Assign Recording Configurations

Recording configurations can be assigned to channels and channel groups to define how data streams are recorded. There are several ways to assign a recording configuration:

• when using device autodiscovery: via Found channels tab (automatically discovered channels are assigned the Continuous recording configuration by default)

• when creating multiple devices: from multiple channel creation dialog box, Channel settings tab (manually added devices are set not to be recorded by default)

• after adding a single device manually: via Channels section, Edit channel dialog box, Details tab (manually added devices are set not to be recorded by default)

• for existing channels, per channel: via Edit channel dialog box, Details tab

• for existing multiple channels: via Channels section, using Assign main stream recording configuration button on the upper panel

Topic body below explains how to assign configurations via main Macula Console window (latter option). All the rest alternatives are similar: you are offered configuration selection list at once from corresponding setup window.

Enable Recording

In Macula Console, choose Configuration section and select Channels from the menu on the left. Select one or multiple channels and/or channel groups (use CTRL+click or Shift+click to select several items at once) and then click the Assign main stream recording configuration button on the upper panel. The list of available configurations will appear.

Note that you can only directly assign configurations, not profiles or schedules. Configurations are based on profiles or schedules (sets of profiles); please refer to the Configure Recording Profiles section of this document for details.

Click the + New recording configuration button below to create additional configurations from existing profiles/schedules at this point.

When you assign a motion-based recording configuration to a channel with a disabled motion detector, the software will automatically suggest enabling motion detection for the target channel. The camera-side detector is given priority; if it is not available, the software-side detector will be enabled and set to the high-performance mode. We recommend that you review the motion detector settings to make sure it operates as desired, especially if the camera-side detector is in use.

Press OK to save and go back to the channel list: newly created recording configuration will be automatically assigned to channels previously selected.

Disable Recording

To disable recording for any channel(s), choose the No recording configuration, which is present in the list by default. If you have deleted it, simply create a new recording profile without any streams selected for recording and then create a recording configuration for this profile.