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How do I not have the camera pick up traffic going by

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basf
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I have a 4  Wire Free HD Security Camera System with only two cameras set up.  One above the garage to show the driveway and the other above the front door.  The front door camera works fine.  But the one above the garage picks up the car traffic and notifies me 100+ times a day!  I only want it to pick up people walking past or on the property/driveway, NOT every single car that drives by.  I have decreased the sensitivity to 10 and it still picks up all the traffic.  How can I get it to ONLY notify me when there is activity in my driveway, not in the street?

 

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TomMac
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Re aim the camera TO NOT include the street*,  since the PIR works to a max of 20ft for people so limit the FOV to that range.

Put the sense level back to default of 80% and raise 1% at a time till you get good results.

 

*( cars reflect IR and can be picked up at a longer distance )

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jguerdat
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Read the FAQ here on best camera positioning. I suspect your issue is that the camera has too broad a view - rotate it down to eliminate the street in the first place. Cars get detected due to the reflection of the sun's IR so moving the view to eliminate those reflections is key. A screenshot of the camera view could be useful for suggestions.