Eventing

DVR+ Eventing

SubC DVR+ now includes a new Eventing feature to provide your teams with the ability to capture events and objects observed during your inspections.

The new DVR+ Eventing feature and its SubC ReviewStudio companion application replaces the previous SubC Inspector companion application.

SubC Inspector will be retired in Q2 2027.

In Priority Mode, configure Channel(s) with video input.

	Click the 4-square box (Priority Mode) at the top-left to switch to Grid/Sync Mode
	Click the expand button (<) on the right to open the Event Log interface.

Click on Grid Folder / Filename Settings. This will open the Inspection Settings interface. Select an inspection Directory and set the Templates.

Inspection Settings

If you have DVR+ Channels connected only to Rayfin camera (Rayfin Input type), the Inspection Settings will show Storage Mode - Topside (PC) and Internal (Rayfin) options.

If you do not have any Channels configured with Rayfin Input or you have a combination of Channels configured with Rayfin Input and other Input types the Storage Mode option will not be visible - in this scenario only Topside (PC) Storage is available.

When using Grid/Sync mode for Eventing, only Topside (PC) Storage is available.

Eventing - Topside (PC) only

Eventing is designed to be used only when Storage Mode is Topside (PC). Eventing will not be available when Storage Mode Internal (Rayfin) is selected.

In Grid/Sync mode, Inspection Settings → Storage Mode - Internal (Rayfin), is used only to set your Still Directory path & Still Filename format and Recording Directory & Recording Filename format on the Rayfin internal storage. Click OK. Your Stills & Recording files will be saved in the Rayfin internal storage.

For Eventing, select Topside (PC) destination for your Inspection files.

Browse to the Directory where your video Recording and Inspection Eventing files are to be saved.

Set the Directory Template and Filename Template to determine the Directory and Filename formats.

Tags offer a convenient way of populating the Template fields. Select a tag from the list, place the cursor in the desired position in the Directory or Filename Template field and click Insert.

Split Time (Minutes) enables you to have your video Recording files produced on a specific time intervale; Set the duration in minutes here. Example: If you are continuously recording for 60 minutes, setting the Split Time to 15 minutes will produce 4 x 15-minute recording files.

Re-evaluate Tags on Split - When selected, will modify the filename of recorded video files each time they split according to the tags in the Filename Template.

Project Details

Click Show Project Details to open the Project Details interface.
Populate the Project Information and Inspection Details fields with text that is relevant to your Inspection project. You can start review anytime; Additional Project Details can be filled in later.

Only the Inspection Details column field titles are customizable, allowing you to rename these field titles to align with your project.

Once you have your Project Details set, click OK to proceed to Event Log Setup.

Event Log Setup

	Click to Reveal / Hide the Event Log interface.
	Search Events Type text to display matching events that have been logged. Leave this search field blank and hit enter to see all Events.
	Filter Events Using Filters option is a convenient way to view only specific events. Select Categories, Events, and Severity to filter the list of events displaying only those that match the filters.
	Events Setup See Events Setup Overview below

Events Setup Overview

Click the Settings (gearwheel icon) toggle button to open the Events Setup interface.

Click the red [x] if you wish to close Events Setup interface and return to the previous interface.

The Event Categories shown in the image on the left are defaults with predefined Events within each.

Click Add Category button to add your own custom category & events. See Custom Event Category below.

Click > to expand an Event Category to add or exclude events from a default or custom category.

When you have finished, click Set as Default button to save your selections &/or additions &/or exclusions for the current project and your future projects.

Click > to expand an Event Category and see its defined Events.

Click [+] button to add a new Event to the current Category.

Click red trash can icon to delete an Event definition.

Use the scrollbar on the right to slide up/down to view all events.

Add Event to a Category

Click the Anomaly/Issue [+] button if you want to add Events to the selected Category. This [+] button is a toggle, click again if you want to close the add event field.

Optionally, select a severity symbol for your new Event.

In the next field, enter a unique new name for your new Event.

Data Fields - Select any of these data fields that are relevant to any incoming data you may have included in Data I/O. These data value(s) will appear in your Event logs.

Click the Add button to save your new Event in this Category.

Custom Event Category

You can also add your own Custom Event Category.

Click Add Category button to add your own new custom category.

Select an icon for a new category from the field menu and give your new Category a meaningful name and click Add.

Once your new Category is created, you can add Events. See Add Event to a Category above.

Recording & Eventing

Before you start Recording and Eventing, you should have set the Inspection Settings (Storage Mode and Inspection Folder/Filename) and Project Details populated.

Next, select Flattened or Category. This choice will determine how Categories and Events UI will be presented during your Eventing session.

Flattened

Select Flattened to present all the Events into a legacy workflow style - list of Events are displayed in a column on the right of the screen.

Start Recording
As you see an Event occur click on the corresponding Event listed in the column on the right to log that event.
When an Event is logged, the Event timestamp/location within the recording file is saved. This allows you to quickly find the frames in the recording when the event occurred/was observed.

Categorized

Select Categorized to display all of the selected Categories in the Eventing Radial Interface. This is the modern approach allowing for quick and easy classification of events.

Start Recording
Right-click anywhere in the center to make the Eventing Radial Wheel appear in the center of the screen.
A “generic” event placeholder will be registered (appears in the right column). A “generic” event holds the timestamp but is not yet populated with an Event Category & Description.
Then, left-click on a Category on the Eventing Radial Wheel to open its Events list and left-click an Event name from the Category list to complete your event capture.

A “generic” event is created as soon as you right-click open the Category Radial Wheel.	Click on a Category and an Event from the list. The “generic” event is updated with the Category & Event you’ve selected.

Example:

Anomaly is selected and its Events appear in a list on the left.

Left-click on one of the Events in the list to register the anomaly/issue when it occurred/appeared in the video.

Once the Category & Event selection is made, the Eventing Radial Wheel disappears. Right-click anywhere in the center to log a new event again and repeat the event capturing process.

Project Plan - Project Directory

	As you Record, each Recording Directory will appear under your Eventing Project Folder.
	Click the “Grid Mode - Review Media” button to open Windows File Explorer into your Eventing Project Folder.
	In addition to the Recording directory folders (which contain your video .mp4 files), you will also see the following files. datalog.csv project.db project.sproj
datalog.csv	The datalog.csv logs any data that is coming into your Channel 1, as in this example, we can Ch1 connected to a Rayfin camera which is automatically sending its data, and/or any Data input source(s) you may have included through Menu → Data I/O.
project.db project.sproj	The project.db and project.sproj files contain your Inspection project Eventing details. These files are later accessed by the SubC Review Studio application.

Project Plan: Import Project - Export Project - New Directory

Import Project Plan

Create a new Inspection Project Directory.
Example: C:\Recording\Topside\Import-Project

Copy your Project Plan Excel file into this folder.
Example: Sample_ProjectPlan.xlsx

Open the Grid - Folder/Filename Settings and select this new Project Directory.
Example: C:\Recording\Topside\Import-Project

If you do not select a new Inspection Folder/Filename directory you will encounter this error.

You cannot import a Project Plan in a folder with an existing one. Please choose an empty folder and try again.

Click the Import a Project Plan from an Excel file button and open your Project Plan .xlsx file.

Your Project Plan .xlsx file will populate your Project folder. Example:

Export Project Plan

Open an existing Project

Click the Export a Project Plan to an Excel file button

and save a copy of this current Project Plan to an .xlsx file

Example: Copy_ProjectPlan.xlsx

Create a New Directory

Select a folder in your Project where you want the new directory to be created. Example: “Vessel Hull” is selected.

Click Create a new directory button.

Enter a new directory name and click Accept.

The new directory “Bow” appears under “Vessel Hull”

See SubC Review Studio companion application to review and enrich your Inspections and generate logs.