How Motion Detection Works on Ring Floodlight Camera?

Every form of your Floodlight Cam’s operation can be managed by the Ring App. This post will show you the Floodlight Cam’s functions as well as how to motion detection works on Ring Floodlight Camera.

The lights on the Floodlight Cam will only switch on for motion events if it's dark, it does not detect every time. If lights are out and your lights aren't switching on you can set your motion sensitivity for activating the lights by selecting Light Settings in the Ring app.

Floodlight Cam will not always be activated at the time of Floodlights are released by motion. The Floodlight Cam is handled by passive infrared heat detection and has a radius of 270 degrees.

The camera unit on your Floodlight Cam reports you of movement among the camera’s field of view and has a range of 140 degrees. Accordingly, there will be times when something outside the range of the camera triggers the lights.

Note: You will not get any motion notification until you fixed at least one motion zone. Know the Motion Settings control how it works in your Ring App.

Here are Two Other Tools that can Help you Adjust the Number of Motion Notification you Get on Ring Floodlight Camera:

Motion Scheduling: The motion scheduling handle permits you to schedule coverage to stop receiving notification activated by a regular occurrence.

When you have a Motion Schedule working, you will be unable to switch on your Motion Alerts (throughout the time Motion Schedule put to turn them off). You will have to deactivate the Motion Schedule to allow the Motion Alerts for that time again.

This is literally for the notification. In case you fix a Motion Schedule, you will not get the notification under that time frame, although the Ring device will still record.

Furthermore, the floodlights are shared into three 90 degree zones that can be individually switched on or off and the distance modified to customize the area that will activate the lights to switch on.

The camera too can have its motion-detection area customized through the Ring App, and can cover up to three different zones. The mixture of these various customizable zones provides you complete control over the area you want to cover with your Floodlight Cam.

After knowing about how to motion detection works on Ring Floodlight Camera. It’s important to know the use of Motion zones with your powered Ring devices and it will help you to set up your Motion Zones and give you some tips in making them more effective.

Utilizing Motion Zones With Your Powered Ring Devices

Motion Zones permit you to define a specific area that you want your Ring device to cover at the time of ignoring everything outside that area.

Find below the utilizing Motion Zones with the following products:

Ring Video Doorbell Pro
Ring Video Doorbell Elite
Ring Spotlight Cam Mount/Wired
Ring Floodlight Cam
Stick Up Cam Wired
Stick Up Cam Elite
Ring Indoor Cam

Setting Up Ring Floodlight Camera Motion Range

These steps will help you to set up your Motion Zones for your Ring device.

Start the Ring application, and choose your Ring device.
Click on Motion Settings from the list of options at the bottom of the app.
Hit Motion Zones.
Touch Add a Motion Zone button.
You will find a colored box will display. Follow the on-screen instruction, and slide the points of the colored box to expand or contract the area you want to monitor.
When your Motion Zone is in location, confirm that the box marked "Active" is verified to keep your motion sensors enabled.
If you are happy with the placement, click on Save.
In any case, want to customize the name of your Motion Zone, tap the white box with the default name (either “Zone 1,” “Zone 2” or “Zone 3”), and type the new name in its field.
Click Save.

To create three customizable Motion Zones do the process again.