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Motion Detector - adjust the motion detector to send by email the current picture containing the motion

1. Select the "Motion Detector Settings" dialog from the "Adjust Camera" dialog

2. Select one of the three compare modes. Here you decide with which picture the current picture is compared.
3. Select the test mode fast or normal.
4. Select how many times a motion must be detected so that the program reports a motion. 1 is default and in most cases used.

5. Press the button "Add New Job" to add the job into the joblist.

6. Adjust the test interval (how often the program tests for motion). The shortest possible interval is 0.0 sec.!
7. Adjust the pixel difference values in % for the red, green and blue components of a pixel (or use the buttons '++', '+', '-', '--' from not sensitive to very sensitive).
8. Adjust how many percent of the selected area of the current picture must be different to the compared picture, so that a motion is reported.
9. Press the button "Select The Active Time Range" to open the dialog to select the time range in which the motion detector should be active.

10. Press the button "Picture Area Selection" to select the area of the picture which should be tested for a motion.

11. Press the button "Select The Action At Detection" to open the dialog from which you select the function which should be executed at detection of motion.



12. Check the last option "Email Sending".
13. Press the button "Email Sending" to open the email settings dialog!

14. Select "Start The Email Sending At Motion Detection". So the email is immediately sended at detection of a motion.
15. Check the option "Attach The Current Picture Containing The Motion". If this option is selected the picture which contains the motion is saved under the adjusted filename and attached to the email. This picture has the JPG picture format. If you want to send pictures in different formats, in different sizes, with text output, with filenames which are build of time, date and a number, then choose the action "Captures Pictures". The picture which are captured from this action could be attached to the email if you select "Attach Files From A Selected Directory" or "Attach Additional Files".

16. Check "After Each Motion Detection Wait" if the program should wait several seconds after the detection of motion until the test is continued.
17. Check "At Motion Detection Start Wait" if the program should wait several seconds at start of the motion detector until the test begins. This is useful to leave the viewed area etc.



18. Start the motion detector from the main dialog or from the button in the camera preview window.