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Motion Detection

Configuration ( in Local Save and FTP Upload )

• Motion Detection
  must be checked to enable motion detection
   
• Motion Trigger
  this is the trigger value for motion detection. A low value will detect motion easily, a high value will require lots of motion to detect it.
   
• Current Value
  The currently detected motion level
   
• Ignore first X seconds
  Set this to something > cam startup time to avoid false detections while camera is starting up or to a higher value to allow you to walk away until detection starts
   
• No motion detection during moves
  check this is you use a TPZ device and you don't want moves to be detected. Shots detected while moving may have motion blur. This depends on the shutter speed of your camera.
   
• Start detecting when user is idle for X minutes if this is checked, AbelCam will check for keyboard activity and start detecting when no key has been pressed for X minutes
   
• Motion sound
  check this to play a sound when motion is detected you may choose a sound file
   
• Test Sound
  Click here to make sure the sound file can be played
   
• Email on Motion
   
  • Email address to send picture to
    obvious, isn't it?
     
  • Mail Server
    SMTP server to use when sending email
     
  • Send Email on motion detection
    check this to activate sending out emails
     
  • Send email when camera does not work
    this sends out a notification when the camera fails
     
  • Attach Picture
    check this to have a picture included in the email
     
  • Email only every X hours
    if X is set > 0, AbelCam will not send a email on every detected motion. Instead the program waits until two hours have elapsed to reactivating sending out emails.
     
  • Test
    Click here to send out a test email and verify your settings.
     

Local Save

• To store motion detection shots on your disk, you must have both Local Save Active and Motion Detection checked.
   
• Within the save interval, the Motion Trigger will be raised at the latest detected level.
  Only the shot with the highest motion level will be stored.
   
• If no motion has been detected, no file will be saved.
   

FTP Upload

• To upload motion detection shots to your FTP server, you must have both FTP Active and Motion Detection checked.
   
• Within the save interval, the Motion Trigger will be raised at the latest detected level.
  Only the shot with the highest motion level will be uploaded.
   
• If no motion has been detected, no file will be uploaded.
   

Video Save (available with VideoCapX interface)

• For Record Single Frame on Motion Detection, the Local Save motion detection settings will be used.
  For more information see the Video Save page