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D-Link IP Cameras for Business => DCS-7110 => Topic started by: sksander on June 24, 2013, 09:00:44 AM

Title: Motion Detection setup
Post by: sksander on June 24, 2013, 09:00:44 AM

I am having trouble getting motion detection set correctly.   Any words of wisdom.    The camera is pointing at a garden area and I want to activate on animals (squirrel, bird, raccoon, etc) in the garden.   I seem to either be to sensitive or not enough with the 2 parameters available.   Any guidance?

Title: Re: Motion Detection setup
Post by: Tonyc on December 30, 2013, 12:57:22 PM

Like many others, I have struggled with this and never found a decent solution using the supplied software. Make the settings too sensitive and you pick up every raindrop and night flying insect. Less sensitive and it doesn't register human movement. I never found a decent compromise.
My solution was to connect the digital input to an external PIR sensor. It works like a charm. Gone are all the false positives from spiders webs and fog etc. the camera now only records when the PIR senses movement - brilliant.