Arming and Disarming your Blink System for Motion Detection

Learn how to set up motion detection on your Blink camera system.

Use this article to understand how to arm and disarm your Blink system for motion detection using the Blink app.

When you first set up your Blink system, your system is Disarmed by default.

system will be Disarmed by default

Arm your system by tapping Armed at the bottom of the Home screen. A message will display confirming that your system has been Armed or Disarmed

 system will be Disarmed by default

Once your system is Armed, any motion detected by your cameras will send a notification to your mobile device.

Armed system camera icons

When your system is Armed, two icons appear. The Snooze icon a bell shaped grey outline with smaller letter Z to show a snoozing bell and the Running man solid color running man means the camera is active.


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