BubbaHepi wrote Day setting suits my need but for those who would like to run their cameras in night mode with the IR LEDs turned off: Set to night vision > put pieces of electrical tape > apply over...

@Parratt .You clearly misunderstand the problem. I wish to keep the camera in infrared mode (i.e. NIGHT mode) but turn off the built-in IR LEDs and use external IR illumination. DAY mode does not...

@Solla-topee has clearly not read my message. Is this the quality of support we can expect? Poor form TP-Link.

@Solla-topee What about those of us that have exterior IR floodlights and cannot use outdoor cameras due to risk of tampering?