Automatically re-enable motion/actions after set time

ryan
ryan
edited September 2016 in SecuritySpy
Hi, I frequently run into situations where I want to disable motion/actions on a specific camera because there is going to be a lot of expected activity in that area, but still keep the continuous capture running. I usually use the web interface to turn those checkboxes off and then once back to normal activity I go and turn them back on. I'm wondering though if there is an option I'm missing for you to set a period of time and then it would automatically re-arm all modes for those cameras. Example: I disable motion/actions on camera 1 and have time delay set to 1 hour. After 1 hour it automatically re-arms motion/actions without having to go check the checkbox again (easy to forget).

I'm considering AppleScripting something, but would be great if I'm missing a built in feature such as this.

Cheers.

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  • Ben
    Ben
    Hi Ryan, there is no built-in feature to do this, but I think it's a good idea so we'll consider adding this in the future. For now an AppleScript would be the way to achieve what you want.
  • BrianM
    BrianM
    Ben: if I could make a suggestion here for automatic re-enable - having a "x number of hours/minutes" would be good, but also an ability to set Particular times where it would check (Like a morning "going to work time", going to bed, etc...) even if they are just markers on the schedule.
    This is how the ecobee thermostat works - if you make a change it'll stay that way until the set condition is met - I set mine to keep the change until the next schedule change - but it can also be set "until I change it" or "X hours" - it has another option "decide at time of change" but that could be hard to setup with 3rd party apps like are used on smart phones.
  • Ben
    Ben
    Hi Brian - this is similar to how the schedules in SecuritySpy work, whereby the manual input will take effect only until the next event in the schedule.

    So to achieve something like Ryan is describing, you could create a schedule where every hour there is a new time object that will arm the camera for the duration of the full hour. Set this schedule for motion capture, and when you want to disable it temporarily, simply disarm motion capture manually. At the stroke of the next hour, the schedule will kick in and re-arm the camera. I know it's a bit of a pain to set up such a schedule, but it should work well.
  • BrianM
    BrianM
    I had trouble with areas where I mostly want it to run constantly to have multiple "on" right beside each other - but that was an earlier version. So I'll try it again.
  • BrianM
    BrianM
    When I try to put in adjacent 'activation' times, it automatically groups them together into one big block.
    Only way to do it looks like is by having a 1 minute gap - this would mean the camera is not armed/active for that minute.
  • Ben
    Ben
    Hi Brian, my apologies, you are indeed correct, the schedule will automatically merge adjacent times so this method is not really suitable for achieving what is being discussed above.

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