topic Re: Arlo Pro 3 Notifications in Arlo Pro 3

Arlo Pro 3 Notifications

Retired_Member — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 20:37:56 GMT

I live in a rural area and do not get a lot of activity.

However, even though I am very happy with the system I noticed something. I have a fron and back camera. As a test, I walked around the house starting at the back.

I received a notification on my iPhone 12 that motion was detected on the back camera.

I walked past the front camera and did not get a notification. I only received the one from the back camera.

I then did the opposite and started at the front camera and received that notification, but nothing when I walked past the back camera.

So, system works, cameras set to Notify.

Should I get a notification from both cameras as I went by them? Why only a notification on the first camera that detected motion and not the second one?

Any info greatly appreciated.

Wally

Re: Arlo Pro 3 Notifications

StephenB — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 20:52:27 GMT

Did you get two recordings when you did that test? Or only one?

How far away were you from the cameras?

Re: Arlo Pro 3 Notifications

Retired_Member — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 21:00:33 GMT

Yes, I do get the recordings perfectly, whether I walk front to back or back to front cameras. Two recordings on each pass. No issue with the recordings. I am probably 8-10 feet away from both cameras. So, the motion is definitely being picked up, but only one notification.

I have gone over all the setting I could find and cannot figure it out.

Wally

Re: Arlo Pro 3 Notifications

StephenB — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 21:03:54 GMT

@Retired_Member wrote:

Two recordings on each pass. No issue with the recordings. I am probably 8-10 feet away from both cameras. So, the motion is definitely being picked up, but only one notification.

Try adding in email notifications, and see if you get both emails.

Re: Arlo Pro 3 Notifications

Retired_Member — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 22:08:33 GMT

Stephen,

Got it figured out, it's a system reaction time thing and it is perfectly OK now that I understand it.

Just did another test. Walked past the rear camera, got a notification. Only takes a few seconds to walk around to the front camera and did not get a notification. This time I waiting a bit then walked past the front again and got the notification. By the time I got back to the back camera, I got the notification. Just takes a finite amount of time for everything to filter through.

I do get email notifications also, but I have regular email silenced on the phone and did an IOS email to text thing so get a text notification also and that takes a couple minutes to filter through.

Thanks for taking the time to respond but I think we can close this out.

Wally