--- title: TP Link - Tapo - How to reduce motion detections from rain, snow or insects,etc description: Using the motion detection feature on an outdoor camera, you may receive many unwanted notifications and recordings from rain, snow, or insects. This is more likely to happen when the camera is in night vision mode with the IR light on --- [Skip to content](https://knowledge.ic.plus/tp-link-tapo-how-to-reduce-motion-detections-from-rain-snow-or-insects#main-content) [Need Further Help? 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This is more likely to happen when the camera is in night vision mode with the IR light on **Tapo C100, Tapo C110, Tapo C200, Tapo C210, Tapo C210P2, Tapo C310, Tapo C320WS, Tapo C420, Tapo C420S2** Motion detection, as its name implies, will detect most movements from all kinds of objects, not just the human body.   **How does motion detection work?** Before trying to reduce unwanted detections, we need to know how camera motion detection works. The basic camera's detection mechanism is based on image changes between different frames. The frame is one of the many still images which compose the complete moving picture. If there is a difference between the frames, the camera will recognize it as a motion detected. When it rains, the raindrops will cause a significant change in the image, therefore this kind of detection cannot be avoided. **Tips to reduce other detections：** **1. Enable Person Detection** If your purpose is only to detect people, you may use the Person Detection in the camera settings and turn off the basic motion detection. Person Detection is a feature that uses an algorithm to filter the detection and only reports when it detects a human body. This way, only a moving human will trigger detection events. To enable the person detection on Tapo Camera, you may go to **Camera Settings**-\>**Detection & Alerts** -\> **AI Detection** ![](https://knowledge.ic.plus/hubfs/undefined-May-02-2023-01-44-36-8906-PM.png) **2. Adjust detection zone and sensitivity** Based on your use conditions, adjusting the detection zone and sensitivity may help reduce too many detections. 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