Milestone M50 - Manual (Page 53)

Milestone Husky M30/M50 Administrator's Manual
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Motion Detection ...................................................................................... 53
Exclude regions
Exclude regions lets you disable motion detection in specific areas of cameras' views. Disabling
motion detection in certain areas may help you avoid detection of irrelevant motion, for example if a
camera covers an area where a tree is swaying in the wind or where cars regularly pass by in the
background.
Cameras that do not support multiple simultaneous video streams cannot connect to the surveillance
server and the Management Application at the same time. Milestone recommends that you stop (see
"Start and stop services" on page 170) the Recording Server service when you configure such devices
for motion detection and PTZ. See also View video from cameras in Management Application (on
page 195).
For each camera for which exclude regions are relevant, use the list in the left side of the wizard
window to select the camera and define its exclude regions. Exclude regions are camera-specific, and
must therefore be configured individually for each camera on which they are required.
When you have selected a camera, you see a preview from the camera. You define regions to exclude
in the preview, which is divided into small sections by a grid.
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To make the grid visible, select the Show Grid check box.
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To define exclude regions, drag the mouse pointer over the required areas in the preview while
pressing the mouse button down. Left mouse button selects a grid section; right mouse button
clears a grid section. Selected areas are highlighted in blue.
Tip: With the Include All button, you can quickly select all grid sections in the preview. This can be
advantageous if you want to disable motion detection in most areas of the preview, in which case you
can clear the few sections in which you do not want to disable motion detection. With the Exclude All
button you can quickly deselect them all.
Motion Detection
Motion detection is a key element in most surveillance systems. Depending on your configuration,
motion detection settings may determine when video is recorded (saved on the surveillance system
server), when notifications are sent, when output (a light or siren) is triggered, etc.
It is important that you find the best possible motion detection settings for each camera to avoid
unnecessary recordings, notifications, etc. Depending on the physical location of your cameras, it is a
good idea to test settings under different physical conditions (day/night, windy/calm weather, etc.).
Cameras that do not support multiple simultaneous video streams cannot connect to the surveillance
server and the Management Application at the same time. Milestone recommends that you stop (see
"Start and stop services" on page 170) the Recording Server service when you configure such devices
for motion detection and PTZ. See also View video from cameras in Management Application (on
page 195).
You can configure motion detection settings for each camera, or for several cameras at once. Use the
list in the left pane of the wizard window to select cameras. To select several cameras at a time, press