How to Set Up Your Scout Standalone DVR For Motion Detection Recording

The Scout line of H.264 realtime standalone surveillance DVR systems are incredibly powerful and offer quite a bit of bang for the buck. Below you will find instructions on how to set the several parameters for motion detection activated recording on your Scout DVR system.

This How to article applies to the Scout 4 Channel DVR system, Scout 8 Channel DVR System and the Scout 16 Channel DVR System.

Right-click to display the main menu on your Scout DVR system, and select “ADVANCE CONFIG”  >  “DETECTION”.

1)  LS (Level of Sensitivity)

 “LS” is to set the sensitivity of comparing two different images. The smaller the value is, the higher sensitivity for motion detection. The highest sensitivity setting is 00, and the lowest sensitivity setting is 15. The default value is 07.

2)  SS (Spatial Sensitivity)

Note: The default setting of SS is 03, which means once an object is detected more than 3 grids, the system will get triggered. So the value of SS must beless than the number of grids that you set up for the motion detection area.The highest sensitivity setting is 00, and the lowest sensitivity setting is 15. The default setting is 03.

 “SS” is to set the sensitivity for detecting the size of one object (the number of the grids) on the screen. The smaller the value is, the higher sensitivity for motion detection.

3)  TS (Time of Sensitivity)

 “TS” is to set the sensitivity regarding how long one object stays in the detection area and triggers the recording. The smaller the value is, the higher sensitivity for motion detection.

The highest sensitivity setting is 00, and the lowest sensitivity setting is 15. The default setting is 02.

4)  DET

 Select if you want to activate the motion detection function for the selected channel (ON/OFF).

5)  ALARM

 Select N.C./ N.O depending on your installation need. The default alarm value is OFF.

6)  AREA

 Click “EDIT” to set the motion detection area.

There are 16 × 12 grids per camera for all channels. Pink blocks represent the area that is not being detected while the transparent blocks are the area under detection.