How to Set up Record Schedule for Reolink Cameras

The recording schedule feature allows you to set your cameras to capture footage based on your specific needs. For certain Reolink models, you can configure the recording schedule not only by time but also by detection types using the smart detection mode. We can assist you in setting up a recording schedule for your Reolink cameras.

This article will introduce you in four parts:

1. Recording Types that Reolink Products Support

2. When to Set up Recording Schedule

3. Step-By-Step Instructions for Setting up Recording Schedule

4. Set up SD Card Recording for Your Reolink Camera

1. Recording Types that Reolink Products Support

Motion recording means that the camera will record when it detects motion events. If your camera supports smart detection, you can choose to record specific types of alarm events instead of capturing all motion-triggered events. In contrast, the continuous recording schedule allows you to specify when your camera will record, meaning it will continuously capture footage during the designated times.

Note:

1. The recording settings page may vary, as some cameras support both motion and continuous recording, while others support only motion recording.

2. Cameras equipped with smart detection offer various detection types. Most models support the detection of Any motion, Person, and Vehicle. Additionally, some cameras support Pet/Animal, Visitor, and Package detection. Select the types of recording you want the camera to capture. If you choose Any Motion, the camera will only detect general motions, and you won’t be able to see recordings of Persons, Vehicles, Pets/Animals, or other specific events during playback.  

2. When to Set up Recording Schedule

1. If you want your camera to record during a specific time, such as when you're out, you can set it accordingly.

2. If your cameras are continuously recording non-essential events like rain or snow, you can go to the motion recording schedule page and disable the detection type Any Motion/Other.

3. Since microSD cards and HDDs may fill up quickly if recording continuously all day, consider enabling continuous recording only during necessary times and using motion recording to capture important events.

4. If you have set up motion recording for your cameras but they are still recording continuously, you need to go to the continuous recording schedule page and disable the entire schedule (if connected to an NVR, this refers to the timer schedule).

5. If you want to enable both continuous recording and motion recording simultaneously, simply activate both options in their respective schedule pages. Recordings triggered by motion will be marked during playback.

3. Step-By-Step Instructions for Setting up Recording Schedule

Via Reolink App

• Reolink Standalone Camera and Reolink Home Hub

  Despite the differences in how you access the settings page for each device, Reolink standalone cameras and the Reolink Home Hub share the same method for setting up the recording schedule.

  1. For Reolink Standalone Camera

  Step 1. Launch your Reolink App and go to the Device Settings. Scroll down to follow Step 2.

  2. For Reolink Home Hub

  Step 1. Launch your Reolink App and go to the device settings page of your Reolink Home Hub, then go to the settings page of the camera you want to set up.

  

  Step 2. Tap Camera Recording. The recording settings page may vary, as some cameras do not support continuous recording. Select the one you want to edit.

  

  Part 1. Motion Recording Schedule

  Tap on Detection Type to edit the activated types or tap on the bar to adjust the times when motion recording is enabled. Remember to tap Save after making your settings.

  Note:

  1. Blue means enabled, grey means disabled.

  2. If you want to apply this configuration to the other days, select the other days under Copy To.

  

  Part 2. Continuous Recording Schedule

  Tap the bar to adjust the recording times for the camera. Remember to tap Save after making your settings.

  Note:

  1. Blue means enabled, grey means disabled.

  2. If you want to apply this configuration to the other days, select the other days under Copy To.

  

• Reolink NVR

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

  Here is a video for your reference:

  Step 1. Launch your Reolink app, go to the NVR device settings, and then tap Record to proceed.

  

  Step 2. Tap Schedule under the device you want to set up, and the setting page may be different because of the supporting recording ways of the device.

  

  You can set up a schedule through Alarm and Timer.

  Part 1. Motion Recording Schedule

  On Alarm Schedule page, tap on Detection Type to edit the activated types, or tap on the bar to adjust the times when motion recording is enabled. Remember to tap Save after setting up.

  Note:

  1. Blue means enabled, grey means disabled.

  2. If you want to apply this configuration to the other days, select the other days under Copy To.

  

  

  Part 2. Continuous Recording Schedule

  On Timer Schedule Schedule page, tap the bar to adjust the recording times for the camera. Remember to tap Save after setting up.

  Note:

  1. Blue means enabled, grey means disabled.

  2. If you want to apply this configuration to the other days, select the other days under Copy To.

  

Via Reolink Client

• Reolink Standalone Camera and Reolink Home Hub

  Despite the differences in how you access the settings page for each device, Reolink standalone cameras and the Reolink Home Hub share the same method for setting up the recording schedule.

  1. For Reolink Standalone Camera

  Step 1. Log in to the camera on the Reolink Client, and click the Device Settings icon. Scroll down to follow Step 2.

  

  2. For Reolink Home Hub

  Step 1. Go to the device settings of the device you want to edit

  

  Step 2. Go to Surveillance > Record page. Please enable Record first.

  

  Step 3. Click Schedule. Some cameras support both motion recording and continuous recording, and some only support motion recording, so their interfaces are different from each other.

  

  Part 1. Motion Recording Schedule

  Click Alarm, then tick the motion types of the alarm recording you want. Select Enable/Disable and click the grids (one for an hour) on the timetable. Blue means the motions of the selected alarm type will trigger the camera recording at that hour, while grey means none. Click Save if you finish setting up.

  

  Part 2. Continuous Recording Schedule

  Click Timer. Then select Enable/Disable and click the grids (one for an hour) on the timetable. Blue means the camera will record non-stop at that hour, while grey means none. Click Save if you finish setting up.

  

  Part 3. Recording Schedule settings are slightly different for PoE/WiFi plug-in cameras without smart detection.

  If you have PoE/WiFi cameras without smart detection, the recording schedule will be slightly different from that of other cameras.

  Click the Motion (alarm recording)/Timer (continuous recording)/None (no recording) button, and then click on the grids to enable/disable different recordings for that hour. They are blue, yellow and grey respectively. Click the Save button in the bottom right corner if you finish setting.

  

• Reolink NVR

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

  Step 1. Launch your Reolink client and Go to NVR device settings > Surveillance > Record. You must first Enable Record so the NVR HDD will start recording.

  

  

  Step 2. Click Schedule to set up recording schedules for the camera added to the NVR. 

  

  Part 1. Motion Recording Schedule.

  Choose the channel you want to configure and turn on the Schedule button. Then select Alarm to configure motion alarm recording. Tick the detection type for recording, and click on the grids (one for an hour) to Enable/Disable motion-triggered recording for that hour. 

  

  Part 2. Continuous Recording Schedule.

  Select Timer. Choose Enable/disable and then click on the grids (one for an hour) to Enable/Disable continuous recording for that hour. Blue means enabled while gray means disabled.

  

  After you finish recording schedule settings, click Save to save the camera recording schedule.

  If you'd like the recording schedule for the selected camera/channel to be applied to other cameras/channels, click Apply to Other Cameras and select the wanted camera. It's fairly convenient.

Via Reolink Web Browser

• Reolink Standalone Camera

  Step 1. Log in to the camera via a web browser. Click the gear icon on the top right to get to the device settings page.

  

  

  Step 2. Click Surveillance > Record. Turn on Enable Record.

  

  Part 1. Motion Recording Schedule

  Click Alarm, then tick the motion types of the alarm recording you want. Select Enable/Disable and click the grids (one for an hour) on the timetable. Blue means the motions of the selected alarm type will trigger the camera recording at that hour, while grey means none. Click Save if you finish setting up.

  

  Part 2. Continuous Recording Schedule

  Click Timer. Then select Enable/Disable and click the grids (one for an hour) on the timetable. Blue means the camera will record non-stop at that hour, while grey means none. Click Save if you finish setting up.

  

  Part 3. Recording Schedule settings are slightly different for PoE/WiFi cameras without smart detection.

  If you have PoE/WiFi cameras without smart detection, such as RLC-511, the recording schedule will be slightly different from that of other cameras.

  1. Turn on Enable Record.
  2. Click the Motion(alarm recording)/Timer(continuous recording)/None(no recording) button, and then click on the grids to enable/disable different recordings for that hour. They are blue, yellow and grey respectively.
  3. Click the Save button in the bottom right corner if you finish setting.

  

  If the web interface of your camera 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. Click on the grids to set the schedule as you need, then click OK to save the settings. One grid means one hour.

  

  Notes: The green or blue grid means that the device will record to a micro SD card when motions are detected, while the white or grey one means “don’t record”.

• Reolink NVR

  Step 1. Input the IP Address of your NVR on a web browser and log in to your NVR. Then click the Device Settings gear icon on the top right corner.

  Note: Make sure your PC is connected to the same router as your NVR. See how to find the IP address of your NVR.

  

  

  Step 2. Go to Surveillance > Record > Schedule page.

  

  Step 3. Click the drag-down arrow to choose a camera you want to set up a recording schedule for. For example, choose channel 06 TrackMix PoE in the picture above.

  Step 4. Click the Schedule button (turn it blue) to enable recording for the selected channel.

  Part 1. Motion Recording Schedule.

  Select Alarm. If the camera supports smart detection, you can also tick the checkbox to enable Person/Vehicle/Pet motion recording according to your needs. 

  Select Enable/Disable and then click on the grid to turn it blue/grey. The blue grid means Alarm recording at this hour is enabled, while grey means disabled.

  

  Part 2. Continuous Recording Schedule.

  On the Record > Schedule page, choose the camera channel and turn on the schedule button as done previously. Then select Timer this time. 

  Select Enable/Disable and then click on the grid to turn it blue/grey. The blue grid means Timer recording at this hour is enabled, while the grey means disabled.

  

  Notes:

  If you want to copy the weekly schedule to another camera connected to the NVR, click Apply to Other Cameras, and choose the corresponding camera. Don't forget to click Save if you have finished configuring the Alarm/Timer schedule.

• Reolink Home Hub

  The Reolink Web Browser currently does not support the setup of the Reolink Home Hub; it only allows for live viewing and playback.

Via Reolink NVR (New UI)

• Reolink Cameras

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

  Step 1. Go to Settings > Surveillance > Record. Turn on the NVR recording switch. If not, the NVR will not record any videos for any camera.

  

  

  Step 2. Click Record > Daily Schedule. Now you can click the drag-down arrow to select the camera for which you want to set up a recording schedule. We take RLC-823A as an example.

  Part 1. Motion Recording Schedule.

  Step 1. Turn on the switch under the camera name so that the recording schedule will take effect.

  Step 2. Select Alarm and then tick the corresponding alarm types so that your camera will record video triggered by such alarm types/any motion. 

  Step 3. Click on the grid (one stands for an hour) to enable/disable alarm recording at that hour. Blue means recording enabled and grey means disabled.

  

  Also, here is a video to show how to set up motion detection recording:

  Part 2. Continuous Recording Schedule.

  Step 1. Select Timer if you want the camera to record continuously.

  Step 2. Click on the grid (one stands for an hour) to enable/disable non-stop recording at that hour. Blue means recording enabled and grey means disabled.

  

  If you want to copy the recording schedule to other cameras connected to the NVR, click Applies to Other Camera(s) at the bottom left corner.

Via Reolink NVR (Old UI)

• Reolink Cameras

  Applies to: RLN4-410 (hardware version H3MB17), RLN8-410 (hardware version H3MB02), RLN8-410-E, RLN16-410 (hardware version H3MB02/H3MB06)

  Step 1. Log in to Reolink PoE NVR on a monitor.

  Step 2. Go to Menu > Recording > Schedule page. Drag the Camera No. Selection box and choose the channel you want, then Check the Enable box.

  Part 1. Moiton Recording Schedule

  Select Motion, then click on the grids to set the times when motion recording is activated. Click Apply to save your settings.

  Note: If you want to set 24/7 motion recording, please tap on all-time grids to turn them Green.

  Part 2. Continuous Recording Schedule

  Select Normal, and click on the grids to set the recording time. Click Apply to save the settings.

  Note: If you want to set 24/7 continuous recording, please tap on all-time grids to turn them blue.

  

  

  Note: You may also click on Copy To to save the schedule settings for other cameras.

  

  Step 3. To playback the recorded videos stored in the PoE NVR HDD, please refer to Playback Recordings via Reolink PoE NVR.

4. Set up SD Card Recording for Your Reolink Camera

Also, here is a detailed video for your reference to see how to install the micro SD card for the camera and make it record to the micro SD card.

Done! By setting up a schedule for your cameras, you can capture the footage you want while avoiding unnecessary recordings. If you need further assistance, you can click "Submit a request" at the bottom of the page to contact Support.