topic Motion detection only when alarm is armed? in Arlo Audio Doorbell

Motion detection only when alarm is armed?

bigbertbeats — Sun, 24 Feb 2019 14:12:26 GMT

I would like the motion detection on the door bell to only be active when I have armed the alarm.. Seems like a obvious functionallity,. If I'm home I'm not interested in knowing if someone goes infront of the door, If alarm is armed however, that would be of interest. Is this not possible?

Re: Motion detection only when alarm is armed?

jguerdat — Sun, 24 Feb 2019 14:20:13 GMT

I'm not sure I totally understand so I'll throw out a generality - have you created a custom mode with the settings you need? If so, what's missing?

Re: Motion detection only when alarm is armed?

bigbertbeats — Sun, 24 Feb 2019 15:00:47 GMT

Thanks for the reply, I'll try to clarify.

So I've added the Door bell, and I want motion detection on the door bell, but ONLY when Arlo is Armed.

If I go to Devices, I can view my cameras and the doorbell. If I open the door bell settings I can turn on motion detection, but that means the motion detection will be active all the time, which I do not want.

If I go to Mode and select settings for Armed-mode I would expect to see the door bell there so I could turn on the motion detection for the door bell when the alarm is Armed. But that is not possible it seems.

Am I going about this wrong, or is this functionallity not available?

Re: Motion detection only when alarm is armed?

jguerdat — Sun, 24 Feb 2019 21:09:49 GMT

Do you have a camera to be used in conjunction with the doorbell, that is, a camera pointed at the door and walkway to it? Use the camera to detect motion and record/alert as needed instead of using the doorbell as the trigger.

Re: Motion detection only when alarm is armed?

bigbertbeats — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 22:04:54 GMT

Yes @jguerdat, I have a camera that is viewing the Arlo door bell. However the camera is on the inside and viewing the doorbell through a window. But IR is not working though glass so I can't really trigger it with the camera

I don't have the possibility to have the camera on the outside unfortunately. So that is not an option.