Scheduled Uploads

Create custom upload schedules to the cloud. It is helpful when your site has restricted bandwidth

Updated over a week ago

Overview

We're excited to offer you the ability to create a personalized upload schedule that works around your business hours! Our Scheduled Upload feature lets you decide when your recordings get uploaded to the cloud, ensuring your site's bandwidth is optimized during peak times.

Why You'll Love This:

  • Flexibility: Got busy office hours? No problem! Set your uploads for after-hours or weekends.

  • Seamless Operation: Your system functions normally, retrieving data on-demand from the edge as needed.

Note: This handy tool is available exclusively for gateways configured for Cloud Storage.

Impact

While Scheduled Uploads mainly influence your Video Uploads, don't worry – other data types like Support, Metadata, Playback, and Live viewing remain unaffected. For more control over these, check out our QoS controls.

Your system will continue to operate as normal, if needed data will be retrieved on demand from the edge.

Warning: By creating an upload schedule for your gateway you are reducing the devices ability to upload data. Please validate that your data is able to keep up with pushing to the cloud.

How To

To change your gateway’s or cameras’ upload schedules, go to the Devices page and click on the device that you would like to configure, and a drawer will open on the right side.

Note: You can create an upload schedule for your gateway, which applies the selected upload schedule to all connected cameras. In addition to this, you can also create custom upload schedules for each camera, which will override the gateway’s selected schedule.


Select the Storage tab and click on Schedule. A new dialog will open, where you will be able to create a custom schedule and tailor it to your needs.

You can edit the camera’s weekly upload schedule on an hourly basis. Green boxes (Unlimited) mean that during these times, video upload will not be restricted. Red boxes (Disabled) on the other hand mean that video will not be uploaded to the cloud during the selected times.

Once you created a schedule that fits your needs, click on Save to capture your changes. You can create multiple presets by selecting the preset drop-down in the top left, and can switch between them seamlessly. You can use saved presets for other cameras, or create additional custom schedules for different cameras.

Monitoring Usage

Monitoring your Video Upload Delay is key. Watch how the delay fluctuates – increasing during restricted times and decreasing when uploads are active. You can see how much delay has built up under the "Video Upload Delay" section.

During limited bandwidth periods, the delay should increase. Then, during periods where there are no limitations, the delay should decrease.

In the sample schedule below,

  • Everyday between 8AM and 5PM, the delay will start to increase since uploads have been turned off.

  • Everyday starting at 5pm until 8AM the next morning, video upload is enabled and the upload delay should start to decrease

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