Help with Frigate motion + zones

Configuration
1

Hi all,
I have a camera in my garage that should only trigger motion or detect a person outside the door boundaries. (basically in the garage and not in the corridor)
I have created first a mask and I noticed that HA still triggers as motion and detection whenever somebody passes in the corridor (does not enter the garage), then I have created on top of the mask a zone, to include all garage with the exception of the door, however the problem still remains.

I am not sure what I am doing wrong, can I have some help if possible.

Frigate config for that camera:

Garage:
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        #LOW RESOLUTION
      - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/Garage_Sub
        input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
        roles:
        - detect
        #HIGH RESOLUTION
      - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/Garage_Main
        input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
        roles:
        - record
    live:
      stream_name: Garage_Sub
    detect:
      width: 896
      height: 512
      fps: 5
    snapshots:
      enabled: true
    record:
      enabled: true
      retain:
        days: 7
        mode: motion #all = 24/7, motion = when there is motion, active_objects = verified detected objects
      events:
        retain:
          default: 14
          mode: active_objects #all = 24/7, motion = when there is motion, active_objects = verified detected objects
        required_zones:
          - garage_all_except_corridor


    motion:
      threshold: 20
      lightning_threshold: 0.8
      contour_area: 10
      frame_alpha: 0.01
      mqtt_off_delay: 10
      improve_contrast: True
      mask:
        - 428,0,778,0,741,338,612,293,628,338,418,279
    zones:
      garage_all_except_corridor:
        coordinates: 0,0,311,0,368,266,745,367,764,0,896,0,896,512,426,512,424,406,0,412
        objects:
          - person
        filters:
          person:
            min_area: 7500
            max_area: 85000
            min_score: 0.7
            threshold: 0.75


    
    objects:
      track:
      - person
      filters:
        person:
          min_area: 7500
          max_area: 85000
          min_score: 0.7
          threshold: 0.75
    ui:
      order: 6
      dashboard: true

Home assistant detection
garage_ha

Frigate zone

garage_zone
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Frigate motion mask

garage_mask
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2

I would suggest:

  1. remove the motion mask, they are not meant to be used in this way
  2. add required_zones to snapshots as well, like the docs show Zones | Frigate
3

Thanks. I just did that, but unfortunatly still NOK.

I have added a picture with the debugging of frigate where I have a person standing in the corridor and still triggers motion in HA :frowning:

garage_zone_detected
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4

why is it a problem if motion is triggered in HA

5

that shouldn’t matter, you should be going off of the object detected in zones sensors for automation or using the HA notification blueprint if you are using this for notifications

6

Damn, I never realised that when I create a zone in frigate, a new object is created in home assistant dedicated to that zone.

Your last comment @crzynik made me think about that possibility. So I restarted the integration of frigate and there it was a new object dedicated to my zone.
If I use this new object, it works perfectly as I want.

Many thanks for your assistance!

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