About Motion Events

Standard Motion Events

A motion event will occur when the system detects movement in the video (using either camera-based motion detection or server-based motion detection). When this happens, the software marks the event on the Timeline Bar with a red bar. This bar will remain on the Timeline Bar as long as the motion continues.

• The Previous Motion Event and Next Motion Event playback controls allow you to jump backward and forward from one motion event to the next. (This includes both standard and Smart Search motion events.)
• When a Player is in full-screen mode, the motion events for that Player are the only motion events displayed on the Timeline Bar.
• During an in-cell search, the in-cell search Timeline Bar displays motion events for that Player only; the main Timeline Bar displays motion events for all of the Players still linked to the main Timeline Bar.

*By default, motion detection is enabled for all cameras. However, your system administrator may have altered or disabled motion detection for cameras on your system.

Smart Search Motion Events

A Smart Search motion event will occur when motion is detected within a motion filter region on a Player configured for Smart Search. When this happens, the software marks the event with a colored bar at the top of the Timeline Bar. This bar will remain on the Timeline Bar as long as the motion continues. Smart Search motion events will appear in the appropriate theme color: blue for a Recorder with a Trial license, purple for a Recorder with a Fusion license, and pink for a Recorder with a Hybrid license. (Motion that is detected outside of the motion filter region on that Player will be considered a standard motion event and will be marked in red at the bottom of the Timeline Bar.)

Smart Search is fully supported on cameras using server-side motion detection. Beginning in Orchid Recorder versions 24.6 and greater, Smart Search is also supported on cameras using camera-side motion detection, but only on more recent camera models that emit motion region information. (These recent cameras include models from Axis, Hanwha, Bosch, i-PRO, and others.)

• The Previous Motion Event and Next Motion Event playback controls allow you to jump backward and forward from one motion event to the next on the main Timeline Bar. (This includes both standard and Smart Search motion events.)
• When a Player is in full-screen mode and it has one or more Smart Search motion filter regions set, the Smart Search motion events for that Player are the only motion events displayed on the Timeline Bar.
• During an in-cell search, if the Player has one or more Smart Search motion filter regions set, the in-cell search Timeline Bar displays Smart Search motion events only (for the selected Player only); the main Timeline Bar displays motion events for all of the Players still linked to the main Timeline Bar.