How to get spotlight only triggered when activity in the activity zone

[Milzit]

I have the activity zone configured to only cover outside the door (Under Video->Activity Zones.

"Highlight areas in your camera view`s where you want to receive motion alerts"

But the spotlight is turned on when you activity way outside this area. Is there any way I configure this so the spotlight is only enabled when there is an activity within the activity zone?

[StephenB]

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@Milzit wrote:

But the spotlight is turned on when you activity way outside this area. Is there any way I configure this so the spotlight is only enabled when there is an activity within the activity zone?

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No.  The camera has to capture video in order to tell where the motion is (as the motion detection just sees a change in IR reaching it).   So it needs to turn the spotlight on, and then discard recordings/notifications that are out of zone..

[Milzit]

Ok, thank you. I assume I can try to tilt the camera more downwards to avoid triggering the spotlight too much far away.

[StephenB]

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@Milzit wrote:

I assume I can try to tilt the camera more downwards to avoid triggering the spotlight too much far away.

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Yes.  You can also try reducing the motion detection threshold.