Lorex Fusion: Adjust Settings
The following article provides instructions for adjusting your Lorex Fusion Collection settings.
Turn off duplicate notifications
After completing the Fusion setup, your Wi-Fi camera or accessory is connected to the Lorex App twice - once as a single device and then a second time as a device connected to your recorder. To avoid receiving duplicate notifications from the same camera or accessory, you will need to Turn off Alerts for your Wi-Fi device connected to your recorder.
To turn off duplicate notifications:
- Open the Lorex App.
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Under your Fusion recorder, swipe left to find your Fusion Wi-Fi camera or accessory.
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Tap on your Fusion Wi-Fi device’s notification icon .
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- Tap on Turn off Alerts, and then Save.
Adjust the recording settings for your Fusion Wi-Fi camera or accessory
After Fusion setup, your Lorex Fusion Wi-Fi camera’s recording settings will automatically adjust to Continuous, recording 24/7 directly to your recorder’s hard disk drive.
To adjust the recording settings (new local UI):
- From the Live View display, right-click to open the Quick Menu, then click Main Menu.
- Click Devices, then Record Settings. Click the Record Settings tab from the side panel.
- Under Channel, select your Wi-Fi device.
- Under Type, select the recording type.
- Continuous: The video will record automatically according to the time on the schedule.
- MD (Motion Detection): The video will record when motion is detected.
- Click Apply.
To adjust the recording settings using the previous local UI, navigate to Main Menu > CAMERA > Recording > Recording and follow the same steps as above.
Set the recording schedule for your Fusion Wi-Fi camera or accessory
You can set a custom recording schedule according to your needs. For example, you can set the system to record continuously during business hours and record on motion detection only outside of business hours.
- From the Live View display, right-click to open the Quick Menu, then click Main Menu.
- Click System, then Storage. Click the Schedule tab from the side panel.
- Under Channel, select your Wi-Fi device.
- Check the recording type you would like to adjust, or check All.
- Adjust the recording schedule as needed:
- Click-and-drag on each day to customize the recording schedule. The schedule is set up as a grid, with each block representing two hours.
- Click beside 2 or more days to link schedules (). This allows you to quickly change multiple schedules at once.
- To make fine adjustments to a schedule, click . This will allow you to set exact start and end times for a schedule.
- To disable all recording of the selected type on the selected day, click .
- Click Apply.
To set the recording schedule using the previous local UI, navigate to Main Menu > STORAGE > Schedule and follow the same steps as above.
Link sensors to cameras
Once you've completed the Fusion setup, you can link motion and door/window sensors to any compatible camera, so that when the sensors are triggered the linked automatically cameras record.
- Open the Lorex App.
- Tap on the Sensor Hub's connected sensors list (•••) icon.
- Tap on the sensor that you want to link.
- Tap on Link Camera.
- Tap on the camera that you want to link.
- Tap Save.
To learn more about using your Lorex Fusion system, visit the Fusion page or refer to the Lorex Fusion: Frequently Asked Questions article.