How to Set up Siren for Your Camera

To enhance your security system, it's essential to configure the siren for your camera. The siren will sound an alarm whenever motion is detected, providing an immediate alert to potential intrusions. Below are the various methods to configure the siren effectively.

• Via Reolink App

  Notes: For cameras Argus 2, Argus Pro, Argus Eco, and Argus 2E, you can only enable the siren, there are no settings for pre-alarm, sound test, and siren schedule.

  Here is a video for your reference:

  1. Pre-Alarm Sound 

  When motion is detected, you will hear the pre-alarm sound from the camera, indicating the camera is determining the motion. The pre-alarm may last 3 seconds.

  Note: Once enabled, the pre-alarm sound will trigger whenever motion is detected, while the siren will only activate based on your chosen detection type. Therefore, you might hear the pre-alarm sound without the siren.

  Step 1. Launch the Reolink App, tap the Gear icon to go to the Device Settings page of the camera, and tap Siren under Notification settings.

  

  Step 2. Enable Siren and Pre-Alarm Sound. Then tap Sound Test to test whether you could hear a sound from the camera.

  

  2. Customize Siren Sound

  Step 1. Enable Siren and go to Siren Sound. You can select the Default sounds as the siren alarm. If you want to customize the sound alarm, choose Custom sounds.

  

  Step 2. Tap the Start button to start recording your siren sound. And tap the Stop button to end the recording. The sound couldn't be longer than 5 seconds.

  

  Step 3. You can tap Re-record to re-record the audio or tap Sound Test to play the audio that you just recorded. Tap Apply if you are satisfied with the recording sound. 

  

  Done! Now you could use your personal siren sound.

  3. Set up Siren Schedule

  You can set up a siren schedule for the camera to make it just ring at a certain time.

  Step1. Tap Schedule and choose the Detection Type for the siren alarm. Note: The detection type varies from camera models.

  

  Step2. Tap the blue bar to set a specific time in a day that you want to enable or disable the siren alarms, and you can copy the same settings to other days. Then go back to the previous page and tap Save in the top right corner to save your configurations.

  

• Via Reolink Client

  Step 1. Please launch Reolink Client and connect the camera, then go to Camera Settings > Surveillance > Siren. Turn on the siren option.

  

  Step 2. For a camera with smart detection, you can set a schedule and select the detection types (which vary from camera model) to determine when and what kind of motions the camera detects could trigger the siren to go off.

  

  

• Via Reolink Web browser

  Applies to: Which Cameras/NVRs/Home Hub Can be Accessed via Web Browsers

  Step 1. Log in to your camera via Web Browsers. Click the gear icon on the top right to get to the device settings page.

  

  

  Step 2. Click Surveillance > Siren. Toggle the switch to turn it on first. 

  

  Step 3. Choose the detection type you want and fill the grids in blue to enable the schedule. One grid means an hour. Click Save to save the configurations. 

  

  If the web interface of your device is an old version, you can refer to the steps below. 

  Step 1. Log in to your camera via a web browser and go to the device settings page. 

  Step 2. Go to Alarm > Audio Alarm. Click Enable to turn on the audio alarm and click on the grids to set the schedule as you need. One grid means an hour. Then click OK to save the settings. 

  

• Via Reolink NVR (new UI)

  Applies to: RLN8-410 (hardware version H3MB18/N2MB02/N3MB01/N7MB01), RLN16-410 (hardware version H3MB18/N6MB01), RLN36 and RLN12W.

  Step 1. Log in to your camera on the NVR monitor, and click the Settings gear icon on the Preview page.

  

  Step 2. Go to Surveillance > Siren. Click Daily Schedule under the Siren option.

  

  Step 3. Set up Siren Schedule for your camera.

  • Click the drag-down menu to choose the channel your camera is occupying. 
  • Click on the switch button to enable the siren (the switch will be in blue). If you want to disable the siren for this camera, click again to turn it grey.
  • Tick the checkbox under Alarm to select the motion type that will trigger the siren.
  • Click or drag your mouse on the grid (one stands for one hour) to set up a weekly time schedule for the siren. Blue/grey grids mean the siren is enabled/disabled during those hours.

  

  For example, the picture below shows that the siren of RLC-823A will go off when a Person or Vehicle is detected during 06:00-20:00 on weekdays.

  

  If you want to copy the siren settings to other cameras connected to the NVR, click Applies to Other Camera(s). Tick the camera channel of the camera, or click All at the top right corner to copy the same siren settings to all the cameras. Then click Continue.