Adjust the Ring Motion Sensor Range
While the Ring and Ring 2 doorbell alerts you whenever someone is at your door, you may experience an issue with getting false readings. Depending on how close your door is to the nearest road or street, your Ring could be triggered by the heat of a passing car. One of the easiest ways to adjust the sensitivity of your Ring motion sensor is using the settings in the Ring app. The Ring and Ring 2 doorbells can be adjusted to have a range of between 5 and 30 feet. To change the range and sensitivity of the doorbell, follow these steps: You can also select Smart Alert to determine how often you get alerts on your phone. Frequent gives you the most alerts while Light sends you the fewest. The more alerts you get, the faster your Ring’s battery will be depleted.
How to Reset the Motion Detector
If adjusting the sensitivity of your Ring Doorbell doesn’t reduce false positives, there could be a physical issue that is preventing the Ring motion sensor from working properly. You can perform a hard reset on the motion detector.
How to Reset the Contact Sensor
Alternatively, you may also try resetting the contact sensor to ensure that your Ring doorbell is picking up the motion you want it to capture and not motion that isn’t a threat.
