topic Re: How to get spotlight only triggered when activity in the activity zone in Arlo Essential Wire-Free Cameras

How to get spotlight only triggered when activity in the activity zone

Milzit — Sun, 23 Oct 2022 17:48:36 GMT

I have the activity zone configured to only cover outside the door (Under Video->Activity Zones.

"Highlight areas in your camera view`s where you want to receive motion alerts"

But the spotlight is turned on when you activity way outside this area. Is there any way I configure this so the spotlight is only enabled when there is an activity within the activity zone?

Re: How to get spotlight only triggered when activity in the activity zone

StephenB — Sun, 23 Oct 2022 18:50:41 GMT

@Milzit wrote:

But the spotlight is turned on when you activity way outside this area. Is there any way I configure this so the spotlight is only enabled when there is an activity within the activity zone?

No. The camera has to capture video in order to tell where the motion is (as the motion detection just sees a change in IR reaching it). So it needs to turn the spotlight on, and then discard recordings/notifications that are out of zone..

Re: How to get spotlight only triggered when activity in the activity zone

Milzit — Sun, 23 Oct 2022 18:56:14 GMT

Ok, thank you. I assume I can try to tilt the camera more downwards to avoid triggering the spotlight too much far away.

Re: How to get spotlight only triggered when activity in the activity zone

StephenB — Sun, 23 Oct 2022 19:01:09 GMT

@Milzit wrote:

I assume I can try to tilt the camera more downwards to avoid triggering the spotlight too much far away.

Yes. You can also try reducing the motion detection threshold.