topic Scheduling 2 custom modes in Arlo Essential Wire-Free Cameras

Scheduling 2 custom modes

rgwebbin — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 19:28:02 GMT

I have 4 cameras set up within 2 custom modes: #1 is “Front,Drive,Side” and #2 is “FrontDoor”. Went into schedule and selected #1 and set the schedule for each day of the week. All good - color blue. Then went into schedule, starting with Monday and selected “add” and selected #2 as the mode and set a schedule for Monday - color purple. I expected to see the blue & purple schedule on the grid for Monday, showing they were both active. I can tap in the grid and select mode #1 and then it’s blue schedule appears on the grid. Are both modes running on the schedule but only one shows? Can I get both modes to run on the schedule?

Re: Scheduling 2 custom modes

StephenB — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 21:23:32 GMT

@rgwebbin wrote:
I have 4 cameras set up within 2 custom modes: #1 is “Front,Drive,Side” and #2 is “FrontDoor”. Went into schedule and selected #1 and set the schedule for each day of the week. All good - color blue. Then went into schedule, starting with Monday and selected “add” and selected #2 as the mode and set a schedule for Monday - color purple. I expected to see the blue & purple schedule on the grid for Monday, showing they were both active. I can tap in the grid and select mode #1 and then it’s blue schedule appears on the grid. Are both modes running on the schedule but only one shows? Can I get both modes to run on the schedule?

You can't have two different modes active on the base at the same time (so you can't schedule them that way either).

If you want all four enabled at once, you'd need to use "armed" (or a third custom mode) to do that.

Re: Scheduling 2 custom modes

rgwebbin — Tue, 23 Nov 2021 02:33:46 GMT

I kept reading through various Q&A’s on the subject but couldn’t believe, after all these years of this product existing, this has not been addressed. Crazy!!! Thank you for the reply.