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Select an interval time to specify how long the camera is able to collate bouts of movement using the Interval
indicator bar. The higher the interval, the longer two bouts of motion can be from each other and still be
considered one movement. An example of an interval setting would be a person walking within view of the
camera. The person walks in view of the camera, pauses for a specific interval of time, and then moves again.
If the Interval indicator bar were set at 0.75 seconds, the person could pause for under 0.75 seconds and
have his initial movement into camera view and his final movement recorded by the camera as one piece of
movement.
Sensitivity can also be increased by adjusting the Detected Objects Size drop-down box. Objects detected by
cameras are divided into meshed square blocks. This meshing allows webcamXP to determine an object’s size.
If the Detected Objects Size drop-down box is set too high, only movement from large objects (or objects
close to the camera) will trip an event. If the Detected Objects Size drop-down box is set too low, the motion
detector will indicate events for movement form inconsequential objects.
6.1.2 Motion detector mask
In webcamXP 5.5 it is now possible to precisely define zones to be excluded from motion detection. This is very
useful in case your are monitoring outdoor to avoid false alerts triggered by trees in motion due to wind or
similar cases. To define a zone click on the Mask button on the left of the window:
This will draw a grid over the images used by the motion detector, by holding the left mouse button and
moving over the image you can draw the area you want to exclude. In the example below we have excluded
the street coming from the left.
