Lyons00 0 Posted May 5, 2013 Hi, This is my first post and hopefully I could get some much needed help! My son and I installed 2 Digital Watchdog DWC-V1363TIR. Everything is up and running also have the Digital Watchdog DVR DW-VF4500G. My question, I have it set to motion with email notifications. I adjusted the camera from the DVR to the lowest setting for motion. Within a 1 1/2 days I got over 650 emails...lol. Out of the 650, maybe 15 of the emails actually showed a few cats triggering the motion. Most came from the backyard cam and it didn't show anything on the jpeg it was blank. From what I've read, it looks like I have to plug into the camera settings and adjust the motion sensitivity there, is this correct?. I don't have a field test monitor, would a external monitor work? If so, how can I get to the menu and scroll from there? Any suggestions would sure help!!! Thank you, Jerry Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shockwave199 0 Posted May 5, 2013 Do you have the manual for the camera, and does it have motion sensitivity settings in the camera menu? We have DW cams that I've tweaked at work. You can get into the cameras menu by using the toggle inside the camera. You can navigate through that menu with it. But I don't believe there was any motion sensitivity settings in there- at least not in the ones I was dealing with. If you have set up the dvr for remote viewing, the easiest way is to just connect with a netbook or laptop and bring that out to the camera so you can see the menu and navigate it. As for motion sensing in general, you'll find that there isn't much of a solution for outdoor cameras except to use PIR sensors hooked up to the dvr and placed where you need them out there. They will launch recordings when they sense motion and they will greatly cut down on the false triggers that your dvr is throwing you. Edit- you know I see your cameras do have motion sensing in there. Just follow the manual to set that up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lyons00 0 Posted May 5, 2013 Do you have the manual for the camera, and does it have motion sensitivity settings in the camera menu? We have DW cams that I've tweaked at work. You can get into the cameras menu by using the toggle inside the camera. You can navigate through that menu with it. But I don't believe there was any motion sensitivity settings in there- at least not in the ones I was dealing with. If you have set up the dvr for remote viewing, the easiest way is to just connect with a netbook or laptop and bring that out to the camera so you can see the menu and navigate it. As for motion sensing in general, you'll find that there isn't much of a solution for outdoor cameras except to use PIR sensors hooked up to the dvr and placed where you need them out there. They will launch recordings when they sense motion and they will greatly cut down on the false triggers that your dvr is throwing you. Edit- you know I see your cameras do have motion sensing in there. Just follow the manual to set that up. Hi, Thanks for getting back to me! I just took off the cover and I can adjust it. It has a toggle switch to navigate. Hoping I can turn the sensitivity way down. My son has a monitor with a adapter that will work. Thanks again! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lyons00 0 Posted May 6, 2013 Hi, I did go into the GUI and dropped the sensitivity down from 20 to 5 for the motion. This morning got over 260 emails, better then over 360. Again went into the emails and almost every one of them had no movement...cats, etc. I'm guess, I'm going to have to remove the bushes in the menu and hopefully that will help. Unless others have a suggestion? Jerry Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shockwave199 0 Posted May 6, 2013 Make sure you block out anything that might cause false triggers. Like I mentioned, the only other thing you could consider is separate PIR sensors, which will dramatically cut down on false triggers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lyons00 0 Posted May 6, 2013 Make sure you block out anything that might cause false triggers. Like I mentioned, the only other thing you could consider is separate PIR sensors, which will dramatically cut down on false triggers. I had to go to my sons, since I have a iMac and can't do it from that. I blocked out quite a bit, but for some reason, still got over 20 emails...Hoping that it just takes a bit of time to take affect. Thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lyons00 0 Posted May 7, 2013 Hi, I blocked out as much as I could and still got 70 plus emails. I also went back into the GUI and dropped the sensitivity down to 1. I'm thinking this is as good as I can get it. Might just take notifications off sooner or later. Jerry Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shockwave199 0 Posted May 7, 2013 You have to be certain you get motion recordings for things you actually want- such as people. You can't just go for fewer emails and lower sensitivity and block so much that you won't pick up important incidents. You'll probably end up turning email off for motion events. For outdoor cameras, it's very tough. Email notification can be useful for such things as video loss and a host of other options that are good to know about asap. But motion emails will get old in a hurry. Good luck. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lyons00 0 Posted May 7, 2013 You are so right!! Motion is getting to me, with all of these emails. Thanks again for your help! Jerry Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
