Motion Detection (PLUS)

• Enable Visual Motion Detection – use from camera for motion detection – see below
  • Detector Sensitivity – Detection sensitivity 0-100; higher values mean higher sensitivity. It works best at 90-95.
  • Detector Frame Rate – Detector rate per second (1-25); higher values make detection more reliable but increase CPU load.
  • Darkness Level – darkness threshold level (0-100), lower value triggers darkness at lower ambient light level. If you set it to 100 darkness will be triggered even at bright conditions. Only relevant if Turn Screen Off in Darkness enabled.
  • Select Camera – Select the camera to use for motion detection. Note that many external cameras are still not supported by both Camera Legacy and CameraX APIs.
  • Show Cam Preview – Show a small camera preview image in the bottom-right corner. If Face Detection is enabled, you will also see smiley faces when faces are detected.
  • Camera API – Select the camera API used for motion detection. App restart will be required to apply (ver. 1.54+). You can choose among the Android Camera (Legacy, default) or Android CameraX API. The CameraX API can have a better camera support on newer devices, however can fail on older devices. By default CameraX is used on Android 15+ (ver. 1.59+)
  • Detect Faces – Enable face detection on the camera image (ver. 1.48+). You can use the new JS API fully.getFaceNumber() and get events facesDetected by MQTT and JS API.
  • Face Detection Confidence – Face detection required confidence threshold, default 30% (ver. 1.55+)
  • Trigger Motion only when Faces Detected – Trigger motion detection only when faces are detected in the camera image. Motion will not be triggered as long as there are no faces in the camera image. (ver. 1.48+)
  • Pause when Fully in Background – pause motion detection while another app is in foreground
• Enable  Acoustic Motion Detection – use device microphone for motion detection. This feature seems to fail with Android 11+ on some devices.
  • Acoustic Detector Sensitivity – Microphone sensitivity 0-100; it works best at 90-100.
• Enable Proximity Motion Detection – use device proximity sensor for motion detection. Note that this sensor usually only detects objects very close to the device (ver. 1.59+)
• Turn Screen On on Motion – turn screen on when motion detected, look in Device Management section for Screen Off Timer
• Exit Screensaver on Motion – stop screensaver when motion detected, look in Screensaver section for screensaver settings
• Stop Web Reload on Motion – reset reload timer when motion detected, look in Web Auto-Reload Settings for Auto Reload on Idle Timer (ver. 1.43+)
• Turn Screen Off in Darkness – turn screen off when darkness detected