Reply To: Reolink TrackMix WiFi 4K PTZ Wi-Fi 6 Dual-Lens Security Camera Recently purchased as it was on offer the Reolink TrackMix WiFi 4K PTZ Wi-Fi 6 Dual-Lens Security Camera to replace our ageing but very reliable Foscam FI9928P outdoor camera. A…

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Update on this as I was getting lots of false alarms at night, especially when it was raining.

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Every time it rained heavily or moths fluttered near the lens, my camera would flag a false event and trip the spotlight. It was constantly mistaking rain over my parked car as a “Vehicle” movement.

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I managed to resolve this by tweaking a setting called Alarm Delay (Settings > Detection Alarm > Alarm Delay).

By default, the AI reacts instantly and causes false triggers.

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Alarm Delay forces the camera to double-check that a shape is actually there for the nominated time (seconds) before triggering, since rain and insects fly past in a split second, this filters most of them out.

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I changed my Reolink Alarm Delay sliders to:

• • Person: 1 sec 
  • Animal: 2 sec 
  • Vehicle: 2 sec 

Tested the new settings in pouring rain and it is working well, my 24/7 timeline was completely clean and no false alerts. Definitely give this a go if you’re experiencing the same issues!

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