topic Re: ARLO Po model VMC 4030 in Arlo Secure

Scheduling in new app

Khone — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 19:24:32 GMT

I reactivated one of my cameras and set it up to record from 6 PM to 8 AM. It is on constantly and records but there are no feeds to desktop or phone and no push notifications.

Hate the upgrade but willing to see if I can get this system to work like it used to.

Any suggestions welcomed

Re: ARLO Po model VMC 4030

StephenB — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 12:44:20 GMT

@Khone wrote:

I reactivated one of my cameras and set it up to record from 6 PM to 8 AM. It is on constantly and records but there are no feeds to desktop or phone and no push notifications.

How do you know it records???

Can you give more details on how you are setting this up?

What modes you are using
Details on the two schedule automations
...

For example, one way to get this to work with Feed is to

Use Arm Away when you want all cameras armed
Set up Arm Home so that all the other cameras have rules, but this camera does not.
Create one schedule automation that changes to "Arm Away" at 6 pm, making sure this automation is enabled when "Arm Home" is active.
Create a second schedule automation that changes to "Arm Home" at 8 am, making sure this schedule is enabled when "Arm Away" is active.

Re: ARLO Po model VMC 4030

Khone — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 14:57:52 GMT

Thanks StephenB for your response.

To simplify things (and eliminate any confusion) I removed my other 2 cameras.

As for know how it is recording, I go to my ARLO home page and select Feed and that shows all videos and the time they were recorded.

As for Modes:

Based upon the explanations shown for each one, I select Arm Home to set-up my camera to turn on at 7:30 PM and record motion until motion stops. (It's never done that in the past.)

Then I select Standby @ 7:00 AM (change mode) to have the camera stop recognizing motion and turn off.

Right now, my camera is on 24/7 unless is cover it.

Turning on and off at specified times is what I had until the "upgrade". That's when everything went South.

Re: ARLO Po model VMC 4030

StephenB — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 17:20:29 GMT

@Khone wrote:

I select Arm Home to set-up my camera to turn on at 7:30 PM

You are saying you do this manually?

Or are you using Schedule Automations?

Here are screen shots that work (though times are not the same as what you want):

@Khone wrote:

record motion until motion stops. (It's never done that in the past.)

If you are saying that you had fixed time recordings before, you can set that up again if you want.

Re: ARLO Po model VMC 4030

Khone — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 17:33:35 GMT

Yes, I've been trying to do it manually. There is nothing on my ARLO that says "schedule automations". Never had it before either. This is what I get when I select Modes and Automations

Re: ARLO Po model VMC 4030

StephenB — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 18:20:11 GMT

@Khone wrote:

Select Patio, and post the screenshot you have there. Also post the "custom Schedule" right underneath it.

The other three custom schedules that say 6 am are likely ones you created, and you should probably delete them.

Re: ARLO Po model VMC 4030

Khone — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 18:46:50 GMT

FYI I thought my camera was in standby (not on recording) but it is on.

Here's what you asked for

Re: ARLO Po model VMC 4030

StephenB — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 19:05:12 GMT

@Khone wrote:

FYI I thought my camera was in standby (not on recording) but it is on.

Here's what you asked for

The "Standby" on this screen is NOT the mode you want the system to switch to. It is a list of the modes in which the automation will run. In your case, it should include "Arm Home" and "Standby" (same as my "am disarm" post earlier). The way you have it set up, the automation will only run when the system is already in "Standby", so it would have no effect at all.

The "Change Mode" in the action below is what tells the automation what mode to switch to. That should be set to "Standby", since that is what you want to happen at 7 am. (It might be already - no way to tell since your screenshot doesn't show what mode it changes to).

Re: ARLO Po model VMC 4030

Khone — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 20:30:45 GMT

Thanks. At this point, I'm about "burned-out" with the upgrade configuration. This is what I have. All I am trying to do is turn the d___n camera on and off at specific times. Had no problem before the upgrade - pretty simple. Now nothing works. Guess I will have to give it up and stop bothering people. I appreciate your time and interest.

Re: ARLO Po model VMC 4030

StephenB — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 21:28:08 GMT

@Khone wrote:

Thanks. At this point, I'm about "burned-out" with the upgrade configuration. This is what I have.

All you need to do is edit the mode at the top of the "Patio" screen, and make sure it has both "Arm Away" and "Standby" checked.

Re: ARLO Po model VMC 4030

Khone — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 21:46:28 GMT

Thank you.

Does that turn my camera on @ 7PM and off @ 7AM?

Re: ARLO Po model VMC 4030

StephenB — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 12:22:35 GMT

@Khone wrote:
Does that turn my camera on @ 7PM and off @ 7AM?

The patio automation turns it off at 7 am. You need to add another one to turn it on at 7 pm. Look again at my screenshots. You might want to rename them (maybe disarm patio, and arm patio?)

One thing you might be missing - the modes affect all cameras. So if you want your other cameras to be recording during the day, you will need to make some changes. But first let's get the schedule working for the patio camera.

Re: ARLO Po model VMC 4030

Khone — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 12:26:01 GMT

Ok. Thanks. Will try it and let you know.

Re: ARLO Po model VMC 4030

Khone — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 15:55:16 GMT

Thanks again. Sorry for being so dense on this.

I tried using your snips but I couldn't find anything similar on my ARLO. So, I decided I'd delete all actions and start anew trying to use your pics. BTW - I removed the other two cameras from my system. Will add them later when/if I can figure this out.

Here's a step-by-step of what I did. See if you can see what I'm doing wrong.

Re: ARLO Po model VMC 4030

StephenB — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 18:09:15 GMT

@Khone wrote:

I tried using your snips but I couldn't find anything similar on my ARLO.

It looks like you are using your web browser. My screen shots were done using the iPhone app.

What did you put in the "change mode" at the bottom of this screenshot? It should say Standby. Based on your screenshots, I think you put in into Arm Away mode at 7 am. But that is when you wanted to stop recording, correct???

Also, this isn't enough. You need a second automation that changes the mode back to Arm Away at 7 pm. Without that, the mode will remain Standby until you manually change it.

Re: ARLO Po model VMC 4030

Khone — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 18:54:04 GMT

Thanks again. I certainly appreciate you giving your time and expertise to me. I'm about ready to give up.

So, based upon your last comments, here's what I have. Let me know if I'm right or wrong.

Re: ARLO Po model VMC 4030

StephenB — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 19:00:06 GMT

Very close.

This one has the wrong action:

@Khone wrote:

Thanks again. I certainly appreciate you giving your time and expertise to me. I'm about ready to give up.

So, based upon your last comments, here's what I have. Let me know if I'm right or wrong.

Instead of "Record Video" it needs to change the mode to either "Arm Home" or "Arm Away". (Either will work, since they both should arm the camera).

Re: ARLO Po model VMC 4030

Khone — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 19:13:14 GMT

Thanks. I changed and it came up Arm away.

I hope this is right because my camera stays on/recording all the time.

Will let you know tomorrow.

Thanks a million for your help and time.

Re: ARLO Po model VMC 4030

Khone — Sat, 12 Oct 2024 12:02:49 GMT

I give up on this. Nothing I do stops the camera from staying on and recording.

Thank you for your help.

Re: ARLO Po model VMC 4030

BrookeN — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 13:57:42 GMT

Have you tried to uninstall the Pro camera and reset it. After the reset re-onboard it to the Arlo app?