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Why is motion not being detected?

me common reasons motion sensors may not be working properly.

Updated over a week ago

Why is motion not being detected in the Live View?

  • Motion detection was just turned on.

    • It can take 2-5 minutes from when Motion Detection is turned on before motion starts being detected.

  • Your mobile may have lost its data connection.

    • The graph may stop being drawn if the connection drops temporarily.

    • Close the HomePass app, check your connection and reopen the app.

  • You may not have enough devices and/or SuperPods currently being used to detect motion.

    • Even though you may seem to have enough devices available in the Sense Devices list, not all of them are considered suitable.

    • Devices are disabled for motion detection if they go into power-saving mode or they are connected to a channel experiencing high interference, but will still appear selected in the list.

    • Choose other devices for motion detection, you haven't already.

    • If possible, disable power-saving features on the devices.

Why do I have poor motion detection coverage?

  • You may not have enough devices and/or SuperPods currently being used to detect motion.

    • Even though you may seem to have enough devices available in the Sense Devices list, not all of them are considered suitable.

    • Devices are disabled for motion detection if they go into a power-saving mode or they are connected to a channel experiencing high interference, but will still appear selected in the list.

    • Choose other devices for motion detection, you haven't already.

    • If possible, disable power-saving features on the devices.

    • For single SuperPod setups, adding additional Wi-Fi-connected SuperPods will help.

    • We recommend assigning a device to rooms to improve the accuracy of motion detection

  • Motion detection sensitivity may be set too low.

    • Turning up the sensitivity may help with motion coverage.

  • All of your Sense devices are clustered around the same or just a few SuperPods. This will particularly impact networks that only have Ethernet-connected SuperPods.

    • If all the devices being used for motion detection are very close to the same SuperPod (example: all in the same entertainment unit or room), motion detection will be limited to that area.

    • You can choose the devices available for motion detection in such a way that improves coverage, add WiFi devices or re-position select devices so they are not so close to the SuperPods.

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