I have a couple questions... 1st, I am monitoring our cats in our house. The camera is triggered by the movement of the cats going into an area (and then out of sight), but it never triggers a notification email when they come back through the same area. How do I catch them coming out? 2nd, I receive a great deal of "false emails" possibly triggered by sudden changes in ambient light. How do I stop this? Sensitivity is at 5. Thank you very much. I have a couple questions... 1st, I am monitoring our cats in our house. The camera is triggered by the movement of the cats going into an area (and then out of sight), but it never triggers a... » Read More I have a couple questions... 1st, I am monitoring our cats in our house. The camera is triggered by the movement of the cats going into an area (and then out of sight), but it never triggers a notification email when they come back through the same area. How do I catch them coming out? 2nd, I receive a great deal of "false emails" possibly triggered by sudden changes in ambient light. How do I stop this? Sensitivity is at 5. Thank you very much. « Show Less
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I actually have the same problem, minus the cats. My sensitivity is at a 4. Best thing to do is try all sensitivity levels or wait til they update firmware.
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Hi ---these are far more complicated questions than I'm able to answer.I'd recommend that you contact Foscam Sorry I can't help.Gay
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Camera Based Motion detection has always been problematic. the best ones let you set specific areas to monitor (like your desk rather that your whole office, or the gate and doorway rather that the whole back yard, etc). I haven't bought this one yet so I don't know if that feature is offered, but it is pretty standard.
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I'm afraid your Motion Sensor is exactly what it is - senses Motion and even wind... so, it will go off every time a motion is beyond a minimum detectable sensitivity.Best is to buy one, then set it up and see... if it is satisfactory enough, get the second one. If not, use it somewhere else, like checking for racoons/cats/possums going alongside house. It will go off, and scare the animal too. maybe will not come by that way again... hope this helped. Kornel in L.A., CA
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Make sure it's charged. I set mine on the most sensitive setting and on #6. My cat ran and hid! Works for me!
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It's kind of from the camera to infiniti (as far as the camera can see). Varies with the amount of light the camera "sees" + the size of the object in motion. One camera we have set can detect motion from about 40 to 50 feet away, with light from passing cars on the street further than that, maybe 60 feet. It records 10 seconds before the trigger event, then as long as there is motion to record. It has also recorded small moths that has flown in front of the camera (unexpected sensitivity). VERY pleased with this product & it's capabilities inside our home.
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Hello, I have no idea, was just curious about the item and thought I could use it to possibly track down a wall switch that goes nowhere in our house. turn off all breakers but the circuit the switch is on and check for a signal thru the wall with the switch on and follow it, have not tried yet. Just checked around a few wires and it does sense the electricity. I think the deal on it detecting cameras is that you can see the infrared with it or something. Have not had time to really check, it may just be a barely useful gimmick. But I hope I can trace the wire. It may make a cool kinda selective sensitivity signal tracer.Peace! Hello, I have no idea, was just curious about the item and thought I could use it to possibly track down a wall switch that goes nowhere in our house. turn off all breakers but the circuit the switch is on and check for a signal thru the wall with the switch on and follow it, have not tried yet. Just checked around a few wires and it does sense the electricity. I think the deal on it detecting cameras is that you can see the infrared with it or something. Have not had time to really check, it may just be a barely useful gimmick. But I hope I can trace the wire. It may make a cool kinda... » Read More Hello, I have no idea, was just curious about the item and thought I could use it to possibly track down a wall switch that goes nowhere in our house. turn off all breakers but the circuit the switch is on and check for a signal thru the wall with the switch on and follow it, have not tried yet. Just checked around a few wires and it does sense the electricity. I think the deal on it detecting cameras is that you can see the infrared with it or something. Have not had time to really check, it may just be a barely useful gimmick. But I hope I can trace the wire. It may make a cool kinda selective sensitivity signal tracer.Peace! « Show Less
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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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The camera has motion detection built in but the notification is via email (it actually sends a few screenshots of what set it off in the notification which is nice). If you have your email setup with push notifications or periodic fetching then it'll pop up on your phone that way.
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Mine don't light up other than the LED bank emits a bit of reddish glow if thats what you refer to. It don't seem to deter any animals from 'posing' for the camera. I have one in the barn and the critters (wood hogs, coons, cats and assorted creatures) all get caught on the SC card, so it's a non-issue ar least with me.Battery life is phenominal. I use the heck out of one (in the barn) been going for a couple months and still has an indicated 85% battery life.Again, I was a little miffed, the cams were supposed to ship with an interface cable and they didn't but I just used one I had in the drawer, no biggie. Mine don't light up other than the LED bank emits a bit of reddish glow if thats what you refer to. It don't seem to deter any animals from 'posing' for the camera. I have one in the barn and the critters (wood hogs, coons, cats and assorted creatures) all get caught on the SC card, so it's a non-issue ar least with me.Battery life is phenominal. I use the heck out of one (in the barn) been going for a couple months and still has an indicated 85% battery life.Again, I was a little miffed, the cams were supposed to ship with an interface cable and they didn't but I... » Read More Mine don't light up other than the LED bank emits a bit of reddish glow if thats what you refer to. It don't seem to deter any animals from 'posing' for the camera. I have one in the barn and the critters (wood hogs, coons, cats and assorted creatures) all get caught on the SC card, so it's a non-issue ar least with me.Battery life is phenominal. I use the heck out of one (in the barn) been going for a couple months and still has an indicated 85% battery life.Again, I was a little miffed, the cams were supposed to ship with an interface cable and they didn't but I just used one I had in the drawer, no biggie. « Show Less
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Hello Tyler.I bought the same sysrtem and the cameras are making loud noises when triggering to Night mode and day mode at dusk and down. That is not a defect, is simply cheap materials used on them to make em less expensive.
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Hi Elena, In my case it depended on my settings; once I set the camera to email photo files every time a motion was detected, I found that it almost instantly prompts emails that contain photos. Depending on your connection and your memory allocation on your mobile phone or computer, you should be able to start and accumulate sequential shots during and after the incident. I tested the camera after I set and activated it before I left the house; since I was the only one in the space at the time, the motion detector picked up all my moves instantly and I had received almost 5 emails on my mobile phone even before I had gotten out the door. I hope this helps.
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It sends an email alert to your smartphone with a pic. I found a lag between when the alarm was triggered and being alerted, therefore I use an inexpensive ' driveway alarm' with multiple sensors with separate sounds to be alerted and where. Hope that helps.
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BAM, I am a machine vision engineer. The motion detection algorithm with the onboard software is very, very rudimentary in that it uses a full frame image comparison which subtracts the current frame from the previous frame to see what has changed. If that change involves enough pixels with significant RGB values differences, you'll receive an email. The onboard software is also notoriously slow. That's the reason that you some times miss the cats exiting. You'll be much better served purchasing third party software which runs on your computer. Try Blue Iris for PCs or Evocam for Macs. Both allow you to set motion sensors or regions of interest within the frame so that you can look at just that particular area for motion and not the entire image. In addition, both provide gain and threshold adjustment for the sensor or region of interest. All this translates into faster processing and fewer false triggers. These programs also provide you a faster, more capable interface with the camera than you have through the browser. They allow you to tailor responses to motion and audio alerts as well as record video. If you are a Mac user, you have an additional choice with another program called uFoscam. It, too, is very capable and only costs $5.99.
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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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Yes it has a feature that you can mark hot zones. You can set a rectangular areas for triggering. You can modify the duration of movement that is needed to trigger and the size of object (although small object are obviously big closer to camera so bugs will trigger at times). You can also mask areas that you do not want to be active which cuts down on false triggers (like bushes in the wind). You can also set what happens with a triggered event by each individual camera - send a text alert, send an email with picture or short video. I am very pleased with the way mine is working. That being said you will get a lot of triggers by bugs, leaves and small animals close to camera. I have had spiders set up a web right in front of the camera and record lots of video.
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This system specifically, I am not sure. I used to install systems for an ADT dealer. We used masking techniques to stop false alarms. Basically white electrical tape placed inside the lens of the motion detectors in areas that a cat or dog would be blocks false alarms. You have to take time taping and checking repeatedly so you know what areas actually trigger alarms. Block off stairs and the lower region to about knee height so animals on the ground won't trigger alarms. The location of the motion detectors matters as well. These motion detectors in this kit do not have processors for animals. That type of sensor is much larger having two actual sensors. The system will arm without the motion detectors.
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When your camera is turned on, your camera is uploading video to our servers if you have CVR service enabled. If you only have Live Streaming, the camera will only detect motion and sound events if you have those enabled, or stream live when you choose to view it. You may turn the camera off at any time in the camera's settings, either from your computer or our mobile app. Hope this helps!