Setting The Motion Detection Function - Motion Detection Setting Menu; Setting The Motion Detection Area, Sensitivity And Threshold Level - Sony SNC-M3W User Manual

Setting the Motion
Detection Function
Motion detection setting Menu
When you click Motion detection on the Administrator
menu, the Motion detection setting menu appears.
You can set the conditions to activate the built-in motion
detection function in this menu.
This is the same menu with the setting menu which is
displayed when you click Motion detection in Send
trigger of e-Mail (SMTP) setting menu.
Note
The motion detection function can activate or be set only
when the Video mode of the camera is set to MPEG4
and the Cropping is set Off.
The Motion detection setting menu is composed of the
following five parts.
Monitor display
You can monitor the moving image and sets the
detection window.
Window 1 to 4 check box
When you check it, the specified Window is displayed
on the monitor display.
Threshold slider bar
Set the Threshold level so as to judge whether there has
been any motion in the camera image or not.
Motion detection indicator
The moving level of the present shooting image inside
the specified Window is shown.
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Setting the Motion Detection Function — Motion detection setting Menu
Sensitivity slider bar
Use it to set the detection sensitivity of the monitoring
image.
—
When the slider bar is moved to the left end, the
sensitivity will be 0 and any motion will not be detected.
The right end is the maximum sensitivity.
Setting the Motion Detection Area,
Sensitivity and Threshold level
Set the motion detection working area, the sensitivity
and the threshold level as follows:
1
Check Window 1 check box.
Window 1 is shown on the monitor display.
2
Settle Window 1 in the area you want to set Motion
detection.
Click and drag Window 1 to move it or change the
size of it.
3
Set the Sensitivity of Motion detection.
Adjust it referring to the level indicator of Motion
detection.
To increase the sensitivity, move the Sensitivity
slider bar to the right.
To decrease, move it to the left.
When you release the mouse, the new setting is
applied to the level of motion detection indicator.
4
Set the Threshold level of Motion detection.
Adjust the Threshold slider bar in the same way of
step 3 to set the level the camera executes motion
detection.
5
If necessary, set the Motion detection working
areas, the sensitivities and the Threshold level of
the other Windows 2, 3, 4 by following steps 1 to 4.
6
After all settings, click OK.
Notes
• While motion detection setting menu is displayed,
motion detection mail notification will not work.
Make sure to close Motion detection setting menu
after setting.
• Before using the Motion detection, perform the
operation test to confirm correct operation.
• The Motion detection may not operate correctly in the
following cases:
– while changing a setting on the Camera setting
menu
– when the object is dark
– when the camera is installed in an unstable place
that causes vibration to the camera
– when a small bit rate (64 kbps, 128kbps) is selected
in Bit rate setting of MPEG4