Touchscreen Display DS2 Video Feed on Motion Detect Event

[WhyPhy]

Is there a way to automatically have a T3 touchscreen turn on and display the live camera view from Doorstation DS2 when the DS2 detects motion? I want the screen to come on and display video when someone approaches the front door, even if they don't press the doorbell button.

 

[Don Cohen]

This can be done readily, but the problem is the DS2's Motion Sensor is not IR based, it is optically based.  So on a partly sunny/cloudy day, for example, there would be very frequent false positives.  I was doing this a while back, and eventually stopped because it was too intrusive.

I ended up installing an Axxess Industries Motion Sensor above the door.  This is much more useful, with very rare false positives (a neighborhood dog most of the time!).  I use this all the time, using its motion detection to display the video from my DS2 on a T3 in our Family Room, which is where we most usually hang out.  I also have it set to trigger an email, with a photo from the DS2, so if we're away from home, we'll still know a package was dropped off, or somebody was at the front door.