Configuration mode > Administration > Cameras > Motion detection
Motion detection

The motion detection feature delivers the best results with indoor use. You can use the entire image for motion detection analysis or create up to 10 regions for each camera with individually configured sensitivity, Idle timer, and threshold values

  1. Select Motion detection from the Server side functions menu (you may have to click on the triangle in front of the menu to expand it).
  2. To activate the motion detection, select Yes from the drop-down menu.
  3. If you want to configure a specific region within the image to be used for motion detection analysis, click the plus sign to the right of the camera image. You may change the name of the region.
  4. Use the polygon tool to draw the region on the camera image. Different sections are only required if different alarm scenarios are to be triggered for each section. Use the left mouse button to draw the polygon. Double-click when you return back to the starting point.
  5. Adjust the motion sensitivity as appropriate. The sensitivity value determines how big or small a difference in the image has to be in order to count as motion.
  6. Increase the value, if you get too many false negative results and decrease it if you get too many false positive results. watch the threshold area. Grey bars will not be recognized as motion. Red bars will. Adjust the Threshold until you achieve the desired results.
  7. If you use an alarm scenario for motion detection, specify the interval for the Idle timer (in seconds) after which a signal is analysed again. This field is ignored by Record on Motion.
  8. Adjust the threshold. The threshold determines how big the motion in the images needs to be in order to trigger a alarm.
  9. Save the settings.