Rlc-410-5mp Manual

[Vanya Lamunyon]

Reolinkseems to only make 4+ MP outdoor or dome cameras. These cameras all have very high-end SPECs but are being sold for a pretty low price. Reolink is among very few vendors that support dual band Wi-Fi 2.4G and 5G network, and it has two antennas for great signal strength.

Note: This document is not designed to replace the product manual from the manufacturer. The information provided is based on our knowledge of the model Reolink RLC-410 PoE Outdoor 4MP Network Camera. It may not be accurate or completely up-to-date. Users shall contact the manufacturer for all camera-related issues and contact us only for CameraFTP-related (cloud service / FTP) issues.

Note: In July 2016, Reolink released a new updated version firmware. The new firmware is dramatically better as it supports all major browsers and the video format has been changed from a proprietary format to .MP4 format. If your camera does not have this version firmware, please make sure you upgrade it.

If you don't already have an account on CameraFTP, please visit www.cameraftp.com and sign up a free trial account. CameraFTP offers 3-day free trial. When the trial ends, you will need to order a subscription to continue using the service.

As shown in the above screenshot, the schedule should be enabled, and you need to select all times. If you ordered a continuous recording plan, then you need to check "Normal" then select all times and click OK. We will talk about the schedule section later. For now, click Ok to save the settings. After that, you need to configure the video / image resolution.

Reolink cameras support both image and video recording. If you ordered an image recording plan, please see the FTP configuration page to select the file type as "Picture only". If you ordered a video recording plan, you need to select the following file type: "Clear video and picture" or "Fluent video and picture". You also need to configure the video/image recording parameters based on your subscription plan.

You need to configure the Clear Stream, which supports 5 video sizes: 2560x1440(4MP),2304x1296(3MP),1920x1080 and 1280x720.

High resolution video uses a lot of network bandwidth. We recommend 1920P and 720P resolution only. You can certainly set it to 4MP if you have a very high quality requirement and you have enough upload bandwidth. To play 4MP video at the best video quality, you will need to have a 4K TV or monitor. If you use Wi-Fi, we don't recommend setting video parameters too high as Wi-Fi connections may not be fast or reliable enough to handle the traffic.

For video recording, the selected video stream resolution and frame rate should be based on the plan you subscribed to. For image recording, the image resolution is the same as the resolution of the "clear video stream". The video frame rate and bit rate are not used for image recording. The image uploading frequency is configured in the FTP page.

The Bit Rate is for video recording only. It is a little tricky. Setting it too high will use too much bandwidth, thus dramatically slow down your network, causing failed uploads; setting it too low will affect the video quality. You can use our bandwidth calculator to estimate the bandwidth. Visit www.cameraftp.com, click Pricing, and then customize a service plan. See the screenshot below.

For the video plan of 1920x1080, 3 frames/s, the estimated bandwidth is 770Kbps. You you can set it to a value smaller than 1024Kbps. If you cannot set a low video resolution, then you should try to set a low bit-rate if possible.

If you ordered a continuous video recording plan, you only need to configure it in the FTP settings page. A screenshot is provided in the FTP section.

In the Schedule section, check "Enable" first, then check "Normal", then select the schedule for continuous recording. If you keep clicking on a cell, the color will loop through blue, gree and gray. Make sure the color is blue for continuous (normal) recording. Reolink cameras will upload video clips or images based on the selected "File Type".

The video file size cannot be set to smaller than 10MB. Dependent on your video parameters, each video clip file may contain 1 to 10 minutes of video. This may cause long delay in the viewer app. A workaround is to use motion recording and set the motion sensitivity to the highest (Please read more below). With motion recording, each video clip file can be much smaller (and more real-time).

For a motion recording plan, you also need to configure it in the FTP settings page first. In the Schedule section, check "Enable" first, then check "Motion". Again, you need to select the schedule for Motion recording. Make sure all cells are green for motion recording. After motion recording schedule is setup, you must also configure the motion detection settings.

Here you need to configure Motion Detection schedule, sensitivity and detection area.

Click the Alarm --> Motion as shown below. (If you don't see the General tab, it is fine. Just move on to the next tab.)

First, check "Enable", then check "Alarm" and select the motion detection schedule. Make sure all cells are red for motion detection schedule.

Click the Sensitivity tab, and select a sensitivity level. Usually you will set it at the medium level during all times; but if you ordered a continuous-recording plan, you can set the sensitivity to the highest. This way, each video clip file is much smaller, and you can view the recorded footage in near real-time. Click Ok to save the changes.

Click the Detection tab, then draw a motion detection area on the preview video, click Ok to save it. See the screenshot below:

Note: Reolink IP camera is compatible with VSS-based Live View, Cloud Recording and Local Recording. You can use VSS as a cloud-enabled NVR, which requires a PC. If you want to use VSS with this camera.

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