Questions.
Answers in red
1. Should the '
Default object detection' tick box be ticked or not and why?
If you are using the custom models and have no need for the exhaustive items in DS, then yes uncheck that box. Your return times will be much faster.
2. I've seen in some posts in this thread that you
also need to edit each camera you wish to use these new .pt files for and add to the
'Custom Models:' field text like '
objects:0,combined'. Do you need to add this to the cameras or not?
Yes you do. The reason your response times have increased is because you are now running the default model and all the custom models at the same time for each camera. Go into each camera and use just the model you need for that camera. The custom models you downloaded took out all the junk we don't need like broccoli, toothbrush, etc. LOL, so it allows for a quicker response. Using the default results in the image checking for EVERY item in that list, thus the custom model was created to speed up response times. It is counterproductive to use the both the default objects and the custom models you pulled at the same time.
3. If the answer to Q2 is yes, then what does it mean (
yes I have read the BI manual and I understand adding :0 to the end of a text string excludes that model eg 'objects' is disabled), just what is '
objects', I'm assuming it's nothing to do with the tickbox option '
Default object detection' as that does use the word
object but not
objects? It's not the name of a .pt file, what does '
objects' mean?
Objects is the default object detection model in DeepStack. If you do not want to use the default for any camera, then uncheck the box from question #1. If you want to use it for some cameras, then objects:0 has to go in the cameras you do not want the default one to use.
4. I've also seen in other posts in this thread people have added '
dark' to the list in 'Custom Models:' field, again, where has this word come from, I don't see a file called dark.pt.
dark.pt is yet another model available in a different location than the custom models you pulled. The ones you pulled were developed by a member here. The dark.pt was developed by another person. GitHub - OlafenwaMoses/DeepStack_ExDark: A DeepStack custom model for detecting common objects in dark/night images and videos.
5. Log file, is there a different log for Deepstack analysis than the one in BI?
No, they are all in the same log file. But if in each camera you check the save .DAT file option, then in BI you can pull up the DS specifics for that triggered analysis.