Set up Home Mode scheduled recording and switch IP camera resolution dynamically
Overview
Surveillance system settings can be adjusted depending on whether or not you are on site. For instance, you may want to set continuous recording for scheduled recordings and stop sending notifications when you are present, but once you are away, you may want cameras to start recording upon 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 quickly and conveniently.
In Home Mode, you can customize recording schedule, notification, stream profile, and action rule settings to meet the needs of different usage scenarios. Home Mode provides you an intuitive interface to switch between different modes. You can log in to Surveillance Station to switch modes by clicking the switch button, by schedule, or by Geofence location via DS cam, which automatically switches in and out of Home Mode according to your location.
1. Set up Home Mode
- Go to Main Menu and click on the Home Mode application.

- Go to the Setting tab in the Home Mode application.

- In the General tab, you can adjust the following settings:
- Under the Enabled Customized Settings section, choose to apply certain settings including recording, notification, stream profile, action rule settings when entering Home Mode.
- Under the Applied Devices section, you can choose devices that the settings will be applied to. If you choose All Cameras or All I/O module, the settings will also be applied to new devices added in the future.

- In the Recording tab, you can set up a recording schedule. When Home Mode is enabled, all applied devices will start recording based on this schedule and not the recording schedule set on the individual devices.

- In the Notification tab, you can tick the notifications you want to receive when entering Home Mode. Those notifications will be sent based on the original notification schedule set up in the Notification application.

- In the Stream Profile tab, you can customize stream profile settings, when entering Home Mode all applied devices will use these settings. However, High quality, Balanced, and Low bandwidth values will vary depending on the settings on each individual device.

- In the Action Rule tab, you can choose which action rules to activate when entering Home Mode.

2. Enable or Disable Home Mode
Surveillance Station provides four different methods to switch in and out of Home Mode, including Manual, Recurrence, One Time, and Geofence. For more information about Geofence, please refer to Trigger Home Mode by Geofence.
Please refer to the following methods to switch in and out of Home Mode.
- Manual switch: In the Overview tab or desktop widget, you can switch to Home Mode manually by clicking the switch button under Status.

- Recurrence switch: Go to Schedule > Recurrence, and tick the Enable schedule switching checkbox. Set up the weekly schedule below for entering and leaving Home Mode.

- One time Switch: Go to Schedule > One Time, and tick the Enter Home Mode or Leave Home Mode checkbox to set up the time and date to enter or leave Home Mode for one time.
