Quick Guide

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The camera refers to motion detection as an “alarm”. You can select what you want the camera to do once the motion is
detected. In general, motion detection works by comparing the current video frame with the averages of the previous
video frames. Any difference is considered to be motion, and the sensitivity adjustment can be used to make the camera
more aware or less aware of small amounts of motion.
Moving an object (a person or a car, for instance) directly toward the camera may not trigger motion detection until the
object is within 10 to 15 feet of the camera. Motion detection seems to work well when the object is moving from one side
of the picture to the other side, often triggering in a second or less.
The factory default setting for motion detection is a single motion detection window covering the entire visible area. The
“Motion Detection” menu allows you to designate up to 4 separate windows with individually adjustable sensitivity. After
selecting “Motion detection” from the main settings screen, you may need to expand the size of the display window
towards the right to see the 4 controls for individual motion detection windows. Each window can have individually
adjustable sensitivity and threshold.
Please note that this “Motion Detection” menu is entirely optional and is generally not used unless you have very specific
requirements to treat motion on some parts of the screen different from other parts.
[Window] Check this box to enable the window.
[Threshold] Determines at what point the alarm is triggered. A lower threshold means less motion is needed to
trigger the alarm. A higher threshold means more motion is needed to trigger the alarm. Threshold is indicated by
the blue bar when motion is detected.
[Sensitivity] Determines how easily the camera detects motion. Lower sensitivity means the camera is less likely to
detect motion. Higher sensitivity means the camera is more likely to detect motion.
Note: Sliding the Sensitivity bar to the left will decrease the sensitivity of the motion detection i.e. ‘More’
movement is required to trigger the alarm.
Internet Explorer can show you a live indicator for motion: When there is motion, a blue level appears between the
sensitivity and threshold slider as shown in the picture. More blue means more motion. To trigger an alarm (and
hence send out emails or upload to an FTP server etc) the detected amount of motion needs to be larger than the
threshold setting. If the blue level does not reach the threshold setting the motion is ignored.
The best way to configure these settings is to adjust the settings and have someone walk in front of the camera
until your feel you are getting the required results. This trial and error method make take quite long to get right
but it’s the best way to obtain good results.
Please note: Motion detection in Internet Explorer uses the ActiveX plug-in. You will need
to install or enable this plug-in if you do not have it. To check you have ActiveX enabled
visit http://www.pcpitstop.com/testax.asp