Setting The Time & Date - Swann ThumbCam DVR-415 Instructions D'utilisation

Setting the Time & Date
You can setup the ThumbCam to print the date and time that a recording was
taken directly onto the video, like a watermark. To enable this function, you'll just
need to set the time and date - the ThumbCam will keep track of it from there.
To set the Date and Time:
• Open Notepad. It's usually located in the Accessories folder in the Start Menu
(assuming you're using Microsoft Windows
plain text editor will work fine (but not a word processor, and these do not
create plain .txt files).
• Write out the date and time. Leave a single space (i.e. press the spacebar once
before pressing enter or return: represented by "_") after each line.
• Enter the date and time in the following format:
[date]_
YYYY/MM/DD_
HH:_MM:_SS_
So, if it was thirty-three minutes past nine in the morning on the fourth of
December 2009, then the file would read:
[date]_
2009/12/04_
09:_33:_00_
• Save this file, naming it "tag.txt".
• Copy this file to the microSD card.
• With the microSD card already inserted into
ThumbCam ON.
• The ThumbCam will read the text in the file, and update it's internal clock to
match the date and time as set by you.
Notes:
• The date and time will be updated to the
is turned on. Before this, the time will not be updated to 'keep up' with real-
time. Thus, if you set the time accurately in the tag.txt file and copy it to the
microSD card, but then leave it an hour before turning on the RemoteCam,
the time stored in the RemoteCam will be one hour behind.
• You may need to reset the time (i.e. go through this procedure again) if the
internal battery in the RemoteCam is completely drained of charge, or if you've
pressed the Reset button (which clears the memory of the ThumbCam.)
). If you don't have Notepad, any
®
(where "_" indicates a blank space)
(where "_" indicates a blank space)
ThumbCam, turn the
ThumbCam's internal clock when it
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