VISTA Body Camera Special Features
Record-After-the-Fact
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The Record-After-the-Fact (RATF) feature on the VISTA Body Camera allows you to
continuously capture and save video you can use to generate an RATF event. You enable the
RATF feature in your Evidence Library software.
The VISTA Body Camera works as a DVR and camera combination to collect evidence in the
form of recorded events. When a recording is started and then stopped, automatically or
manually, the camera protects the segment between the recording start and stop as a recorded
event.
Note:
VISTA WiFi or VISTA XLT can start and stop a recorded event
automatically when associated with a recording group. For more information
about starting and stopping events, see Starting and Stopping a Recorded Event
on
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When you enable the RATF feature on the VISTA Body Camera, the camera captures and stores
video whenever it is powered on and not asleep; however, only the protected segment between
the event start and stop (automatic or manual) is considered a recorded event. Typically, only
recorded events are uploaded to your Evidence Library software.
For the RATF feature, in your Evidence Library software, you configure whether you want the
camera to continuously capture and save video or not.
Generating an RATF event
If the VISTA Body Camera has the RATF feature enabled, you can use your Evidence Library
software to send a manual request to the camera to generate and retrieve an RATF event. An
RATF event typically consists of video that was not originally part of a recorded event. For more
information about generating and retrieving an RATF event, see your Evidence Library software
user guide.
Note:
The Evidence Library software can only send an RATF event request to a
VISTA Body Camera docked in the USB base.
Storage
When RATF is enabled, the camera overwrites the oldest unprotected (non-recorded event)
area in storage with any newly captured video or recorded events. This process can continue
until the camera's storage is filled with recorded events (protected recordings). Then you must
upload recorded events to your Evidence Library software to free up storage space before you
can continue to use the camera.
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