Zone Configuration Basics
- Start with the Basics
To minimize the confusion, and help you to learn what is sensitive and what is not, it may be helpful to start with the "Alarm Check Method" set to the most simplistic setting, "Alarmed Pixels". This will grey out the Filtered and Blobs parameters, and give you a smaller subset of variables to adjust.
- Experimentation
Probably the best way to learn how to adjust your setup is to create a static repeatable environment in which you can evaluate the changes you make as you make them.
If you can, point your camera at a blank wall, preferably adjacent to where you sit, and have available several items that you can insert (by hand) into the cameras image to test your settings. A blank sheet of white paper. A half folded sheet of white paper. Various sizes of dark colored paper. A notepad is recommended to keep track of what triggers and what does not as the combination of options can quickly become confusing and hard to remember.
- Using Stats to judge your settings
If you enable Stats in the options, you may be able to view some statistics that are generated for each alarm image that is captured. By evaluating these stats, you may be able to gain some insight into what values are triggering the capture.
How to enable Stats - TBD
How to evaluate Stats - TBD
