Home Mode
Settings in Surveillance Station should vary depending on whether or not you are on site. For instance, cameras should record continuously and stop sending notifications when you are present, but once you are away, cameras should record videos by motion detection and resume sending notifications. You no longer need to change these system settings manually each time you enter or leave an area, Home Mode allows you to change system settings rapidly, and easily.
In Home Mode, you can customize recording, notification, stream profile, and action rule settings to meet the needs of various environments. Home Mode provides you an intuitive interface to switch between different modes. You can log into Surveillance Station to switch modes with a click, by schedule, or by geofence location via DS cam, which detects whether or not you are on site, and auto switches to Home Mode accordingly.
To switch to Home Mode manually:
If you want the system to enter or leave Home Mode immediately, you can switch to Home Mode manually.
- In the Overview tab, you can look for the current status and information, and switch to Home Mode manually by clicking the switch button in Status field.
To switch to Home Mode by geofencing:
When geofence devices enter a specific region, the system will determine that the device is located within the geofence region. For instance, you can set a circular region around your home with a diameter of 100-500 meters for the geofence region. When you enter this region, the system will enter Home Mode automatically without having to switch manually.
- Download and sign in to the DS cam application on your mobile device, and tap to enable Home Mode.
- In Surveillance Station, go to Home Mode > Overview > Geofence to check the current geofence information set on DS cam. If your devices is successfully paired, click Set Location to modify the center, radius, and trigger delay of the geofence.
Note:
- For more details on operating DS cam, please refer to DS cam Help.
To switch to Home Mode by schedule:
If you are home at a fixed time (e.g. week nights), you can choose to switch to Home Mode by schedule.
- Go to Schedule > Recurrence, and tick the Enable schedule switching checkbox to set up the schedule.
To perform a one-time switch to Home Mode at a specific time:
If you want enter or leave Home Mode at a specific time, you can set up a one-time switch.
- Go to Schedule > One Time, and tick the Enter Home Mode checkbox to set up a specific time to switch to Home Mode.
- Tick the Leave Home Mode checkbox to set up a specific time to leave Home Mode.
To customize recording schedule settings:
If you do not wish to record videos by motion detection when you are at home, you can customize recording schedules in Home Mode.
- Go to Settings > General, and tick the Enable the setting of recording checkbox.
- Go to Settings > Recording to customize recording schedule settings.
- The settings will take effect on the devices chosen in Applied Devices in the General tab.
To customize notification settings:
To apply different notification settings when you are at home (e.g. canceling push services), you can customize notification settings in Home Mode.
- Go to Settings > General, and tick the Enable the setting of notification checkbox.
- Go to Settings > Notification to customize notification settings.
- The settings will take effect on the devices chosen in Applied Devices in the General tab.
Note:
- The notification schedule settings in the Notification application will not be applied to Home Mode notifications.
To customize stream profiles:
To record videos with a lower resolution and save storage space when you are at home, you can customize stream profiles in Home Mode.
- Go to Settings > General, and tick the Enable the setting of stream profile checkbox.
- Go to Settings > Stream Profile to customize stream profile settings.
- The settings will take effect on the devices chosen in Applied Devices in the General tab.
To customize action rules:
To activate different action rules when you are at home, you can choose which action rules to activate when entering Home Mode.
- Go to Settings > General, and tick the Enable the setting of action rule checkbox.
- Go to Settings > Action Rule to elect the action rules to be activated when entering Home Mode.