From 4631e7b3b5865a14927fbc4c7c40830b52b26942 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nicolas Mowen Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 06:55:54 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Update motion docs to make note of recordings --- docs/docs/configuration/motion_detection.md | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/docs/configuration/motion_detection.md b/docs/docs/configuration/motion_detection.md index 0844c04a8..7621489ff 100644 --- a/docs/docs/configuration/motion_detection.md +++ b/docs/docs/configuration/motion_detection.md @@ -92,10 +92,16 @@ motion: lightning_threshold: 0.8 ``` -:::tip +:::warning Some cameras like doorbell cameras may have missed detections when someone walks directly in front of the camera and the lightning_threshold causes motion detection to be re-calibrated. In this case, it may be desirable to increase the `lightning_threshold` to ensure these objects are not missed. ::: +:::note + +Lightning threshold does not stop motion based recordings from being saved. + +::: + Large changes in motion like PTZ moves and camera switches between Color and IR mode should result in no motion detection. This is done via the `lightning_threshold` configuration. It is defined as the percentage of the image used to detect lightning or other substantial changes where motion detection needs to recalibrate. Increasing this value will make motion detection more likely to consider lightning or IR mode changes as valid motion. Decreasing this value will make motion detection more likely to ignore large amounts of motion such as a person approaching a doorbell camera.