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How the Pickup Cam monitors activity

The Pickup Cam monitors inside and around your truck bed for suspicious activity using a combination of motion and intrusion detection. This article details how the camera reacts to different activity.

Motion Detection

Walking around your vehicle, you should notice that the Pickup Cam shines a white light. This means that your radar is detecting movement around your truck bed. 

  • In daylight, a single LED serves as a deterrent by signaling that the vehicle is being monitored.

  • At night, the light bar fully illuminates like a flood light, improving the camera's visibility in the dark.

  • The range of motion detection is set by the size of your truck bed. If you are having issues with the white light not turning on, please try re-entering your bed dimensions via the recalibrate option in the Canopy app menu. 

Activity Detection

Next, try reaching into your truck bed. When the camera spots a person inside the truck bed, the light bar will shine RED. This sends an alert to your phone and a recording of the incident will be available in the Canopy app. The camera will only alert you of intrusion events.

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Tonneau Covers

Tonneau Covers are supported by the Canopy Device, but may impact how the device performs.

  • The Canopy Device specifically looks for intrusions inside the truck bed, and are visible to the camera.
  • Hands above the truck bed may not set off the red light or activity alerts, as the hand is not inside the detection zone.
  • If the tonneau cover is on, activity detection in the bed at the tailgate position may be impacted if the cover is blocking the line of sight to the camera.
  • If the tonneau cover is raised and blocking the camera, activity will not be detected as the camera's view is blocked.

How to Test Activity Detection

To properly test activity detection is working on your Canopy Device, follow these steps.

  • Place an item fully in your truck bed.
  • Walk 10 feet away from the truck bed, make sure the white LED on the device is off.
  • Walk up to your truck and remove the item from your truck bed. Be sure to fully reach into the bed. The white LED will turn on as you approach, while the red LED will turn on when removing the item.
  • Check your Canopy App to view the activity recorded.
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  • I'm just received my system for the BETA program.  Install was straight forward.  It took me a handful of times to get the hub to connect (Iphone 14 Pro) but once it did the connection is solid.  It would be great to have the option to get motion detection alerts.  Our truck is an F150 Lightning and on road trips we leave it on overnight so it can power our 12 fridge/freezer.  Since the truck is on the factory alarm system with motion detection is not active.  Having Canopy motion alerts would be great for our use.

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