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I have a DVR on a stand-alone computer. The DVR is external and plugs into the USB port, with a number of cameras subsequently plugged into the DVR itself. I also have a UPS on this system such that the tower, the DVR, and one camera will have power if there is ever a power loss, which happens time to time in our rural setting.
What has happened in the past, as well as today, is if the power is off for an extended period of time, the UPS obviously shuts down as well. When power is restored, the computer restarts, the UPS begins recharging, but the DVR plugged into the USB does not restart properly. The DVR software is in the start-up, but I don't know if it starts up too quickly as the software gives an error that the USB is unplugged when it is not. I need only unplug it and plug it back in for the DVR to once again become functional. Not a problem if I am home, but if I am away on vacation or was needing to see what happened in my yard this afternoon, I am obviously out of luck. If I start the computer up, shut down the DVR software, then run the DVR software, it recognizes that everything is ready to go, which makes me think it would be beneficial if I could delay the automatic opening of the application until after all other Windows processes are running.
I seem to recall when I had this DVR on another computer, which died a few years ago, this problem didn't exist. I do not know where to look to see if there are any specific settings or if I can set something up to automatically start up the program as I mentioned above.
Thanks in advance for any help you can spare me.
Jay
I have a DVR on a stand-alone computer. The DVR is external and plugs into the USB port, with a number of cameras subsequently plugged into the DVR itself. I also have a UPS on this system such that the tower, the DVR, and one camera will have power if there is ever a power loss, which happens time to time in our rural setting.
What has happened in the past, as well as today, is if the power is off for an extended period of time, the UPS obviously shuts down as well. When power is restored, the computer restarts, the UPS begins recharging, but the DVR plugged into the USB does not restart properly. The DVR software is in the start-up, but I don't know if it starts up too quickly as the software gives an error that the USB is unplugged when it is not. I need only unplug it and plug it back in for the DVR to once again become functional. Not a problem if I am home, but if I am away on vacation or was needing to see what happened in my yard this afternoon, I am obviously out of luck. If I start the computer up, shut down the DVR software, then run the DVR software, it recognizes that everything is ready to go, which makes me think it would be beneficial if I could delay the automatic opening of the application until after all other Windows processes are running.
I seem to recall when I had this DVR on another computer, which died a few years ago, this problem didn't exist. I do not know where to look to see if there are any specific settings or if I can set something up to automatically start up the program as I mentioned above.
Thanks in advance for any help you can spare me.
Jay