Software Motion Sensor

HomeKit Secure Video requires a motion sensor to trigger recordings on the Home Hub (AppleTV, HomePod, etc). If a camera is not supported by a plugin, A software motion sensor can be used with the generic RTSP plugin to analyze the video for motion. Instructions are available below.

Plugin Setup

1. Install the RTSP/FFMpeg camera plugin.
2. Add and configure your camera.

• Configure all the RTSP streams, including the low resolution sub streams if they are available. Choose the appropriate stream for the various stream types in the Camera's Stream Management settings.

3. Install the OpenCV or PAM Diff Motion SensorPlugin.

• Do not install and enable both. Use only one per camera.
• Open CV yields better results, but uses more CPU.
• You can enable "Motion Detection Objects" (OpenCV only) to verify the motion sensor is working in the dashboard.

4. Install and Enable the HomeKit plugin on the camera. This should be the last step. Do not add the camera to HomeKit until the camera has a functional Software Motion sensor.