Latest new IPC-HDW5231R-ZE IPC-HX5X3X-Rhea_MultiLang_PN_Stream3_V2.800.0000018.0.R.210707

[tigerwillow1]

My HDW5442T-ZE is triggered by cats and hedgehogs with firmware version from dahuasecurity.com DH_IPC-HX5XXX-Volt_MultiLang_PN_Stream3_V2.840.0000000.25.R.230425
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- settings - video detection - area - threshold (mine is 4) & sensitivity (mine is 65)

Sounds like you're using dumb motion detection. lemand91 is asking about IVS detecting non-humans/vehicles. Dumb motion detection doesn't work for me because of triggering on shadows and flying insects, and my 5442-ZE is sitting on a shelf like a brick because of that. I've tried 8 different firmware versions, none of which will detect hedgehogs using IVS.

 

[gbonny]

One 5442ZE is running V2.840.15OG00D.0.R, Build Date: 2022-08-18. Yesterday I installed a new 5442ZE S3 version with V3.100.0000000.5.R, Build Date: 2023-05-09.
They are both installed next to the 5231R-ZE. But we haven't had animals last night so I can't comment on that.

Ah, here we have a difference, I'm using IVS (tripwire) so motion detection is not enabled on mine, mostly because IVS is supposedly better at ignoring things like shadows, leaves etc.
IVS has a setting called "target filter" where you can choose 'human' and/or 'motor vehicle' so it will only trigger on those.
But you can uncheck "target filter" so I should also trigger on other things (like animals), however; it never does.

There's a whole thread about it: Detecting wildlife with Dahua cameras
But Dahua doesn't seem to care to fix it.

A ha. Im using both ivs tripwire and motion detection. I cant remember tripwire was triggered by a cat or hedghog,no. Afaik i have target filter disabled. I haven't experimented a lot with all those settings.
Btw, did you have a look on real wildlife cameras, instead of security?

 

[Iemand91]

Btw, did you have a look on real wildlife cameras, instead of security?

I (try to) use the camera for both.