Add "Motion Sensor Daisy-Chaining" to cameras; add stand alone motion sensors with push notification

[Aaron]

I would like to be able to link two or more cameras together so that if any of them detected motion, they would all start recording.

A further upgrade to this feature would be for Reolink to release some stand-alone motion sensors that can expand the range and improve the quality of motion detection. Here's an example by Swann: https://us.swann .com/swifi-motion/ (I broke the link with a space after swann)

If Reolink had this kind of daisy-chaining and a stand alone sensor that could be chained to an existing camera, then our (especially wifi) cameras could potentially start recording earlier and not miss most or all of the subject if it moves past the camera too quickly.

[Reolink Fiona]

@aaron Thank you for your suggestion. I will forward your request to the team.

[Aaron]

@reolink-fiona Great!

This would be especially useful for wifi cameras that don't react right away. I can imagine setting up a second sensor around a corner, or at the end of my driveway, etc., that would ping the camera to turn on before the subject reached the camera's main sensor, so you don't miss the event.

[gc5lear_497121108906155]

@aaron this would be great, another thing that would be useful along these lines is a combined alert and/or alert suppression with degrees of severity. So say one camera detected motion for 1 second in a small portion of the detection area, this could be a low severity alert, whereas if 3 cameras all triggered for 5 seconds combined that could generate a high severity alert.

[Aaron]

@aaron this would be great, another thing that would be useful along these lines is a combined alert and/or alert suppression with degrees of severity. So say one camera detected motion for 1 second in a small portion of the detection area, this could be a low severity alert, whereas if 3 cameras all triggered for 5 seconds combined that could generate a high severity alert.

There is a dual tech PIR sensor available that uses a standard PIR alongside a microwave sensor of some kind. I think these may be much more expensive though, and would require new hardware, but they would reduce false positives.

Daisy chaining sensors would allow your camera to "see" around corners, bushes, trees, etc., increasing the detection range and speed, but could also add more false positives. I feel that a few false positives aren't too bad, as long as the camera is able to record the events on time and doesn't miss a subject walking past the camera.