Buffalo Mike Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 Does anyone having recommendations regarding preferred settings for DS2 motion/cameras? I have problems where if the thresholds are set too low, no motion is detected (and I receive no alerts) but if the threshold is set too high, I get a hundred alerts especially on partly sunny days where the sunshine is intermittent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booch Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 I have the same problem so please count me in on any help. Seems hard to find the 'sweet spot' with DS2 code. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Cohen Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 When I first got my DS2 Mini, I used its motion sensor (which is optical, not PIR), and had the same exact problems. I concluded that they were unavoidable because of it being optical. So I ended up adding a regular PIR motion sensor. I got mine from Axxess Industries. This works dramatically better, with very rare false positives. I have it mounted above my door, pointed a bit downwards, and it has been very reliable. It uses batteries, but they're quite long lasting. I think it was probably more than a year before I received the notification that they needed to be replaced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Leeds UK Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 On 4/15/2021 at 12:06 PM, Don Cohen said: When I first got my DS2 Mini, I used its motion sensor (which is optical, not PIR), and had the same exact problems. I concluded that they were unavoidable because of it being optical. So I ended up adding a regular PIR motion sensor. I got mine from Axxess Industries. This works dramatically better, with very rare false positives. I have it mounted above my door, pointed a bit downwards, and it has been very reliable. It uses batteries, but they're quite long lasting. I think it was probably more than a year before I received the notification that they needed to be replaced. Agree - We use a outdoor Phillip Hue Sensor - makes life a lot easier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Mike Posted April 17, 2021 Author Share Posted April 17, 2021 Do you have any suggestions for recommended settings if I don’t want to replace the motion detector? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lippavisual Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 There is no recommendation. The IP camera motion is triggered whenever a pixel in the image is changed. That could be a bird, bug, leaf, etc. The only way for true motion detection is to use a device meant just for that, a motion detector. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wnpublic Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 DS2 - creating ill will since 2015.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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