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Configurable Time for Recording length following Detection of Movement or Person (C510W)

 
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Configurable Time for Recording length following Detection of Movement or Person (C510W)

Configurable Time for Recording length following Detection of Movement or Person (C510W)
Configurable Time for Recording length following Detection of Movement or Person (C510W)
Friday
Model: Tapo C510W  
Hardware Version:
Firmware Version: 1.2.3

It would be useful to have the length of time the camera records after a detection configurable.

 

At the moment if a car drives into my driveway the camera will record the event and follow the car away from the camera's "home" position.

If the car sits in another part of my property for several minutes the camera will no longer detect movement and return to its home position.

At this point the car and person in it are outside the field of view because the camera has already stopped recording and returned to its home position. 

So that I can see if said person exits the car and then smashes in my front door, I would like to be able to capture such an event. This could be achieved by allowing me to configure the length of time the camera records after the initial detection without the camera returning to the home position.

 

So, to achieve this two things are required:-

1. The time for continued recording after a movement detection should be able to be configured.

2. If the time above is configured then the camera should stay in the same position (unless it's tracking movement away from the current field of view) for this length of time without returning to the home positon.

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Re:Configurable Time for Recording length following Detection of Movement or Person (C510W)
Monday

  @AABBCC_CCBBAA 

Hi,
From your description, it seems you need the feature to be able to set how long the camera will return to its home position after tracking. 
If I misunderstand your request, please feel free to let me know.
Best Regards

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Re:Configurable Time for Recording length following Detection of Movement or Person (C510W)
Monday

  @Solla-topee 

Well if the camera didn't return to the home position immediately but the camera was no longer recording, this would be of no use since the recording would have stopped.

 

The recording must continue for a time after the loss of detection of movement AND the camera must maintain its last position for the set period of time before returning to the 'Home' position.

 

I hope that helps but if you need further clarification then please let me know.

 

 

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Re:Configurable Time for Recording length following Detection of Movement or Person (C510W)
Tuesday

  @AABBCC_CCBBAA 

Hi, 
The camera's recording settings have nothing to do with the feature to set how long the camera will return to its home position after tracking. 

 

1) If you have inserted an SD card into the camera and set it to record video continuously, the camera will record videos all the time.
How can I view continuous recordings of Tapo cameras on the Tapo app?
 

2) If you set the camera to record only when it detects events, it will record even if it rotates to another viewpoint and detects events.
Where can I find detection recordings of Tapo cameras on the Tapo app?
 

Best Regards

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Re:Configurable Time for Recording length following Detection of Movement or Person (C510W)
Tuesday

  @Solla-topee 

 

Hi,

My situation is more like what you described in #2.

My camera is set to record People and Motion.

A car drives into my driveway and the camera records and tracks the vehicle away from its 'home view'. The car stops. There is no further movement from the car and so the camera stops recording and returns to its home position. 

Meanwhile someone can exit the car, wander around and because the vehicle and person is no longer in the field of view, the camera cannot see what is happening and anything that person is doing is missed.

If there was a time configurable before the camera stops recording or returns to the home position, a longer recording could be taken of the static vehicle.

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Re:Configurable Time for Recording length following Detection of Movement or Person (C510W)
Yesterday

  @AABBCC_CCBBAA 

Hi,
Thank you again for sharing the usage scenario, I'll log the feature request and forward it to the relevant team to evaluate.
Best Regards

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