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2.2 Setting Date and Time

For proper operation of the VDM Digital Recorder it is essential that the date and time are set

correctly.

If the displayed date and time is incorrect, set it as follows (numbers refer to Front Panel diagram 1.2):

Follow these steps…

SETUP

Press the SETUP key to enter the menu screen.

Press the DOWN key to select the ENGINEER sub-menu

Press the RIGHT key to enter the DATE and TIME sub-menu

Press the DOWN key to select the DATE/TIME option

Press the RIGHT key to enter the DATE/TIME option

1..10

Use the 1-10 keys (10 key is Zero for numeric entry) to enter the date and time in the following

order: Day, Month, Year, Hours, Minutes (Time is in 24-hour mode). The displayed day and

summer/winter must also be correctly displayed (automatic).

SETUP

Press the SETUP key to exit the menus.

Note:

If the system clock has an invalid date or time when the VDM is powered up (or at any time during

operation), the date and time setting window will be automatically displayed. This makes it easy for the user

to enter the correct date and time without needing to go into the menu.

When the clocks change between standard time (Winter) and summertime, the DATE/TIME setting must

not be changed. Instead, the Summer/Winter time setting should be used. In the UK and the rest of Europe,

the default AUTO summer/winter setting ensures that this happens automatically at the correct dates so no

action is required by the user.

2.3 Critical Alerts

The VDM constantly monitors the hard drives, camera inputs and system so that any fault condition will be

reported to the user as soon as possible by means of a red alert message on the screen and, if required, an

external alarm connected to the alert relay. Make sure that the alert settings are set correctly to take full

advantage of the Critical Alert monitoring facility.

If you get a red “Critical Alert” message when you first set up the system (or after a factory reset), this may

be because the Alert Monitoring menu options are not set correctly. Refer to section 10.4.5 for details.

Press the EVENTS key to view the alerts (pressing the DEFAULT key automatically scrolls to the most

recent events. The “Critical Alert” message is cleared when you exit the events screen (e.g. by pressing the

EVENTS key again), but may return if the alert condition is still present.

2.4 Operation

The VDM Digital Recorder should now be fully operational and recording images from all cameras. Refer to

the following sections of this manual for details on controlling and configuring the system.

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