topic Re: Help with new App in Arlo Secure

Help with new App

chippers61 — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 15:35:14 GMT

OMG, I am LITERALLY a rocket scientist, have designed spacecraft that have gone to other planets, and this is the worst, most confusing app I have ever seen.

Can someone tell me how to do this?

- I have outdoor cameras that I want enabled from 12am-5am when Home, and sunset to sunrise when I'm Away. I have the camera to only alert when detecting people.

- I have indoor cameras that I want enabled from 12am-5am with alerts when Home, and always with alerts when I'm Away.

- I have a video doorbell that I want enabled from 12am-5am with alerts when Home, enabled with alerts sunset to sunrise when Away.

I can setup Home/Standby:

Home: Indoor cameras, outdoor cameras, doorbell enabled

Standby: All disabled

Home automation schedule:

- switch to disabled at 12am

Since I'll now be in Standby at 12 do I need to add an automation schedule in Standby to switch to Home at 5am?

I assume when I'm away I manually enter Away mode. I can define Away as everything enabled. I can add a schedule to Away but the only option is to change to another mode Home or Standby or to change a device setting like motion sensitivity. While in Away how do i set up schedules for my devices?

Re: Help with new App

BDC2023 — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 16:17:43 GMT

You could create "routines" & "automations" for your cameras to be armed and disarmed during the times you mentioned.

How to setup Schedules for my Arlo security devices - YouTube

Re: Help with new App

chippers61 — Sat, 02 Dec 2023 15:48:40 GMT

Well, duh. The problem is, with Schedules, you can only switch between Away, Home and Standby, or change a setting on your camera.

I've set up:

Away: Outdoor Disarmed, Indoor Armed, Doorbell armed

Home: Everything armed

Standby: Everything off

Scheduling:

12 am Standby-> Home, (Home and Standby Enabled)

5 am Home-> Standby (Home and Standby Enabled)

Sunset: Away->Home (Home and Away Enabled)

Sunrise: Home-> Away (Home and Away Enabled)

I'm guessing under the "Enabled" setting in the Home<->Standby Schedules if I only "always enable" Home and Standby, the system knows to not do the Standby->Away. Likewise when in Away<-> Home schedules, if I only "always enable" Home and Away, it will know not to do the Home->Standby. We'll see if that's how it works.

If this is how it works, some additional wording under the Enable option such as: "after this Schedule has executed, other Schedules that switch to modes that have not been set to Active here will not be executed." Right now it says: "By default Automations will be Always be enabled when you any Mode. All other automations will be disabled when entering this mode." ??

As others have said, a few examples would be beneficial.