Motion Detection Area Configuration

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On top of the video player, you should see a setting cog. Click this and select Motion Detection. If on mobile, edit your camera (setting cog) and select Motion Detection Area.Depending on your camera type you should either see one "region" or four. In the diagram below you see four regions. Click on any region (color) to assign a "region" (or swipe left to right on mobile). This represents the area where you want motion detection to apply. Having multiple regions allows you to narrow down or exclude specific areas of interest. Simply drag and extend windows (pinch and finger drag on mobile)Note: By default, we set up your camera with only one full region. If you want to detect motion with the entire field of view, then no need to make changes.Examples of Web and Mobile motion detection areas:By selecting a region you can also set up sensitivity and threshold for that region. 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.Threshold - Determines at what point the motion detection feature is triggered. A lower threshold means less motion is needed to trigger the motion detection feature. A higher threshold means more motion is needed to trigger the motion detection feature.With this in mind, if you set your sensitivity to 1 and threshold to 100, it would be practically impossible to trigger a motion alert. Alternatively, if you set your sensitivity to 100 and your threshold to 1, this means that the slightest change could set off the trigger. By default, we use a sensitivity of about 50-60 and a threshold of 5. Everyone's view is different, the trick is to find the correct balance.