MODETECT Locks in ALARM Mode for extended periods

[chuckyfiche]

I'm running Zoneminder 1.23.3 under Ubuntu 8.10.

I'm running MODETECT with a 320x240 Security Cam, on a Bluecherry PV-149 4-port Capture Card.

Things work quite well, for the most-part. However, at least once every other day (sometimes more often) Zoneminder will enter ALARM state - and stay there. There is NO movement - rather, it is the changing light that seems to be causing the alarm state.

Recording will continue for sometimes an hour or more - I find I have to FORCE the alarm to cancel by either disabling it or going into ZONES and clicking 'save' to reset the zone status.

The camera has an outside view - so often the rising/setting sun will cause shadows and/or light changes which normally are not caught as alarms - except for the times it records for a fairly long time.

Once I stop the alarm state - it's usually fine again for another day or two.

I'd like to know if there is some-way to determine why the alarm state is continuing - or to force an alarm closed after X period of time (I've been through the FAQ and the Docs - but this option doesn't jump-out at me).

Thank you for any assistance.

Michael

[spookyspy]

Same here.
Also Zoneminder 1.23.3 under Ubuntu 8.10 but with a cheap btv card.
Previous versions it worked fine.

Maybe there's a setting that limits the alarm recording time?

[countd_]

I'm seeing this on openSUSE 11.1 running ZoneMinder 1.24.1 and a Panasonic BL-C1. It's driving me mad! Once the device has decided that motion is detected it never stops recording - I have been fiddling with this for a couple of days now - any ideas?

[spookyspy]

Got it on another server also!

I've got one server at home Ubuntu 8.10 and one server at my store Ubuntu 8.04 both with 1.23.3.

Today i noticed extreme long recordings on my store server.

The only thing i did on that server was running the updatemanager last week.

Maybe it's not zoneminder but something what came up with the update.

Any help appreciated

[chuckyfiche]

I had an issue with Zone maintenance - so I removed all zones and restarted everything from scratch. This includes a reboot to reset the Video hardware (probably not necessary).

Now I have what appears to be proper functioning triggers and MODETECT recordings. In fact - the false positives caused by sunlight hitting my driveway and car seems to have been resolved as well.

I have not had an extended 10 or 15 minute (or longer) recording in a week now.

I have two zones - 1 set by Pixels and the other by Percent (a smaller zone).

I've kept similar settings to the previous zones - but it just seems to be working better now.

So for anyone else who appears to be having issues - attempt to remove all zones and start-over.

Thank you