Motion Detection

Motion detection is a useful feature found on most DVR systems security today. Whether you're looking to maximize record time, to count objects, use advanced searching techniques, or trigger some alarms, motion detection may be one of the most important features to make your security system from Fancy a gadget to a useful management tool and a loss prevention.

In general, the DVR you buy will be set up to record only when it detects motion in the video. Your system does digital when differences in the opinion of pixels on the screen. Usually your system when he noticed these differences will be triggered to start recording a few seconds before the motion, and after a few seconds, this is called the pre-alarm and post alarm. Alarm pre and post alarm recording not only save a lot of hard drive space, it can also make searching for video much faster and easier by eliminating unnecessary data video. DVR systems with pre and post alarm triggers an event will also give you just as they will be retroactively save video that took place before the system has seen the motion and will continue to record for a predetermined amount of time after cessation of movement .

Most systems have sensitivity settings that will move more or less before starting the recording and it may take some adjustments to the configuration of your system properly. This applies to most PC systems based DVR and standalone DVR systems and the process can be a bit long, but the benefits of going through the process far outweigh the time of installation. After installing your system security camera, spend a few minutes each day to research on the recorded video to find out what events are moving behind the registration system. Then go through the motion of masking features of your DVR system to hide the false alarms. Remember, with pre-alarm and post alarm, you can be assured that you'll have all the event every time an object moves or the person in the field of motion detection, so do not be afraid to hide movements nuisance tripping.

There are different levels of sophistication when it comes to motion detection - PC DVR systems typically offer more features and settings for improved sensitivity compared with standalone DVR, but the principles are the same. For more information on this topic see our article on the differences between the DVR and digital video recorders on standalone PC.
Most systems include a collection of grid access in the configuration menu for each camera. When we turn parts of the grid, we can tell the system to ignore movement in these areas is what we call masking motion. Like tape avoids a painter painting trim parts, the DVR uses the movement masking feature to avoid triggering a condition of registration in unwanted areas. This can be useful if our camera detects a tree in the wind or a ceiling fan or even a monitor or TV. Although DVR PC usually have more detailed grids allowing more specific masking, a DVR can not have 9 squares that make up this network, so choose your DVR based on the degree of precision that you'll want to hide you and detection motion. In general, the most advanced DVR on your system is, the more things we can do with motion detection, as trigger a siren or strobe light, some DVR systems even send you an e-mail or text message. Keep in mind, you want your motion to be very accurate for use as a trigger.

We can install multiple motion detection zones, which allows many advantages. We can count the number of people who pass through a corridor or a surface point of sale, count objects on a treadmill, or detect when an object passes through an area but not a.