Can someone point me to the right document or explain how to manage the Local Record function in preferences?

I've select NORMAL and MD (motion detection?) over dates/times and nothing happens automatically. I can manually record and see the the MP4 in the defined folder.

How can I make the system record to my max either motion diction or continuous over a day/time.

Note: I'm still waiting for my microSD card to show up from Amazon so if that's a piece of the puzzle that transfers the data qeued up...that makes sense.
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