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Example of setting up motion detection by email on Dahua cameras

Open the camera's web interface with administrator rights.

Go to the settings section Setting > Network > SMTP (Email)

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Specify the connection details – SMTP server, Port, Sender and Mail Receiver. The last 2 must match. If authorization is enabled in the SMTP server settings, specify the username and password.

Click Test. If everything is correct, you'll see a message that it was sent successfully Succeed, and in the yucca logs a message about the created event:

Event annotation created, stream_id: 10

And a yellow marker will appear in the corresponding camera's progress bar.

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Next, you need to enable motion detection itself. Go to the settings section Setting > Event > Video Detection > Motion Detection. Enable the feature in the enable option, and set the notification type to Send Email.

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In the same tab, in the Area field, by clicking the Setting button, you can mark the area where motion detection is needed, as well as set the sensitivity level.

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