Motion camera and PIR
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2019 5:59 pmI have been toying with a motion sensor camera and Pi to activate my security light as it gets a lot of false activations mainly due to the new boiler exhaust.
I have a test setup with a pi and camera for a few days and the false activations seemed few until last night when it rained! So it looks like it will not work as well as I hoped.
I read that if I use a separate IR light and disable the onboard ones it should improve. That got me to thinking about using a PIR in series with the motion detector. Has anyone any experience with this? Will the IR light upset the PIR?
I have a test setup with a pi and camera for a few days and the false activations seemed few until last night when it rained! So it looks like it will not work as well as I hoped.
I read that if I use a separate IR light and disable the onboard ones it should improve. That got me to thinking about using a PIR in series with the motion detector. Has anyone any experience with this? Will the IR light upset the PIR?