I just purchased one of these and how do you setup motion detection since there is no setting for "Video Analysis" under Alarm setting submenu. I may have to send it back.
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Could you please advice your order ID so that I can send the file to your email box?
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I tried to do the same thing with the same app and found it to be unreliable. Sometimes nothing would happen when the alarm was scheduled to activate. It may be the tune in app itself, as I've had some startup issues with it.
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I don't know, James, because we sent the camera back! Something that only records for 10 seconds when it activates was not what we needed. We got a netcam instead! Goggling the camera model doesn't turn up anything?
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Currently, motion detection isnt functional on our NVRs. We are currently testing a firmware update for the NVR that will hopefully enable motion detection. So, I would check back in a few weeks to see if that is available. If you have any more questions, feel free to let me know. Best, Cameron Zmodo Technical Support unfortunately
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I think what may help is motion detection. I already asked the tech support guy and he said they are working towards this functionality. I would think it be done soon over the next release or two. So far my camera works great so over all its a good by. good luck ;)
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Make sure that you have one of the video codecs set to h264. If both are set to mjpeg, motion detection will be disabled. Also, make sure to setup a motion detection time schedule at the bottom of the motion detection page. Hope this helps.
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On mine the motion detection and email notification do not work. When I looked for a firmware update it appears they have abandoned it (unless they have done something in the last few months). I generally use it with a third party app such as WebCam XP to send me email on motion, but that is annoying as you have to run your computer all the time and when it freezes and you're away, your dead in the water.
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You can choose either option. I am currently doing all video, time lapse, all channels. I just have it e-mail me when it detects motion (some channels I have motion detection scheduled only for certain times and certain areas). It's pretty versatile.
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I can't get mine to work also. I tried install the software and just get errors. I can't find any support help either! Plus upset that cam in back is not working.
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The manual included in the package is in English (mostly) but is completely incomprehensible, and I still can not figure out how to enable night vision mode nor motion detection mode. Please explain the steps in clear English for me?
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Hmm that is strange, as I have mine set up and it runs without a hitch! I do have it set to record upon motion detected, and it has caught most everything, even squirrels and cats walking by. I have not used the timed hours feature, I should try it to see if it works correctly. You might double check the clock it is going by, to ensure it has the correct time. I am sorry to hear that there is no support, I guess I will just cross my fingers and hope that mine continues to work as it has so far - perfectly. I have experienced the fact that when it is recording, the viewpoint defaults to the camera with which it is recording with, and you cannot see the other camera(s) while it is recording. I just have the 2 cameras, and when I have it in quad mode, it does warn me that scheduled recording cannot begin as long as it is in quad mode; I just get seasick watching it constantly switch back and forth between the cameras, and I want to see both of them at once, all the time, hence the quad mode viewing. I have been very happy with this product. I hope you are able to get your issues resolved.
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I actually really love this little camera. There are virtually no instructions but if you play with it some, you can get it to do many cool things. Customer Service is difficult. They would always respond, but could not always help me because of the language barrier. The alerts were one of the most difficult things to set up. I had to play with it for quite a while. I was able to get it to email me. If you have a "phone" email address with your phone number, you should be able to use that to send you a text instead of an email, but I have never configured it that way. I did not really have a need for motion detection. Good luck.
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I believe it does. I don't have the option enabled, but I saw it in the menu when I was doing the setup. Right now I have it set to just record when it detects motion.
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Barry! I just read now in the manual: Motion detection ON (enable) OFF (off). Try this when you connect 12 VDC to camera. It should detect motion. I never used this function either:-( Steve
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The camera refers to motion detection as an "alarm". You can select what you want the camera to do once the motion is detected. 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. 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.
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Happened to me at 1 am a few times! It is alarm. I don't have it handy or I could give more details. The instruction sheet should help you out though. Good luck :)
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My experience with this is you have to use a 3rd party company, like alarm.com. They provide the app you download.