Does the camera have motion detection function?
These cameras cannot be activated by motion. By if your DVR has motion detection function, it does not matter what camera you use. You should be able to turn on the motion detection on your DVR or DVR Card software. Then whenever there is any movement captured by the camera it will trigger the recording. You should be able to see from the screen that it is recording on motion. Also you should be able to setup the pack time which decides how long it will record after motion recording is on.