topic Re: Pro 3 camera's recording every minute without motion in Arlo Pro 3

Pro 3 camera's recording every minute without motion

VGTEX — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 22:58:35 GMT

Think this was after an update perhaps to firmware around july ? Would help if we could read it easy and know that it was after a certain update. This is certainly loading up my Arlo Smart Premier subscription space.

Firmware 1.060.11.2_10_20a3998 on the 3 Arlo Pro 3 cams Hardware H10

I was getting 30-50 or so a day because of bees and stuff prior to this on all 4 devices with them set to 1 minute recording

Started with 1 Pro 3 camera recording almost every minute with no motion. It was just random meaning 1 minute then wait awhile and only till about 5pm then for no reason it stopped till next day. I would go in and delete most videos for that day. After quite awhile of this I removed this camera and reinstalled. Within 2-3 days the rest of my camera's (all 4) started recording randomly

Second problem never happened before. I use Arlo solar panels on all 4. They started showing red icon on battery and they are at 100%

Re: Pro 3 camera's recording every minute without motion

StephenB — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 23:07:33 GMT

@VGTEX wrote:

Second problem never happened before. I use Arlo solar panels on all 4. They started showing red icon on battery and they are at 100%

That's not a problem actually. Arlo decided that the icon should be red whenever the battery is not charging. That includes when the battery is full (and of course at night, or when it's too cold for them to charge). IMO choosing red for that status wasn't a good idea.

Re: Pro 3 camera's recording every minute without motion

VGTEX — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 21:05:44 GMT

Red wouldn't be my choice either, didn't know they changed that.

450+ recordings going to Arlo Smart Premier subscription space yesterday at about 11.5mb each.

Light came on. The sun drops down about 5:30 where most the solar panels are not charging anymore and that is when the random recordings stop till next day. Wondering if they tinkered with anything else while they were in there modifying the code?

Re: Pro 3 camera's recording every minute without motion

jguerdat — Sat, 11 Sep 2021 13:52:54 GMT

If the multiple recordings stop when the sun goes down, I suspect you're getting reflections of the sun's IR from leaves, cars, etc. Many of us use custom modes with different motion sensitivity settings to combat this behavior as well as positioning the cameras to eliminate the street, trees/bushes, etc. that could cause these reflections.

Post a screenshot of the camera view for suggestions.

Re: Pro 3 camera's recording every minute without motion

VGTEX — Sat, 11 Sep 2021 17:07:24 GMT

This is the one does this most on end of house. I have speaker off and audio off detection. My first year with these and they have been installed I think since April and it was like overnight this one started randomly recording. This picture I took off a video back on Aug 16

Re: Pro 3 camera's recording every minute without motion

VGTEX — Sat, 11 Sep 2021 19:26:42 GMT

Better picture this was today and I aimed it lower to not pick up the tree line some time ago.

EDIT: I'm not seeing the picture or above, do I need certain # of posts?

Re: Pro 3 camera's recording every minute without motion

StephenB — Sat, 11 Sep 2021 19:49:01 GMT

@VGTEX wrote:

EDIT: I'm not seeing the picture or above, do I need certain # of posts?

Embedded photos are manually reviewed/approved before they are shown, which can take a little while.

Re: Pro 3 camera's recording every minute without motion

VGTEX — Tue, 21 Sep 2021 20:30:12 GMT

Swapped camera with one on other end that is not on as much with same results. Just had the house pressure washed so no bee hives.

Too bad we miss first 3 second or so I read about these. Should work also if on solar and above say 50%

Re: Pro 3 camera's recording every minute without motion

fenton11 — Tue, 19 Oct 2021 23:32:41 GMT

Same here. Ever since the firmware update last week my cameras which are all are connected to a solar panel always display a red charging icon and 100% charge level even at night. It even says 100% charge first thing in the morning when I know there was battery used since prior it would show 90-95% charge level in the mornings with a green charging icon.