CamSurveillance Manual
Part 5: Motion Detection Settings
Select the areas from the picture which
should be compared. Only the pixels within these areas are
compared. If you get a picture difference of 50 %, then 50
% of these areas are different, not 50 % of the whole picture
( only if you have selected all ).
select all - select the whole picture
as testing area
unselect all - unselect the whole picture
color - select the brush color for painting
transparency - select the transparency value of the
brush
If motion detection is running, the program
tests for motion only within this selected time intervall.
You can select 3 time zones and the weekday or always.
If you select from 08:30 to 10:45 the valid time intervall
goes from 08:30:00 to 10:45:59.!
Activate Action
activate email sending - select if an email should be sended at detection of motion
activate file transfer - select if files should be
transferred to a FTP server at detection of motion
activate program executing - select if a program should
be executed at detection of motion
activate protocol generation - select if a protocol
file should be created at detection of motion
activate sound playing - select if a sound should be
played at detection of motion
activate picture capture - select if a picture should
be captured at detection of motion
activate other actions - select if one of the other
actions should be happens at detection of motion
activate video recording - select if a video should
be recorded at detection of motion
Picture Capture
The picture fileformat ( JPG, BMP, bits
per pixel ) for all captured pictures while motion detection,
is the format, which you have selected within the camera Picture
Capture dialog.
select directory - choose the directory
in which the pictures should be stored
use the camera-name as filename -
the name of the camera ( URL or a real name from the General
seetings ) is used for the picturefilename
use this usertext as filename - input a picturefilename
use the name of the camera picture as filename - the
picture name from the netcam is used for the picturefilename
add the current time to the filename - adds the current
time to the picturefilename
add the current date to the filename - adds the current
date to the picturefilename
add a number to the filename - adds
a counter number to the picturefilename
reset the number at motion detection start to 0 - the
counter starts with 0 at each motion detection start
maximum number should be - the number counts until
the maximum number is reached and then restarts with 0. If
you don't select this option the maximum number is (2^32)-1.
the number has prefixed zeros - if you select this
option with 4 zeros, the number is printed as 0099 instead
of 99.
only capture pictures if more than X
KB harddisk space is free - tests the harddisk space before
a picture is captured
capture always X pictures after a motion is detected ... - select this option if you want always several pictures
after a motion is detected, not only the picture at the moment
of the motion.
Execute Program
program: - displays the path and name of the program
parameters: - if the program has parameters, input
here
select program - select the program from your harddrive
execute program only once - the program
will be executed only at the first detection of motion
execute program at each detection - the program will
be executed at each detection of motion. Be sure that several
instances of the program are possible.
Protocol
protocol filename - displays the path and name of the protocol file
select protocolfile - choose the filename and location
for the protocol file. The content of this file is in ASCII
format.
generate a new protocol at every motion
detection start - if you select this option, the old existing
protocolfile is erased at motion detection start
continue the existing protocol - if you select this
option, the new informations are added to the existing protocol
print the cameraname at start into
the protocol - at motion detection start, the cameraname
is printed into the protocol
protocol each motion testing - at each test for motion,
the current time/date/testing number/picture difference is
printed into the protocol
protocol each motion detection - at each detection
of motion, the current time/date/detection number/picture difference
is printed into the protocol.
Send Email
send email to - input the receiver email address and press the 'add' button
SMTP server - input your SMTP servername
dispatcher email address - input your email address
or let the field blank
email subject - input an email headline
email body - input the text for the email body
attach these files at the email
- you can select several files from your harddisk which
you want to attach at the email
attach the picture with the motion detection at the email
- select if you want to attach the picture which includes
the motion at the email
capture a picture and attach this picture at the email
- a picture is captured and attached at the email. The
picture settings for this picture comes from the camera dialog
and not from the motion detection dialog. It's the same picture
if you would press the capture button from the main window.
In most cases this picture would be the same as the picture
which includes the motion. Only if the program has received
a new picture within the time the motion testing routine is
running ( if there are several cameras in motion detecting
mode and all of them use a lot of CPU ), this picture is newer
than the picture with the motion.
delete sended files after sending - select if you want
to delete the sended files from your harddisk after sending
to frees the used space
send email now - use this button to test if your settings
are ok.
File Transfer
hostname - input the FTP host servername
username - input your username for the FTP connection
password - input your password for the FTP connection
host port - host port number, default
is 21
use passive mode - passive mode or not, depends on
your firewall, default is on
change to directory - input the directory in which
the files should be transferred, leave it blank if the files
goes in the root
send these files - you can
select several files from your harddisk which you want to
transfer
send the picture with the motion detection - select
if you want to send the picture which includes the motion
capture a picture and send this picture - a picture
is captured and sended. The picture settings for this picture
comes from the camera dialog and not from the motion detection
dialog. It's the same picture if you would press the capture
button from the main window.
In most cases this picture would be the same as the picture
which includes the motion. Only if the program has received
a new picture within the time the motion testing routine is
running ( if there are several cameras in motion detecting
mode and all of them use a lot of CPU ), this picture is newer
than the picture with the motion.
delete sended files after sending - select if you want
to delete the sended files from your harddisk after sending
to frees the used space
transfer now - use this button to test if your settings
are ok.
Sound Playing
soundfilename: - displays the path and name of the soundfile
select soundfile - select the sound from your harddrive
play sound in a loop - select if the sound should play
in a loop
Other
bring video window in foreground
- the video window comes
in the foreground at detection of motion
resize video window to fullscreen - the video window
comes in the foreground and is resized to fullscreen at detection
of motion
Video Recording
The video format for all recorded videos
while motion detection, is the format, which you have selected
within the camera Video Recording dialog.
select directory - choose the directory
in which the videos should be stored
use the camera-name as filename -
the name of the camera ( URL or a real name from the General
seetings ) is used for the videofilename
use this usertext as filename - input a videofilename
use the name of the camera picture as filename - the
picture name from the netcam is used for the videofilename
add the current time to the filename - adds the current
time to the videofilename
add the current date to the filename - adds the current
date to the videofilename
if the video already exists append the new video ...-
select if you want to append the new recorded video to an
already existing video. So you get only one video for several
recordings. You can let several NetCams to record into the
same video file, but only one NetCam has the focus at one
time. If one camera starts recording, the next camera could
only record into the same video file, if the first camera
has finished recording. So you can select if you want several
videos for each NetCam, one video for each NetCam, or one
video for all NetCams.
Please try the append functionality first.
We have tested with several codecs, where some doesn't worked
well.
If you use the append option, there are two different ways
the program works. 1. You select no codec, just record the
uncompressed video. This has the advantage, that the video
record starts immediately, the frames could be append directly
and you get the best quality. The disadvantage is a huge video
file. 2. You select a codec. Appending frames to an existing
compressed video is not possible. To append additional frames
to an existing compressed video, the whole video is read and
write again to append the new frames. The existing frames
are compressed again. The advantage is a small video file.
The disadvantages are, that the record starts not immediately,
because all frames must be read and write before and that
the quality is reduced. Please try some different codecs to
see where you get the best quality after recompressing. Some
codecs like DIVX reduces the quality very much after recompression.
add a number to the filename - adds
a counter number to the videofilename
reset the number at motion detection start to 0 - the
counter starts with 0 at each motion detection start
maximum number should be - the number counts until
the maximum number is reached and then restarts with 0. If
you don't select this option the maximum number is (2^32)-1.
the number has prefixed zeros - if you select this
option with 4 zeros, the number is printed as 0099 instead
of 99.
record the video for x sec - if a
motion is detected a video is recorded with a selected length
record the video until no more motion is detected -
if a motion is detected the video recording starts and stops
only if there is no more motion
only record the video if more than X
KB harddisk space is free - tests the harddisk space before
a video is recorded.
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