Using light settings for Ring security cameras
You can customize your Ring camera’s light and motion settings to meet your needs. Use the Ring app to adjust brightness, modify motion sensitivity, set up specific zones where motion will activate the lights, and create schedules.
Note: You can turn the lights on or off manually on your Ring camera.
Follow these steps to turn the lights on or off:
Open the Ring app to the main dashboard.
Tap more (•••) on the camera you want to access.
- Tap the lightbulb icon to turn the lights on or off.
Adjusting light settings
To adjust motion and light settings, follow these steps in the Ring app:
Open the Ring app to the main dashboard.
Tap more (•••) on the camera you want to access.
Tap your device's Settings.
- TapLight Settings.
- Choose the function that you wish to adjust:
- Motion-Activated Lights: Toggle the switch to enable or disable automatic light activation when motion is detected at night. When enabled, the lights will turn on when motion is detected.Note:You can use theto trigger the lights when motion is detected (e.g., a motion at my front doorbell triggers the light on the garage Floodlight Cam).
- Automatic Shut-off Timer: Tap to select the length of time (from 30 seconds to 15 minutes) that the lights will remain on when motion is detected.
- Motion Zones for Lights: Tap ON or OFF on each pre-set zone to customize areas where motion triggers the lights to turn on.
- Light Sensitivity: Use a slider to adjust the distance at which your lights will detect motion.
- Light Brightness: Use a slider to adjust the brightness of your Ring camera (Floodlight and Spotlight Cam Plus and Pro only).
Creating, editing, and deleting light schedules
Set certain times and days when you want your Ring device's lights to turn on or off. This feature is available for Spotlight Cams and Floodlight Cams.
To create a light schedule :
Open the Ring app to the main dashboard.
Tap more (•••) on the camera you want to access.
Tap your device's Settings.
- TapLight Settings.
- TapLight Schedules,then tap theAdd schedulebutton and create a schedule name.
- Under Controls, tapLightsand selectKeep Lights OnorKeep Lights Off.
- TapStartto enter a start time then selectStart at Dusk, Offsetto chose from the list of start times, or SelectStart at Custom Timeto specify a start time.
- TapEndto choose an end time.
- Select the days of the week for the light schedule to be active.
- TapSave Schedule.
To edit or delete a light schedule:
Open the Ring app to the main dashboard.
Tap more (•••) on the camera you want to access.
Tap your device's Settings.
- TapLight Settings.
- To edit existing light schedules:Tap an existing schedule and make desired adjustments. TapSavein the upper right corner.
- To delete a light schedule:Tap an existing custom schedule, then selectRemove this Scheduleand tap theRemove schedulebutton.
- You can turn a light schedule on or off by tapping the switch next to the desired schedule.