motion not working on 1 camera. How to troubleshoot?

limitlessent · Post by **limitlessent** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 10:20 pm

I deleted and re-added a camera. Now motion doesn't work on it even with the default zone settings. Live view on it works fine but it isn't detecting motion at all.

What log file, debug level etc should I check to see if I can find out why it isn't working?

zma -m
and zmc -d /dev/videoxx both ran fine on that monitor according to zmdc.log

Ideas?

kingofkya · Post by **kingofkya** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 12:04 am

post some of zma zmc logs

limitlessent · Post by **limitlessent** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 12:18 am

this is from zmdc.log:
04/06/2009 17:46:38.677607 zmdc[22051].INF [Server starting at 09/04/06 17:46:38 ]
04/06/2009 17:46:41.894051 zmdc[22051].INF ['zmc -d /dev/video4' starting at 09/ 04/06 17:46:41, pid = 22074]
04/06/2009 17:46:42.136661 zmdc[22051].INF ['zma -m 1' starting at 09/04/06 17:4 6:42, pid = 22078]
04/06/2009 17:46:42.364633 zmdc[22051].INF ['zmc -d /dev/video6' starting at 09/ 04/06 17:46:42, pid = 22082]
04/06/2009 17:46:42.609644 zmdc[22051].INF ['zma -m 2' starting at 09/04/06 17:4 6:42, pid = 22086]
04/06/2009 17:46:42.839606 zmdc[22051].INF ['zmc -d /dev/video2' starting at 09/ 04/06 17:46:42, pid = 22090]
04/06/2009 17:46:43.089592 zmdc[22051].INF ['zma -m 3' starting at 09/04/06 17:4 6:43, pid = 22094]
04/06/2009 17:46:43.326633 zmdc[22051].INF ['zmc -d /dev/video5' starting at 09/ 04/06 17:46:43, pid = 22098]
04/06/2009 17:46:43.578560 zmdc[22051].INF ['zma -m 4' starting at 09/04/06 17:4 6:43, pid = 22102]
04/06/2009 17:46:43.814547 zmdc[22051].INF ['zmc -d /dev/video1' starting at 09/ 04/06 17:46:43, pid = 22106]
04/06/2009 17:46:44.069571 zmdc[22051].INF ['zma -m 5' starting at 09/04/06 17:4 6:44, pid = 22110]
04/06/2009 17:46:44.318503 zmdc[22051].INF ['zmc -d /dev/video7' starting at 09/ 04/06 17:46:44, pid = 22114]
04/06/2009 17:46:44.582477 zmdc[22051].INF ['zma -m 6' starting at 09/04/06 17:4 6:44, pid = 22118]
04/06/2009 17:46:44.833472 zmdc[22051].INF ['zmc -d /dev/video3' starting at 09/ 04/06 17:46:44, pid = 22122]
04/06/2009 17:46:45.109525 zmdc[22051].INF ['zma -m 9' starting at 09/04/06 17:4 6:45, pid = 22126]
04/06/2009 17:46:45.452420 zmdc[22051].INF ['zmfilter.pl' starting at 09/04/06 1 7:46:45, pid = 22130]
04/06/2009 17:46:45.889384 zmdc[22051].INF ['zmaudit.pl -c' starting at 09/04/06 17:46:45, pid = 22134]
04/06/2009 17:46:46.514219 zmdc[22051].INF ['zmwatch.pl' starting at 09/04/06 17 :46:46, pid = 22140]
04/06/2009 17:46:47.405266 zmdc[22051].INF ['zmupdate.pl -c' starting at 09/04/0 6 17:46:47, pid = 22146]

All looks ok there to me..
Where do I get the other logs you're requesting?

Blazer · Post by **Blazer** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 1:00 am

Is there a zone defined for that monitor?

limitlessent · Post by **limitlessent** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 1:16 am

Blazer wrote:Is there a zone defined for that monitor?

Yes... it's the default one which works pretty well on the rest of them.
I've even tried deleting the default zone and re-adding it back with the exact same settings as the others but it still don't work. The last thing I tried was deleting the monitor completely and re-adding it but it still won't pickup motion. If you click the monitor's name the image looks perfect but no motion is being detected for some reason.

limitlessent · Post by **limitlessent** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 1:55 am

well... I just walked all through the zone again and it does work but is just nowhere near as sensitive as the others (even though they're the same camera). I guess I just need to make it more sensitive.

It's a camera mounted about 15ft up that actually covers 2 windows (one on each side of a 6ft privacy fence) so it shoots downward to cover both windows but if you just walk near the edge of the house to one window it doesn't get you. You have to walk at least 4-5 feet out away from the house before it picks you up even though right at the house is in clear view. I'm assuming a sensitivity problem or something. I'll play with settings tomorrow... I don't like playing with zones at night.

Thanks everyone for the help... I guess it does work, just not quite like the other 7 cameras like it do.

Blazer · Post by **Blazer** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 4:50 am

Yeah sounds like you just need some tweaking like making the blob size smaller or alarmed pixels, whichever you are using.

limitlessent · Post by **limitlessent** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 5:06 am

currently using blob size... how far would you move it from default to start with?