Can the motion detection feature be enabled or disabled on a per camera basis, such as only having 3 of them detect motion to record or alert.
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Yes. Motion can be enabled or disabled on a per camera basis. Area of motion detected is also easily adjusted per camera. For instance, you need to exclude a bush that blows in the breeze - you simply mark boxes within a grid to disable detection. Similarly, recording is also set on a per camera basis. Time restraint recording also per camera. It's a nice system! I've had mine on 24/7 for 2 years with no problems. The box says they're good to 10 degrees, mine had no problems with -25 temps last week.
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Yes it can. The hard drive is enough to record all eight for almost a week with random motion. I have a lot of kids and traffic in my neighborhood so it is recording constantly. My flag and pool keeps two recording almost non stop.
1364040
the motion detect is basically there to help with space on your memory card/internal. if it is set to on and you pull up to a light/get stuck in traffic, it will stop recording after a short time of no movement. one you start moving again, it will begin recording again. it will not record when the vehicle is turned off and the camera is off and there is movement. this camera doesn't have the parking features that other cameras have.
1925474
Yes they do. You can set the cameras to take a pic or run video for a few seconds when motion is detected. They are dormant until motion is detected.
81283
Yes and no. It doesn't have a separate motion detector however the dvr will process a change in the image it sends as "motion".
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The system has motion detection and can be setup to record when there is motion as well as record in a certain area of the field of a camera. It can also be setup to record at whatever times you want for each camera. If you go to Swann.com, you can get lots of info before you buy. You can even download manuals and watch videos on most system Swann offers. I did this and was thoroughly educated. It's a great system!
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hi when you chose the motion detection , your camera will start recording as soon as there is a movement in front of the visual fields . and if you have two cameras (front and back) it will still work that way for both of them .
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I have never used the motion detect, but honestly there are probably better units then this one since I didnt get the EXACT same unit posted.
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Yes, but let me be clear, it is not a set and forget, recording to local computer is done only when logged into the camera's web page (then it can be set and forget...as long as the page stays open on the computer), the default location is C:\IPCamRecord. This will also work for motion detection (alarm) recording, but again, the web page has to be open to record to local PC / Mac. If you insert an SD card, Motion Detection will record regardless of the web page being up or not. I hope that makes sense.
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You can put the app on a number of phones to monitor the camera. But having the camera now for two weeks i would not recommend it. The user interface and application are not highly functional and I have been unable to find a way to get it to capture motion events. The documentation stinks. I was trying to buy something cheaper than a Dropcam but I am afraid I will have to shell out more money for that.
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yes, I'm currently setup for it to do that, completely without pc. it can set schedule and sensitivity for motion detection and email them it also have a web interface which is 200% better than the app it come with in the cd. however its motion detection is software based, so it'll misfire frequently when there's change in lighting, or camera pan, etc
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No, you need software to record. Good software really is key to recording and motion detection, especially on these cheaper model cameras.
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Sorry. I haven't used the cameras for motion detection. They can be set up to notify your iPhone, iPad upon motion with the Foscam Pro app. The app can record a picture or up to 60 seconds of video upon motion. I just haven't had the need to do it at this point. The night vision on the camera is pretty good but I'm not sure how far it will "see" things through a window especially at night.
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You can choose either option. I am currently doing all video, time lapse, all channels. I just have it e-mail me when it detects motion (some channels I have motion detection scheduled only for certain times and certain areas). It's pretty versatile.
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When you're a novice like myself, the one thing everyone should do is tweak the "sensitivity" in advanced settings for "Motion Detection", I stopped a sh.. load of unnecessary e-mail notifications. AND also (for new "owners of), you DO have to "continue anyway" and click on that when you get certificate security warnings. There's also a recent firmware update for (DCS-932L)to 2.01 - probably the same with other cameras.
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Hello: Yes you can set the cam to motion detection mode but keep in mind you'll have to have a constant power supply while your car is turned off. Of course I don't know what direction you'd be looking at. Out the windsheild is normal. I would really recommend this unit. The picture quality is fantastic. A 32GB card will give you about 8 hours of recording time. Don't use a class 10. The crappy manual that comes with it even suggests against it. My class 4 works just fine. I didn't think the GPS version was worth it but I've changed my mind since.
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There is an option in the setup menu for Motion Detection (on/off). I leave mine off so it always records when power is on. I haven't tried the "on" setting. Note that I have 2 of these devices. I liked the first so much I bought a 2nd one for my wife's car. The 2nd one was defective and I had to return it to the vendor. Their support was horrible and their shipping time was over 7 days. The problem was resolved, but communication with the vendor was unbelievably bad.
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These cameras do have motion detection. I run them for viewing on a monitor 24/7, but only when there is motion does it record anything and send you an alert if you want one. When you go back and look it only shows when motion was detected.