Understanding the LEDs on your Mini Camera — Blink Support (2024)

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What do the lights mean on a Blink Mini camera? ›

Mini 2 LEDs

Activity: Mini Camera is starting up. LED: Blinking blue, solid green. Activity: Mini Camera is in pairing mode and and ready to be set up. LED: Blinking green. Activity: Mini Camera has fallen offline and is attempting to reconnect to the previous network.

After rebooting, a solid blue and blinking green LED indicates the device is ready for setup. For additional troubleshooting, visit How to Reset Your Sync Module.

The Status LED can be set to the following: Always On - Displays a green light on the front of the Mini camera when it is active and ready to use, then shows a blue light while recording. Always Off - Never display the Status LED. When Recording - Displays a blue light while recording.

When the batteries are failing, the camera LED flashes Red 5 or 6 times after the Blue recording light goes out. Please make sure you have 2 fresh size AA 1.5 volt Lithium non-rechargeable batteries installed. The Blink XT2 and XT cameras activate a shared 7200 seconds of storage when they are set up.

Blink cameras have an 850nm infrared (IR) LED light to show you clear video in areas of complete darkness. This feature is known as Night Vision. When enabled, your camera will be able to view and record in a low light or non-lit environment.

Network issues are a common cause for the camera to blink green. Ensure a stable Wi-Fi connection by addressing potential problems such as weak signals, network conflicts, or internet outages. If your camera is too far from the Wi Fi router or has obstacles in the way, the signal can get shaky.

LED: Solid blue. Activity: Sync Module is starting up. LED: Blinking blue, solid green. Activity: Sync Module is in pairing mode and ready to be set up.

A blinking yellow is it is trying to find the network. A srong blue light represents it is on line and working.

To “blink” is just to turn on and off in a repeating pattern, so when LEDs blink they are doing that, usually under the control of some software that switches the current on and off. By doing so at a high enough rate (say, a few hundred times per second or more) where it is turned on.

A: Blink is a motion based camera system. It records clip up to 60s, then pauses for ten or more seconds, then looks for movement again. So at most you end up with a video record with many gaps. If you need continuous recording for your application you should look elsewhere.

What is status LED on camera? ›

The status LED is something you turn on when you want to see if the camera is picking you up as you adjust position and sensitivity. You walk into the field of vision and the LED goes on, so you can adjust to your liking. When you have it where you want it, that's it.

Sorry that you're both experiencing this issue with the red light on your Sync Modules! Generally the red light when setting up indicates a failure during the connection. Please ensure you are using the correct password for your in home Wi-Fi network.

Hi there, The Blink cameras can produce a blue LED while recording. This can be during live views and automatic motion recordings.

One of the most common reasons for Blink camera motion detection issues is leaving it disarmed. By default, a Blink camera device is set to "Disarmed", which means it is in inactive mode and is not recording motion. Arming your camera activates its motion detection system and event recording feature.

If you have a Blink Subscription Plan or trial or you are using Local Storage with a Sync Module 2 and USB drive, motion events are recorded as motion clips. If you are not subscribing to a Blink Subscription Plan or do not have local storage, no motion clips are saved.

A: Blink is a motion based camera system. It records clip up to 60s, then pauses for ten or more seconds, then looks for movement again. So at most you end up with a video record with many gaps. If you need continuous recording for your application you should look elsewhere.