How To Set A People Counting Rule On An Amcrest Camera (IP4M-1066EW)

The people counting menu offers two methods for counting the number of people that enter a certain area; people counting, which provides an overlay and report of the number of people who have entered or exited the detection line and area people counting, which detects and provides an overlay of how many people entered a custom area of the live view screen.

Please make sure a microSD card is inserted into the camera to allow the camera to retain people counting reports. For more information on how to setup these rules please refer to the information provided below. 

Step 1: Open a web user interface (Web UI) of your device and log in. For more information on how to access the web UI, click here.

Step 2: Access the AI menu and click Please add a preset first. 

Step 3: Click Add Preset and set a preset for the rule if needed using the provided PTZ options. Double click the Name field and enter a name for the preset. Click Apply, then click OK. 

Step 4: Click +Preset and add the smart plan to the interface. Select the People Counting smart plan and click Next.

Step 5: Select the People Counting preset and click Add Rule and select People Counting.

Step 6: Select the detection line icon ( )and draw a people detection line, this will be the line people will cross to trigger the event. After drawing a detection line, select the area detection icon ( )and draw a detection area on the interface, this will be the area in which the people detection rule will apply. 

Step 7: Enter the people counting alarm thresholds, this will determine the number of people entering, exiting, or standing in the detection area before the people counting rule is triggered.

Note: To set the OSD information on the people counting overlay back to zero, click Reset. 

Step 5: Click Playback to retain reporting data to a microSD card. Select any additional options, such as a siren, which will allow the camera to produce an audible siren, or email to send a notification of the event to an entered email address. For more information on how to setup email alerts, click here. Click Apply when finished.