topic Re: Automations based on location and time in Arlo Secure

Automations based on location and time

AlexWhi — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 22:30:18 GMT

I currently have the old Arlo experience and have tied together geofencing and scheduling so I can use three modes as follows:

Away - everything armed

Home, Day - Two specific outdoor cameras armed, notifications on one of them

Home, Night - All outdoor cameras armed with notifications.

Whenever I’m at home it automatically cycles between the two Home modes; if I’m away it goes in to Away; when I come back, it always goes in to the appropriate Home mode for that time of day.

I’m led to understand that the new app experience is very limited in its customisations and automation. Would I be able to recreate the above?

Thanks in advance.

Re: Automations based on location and time

AlexWhi — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 22:41:09 GMT

Ah, as luck would have it I came across the answer right after leaving this post:

https://community.arlo.com/t5/Arlo/Combine-Schedule-and-Arrive-Leave-Automations/m-p/2340467

The answer is “no” and it also seems that the automation features have been almost completely removed from the new app and replaced by a couple of crude rules that can trigger specific actions. I cannot fathom how a company that designs security systems could come up with that design, what a fundamentally unserious business Arlo is.

Re: Automations based on location and time

LERSSR — Sun, 01 Dec 2024 15:54:13 GMT

I had no problems with scheduling on the old software; however, the new software does not do what the instructions tell you to do and on top of that you cannot get help from arlo unless you are a paying customer. Unbelievable!!!!!

Re: Automations based on location and time

jguerdat — Sun, 01 Dec 2024 15:59:22 GMT

Did you read the FAQ posted above?