# OctoCam doesn't detect motion **URL:** \ **Category:** Raspberry Pi\ **Created:** [December 27, 2018, 5:06pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/octocam-doesnt-detect-motion/9454 "2018-12-27T17:06:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![drj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drj](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/drj)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2018, 5:06pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/octocam-doesnt-detect-motion/9454/1 "2018-12-27T17:06:09Z")
We’ve got the kit connected and can view the image streamed from the camera. We’ve checked all the settings in MotionEye to get it to take still images. But … no pictures are taken when there is motion in front of the OctoCam. Has anyone else had this problem? ---
**Author:** ![alphanumeric](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/alphanumeric/32/2729_2.png) [@alphanumeric](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/alphanumeric)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2018, 7:52pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/octocam-doesnt-detect-motion/9454/2 "2018-12-27T19:52:47Z")
Does that run Motion Eye OS? I’m running Motion Eye on several Pi’s here. I found it very finicky to setup. I either didn’t get a picture when I wanted one, or got a whole bunch taken one after the other. At present I Have the Motion disabled and just use them for streaming video. I had intentions of having another go at it as I wanted to take pictures on the birds in my feeders. Just never got back to it. I’ll see if I can find time to play around with one of mine over the weekend. Thats when I fill all my feeders. ---
**Author:** ![drj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drj](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/drj)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2018, 9:15pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/octocam-doesnt-detect-motion/9454/3 "2018-12-27T21:15:21Z")
Yes, I flashed MotionEyeOS onto the SD card, followed the instructions for getting the WiFi set up, and before long we had video streaming to a web browser. But that is as far as I got. I cannot get it to take a picture in response to motion. I even dismantled the kit and waved my hand over it to make sure the sensor wasn’t being obscured. The post I followed said that the default motion sensing settings would be adequate as a starting point, so I thought they should at least work some of the time. And then I couldn’t find any posts from other people struggling to configure them. So I was starting to wonder if the sensor is faulty. @alphanumeric I will try fiddling with the settings. ---
**Author:** ![drj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drj](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/drj)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2018, 9:43pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/octocam-doesnt-detect-motion/9454/4 "2018-12-27T21:43:08Z")
Yes, I had missed a setting! Under Still Images - Capture Mode = Motion Triggered. And now I have pictures! I have altered the settings a bit based on this post [https://github.com/ccrisan/motioneye/issues/743](https://github.com/ccrisan/motioneye/issues/743) and it’s now doing roughly what we need… ---
**Author:** ![alphanumeric](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/alphanumeric/32/2729_2.png) [@alphanumeric](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/alphanumeric)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2018, 9:46pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/octocam-doesnt-detect-motion/9454/5 "2018-12-27T21:46:42Z")
Good to hear. Its easy enough to miss something. There are a lot of them that I have no idea what they do. ---
**Author:** ![alphanumeric](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/alphanumeric/32/2729_2.png) [@alphanumeric](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/alphanumeric)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2018, 9:54pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/octocam-doesnt-detect-motion/9454/6 "2018-12-27T21:54:03Z")
It looks like its built on this, [https://motion-project.github.io/](https://motion-project.github.io/) ---
**Author:** ![drj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drj](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/drj)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2018, 11:00pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/octocam-doesnt-detect-motion/9454/7 "2018-12-27T23:00:09Z")
Thanks for the link and the responses :) ---
**Author:** ![alphanumeric](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/alphanumeric/32/2729_2.png) [@alphanumeric](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/alphanumeric)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2018, 11:10pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/octocam-doesnt-detect-motion/9454/8 "2018-12-27T23:10:10Z")
No problem, glad to help. I didn’t buy the actual octocam. I built a reasonable facsimile with stuff I had on hand. A Pi Zero is likely more than enough for taking stills. I found it struggled with streaming video though. My cameras are built around a 3B+, two 3B’s, and a 3A+. The 3B’s has been basically rock solid. The 3B+ and 3A+ not so much. The stream glitches and I’ve had to redo them once or twice. They stop connecting over WIFI. I “think” its a Motion Eye OS issue with the WIFI chip on the 3B+ and 3A+. Thats my gut feeling. I posted on his forum but got no response.