Motion detection WVC54GCA setting custom area.

Now onto the next issue with the WVC54GCA.
When setting up the E-mail and configuring the motion detection with a minimum time between motions at 5 minutes I still get more then 100 mails a day.
IMO setting the custom area is not functioning. It just keeps detecting everything in the full window.
Does anybody know a solution or is it just this bad?
If so is there any new firmware coming out, or do we get a change to fiddle with it ourselves, by opening up telnet or any other way?
(Just wished I know the root password )
From the 100 mails are atleast 75 false. If I could bring that back to 20 or less it would be acceptable for me, but this is too much.
Maurice

great_white wrote:
You can check for the firmware on www.linksys.com/downloads.Try to reflash the firmware on the camera,reset the camera and reconfigure it from the scratch.
Sorry I should have said I have the newest firmware although you could have guessed, because I was asking for an update.
Maurice

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