topic Re: Disabling a camera/NOT just motion in Features

Enable and Disable Cameras

Wolfpack416 — Mon, 26 Sep 2016 22:56:23 GMT

I want to disable and enable cameras quickly and easily. This isn't motion detection enable and disable....this is to totally stop the camera from displaying anything back to apps that manage it. No instant feed, etc.

Basically,.there are times when some privacy is needed on one or more of the cameras....I see nothing in creating rules about totally turning a camera off. Any help appreciated.

Re: Enable and Disable Cameras

TomMac — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 12:55:32 GMT

Wolfpack416 wrote:
I want to disable and enable cameras quickly and easily. This isn't motion detection enable and disable....this is to totally stop the camera from displaying anything back to apps that manage it. No instant feed, etc.

Basically,.there are times when some privacy is needed on one or more of the cameras....I see nothing in creating rules about totally turning a camera off. Any help appreciated.

The Default MODES you should have are ALL MOTION ON and ALL MOTION OFF

When ALL MOTION OFF mode is active, the cameras WILL NOT RECORD OR DISPLAY video unless manually record is started from the PC / app.

( you can check on the live view screen to see if your camera are off by the "running man". GREEN is motion detect ON, GRAY is motion detect OFF

If your concerned with someone that has your log-in will view, you can always power down the base unit from its power switch... everything will be shut down. A simple power on and the system will come back up in 1-2 mins ( tho in this case I would not do this but i'd change my P/W )

Re: Enable and Disable Cameras

gswood — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 15:25:37 GMT

Can you remotely power off the base unit?

Re: Enable and Disable Cameras

TomMac — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 16:20:58 GMT

NO, you can only reboot it

Re: Disabling a camera/NOT just motion

alofff — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 14:21:03 GMT

Unless I'm missing something on this "help" reply from TomMac, we are still addressing MOTION on/off.

The user's question, as is mine, is how to completely turn off one camera so, when pulled up on PC or Android, there's nothing there/a blank screen/ a statement that camera is OFF, a skull and crossbones, etc, ANYTHING but a picture display from that camera.

What am I missing?

Maybe I'm missig the finer points of ALL MOTION ON/OFF.

Whether I have ALL MOTION ON or OFF, I get basically the exact same options/same screen, which is, camera checkmarks either green (motion detection enabled) or black (motion detection DISabled). Static display is still on screen.

Thanks.

Alf

Re: Disabling a camera/NOT just motion

jguerdat — Sat, 12 Dec 2015 13:09:15 GMT

All motion off simply stops the automatic recording. All functions are still available but the camera is essentially in a very low-drain sleep mode. If you want it completely off, you need to at least open the battery door and/or remove batteries.

Re: Disabling a camera/NOT just motion

TomMac — Sat, 12 Dec 2015 14:53:25 GMT

"Basically,.there are times when some privacy is needed on one or more of the cameras....I see nothing in creating rules about totally turning a camera off. Any help appreciated."

Sorry, guess I wasn't clear and/or didn't get the question right.

As mentioned above, there is really no way to completely shut off the camera except opening the battery door. this guarantees the camera is off and the program will show the camera is offline if accessed via any of the programs. (** not sure if it contains a old static picture but it does say offline )

Yes, it is a pain to do so. The older vuezones had a on/off switch on the bottom but Arlo doesn't. ( maybe a good suggestion request )

I have a cam in the master bedroom but don't worry to much about it as I turn it into the wall when home ( its on a table mount ) and only face it into the room when we are away.... After a few times it became habit for family to do so. Also its the one camera we use as mobile ( grand kids when sleeping over, etc ) so it gets moved alot.

None of my other cams really have a need to be covered, but I do understand your concern.