The camera comes with three night vision modes, it features an IR mode, which allows the camera to use IR LEDs to see at night, a white light mode, which allows the camera to use white light LEDs to achieve color night vision, and a smart illumination mode, which allows the camera to use IR LED to see at night. For more information on how to switch night vision modes, please refer to the information provided below.
Step 1:Log in to the web user interface (web UI) for your camera. For more information on how to access the web UI for your camera click here.
Step 2: Navigate to Settings>>Camera>>Camera Settings and click the Adjustment tab to locate the Night Vision menu.
Step 3: Select a night vision mode. By default, the camera will be set to Smart Illumination Mode. Smart illumination will have the IR LEDs illuminate at night, however, will flash white light LEDs once a motion even is detected.
Select a different night vision setting, such as IR Mode (activates IR LEDs for B/W night vision) or White Light and click Apply. To schedule a night vision mode, click Schedule and click the Setting option in the Schedule field. To set a schedule use your mouse to adjust the time settings in the interface.
A schedule can only be applied to either White Light Mode or IR Mode, it does not apply to Smart Illumination mode. For instance, if you only want white light mode to apply between 6pm and 6am, select the white light mode option and use your mouse to set it from 18 - 6, click Copy to apply the schedule to other days of the week. Click OK to save the schedule.