Motion detection by camera/frigate

[TawfikDaim]

• Motion detection at camera is over sensitive so I need to add masks to prevent false signals from area where motion is not necessarily important to track (e.g trees, outside streets), you want camera motion to be specific from region of interest you set (area not markerd)
• I can add motion mask to each camera specifically in frigate config, e.g.

   -  maindoor:
     ffmpeg:
       inputs:
         - path: rtsp://admin:Newipad1@192.168.1.103:554/Steaming/Channels/101
           roles:
             - rtmp
             - detect
     motion:
       mask:
         - 2373,0,1928,627,0,573,0,0 

This is better than adding motion mask outside all camera, as each camera will have different region of interest.

N.B. a better option was to use the person count as a trigger for automation but unfortnately this does only work when there is sufficient light conditions so it totally fails at night.

[TawfikDaim]

This automation is currently under testing to see if motion triggers will work. Ideally when a motion is detected it should send a whatsapp message.

alias: motion detected at main door by camera/frigate
description: ""
triggers:
  - trigger: state
    entity_id:
      - switch.maindoor_motion
    to: "on"
conditions: []
actions:
  - data:
      message: Motion detected at main door
      target: 120363318337012938@g.us
    action: notify.greenapi
mode: single