Camera records fine but motion detection is slow. How can I get quicker notice?

[Marty-Mo]

outside camera,  when I back car out of garage, I can be 1/4 mile down the road before I get motion detected, but when I view the recording, it starts as soon as the back of the car is visible, how can I get quicker notice of motion detection

[TomMac]

You don't mention pushes or emails....

Could be SMART is effecting ( slowing down slightly )... Are you using zones ?

Are we talking 20sec or so...

In end, not much can be done if you using pushes ( they are faster as they come on the trigger event while email come at the end of the file creation )

[Marty-Mo]

my notifications come on my phone

[StephenB]

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@Marty-Mo wrote:

my notifications come on my phone

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Sure.  But are they push notifications or email notifications?  You can tell by checking the camera rules for the mode.

[Marty-Mo]

Thanks StephenB they are on push, sorry I'm very new with these cameras, seems like sometimes I get the notice quick and other times they are way slow, up to almost a minute sometimes

[StephenB · Accepted solution]

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@Marty-Mo wrote:

 like sometimes I get the notice quick and other times they are way slow, up to almost a minute sometimes

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Understood.  

If you are using smart notifications or activity zones, you could try disabling them for a little bit (as a test), and see if that makes it more consistent.  

[Marty-Mo]

Thank you I will try that