When configuring the Motion in an area criterion, you can set one or more of the following parameters:

  1. Minimum size of a moving object
  2. Maximum size of a moving object
  3. Color of a moving object
  4. Direction of an object’s motion
  5. Minimum speed of an object
  6. Maximum object speed
  7. How an object appears in the area
  8. How an object leaves the area

The procedures for setting the minimum and maximum size of a moving object are identical except for the need to use the  button to take into account the minimum size and the  button to take into account the maximum size.

The full procedure for setting the minimum (or maximum) size of an object is provided below:

  1. Click the appropriate button ( or ).
  2. When you do this, a visual element will appear in the viewing tile. This visual element serves two purposes; it graphically represents an object of the minimum (or maximum) size and sets this size.

  3. The minimum (or maximum) size of a moving object can be set using any of the following methods:

    The first method lets you roughly configure the size, and the second method allows you to set the size precisely.
    1. Position the cursor on a visual element node and hold down the left mouse button while moving the mouse.
    2. Set the width and height of an object of the minimum (maximum) size using the  arrows in the upper and lower margins, respectively. The dimensions of a visual element in the viewing tile can be changed in a similar manner.

The minimum (maximum) size of an object is now set.

To set a color for a moving object, complete the following steps:

For more effective archive searches, a color range is set rather than a specific color, which is generally influenced by lighting conditions and other environmental factors. The search checks whether an object is of any color from the given range. If so, the corresponding video recording will appear in the search results.
  1. Click .
  2. A palette of shades of various saturation will then appear in the viewing tile
  3. Use the palette to set the color range to be searched. The range is selected using drag and drop (click and hold either mouse button, move the mouse, then release the button).
Any click on the palette is interpreted as the beginning of a new range; the previous range will disappear.

The color of a moving object will then be set.

By default, when searching the archive, the system searches for motion in all directions. It is possible to prevent searching for motion in one or several specific directions.

To prevent searching for motion in a certain direction, complete the following steps:

  1. Click .
  2. A visual element consisting of 8 sectors corresponding to 8 directions will then appear.
  3. Click with either mouse button on the direction that motion search is to be performed. The sector corresponding to that direction will then be colored green. If necessary, repeat this action for other directions. To reactivate searches for a disabled direction, click it again with either mouse button.

The required directions of an object’s movement are now set.

The procedures for setting the minimum and maximum speed of a moving object are identical except for the need to use the  button to take into account the minimum speed and the  button to take into account the maximum speed.

The full procedure for setting the minimum (or maximum) speed of an object is provided below:

  1. Click the appropriate button ( or ).
  2. A bidirectional arrow now appears in the viewing tile. This visual element serves two purposes; it graphically represents an object’s displacement per second (speed) and sets this specific speed.

  3. The minimum (maximum) speed of a moving object can be set using any of the following methods:

    The first method lets you roughly configure the speed, and the second method allows you to set the speed precisely.
    1. Position the cursor on an end point of the arrow and hold down either mouse button while you move the mouse. The length of the arrow will correspond to the minimum (maximum) displacement of the object per second.
    2. Use the  arrows to set the minimum (maximum) speed of the object as percentages of the frame per second. The dimensions of the arrow in the viewing tile can be changed in a similar manner.

The minimum (maximum) speed of a moving object is now set.

Complete the following steps to set how an object appears in the area:

  1. Click .
  2. Choose how an object appears in the area: enters the area (crosses the area's borderlines) or appears (doesn't cross the area's borderlines).

You have set the way an object may appear in the area.

Complete the following steps to set how an object leaves the area::

  1. Click .
  2. Choose how an object leaves the area: leaves the area (crosses the area's borderlines) or disappears (doesn't cross the area's borderlines).

You have set the way an object may leave the area.