Setting zones

[dohat leku]

folks - is the best way to set up zones for folks approaching the front yard from the street to set Zone A to catch everything, zone B for the street and zone C for the front yard and then make a rule B-C? I've read the manual but don't fully comprehend why zone A is set to catch all. Can someone explain?

Thx

 

[StratRider]

you can go up to the Wiki to get to the video tutorials which takes you here Video Tutorials
but I also just went to his website and hit his playlist and watched all of the videos which are more in order than what you see in the wiki
You want videos 5, 7, 8, 9 on his playlist here =>>

Even though he is still doing this in BI version 4, it's about the same and you will figure it out. Good Luck

 

[dohat leku]

I've seen these videos before but it still doesn't answer my question above

 

[jaydeel]

I've read the manual but don't fully comprehend why zone A is set to catch all. Can someone explain?

It seems to be well explained in the help pdf... ‘Zones and hot spot’ section, ~p56.
The emphasis is mine.

Of important note, a motion detection object as used by object detection and tracking must
always exist in one or more zones. This means there must be continuous zone coverage through
areas where an object is being tracked. Instead of worrying about zones overlapping or
abutting, it is much easier to just setup one zone to be used as an overall “mask” and then
draw additional zones to be used with object detection and tracking.

Think about it this way... if an object appears in two zones, how will the software know it’s the same object unless it’s tracked the object between the zones.