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[litewait]

I want to be able to turn on motion detection when I leave the house and stop it when I get home.  I don't see an easy way to do this.

Another option is having a very specific schedule instead of a simple schedule list the web admin has. 

What are my options here?

[JavaLawyer]

If you maintain a predictable travel schedule, then disabling motion detection on-a-schedule is the easiest option to implement and maintain.

[britinva]

Look into iSpy Connect - can set a schedule and only capture images/video on motion during monitoring periods.

[kobodera]

When I first got my DCS-932L cameras the firmware was very basic. There were no schedule at all.

So I created my own, fairly rudimentary, program that had a schedule functionality. I had to create camera definition files by hand (textfile in a specific format) which looked like this

//Camera 1. This camera start motion detection each weekday at 7:30 and stops at 16:30. During weekdays
//          detection mails will be sent to mymail@mymail.com. Mondays enable motion detection from
//          midnight to 05:00 and will send those mails to myothermail@mymail.com
//       Wednesdays enable motion detection from 16:30 to 20:00. Mails will be sent to the last address registered.
//          Weekends have not been mentioned which means that the program will not make any changes to
//          those days. If the camera motion detection is active it will remain so, if not then not.
Camera;192.168.0.2;admin;myPass
Info;Livingroom
Video;mjpeg.cgi
Schedule;Weekdays;7:30;Enable;mymail@mymail.com
Schedule;Weekdays;16:30;Disable
Schedule;Monday;00:00;Enable;myothermail@mymail.com
Schedule;Monday;05:00;Disable
Schedule;Wednesday;16:30;Enable;
Schedule;Wednesday;20:00;Disable;

Fairly simple, yet quite powerful in its own way. I could turn the motion detection on and off multiple time each day, and the program allowed me to load different camera files so I could basicly set up a number of different schedules in different files and load the one I needed currently. (but only one of those definition files running at a time). It required a computer to be up and running the program thought.

The program also had a couple of simple Turn motion detection on/off buttons.

So basicly exactly what you are looking for...

I made it for firmware version... oh... 1.5 I think it was... way back anyway... and I have not updated it since, so I don't think it will work with the current firmware.