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# Motion Detection

Axis cameras can do motion detection on the camera itself and inform IDCamPro about this.

For this to work, Axis camera must be configured as follows

### Setup Motion Detection

* *AXIS Video Motion Detection* application must be enabled and running. Make sure of this by going to *Settings* - *Apps* - *AXIS Video Motion Detection*
* Setup the app according to your needs in terms of sensitivity and regions of interest. The manual for your camera will guide you on this.

### Setup Rules to alert IDCamPro

Axis camera needs to send a trigger to IDcamPro via network. This is done by creating rules on the camera.

* Go to *Settings* - *System* - *Events*
* Create a new rule that is triggered by *Motion Detection*
* Action must be created to connect to IDCamPro on the IP address of IDCamPro laptop and port 8889
* The text to send to IDCamPro must be "*motion*" without parantheses

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IDCamPro also has its own built-in motion detection that works without any camera-side configuration - see [Motion Detection](/dbnetsoft/idcampro/configuration/cameras/motion-detection.md). The two are independent; use whichever suits the camera, usually not both at once.
{% endhint %}