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In plain English: Sensitivity is the difference between a squirrel running up a tree, versus a big
dog running up to and barking at that tree. A squirrel would trigger motion detection at a higher
sensitivity because it takes less change or movement to qualify as motion. But the dog would
trigger motion detection at a lower sensitivity because it takes more change or movement to
qualify as motion.
Threshold - is the degree of movement that needs to occur before the motion is defined as a
motion event and is triggered. 0 is the lowest value and 100 is the highest.
In plain English: Threshold is the difference between a car driving quickly by on a street and a car
driving into the field of view, slowing down, and turning into a driveway. The car driving past
would not trigger motion detection based on a certain threshold setting, but the parking car would
trigger motion detection with that same threshold setting. The higher the threshold, the more time
motion needs to occur before motion detection is triggered. The lower the threshold, the less time
motion needs to occur before motion detection is triggered.
If sensitivity is set to 100 and threshold to 0, motion detection will be triggered most easily by
almost any change in the field of view, large or small. But if sensitivity is set to 0 and threshold to
100, motion detection will be extremely difficult to trigger.
The four regions are all different colors so you can customize the field of view of any camera to
your highly specific preferences.
5. To choose another region, hover your mouse pointer near the top-center of the region window,
and a small window will appear. Keep your mouse pointer inside that small window and select
either region 2, 3, or 4:
You will be able to click individual blocks or click-and-drag an area with the new selected color to
highlight portions of the screen. Each new region (or color) has its own unique sensitivity and
threshold settings. The different regions/colors can also overlap one another.
6. You can also adjust the motion detection schedules directly from this settings page by clicking
Setting next to Period: