In fact, the camera is useless for a significant percentage of installations without using the Hikvision tools. In my town of over 100k people for example, I can confidently say that at least 99% of single family dwellings have a covered porch similar to yours. I experienced the exact same...
With EZVIZ (running Hik 200231) Also worth noting, PIR sensitivity (Alarm Area Setting 5, 9, 16ft) can't be set and seemingly has no effect, triggering at 16ft (or more), if you don't enable Alarm Notifications.
I haven't read every page here, but going by the steps linked from 101, I didn't notice a special mention for Mac OS users which could be a pitfall like it was for me.
With the Mac OS version of the Batch Config tool it's not possible to access the REMOTE CONFIGURATION for the camera. It will...