How to use the Detection function of MERCUSYS cameras

This article will introduce how to set up the Detection function on the Mercusys cameras, and with these settings, the camera will detect the events and record them for you to view.

Note: Different Mercusys cameras support different Detection features.

For Mercusys Cameras

1. On the Home page of the Mercusys app, tap the Mercusys camera model card to enter the Live View page, and tap the icon at the top right corner to go to the Device Settings page.

2. Go to the Detection card and then enable the Detection features as per your desire.

3. Adjust Detection settings.

a. You can tap Motion Tracking to turn it on or off.

Note: Some models do not have this feature.

b. Turn specific types of detection on or off and adjust the sensitivity.

For example, you can enable/disable the Motion Detection feature, set the Motion Sensitivity, and adjust/Add/Remove the Activity Zones.

Note: The Activity Zones work only for the Motion Detection feature.

4. After you configured the Detection feature, the video clips of the detected events will be uploaded to the cloud server if the cameras have subscribed to the Mercusys Care service, and you can watch the video clips on the camera’s Live View > Playback & Download page.

If you want to save the video clips of the detected events to the microSD card inserted into the camera, check the following settings:

1. Go to the Storage & Recording page to ensure the microSD Card Recording is enabled.

2. Click on Recording Schedule if you want to set the schedule to continuous recording, detection recording, or not recording.

3. Enable the Record Audio if you want the camera to record sound.

4. Go to the camera’s Live View > Playback & Download > Playback page to watch the video clips saved to the microSD card.