Activity Zones are a great way to limit the number of motion detection alerts you receive from your camera inside and outside of your home. You’ll simply tap on the squares within your Motion Detection settings to exclude zones from triggering a motion event.

Supported Cameras

The following cameras support this functionality:

• Outdoor Camera Series 2

• Outdoor Camera

• Smart Alarm Wireless Indoor Security Camera

• Video Doorbell Pro

Setting Up Activity Zones

Activity Zones are managed under the Motion Detection menu, within the Camera Settings page of the SimpliSafe® Mobile App. You can follow these exact steps to navigate to that menu:

1. Open the SimpliSafe® App on your phone or tablet

2. Choose My System

3. Select Camera Settings

4. Tap on the supported camera from the list of available cameras

5. Choose Motion Detection

6. Scroll down to Activity Zone

7. Tap on the squares you wish to exclude from motion detection. The diagonal lines that appear over the square mean that motion will no longer be detected in that zone

1. Note: you can tap on the squares again to remove the exclusion

8. Choose SAVE in the upper right corner of the app to save your selections

Note: Video Doorbell Pro will ignore Activity Zones when All Motion is selected on the Motion Detection settings. You will need to choose People Only for Video Doorbell Pro in order for it to respect your Activity Zone exclusions.

Turning Off Activity Zones

If you ever need to turn off the Activity Zone exclusions, you can do so at any time from within the SimpliSafe® Mobile App.

1. Open the SimpliSafe® App on your phone or tablet

2. Choose My System

3. Select Camera Settings

4. Tap on the camera you wish to manage Activity Zones for

5. Select Motion Detection

6. Tap on the squares you wish to include in motion detection. The diagonal lines will disappear indicating that motion detection is now on for that zone

7. Choose SAVE in the upper right corner of the app to save your selections