Is MOTION detection from IP CAM good to replace IR on alarm

Hi ,

I have many IP CAMS connected to some NVRs.

Is it a good thing to use relays from the NVR and use motion detection to activate a zone on a alarm panel ?

No more of using IR detector in that case or it still better using IR .

Thanks for your advise !

Short answer-No, don't use camera motion to trigger an alarm zone on an alarm panel.

Long answer- Motion detection on cameras generally returns too many false positives...i.e it is not designed for intrusion detection and will likely cause nuisance alarms for you. I would recommend sticking with dedicated intrusion detection devices (IR or better yet a dual technology that uses 2 forms of detection (IR/Micro) to keep false alarms at a minimum.

If your intent is to integrate the cameras with your alarm system as a non-alarm event...such as just turning on a light with the motion alarm input from the DVR/NVR then that would be a more reasonable scenario utilizing the DVR/NVR as a trigger.

Hope that helps.

Jesse

Thanks for your input !