I setting up my UM562 MMS camera to watch my RV out in the country. The RV is under an open sided shed and the camera will be focused mostly inside the shed onto the side of the RV. The camera will be in a security box and 11 feet above the concrete floor.

I can set up the cam for a 1, 2, or 3 shot photo burst, or video. Only the first photo will be emailed. Video is not emailed. When the email option is turned on the PIR does not turn back on for about 2 or 3 minutes after the trigger event. The length of time depends on whether 1, 2, or 3 pics are taken. Also, in 3 shot mode all three pics will be taken within 1.5 seconds after the trigger event, even at the 8mp setting.

This place is pretty isolated at the end of a county road and very few people come down the road. The gate to my place is padlocked with a no trespassing sign. Only 2 neighbors live on the road and they guard the road pretty zelously. All that means is I don't expect many trigger events.

I'm wondering what pic options to use. 1, 2, 3 shot? 1 minute, 2, 5, 10 minutes between PIR intervals? What resolution should I consider? The cam will do 3 mp, 5, or 8 mp. I want enough resolution to be able to identify an intruder. The resolution I use will affect the PIR interval. 3 shot mode, 8mp will take the longest before it is ready to take the next pic.

I'm leaning toward 1 shot mode, with 5mp and a 2 minute PIR interval. Such a short PIR interval could result in a LOT more emails than I desire under normal conditions. But I don't expect many trigger events from critters or wind.

Any suggestions? (I live a long way from the RV so gotta get the options right first time)

Mike

In my opinion, for surveillance, you would want as many shots as you could get of the intruder to help identify them. With that being said, you also want to make sure that you don't max out your SD card too quickly, since you mentioned you live so far away from the property.

Keep in mind, that even though pictures will not continue to send to your phone/email address during the transmission time, they will still store to the SD card, which means you can always review them later if someone does trespass and you need more shots.

A 2-3 minute interval seems a bit long to me, especially for security. Someone could be in and out within just a couple minutes, and you may not get many shots. Most of the pictures should transmit and be ready to send the next picture within 30 seconds to 1 minute in my experience.

The best option is to experiment a bit. Take your cell phone out with you to the property, set up the camera, and play around for awhile until you get some settings that seem to work. I may start with a 2 or 3 picture burst setting, and a 15-30 second interval just to see how that works out. I know if I was monitoring a property, I'd want to get as many pics as possible if there was an intruder. To help save space, you could set the camera to 5MP, which should still give you a nice quality shot.

Again, if you can, take it out and play with it for awhile. It's different for everyone it seems.

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