I recently bought a couple of Reolink cameras and set up the evaluation version of BI 5.2.9.19 x64. The cameras are streaming at 5 MP, 20 fps. I'm having a really hard time tuning the motion detection. In short, none of the settings seem to be having any effect - especially the minimum duration.
For instance, on my back yard camera, I am having a lot of bugs fly by, and it is alerting multiple times per minute at night. I know it's an issue for motion detection, but I have tried to turn the sensitivity down.
Here are my motion sensor settings. I turned the minimum duration up to 5 seconds, and increased the minimum object size.
In addition, I turned "Object travels" up to 200 pixels and defined zones B, C and D as below (A is roughly the three put together, plus the graph):
I set the alert to trigger only on motion zones A, B and C, and told it to delay firing for 3 seconds, and set up MQTT to fire an alert on Home Assistant for these same three zones.
I also have set up However, I still get alerts for motion such as this. While the bug is relative large and has a lot of contrast with the picture due to the IR lights, it is only in the picture for 3 frames and doesn't even touch zones B, C or D. The thumbnail also notes that the motion only touches zones AEH. The alert to Home Assistant fires also. My expectation is that with my current setup, there would need to be sustained motion in either zones A, B or C for at least 5 seconds for any of these alerts to trigger.
I am recording continuously, so from a recording standpoint this isn't a big deal - although it would be nice not to have this broken up into short clips. The bigger issue is that I want to tie actions in Home Assistant to these alerts, but right now I just can't do that. It seems like any changes I make have no effect.
I've got a week or so left on the evaluation so I'm trying to get this nailed down to make a decision whether to spend the money for the license or not. I'm hoping that there is just something simple I'm not understanding, but it's just not usable for me yet.
Thanks
For instance, on my back yard camera, I am having a lot of bugs fly by, and it is alerting multiple times per minute at night. I know it's an issue for motion detection, but I have tried to turn the sensitivity down.
Here are my motion sensor settings. I turned the minimum duration up to 5 seconds, and increased the minimum object size.
In addition, I turned "Object travels" up to 200 pixels and defined zones B, C and D as below (A is roughly the three put together, plus the graph):
I set the alert to trigger only on motion zones A, B and C, and told it to delay firing for 3 seconds, and set up MQTT to fire an alert on Home Assistant for these same three zones.
I also have set up However, I still get alerts for motion such as this. While the bug is relative large and has a lot of contrast with the picture due to the IR lights, it is only in the picture for 3 frames and doesn't even touch zones B, C or D. The thumbnail also notes that the motion only touches zones AEH. The alert to Home Assistant fires also. My expectation is that with my current setup, there would need to be sustained motion in either zones A, B or C for at least 5 seconds for any of these alerts to trigger.
I am recording continuously, so from a recording standpoint this isn't a big deal - although it would be nice not to have this broken up into short clips. The bigger issue is that I want to tie actions in Home Assistant to these alerts, but right now I just can't do that. It seems like any changes I make have no effect.
I've got a week or so left on the evaluation so I'm trying to get this nailed down to make a decision whether to spend the money for the license or not. I'm hoping that there is just something simple I'm not understanding, but it's just not usable for me yet.
Thanks
