no idle time set
Unfortunately, this is what I'm experiencing and I do not see any setting to fix it. It loses tracking if the person or vehicle stops for only a couple of seconds (seems to vary, but it's frustratingly too short and super easy to defeat). Setting the tracking time all the way to the max of 300 makes no difference as it's the delay after it loses tracking that needs to be adjusted (but there doesn't seem to be a way to do that).Camera arrived today from andy thanks to him, camera now mounted but have a weird issue obviously, probably down to rushing to try and get it up and running, tracking time set to 75 and its saved, if I walk into intrusion area it picks me up and tracks, but if I stand still for 3/4 seconds it returns home, my wife says its bored of videoing me
For what it’s worth... mine tracks my dogs as humans. So you’ll probably be ok with larger wildlife!
That's good to hear. My dog is on the smaller side so it doesn't pick him up (even with a really small min target size). We have bears in the area so we'll see but I don't have much confidence since even if it starts tracking...it'll lose it after a few seconds as the bears often stand still and not move around much while exploring. I wish Dahua would add a setting to adjust the delay (and further, if it lost tracking to zoom out but keep the position until the subject starts moving again).
Interesting. Did you try your earlier test? Once it starts tracking and then you stand still for a short period does it lose tracking and return home?
Did it return after 10 seconds or did it track up to your tracking time that you set? I find that if I move slightly it'll sometimes track longer, but if I stop without moving much it'll end tracking in 5-10 seconds (this varies).
Thanks for checking. Do you mind sharing your max/min and tracking size as well rule type (action, direction) settings?
I appreciate it, but I don't have outside access setup. I'm interested to see what works in his environment which isn't too dissimilar. The deep ivs settings on this cam are pretty minimal, so just to get a glimpse would be enough.
Thanks for the screenshot. Longer track time (300) and a smaller (20) tracking target size aside, the only significant difference is that my min size can't be smaller than 73x128 or so (using IE at fullscreen). No amount of adjustments makes a tangible difference in terms of the delay after tracking loss. After tracking, if the subject pauses and does not move (and I mean no hand motion or anything) then it'll go home after about 4 to a max of 10 seconds. I wish that delay was adjustable. Every video from others that I've seen seems to show this behavior. I think what I mean by pausing and my expectations in general are just different. Regardless, thanks again for the screenshot.
Not if they are out of the view of where it tracked them to...
Yup, exactly.
As wittay said, if the subject moves out of the preset view area then it doesn't work. I have the camera mounted on the corner of the house so for my case 4-10 seconds is not enough. I do have infrared motion sensors and multiple fixed cameras that are tied to my home automation system which can some what mitigate this issue, but it still would have been great if the delay setting was there.
