The Manual Mode screen allows you to manually trigger recording for individual channels and manually trigger alarm the alarm relay as described below.
Manual Record
This screen shows you which cameras are currently recording and allows you to manually start camera's recording.
Channel Name: Shows all channels with a camera connected.
Manual Record: Shows if the camera channel has been set to record manually or not. By default it will show a grey cross indicating that the is not currently recording from a manual trigger. To manually record a camera channel click the grey cross. The cross will turn to a blue tick to indicate that channel is now recording. To stop a channel manually recording simply click the blue tick again.
Record State: This tells you if the channel is currently recording automatically from a schedule or pre-set trigger such as an alarm or motion. ON lets you know that the channel is recording at this moment in time where as OFF tells you that the channel is not currently recording footage.
Manual Alarm
As a handy automation solution you can manually open and close the alarm relay(s) on the recorder.
Alarm Out: Indicates the alarm output on the recorder.
Manual Alarm: Allows you to open or close the relay for the alarm output.