motion tracking on SD5A425XA-HNR

[arec]

Hello,

I bought the SD5A425XA-HNR based on feedback from @EMPIRETECANDY and @wittaj a while ago. I finally got it mounted and setup, and wow the image and image are zoom incredible.

I've been going thru the Dahua Network Speed Dome & PTZ - Camera Web 3.0 - User’s Manual and learning all the nice features, and setting them up in the webui. I've played with tour, scan, pattern, etc, and all work as expected with good results.

The one thing I'm not seeing is how to do motion tracking. In the manual, section 5.5.4 on page 122, shows a button for enabling Auto Tracking, under Settings -> Event -> Smart Plan that looks like this:



I don't see that icon at all. Under global I only see the icons for Video Metadata, and Face Detection. If I add one of my presets, the presets have icons for Face Detection, Deep IVS, and Video Metadata. Here's what my webui looks like:



Can someone please tell me how I do auto tracking with this camera?

Thanks,
Andy

 

[EMPIRETECANDY]

Check this guide for the SD5A425GA

 

[arec]

Thank you for that @EMPIRETECANDY, I was able to follow that guide and setup some tripwires.

Does auto-tracking only work from preset views? I was hoping I can leave the camera in scan mode, sweeping back and forth, then start tracking once something is detected. Is that possible?

Thanks again!

 

[wittaj]

Nope. Tracking needs to have rules setup and that is only in presets.

Plus you don't want it in scan mode as they are only good for so many cycles. We have seen people hit that limit in less than 3 years.

The better method is to use fixed cameras as spotter cams to tell the PTZ where to look and then start tracking.

Using Spotter Cameras to direct a PTZ where to look in an NVR or Blue Iris and setting a spotter cam as a priority in Blue Iris

We get this question from time to time, so I thought with the recent addition to BI, it made sense to have a thread we can point to. Previously in BI, if you had more than one spotter cam, you could not make one a priority, so if spotter cam #1 triggered the PTZ and it starts tracking and...

ipcamtalk.com

 

[EMPIRETECANDY]

aha, right now the PTZ still not such smart, need more learning on AI, hope one day can support it.

 

[arec]

Nope. Tracking needs to have rules setup and that is only in presets.

Plus you don't want it in scan mode as they are only good for so many cycles. We have seen people hit that limit in less than 3 years.

The better method is to use fixed cameras as spotter cams to tell the PTZ where to look and then start tracking.

Using Spotter Cameras to direct a PTZ where to look in an NVR or Blue Iris and setting a spotter cam as a priority in Blue Iris

We get this question from time to time, so I thought with the recent addition to BI, it made sense to have a thread we can point to. Previously in BI, if you had more than one spotter cam, you could not make one a priority, so if spotter cam #1 triggered the PTZ and it starts tracking and...

ipcamtalk.com

Thank you for that info and link. I found it very helpful.