Lights turning on trigger motion event

[BrianC]

I have my Wyzecam V2 looking out a window to the approach to our front door. At night, neighbours outside lights coming on, or the spill from passing car headlights (actual car passing is not visible) triggers an event and 12sec recording. Is this normal? Can it be desensitised?

[Loki]

Yes, it’s normal. The motion detection is based on the amount of pixel change in the live image. You can adjust the sensitivity in the camera’s settings, but that’s probably not going to help much with headlights that sweep the entire field. You can also set a detection zone which may allow you to exclude the area that the headlights and neighbor’s lights.

Here’s more on motion detection:

https://support.wyzecam.com/hc/en-us/search/click?data=BAh7CjoHaWRsKwjnLJTSUwA6CXR5cGVJIgxhcnRpY2xlBjoGRVQ6CHVybEkiTS9oYy9lbi11cy9hcnRpY2xlcy8zNjAwMTUyMTE3NTEtRmFsc2UtQWxlcnRzLVBpeGVsLUNvbXBhcmlzb24tQWxnb3JpdGhtcwY7B1Q6DnNlYXJjaF9pZEkiKWNmN2UwNTI1LTEwOTYtNDAwNi1iYjE0LWY3ZDhjNDgxNTQ1MgY7B0Y6CXJhbmtpBg%3D%3D--9ec3d8800fe9b41a8f3d5ba69900d31aefbf3452

You may want to hop over and vote for the Roadmap topic below:

Ignore Motion Detection for events under X seconds

I have this feature on my Dlink cameras, and its very helpful at night, when bugs / rain / snow fly past the view outdoors. Its a simple check box that notes that it wont send alerts for detection lasting less than 1s. figured it would be pretty simple to implement and would save us outward looking users lots of non-events.

Be sure the click the VOTE button at the top.

[OverWatch]

Not sure about the neighbor’s lights, but I’ve found flooding the zone with separate IR lights helps headlights blend in and not trigger Events. It also helps identify actual movement as well as overall better image quality.

[michelle]

I had this problem before but I changed the detection zone to include only from the edge of my yard / end of driveway then the road or neighbors light across the street won’t trigger anything anymore.