How to Setup Motion Detection – DCS-250
Device Setup :
Step 1 – Enter “Smart Guard Configuration” by clicking on the icon illustrated below
Step 2 – Select the camera you would like to setup motion detection. In our example, we have selected the DCS-6616. Once selected, click on “Insert Event”
Step 3 – Select “General Motion 1”
Click “OK”
Step 4 – Enter an “Event Name”, we have given “Detection Movement”. We have increased the “Sensitivity” and all other settings as default
Step 5 – You will now need to define the area where the camera will monitor. To do this, simply drag the mouse to create a square or rectangle
Step 6 – Click on “Region 1” to define and set the area to be monitored. The colour of the area will be defined as “Yellow”
Step 7 – Once configured, you should notice the areas colour has changed to “Red”
Don’t click “OK”, go to Step 8 for a simulation test
Step 8 – You can test if the event has been setup correctly by clicking “Start Simulation”. As you can see below there is movement illustrated and defined with yellow blocks and “Event Detected”.
Click “Stop Simulation” then “OK”
Step 9 – Once this has been completed, the next step is to start “Start Smart Guard System”
Step 10 – When the event has been triggered by movement you should see the alert with message on live view “Detected Movement” (Message created in Step 7)
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