Hello,
I have been using BI for a few years now, recently upgraded to V5. I record 24/7 on all my cameras so went with default config and no zones. I am now trying to setup LPR and decided to go with zones. I am also not recording 24/7 on these but rather when triggered. In trying to setup zones and crossing, it seems I am not getting consistent alerts. When I say alerts I mean a video clip under alerts, not a notification of any kind. I am comparing the LPR cameras with the alerts I get on the overview cameras. I have tried different setups and still miss some of the traffic going down the street. I setup the cameras as follows to see what config would give the best results:
I setup 2 cameras with zone A covering the street only. No zone crossing configured. I get most, but not all traffic going in either direction. I have two cameras configured this way. One facing North and the other facing South. They are about 100 ft. apart and cover the same street in front of my house. They both behave the same as far as inconsistency in the alerts. I may see an alert on one and not the other.
Setup clone 1 of one of the cameras above with half the street on zone A, the other half of the street on zone B, and the entire area, including zone A and B in zone G. Also left a small gap between zone A and zone B. Crossing A>B. I understand this is the correct way to do this, however I get practically nothing from that camera. Every now and then I get a stray walking their dog. Literally I may get one alert a day.
Setup clone 2 of the same camera. Similar with half the street on zone A and the other half on zone B. This time I left no gap. They are touching or even overlapping ever so slightly. Again crossing A>B. This setup get most of the activity moving A>B but again not all of it.
All of the above information is for daytime. At night all bets are off! I may get an alert once maybe twice a night between 7PM and 7AM but most events do not trigger an alert. There may be a lighting issue, but that is something I can address as I move forward. My concern now is getting it to work in the daytime before I address nighttime.
I will add that the LPR cameras are Dahua vs the overview that are Hikvision. I am not necessarily comparing one to the other simply using the alerts from the Hikvision to match and see what is missing from the Dahua.
What if anything am I neglecting? Why are the alerts inconsistent and missing? Is this even a BI issue? I have seen the cameras capture people walking by to large trucks and everything in-between. Yet it misses a vehicle every so often with no pattern that I can come up with. I have gone over the help files and all the videos I could find but still not getting the results I need. I am not in favor of one zone config vs. another just one that works. Can anyone provide any clarity as to what may be going on? Any advise or recommendation is appreciated.
I have been using BI for a few years now, recently upgraded to V5. I record 24/7 on all my cameras so went with default config and no zones. I am now trying to setup LPR and decided to go with zones. I am also not recording 24/7 on these but rather when triggered. In trying to setup zones and crossing, it seems I am not getting consistent alerts. When I say alerts I mean a video clip under alerts, not a notification of any kind. I am comparing the LPR cameras with the alerts I get on the overview cameras. I have tried different setups and still miss some of the traffic going down the street. I setup the cameras as follows to see what config would give the best results:
I setup 2 cameras with zone A covering the street only. No zone crossing configured. I get most, but not all traffic going in either direction. I have two cameras configured this way. One facing North and the other facing South. They are about 100 ft. apart and cover the same street in front of my house. They both behave the same as far as inconsistency in the alerts. I may see an alert on one and not the other.
Setup clone 1 of one of the cameras above with half the street on zone A, the other half of the street on zone B, and the entire area, including zone A and B in zone G. Also left a small gap between zone A and zone B. Crossing A>B. I understand this is the correct way to do this, however I get practically nothing from that camera. Every now and then I get a stray walking their dog. Literally I may get one alert a day.
Setup clone 2 of the same camera. Similar with half the street on zone A and the other half on zone B. This time I left no gap. They are touching or even overlapping ever so slightly. Again crossing A>B. This setup get most of the activity moving A>B but again not all of it.
All of the above information is for daytime. At night all bets are off! I may get an alert once maybe twice a night between 7PM and 7AM but most events do not trigger an alert. There may be a lighting issue, but that is something I can address as I move forward. My concern now is getting it to work in the daytime before I address nighttime.
I will add that the LPR cameras are Dahua vs the overview that are Hikvision. I am not necessarily comparing one to the other simply using the alerts from the Hikvision to match and see what is missing from the Dahua.
What if anything am I neglecting? Why are the alerts inconsistent and missing? Is this even a BI issue? I have seen the cameras capture people walking by to large trucks and everything in-between. Yet it misses a vehicle every so often with no pattern that I can come up with. I have gone over the help files and all the videos I could find but still not getting the results I need. I am not in favor of one zone config vs. another just one that works. Can anyone provide any clarity as to what may be going on? Any advise or recommendation is appreciated.
