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Motion Detection
The camera refers to motion detection as an “alarm”. You can select what you want the camera to do once the
motion is detected.
The factory default setting for motion detection is a single motion detection window covering the entire visible
area. The “Motion Detection” menu allows you to designate up to 4 separate windows with individually adjustable
sensitivity.
After selecting “Motion detection” from the main settings screen, you may need to expand the size of the display
window towards the right to see the 4 controls for individual motion detection windows. Each window can have
individually adjustable sensitivity and threshold.
Please note that this “Motion Detection” menu is entirely optional and is generally not used unless you have very
specific requirements to treat motion on some parts of the screen different from other parts.
In general, motion detection works by comparing the current video frame with the averages of the previous video
frames. Any difference is considered to be motion, and the sensitivity adjustment can be used to make the camera
more aware or less aware of small amounts of motion.
Internet Explorer can show you a live indicator for motion: When there is motion, a blue level appears between
the sensitivity and threshold slider as shown in the picture. More blue means more motion.
To trigger an alarm (and hence send out emails or upload to an FTP server etc) the detected amount of motion
