Why reolink argus 3 pro is a scam

[user_794435485679778_794435485679778]

Hello, I've recorded my phone screen to demonstrate why the Argus 3 Pro is a scam:
In this video, you'll see: The camera configuration set to maximum sensitivity with PIR detection ON.
The configuration where I've cleared all zone detections for each category.
Then, I start the live stream and walk through the field. The live stream detects me (person icon on the top right), and afterward, I refresh the recording repository 100 times to show that the camera didn't capture my walk.
I attempt a second walk, this time crossing the entire field in front of the camera. Once again, the live stream detects me (person icon on the top right), but the camera fails to record it!"

and here my config :

[joseph_1979]

@user_794435485679778_794435485679778 Detection depends on the PIR and not what you see in the live view. At max sensitivity, the PIR detects objects at around 8 to 10m. And this depends if crossing the FOV and the amount of IR generated by the object. This range is further reduced if ambient temperature is high.

[user_794435485679778_794435485679778]

@joseph_1979 come on man if the live stream can detect movement and can identify that is a person it has to be recoded that it!

[joseph_1979]

@user_794435485679778_794435485679778 Try to be within 6m and cross the FOV several times. Ensure you have an endurance type SD.

[user_893674837979346_893674837979346]

@user_794435485679778_794435485679778

Oh dear what has happened to these. Person smart detection worked perfectly on my Argus 2E with smart detection only (no annoying PIR only false detection). After the satisfactory experience of the Argus 2E I recently purchased several Argus 3 Pro (thinking this would be an upgrade) alas I seem to be experiencing all the same drawbacks you have explained in this thread!! Very frustrating! 

@Reolink when are you going to fix this?!? Wish I had just bought more Argus 2E now!

[joseph_1979]

@user_893674837979346_893674837979346 Submit your request to support @ reolink . com

[Crimp On_62210811129]

The enormous difference between line powered and battery powered cameras is the use of a Passive InfRed Sensor (PIR) module. (search Wikipedia for "passive infrared sensor")
Whereas the line powered camera can consume power to compare every pixel of the camera view from one frame to the next and count the number of pixels that have changed, battery powered cameras are in a "semi-idle" state waiting for the PIR sensor to detect enough change in the infrared picture to signal "movement". That is the only way to make the battery last any length of time at all.

When the camera is in Live View (or when playing a recorded motion video) it can use the "feature" to draw a box around objects (cars, people, pets). I tested this just now on an Argus 3 Pro which did not have the feature enabled. It had recorded very few videos so far today (the sensitivity was set at 80). As is typical of PIR cameras, moving cars were often almost "out of view" before the camera began recording. (Remember, line powered RLC cameras typically begin the recording 5 seconds before the object even appears. That is because they are constantly recording a 'loop' and can 'back up' to start recording before motion was detected.) Once I enabled the motion detection feature on the Argus 3 Pro and played back the same recordings, NOW those goofy boxes appear around things.

My disappointment with Reolink's motion boxes is that they appear around objects that are not moving at all. i.e. every automobile in the picture has a box around it, even though all but one are parked and not moving.

My sense is:

• PIR determines "motion" and starts recording
• The "motion boxes" are part of the viewing process, either Live or Playback.

[user_794435485679778_794435485679778]

@crimp-on_62210811129 Oh, setting up this $100 camera feels like unraveling the mysteries of the universe just to achieve the basic task it was supposed to do: detect movement and hit record. PhD-level research in frustration, indeed.