Record time by event on mobotix camera

Hi everybody
I am using Mobotix I25 cameras
I want to specify the maximum record time when an event is detected
Only Video motion is activated
I select 10s preview time and 60s record time
Dead time is set to 70s

No end record by next event is selected
WIth this settings the record time is always arround 10s.
What is wrong in these settings, or what is missing
Regards
Philippe

Hello Philippe,

yes this should work and produce a recording of total 70 sec in a normal case.

Let us check the precondition.
1.You are using the “embedded” camera recording to the Internal SD Card or to an Fileserver which you have setup in the Camera Admin menu! (i want clarify that you are not using any central VMS systems which handle the recording time independently from the camera settings!)
2. You defined in the Setup Dialog under Event Overview the VideoMotion as shown in the image with the 70 sec Event Deadtime of the VideoMotion:


3. You defined in the Setup dialog under Recording Settings , that the camera records only events triggered by VideoMotion (and nothing else trigger in addition the recording)! As shown in the both screenshots:

I assume you have setup other events in the camera which trigger in parallel the recording , properly every 10 sec. By Default you should seen in the Liveimage all activated Events in the camera at the lower left corner in the Image. Based on your description you should have only the ima or how ever you have called your VideoMotion profile.

In this screenshot we have:

  • UC == UserClick
  • AS2.0 == Activity Sensor
  • VideoMotion == VideoMotion
    Screenshot 2025-09-30 at 15.02.01

Important how you are playing the recorded video , with the Browser or our MxMC, to avoid that you only use the Browser Playback which cant play the full video!

Please check this points and provide for further question more infos about your environment, fW version and properly some screenshots!

I hope that helps

Hy,
thank you for your quickly response
I send you my settings parameters
I have to mention that the event video generated is sended by FTP request

What is wrong in my settings
Regards

  1. I may not send more then 1 screenshot in this community

Thanks Philippe,

Important Keyword in your case is “FTP Upload”!

FTP Upload was mainly made for typical Web Upload applications and not made for security applications. With a FTP Upload the camera will limited the Videoclip via FTP to max to 10 Sec Before and 10 sec After.
As shown in the Admin - FTP Profiles Dialog:

I assume you are not performing any Web Applications and it is more based on security reasons. In this case i would recommend to use the Recording of the camera on the internal SD Card or connect a local NAS as Fileserver to store the recordings.
In this case the Recordings will be as you have setup in the Setup → Recording dialog.

With the MOBOTIX Management Center VMS (MxMC) you can access to the live and the recordings and proceed playback and export of the recorded video.
Based on the configuration of your environment you can access the Camera and the Recordings as well from remote!

A quick overview of the MxMC important functions are shown here:

The Playback usage:

How to setup the MxMC and Camera for Fileserver Recording is described in this Manual at page 28!

The NAS (Fileserver) setup is depending on the NAS type, if you have a MOBOTIX NAS or a QNAP NAS , the pages before explain almost the important steps to setup your NAS.

Hello
Sorry for my late reaction, but I was on travel last week
Indeed the setting in the FTP profile limits my recording
Thanks a lot
Regards
Philippe