topic Re: Cats (house pets) and Motion Notifications in Features

Cats (house pets) and Motion Notifications

R_Lowe — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 01:59:27 GMT

If someone has a couple of common housecats, will they get a ton of notifications/recordings if they happen to lope around the house, or can sensitivity settings be adjusted to only include large living things over 50 pounds (w/apologies to a few huge Maine coons...)?

Re: Cats (house pets) and Motion Notifications

TomMac — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 21:35:57 GMT

You can adjust down the sense of the motion detect... and its easier to do indoors as opposed to outside with more variables.

If you temp mount a camera near where the pet always goes, like a food dish, set the sense down all the way and then slowly up till you get a response for motion... just back off a bit then. Try and keep it at a range you will use when used in the normal location.

Re: Cats (house pets) and Motion Notifications

R_Lowe — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 23:58:23 GMT

Thanks for the suggestions Tom. It sounds to me as if a little experimentation will go a long way. Of course I'm just trying to avoid a bombardment of notifications.

Re: Cats (house pets) and Motion Notifications

TomMac — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 03:09:28 GMT

Of course I'm just trying to avoid a bombardment of notifications.

Don't forget , there is a motion TEST mode ( SETTINGS, Pick camera ) which will flash the led if motion is detected.

Also, you can temp turn off the emails ( just check the recordings )... at least till you get closer to where it has to be set.

Re: Cats (house pets) and Motion Notifications

R_Lowe — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 03:27:02 GMT

Thanks. I love socking this information away until my cameras arrive (next week)! "Test" mode -- gotcha.