DS2 (Doorstation) Motion detection settings

[antneed]

Just wondering what are the ideal motion detection settings you all are using for your DS2 doorbell?

Mine are set as follows (I assume the default settings): 

"motion detected interval (seconds)":  5

"motion detected threshold (%): 20

"motion not detected threshold (%): 10

Just FYI, my doorbell does not really face a busy street or sidewalk ,(I live at a dead end street in a cul-de-sac) and there is really not alot of motion in front of my front foyer.

Thanks

[dodger010]

8 hours ago, antneed said:

Just wondering what are the ideal motion detection settings you all are using for your DS2 doorbell?

Mine are set as follows (I assume the default settings): 

"motion detected interval (seconds)":  5

"motion detected threshold (%): 20

"motion not detected threshold (%): 10

Just FYI, my doorbell does not really face a busy street or sidewalk ,(I live at a dead end street in a cul-de-sac) and there is really not alot of motion in front of my front foyer.

Thanks

I use the same settings, although mine points to opposite wall, so don't have too many "false" motion alerts. I've never really played with this setting myself, although if you notice you are not getting snapshots or motion triggers, you may have to increase the value of the threshold to decrease or increase its sensitivity. 

I believe the "motion detected interval" is essentially how long it takes after the 1st motion trigger, so it won't keep triggering constantly within those 5s. You may want to bump this up or down depending on how much motion triggers you end up getting, such as traffic, people, windy trees or other items moving around throughout the day and night.

If you look at the DS2 settings via the browser via its IP, you will see how the 10% and 20% correlate, you may have to adjust it a big more or less. The nice thing is that it has a nice activity graph, so you can test and see how motion affects it and you will see it turn green and red and get an idea of how motions are measured. You may find it easier to use a laptop, so you can actually walk in front and test and see the results.

One you log in, you will see the hardware, camera, then internal camera to get to the settings and you can also adjust the box of the area you want it to trigger for (I blocked out the image for security):

 

I know that DS2 is a bit older now, but this is essentially an enterprise device, so there are all of advance settings you can play with. Hope it helps!

 

[antneed]

8 hours ago, dodger010 said:

I use the same settings, although mine points to opposite wall, so don't have too many "false" motion alerts. I've never really played with this setting myself, although if you notice you are not getting snapshots or motion triggers, you may have to increase the value of the threshold to decrease or increase its sensitivity. 

I believe the "motion detected interval" is essentially how long it takes after the 1st motion trigger, so it won't keep triggering constantly within those 5s. You may want to bump this up or down depending on how much motion triggers you end up getting, such as traffic, people, windy trees or other items moving around throughout the day and night.

If you look at the DS2 settings via the browser via its IP, you will see how the 10% and 20% correlate, you may have to adjust it a big more or less. The nice thing is that it has a nice activity graph, so you can test and see how motion affects it and you will see it turn green and red and get an idea of how motions are measured. You may find it easier to use a laptop, so you can actually walk in front and test and see the results.

One you log in, you will see the hardware, camera, then internal camera to get to the settings and you can also adjust the box of the area you want it to trigger for (I blocked out the image for security):

 

I know that DS2 is a bit older now, but this is essentially an enterprise device, so there are all of advance settings you can play with. Hope it helps!

 

Wow cool, how would I find the IP address of the DS2 to get to that menu.

 Thank you.

[Jobu604]

The one thing I’ve noticed is that my snapshots always give me someone just as they are entering the camera range which is usually just a foot or the start of the body. What setting would be the one, if any, to delay the snapshot slightly beyond the first immediate sense of motion?

[dodger010]

On 11/19/2021 at 5:17 AM, Jobu604 said:

The one thing I’ve noticed is that my snapshots always give me someone just as they are entering the camera range which is usually just a foot or the start of the body. What setting would be the one, if any, to delay the snapshot slightly beyond the first immediate sense of motion?

The snapshots can be tricky, I've noticed the same thing occasionally. You may consider changing the snapshot time space, which will give  a break between each snapshot.