schedule Settings
Display the [Recording Schedules] window (p. 73)
Set a Weekly schedule Set a Special Day schedule
Select a camera (p. 73)Name the schedule (p. 88)
Set a schedule (p. 74)Specify the day (p....

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Display the [Recording Schedules] window
The [Repeating Weekly Schedules] tab is selected 
whenever the [Recording Schedules] window is 
displayed.
➀[Add Schedule Item], [Edit], [Delete]
Add, edit or delete a schedule item.
➁[Zoom] slider
Zoom in and zoom out the time line of the schedule 
area.
➂[Search for] box
Find the camera that will be assigned the recording 
schedule.
➃Schedule area
Displays the currently registered cameras and their 
corresponding weekly...

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Set a Weekly Schedule
Hint
You can select more than one camera by holding down the Shift 
key or Ctrl key and clicking the cameras.
➀Recording time settings area
Specify the day of the week and the start and end time 
of the recording period.
➁Recording mode list
Select the recording mode.
➂Recording settings area
Configure the settings for the recording mode selected 
in ➁.
➃[OK] and [Cancel]
Close the dialog box.
Specify the Recording Period and Day of the 
Week
 To record for the entire day without...

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Specify the Recording Mode
For example, if you want continuously record for the 
entire duration of the recording schedule, select the 
check box next to [Continuous Recording].
The settings are different for each recording mode.
 Continuous recording
Records continuously for the specified recording 
period. For details, see “Continuous Recording 
Settings” (p. 76).
Sensor recording
Starts recording when there is a...

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Configure the Recording Mode
„Continuous Recording Settings
➀[Aspect Ratio]
Specify the aspect ratio ([4:3]).
If you select [Not specified], the camera’s aspect ratio 
setting is used for recording.
➁[Resolution]
Set the [Aspect Ratio] to [4:3] to make this setting 
available and specify the resolution ([160x120], 
[320x240], [640x480] or [1280x960]).
If you select [Not Specified] for the [Resolution], the 
camera’s resolution setting is used for recording.➂[Video Format]
Specify the video format...

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➅[Advanced]
Displays the [Advanced Recording Settings] dialog 
box. For details, see “Configure the Advanced 
Recording Settings” (p. 82).
➆[Use the recording-mode stream]
Enable the recording stream function. With this 
function, the camera temporarily stores the image in its 
own memory before sending it to the Storage Server. 
This can help reduce the effects of non-uniform 
network traffic (jitter).
Note
 The...

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The other settings are the same as those for continuous 
recording. For details, see “Continuous Recording 
Settings” (p. 76).
Note
 The number of tabs depends on the number of compatible 
external devices (sensors) that are connected to the camera.
 The name of the external device that is registered in the 
camera is displayed in the [Sensor Name] box.
 If two sensor recording schedules with the same priority are 
set, the schedule that is triggered first takes precedence. If the 
second schedule is...

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The other settings are the same as those for continuous 
recording. For details, see “Continuous Recording 
Settings” (p. 76).
To use motion detection, you must create a schedule with 
motion detection using the camera’s schedule setting 
tool.
Note
 If the camera supports four motion detection areas, tabs 
named [Area 1] through [Area 4] are displayed in the 
recording settings area. You can specify settings...

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➁[Settings Mode]
Simple]
[Sensitivity] and [Area Ratio] can only be set using 
the sliders. [Duration] is fixed at 0.2 seconds.
 [Advanced]
Makes the [Sensitivity], [Area Ratio] and [Duration] 
boxes available so that values can be entered.
➂[Sensitivity]
Specify the motion detection sensitivity within the range 
of 1 to 256. Increase the number to increase the 
sensitivity.
➃[Area Ratio]
Specify the area of the preview video that the Storage 
Server uses for motion detection. The range is 0 to 
100%....