Ring Outdoor Cam mounted to the exterior of a home.

Understanding Outdoor Cam and Stick Up Cam light patterns

The light patterns will display below the camera lens for Stick Up Cam (3rd Gen) Battery, Plug-In, and Solar (third generation) and above the camera lens for all other generations. All camera models show the same light patterns unless stated otherwise. Light patterns shown in the chart below may be different if your security camera is offline. Learn how to reconnect your camera to wifi in the Ring app.

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Activity
Flashing Light Pattern
Flashing Light Image
Camera is idle
LEDs off.
Outdoor Cam Pro in Idle mode with no lights showing.

Camera is in Setup mode
Blue light flashing slowly.
Outdoor Cam Pro in setup mode with blue LED light flashing slowly.

Camera is starting up
Solid blue light until boot-up is complete.
Ring Outdoor Cam Pro in provisioning, showing a solid blue light until boot-up is complete.

Firmware update in progress
Blue light flashing twice, then staying on for two seconds.
Outdoor Cam Pro during firmware updates with blue light flashing twice, then staying on for two seconds.

Camera is recording
Solid blue light.
Outdoor Cam Pro during a recording event, showing a solid blue light.

Two-way talk/speaker enabled
Blue light pulsing.
Outdoor Cam Pro while the speaker is enabled showing a blue LED light pulsing.

The siren is activated
Alternating red and blue light, flashing quickly.
Outdoor Cam Pro during alarm activation, the siren is activated showing an alternating red and blue light, flashing quickly.

Setup is successful
Blue light is solid for five seconds.
Outdoor Cam Pro after a successful setup, blue light is solid for five seconds.

Setup failed
The camera could not connect to the home wifi network
due to wifi password being entered incorrectly.
Red light is turning on and off.
Outdoor Cam Pro, failed WiFi password entry during setup, LED light is red, turning on and off.

Setup failed
The camera could not connect to the home wifi network. Common causes include distance or special characters in the wifi name.
Green light is flashing for 3 minutes.
Stick Up Cam (3rd Gen)
Battery, Plug-In, or Solar
Animation of Outdoor Cam Pro with flashing green led light indicating a failed setup.

Setup failed
The camera could not connect to the home wifi network. Common causes include distance or special characters in the wifi name.
Blue light is flashing for 3 minutes.
Stick Up Cam Wired and Elite
Animation of Stick Up Cam blue light flashing; setup failed light pattern.

Setup failed
The camera failed to connect to wifi.
Alternating red light and blue light flashing slowly.
Animation of Outdoor Cam alternating red and blue light, flashing quickly; setup failed for other reasons

Factory reset
Red light flashing quickly for five seconds then turning solid.
Animation of Outdoor Cam  red light flashing then solid; factory reset light pattern.

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