The Ring Floodlight Cam Wired Pro is a hardwired camera with bright floodlights, 3D motion detection and a siren, and when sharing it with family does not work, the rules are those of Ring's device ownership, with a few extra wrinkles because the camera is wired and its alerts can be triggered by many things. The person who set up the camera in their Ring account is the owner and is the only one who can add shared users. Open the Ring app, go to the Control Center, choose Shared Users and invite the person by the email on their Ring account.
The checks in more detail
Tell them to accept the invitation by email and sign in. If you are not the owner, ask the owner to send it, since the option does not appear for shared users. The Wired Pro generates a lot of alerts, because it has motion zones, a bird's-eye view and the siren, so shared users sometimes complain of alert overload or of missing alerts. Alerts are controlled per person: each shared user sets their own notification choices in the app, under the device's settings, and the owner cannot change them.
A person who receives nothing may have notifications off in the phone's settings, or may have the camera's alerts muted for the shared user. Ask them to check Notification Settings for the device and the phone's own notification settings. The owner can control who can use the siren and the lights, so check the permissions if someone cannot trigger them. The camera needs power and a good signal for shared users to see live view, so if live view fails only for the shared user, test it on the owner's phone too;
if it fails for both, the camera is the issue. Features that depend on a Ring Protect plan, such as recorded history, apply to everyone. For a longer-term guest, shared access suits better than giving away the owner login, and the owner can remove the person afterwards. If invitations fail, send a new one, update the app and contact Ring with the account email. Because the camera is wired into the house, any electrical work should be done by a qualified electrician.
Differential
Likely causes of “Ring Floodlight Cam Wired Pro shared users or family members cannot control it”, and how to tell them apart
- 1
Alerts set per person
What separates it Missing or too many alerts
How to confirm Each person adjusts notifications in the app
- 2
Phone notifications off
What separates it Nothing arrives
How to confirm Allow notifications in the phone
- 3
Plan limits
What separates it History is unavailable
How to confirm Check the Ring Protect plan
Before you touch a setting
Record this first — changing settings destroys the evidence
- The notification settings
- Whether live view works for the owner
Try in this order
0 of 4 completedInvite by email
ReversibleUnder Shared Users.
Set their notification choices
ReversibleIn the device settings.
Check phone notification permissions
ReversibleOn their phone.
Test live view
ReversibleOn both phones.
Model-specific
What is true of this model and not of its siblings
- Per-person alerts
- Each user sets their own.
- Hardwired
- Electrical work needs an electrician.
Stop boundary
When this stops being a self-service repair
- !Use an electrician for wiring
- !Test live view on another phone
Evidence ledger
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Exact questions
Common questions
Who can share the Floodlight Cam?+
The owner.
Why does a shared user get no alerts?+
Their notification settings or phone permissions.
Can shared users use the siren?+
If the owner allows it.
Does it need a plan?+
History does.