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VBSTAR Record Scheduler is used to schedule any number of VBrick VBSTAR appliances to record DVD-quality audio/video at a configured date and time for a configured duration.

You will start by entering a name plus the IP Address, Username and Password for a VBSTAR. Then press "Add" to add this VBSTAR to your list of available devices.

Next, select the start date and time then the stop date and time. Enter the file name that will be used for your recording, or select "Autoname" (in which case the file name will be the VBSTAR location plus the date and time. Press "Add Item" to add this to your schedule.

When all the scheduled items are entered, press "Start Schedule". When the date/time arrives, the scheduler will communicate with your target VBSTAR and recording will begin for the specified duration. You can stop recording immediately and remove the item from your schedule by double-clicking on the item in the schedule.

If desired, you can save your schedule to a file and later reload it. Please be sure you use a unique file name for your schedule if you have more than one.

If you check "Autostart On Load", then the next time you start the application, it will load the last-saved schedule and will the schedule will begin to run. You may wish to put a shortcut to the application in you Windows "Startup" folder so that the schedule runs automatically when your computer is booted-up (e.g. after a power failure).

Start Recording	set the date and time that recording is to begin
Stop Recording	set the data and time recording is to end
VBrick VBSTAR	enter a name for your VBSTAR (e.g. "classroom 2"), IP address, username and password. Press "Add" to add this VBSTAR to your list if you want this device to appear in the dropdown list. This allows you to reuse the settings later. Press "Remove" to remove it from the list.
Record File Name	enter the file name you wish to use
Autoname	if checked, video_mmddyy_hhmmss.mpg format will be entered automatically. This is useful to ensure you do not overwrite existing files (Warning: you could run out of disk space on your VBSTAR if you don't overwrite or manually delete files).
Add Item	Adds your entry to the schedule list.
Run Schedule	Starts the schedule running. If already running, you can add new items at any time.
Autostart on load	if checked, the next time the program is stated it will be in schedule run mode and the last saved configuration file will be loaded.
Save/Retrieve	Saves or loads a configuration schedule.
Remove Item	Double-Click on any schedule entry to stop recording and remove that item from the list.
Schedule	Your schedule can be set for any point in the future
	If you set the start time less than the current time, recording will begin immediately
Relay	The VBrick dry-contact relay is turned on when recording begins and turned off when recording ends. You may use this to switch on/off a camera or other device. You may also use this to turn on a tally light or other "Recording In Progress" indicator.
Ending	If you stop this application, obviously new events will not occur. But any recording in progress will continue for the correct duration.
Hide/Show Schedule	shows or hides the current schedule


	You MUST set your VBSTAR recording for the desired source address and other behaviors (e.g. FTP after record). The scheduler does not alter these settings. For example, if your VBSTAR is configured to record from a particular IP address, this is what it will do at the scheduled time. If you intend to record from the MPEG-2 encoder in the same VBrick, be sure the addresses match, or set your encoder destination 2 to enabled and set to 127.0.0.1 and set the recorder to the same thing.