topic Re: False alerts on wired doorbell camera in Arlo Video Doorbell

False alerts on wired doorbell camera

LouA — Thu, 26 May 2022 17:35:17 GMT

Today I have been receiving many false alerts on my wired video doorbell. I will get an audio warning but there is nothing and nothing is going to the library.

It is working and recording fine when there is a valid alert but the multiple false alerts are becoming annoying.

I have shrunk my activity zones to almost nothing and I still get the false alerts.

This same thing happened a few weeks ago but was resolved by Arlo. Just wondered if this was the same problem.

Re: False alerts on wired doorbell camera

Adam17 — Thu, 26 May 2022 17:59:21 GMT

I've been having the same problem, getting non-stop notifications every 30 seconds today since 7:30 am UTC-0400 this morning. Last time this happened, Arlo said that it's being caused by motion being detected outside my Activity Zones. This makes sense since I live next to a busy street, and there are vehicles and pedestrians going by all the time in the edge of my camera's view, but those should be excluded by my Activity Zones.

Can anyone from Arlo please investigate if there's an issue with the backend web service that generates the notifications? Was there a recent software deployment?

Arlo Video Doorbell Model AVD1001-problems with alerts coming to the mobile device,

markallebradley — Thu, 26 May 2022 19:53:36 GMT

I am not sure about others but, the customer/technical support their staff needs training. There appears to be problems with alerts coming to the mobile device, laptop, etc. But, nothing is coming to the library for videos. This is a security issue. Talking with via the BOT (useless) then trying via chat and even a live person after an hour of asking me repeated questions, telling them all the troubleshooting I have done prior to calling (restarting, uninstalling the app and reinstalling, resetting up the doorbell, even removing the doorbell and setting it up from scratch) 1 hours and it went nowhere asking me to do the same things I already did.

Needless to say I ended the call

Has anyone had this bad a support experience from Arlo?

Does someone from senior management review these posts for areas of improvement?

Needless to say I know I am only one customer and I don't matter but, this is the 4th bad support experience with Arlo support and I will be cancelling my account and going to a different company that's more reliable

Re: False alerts on wired doorbell camera

JamesC — Thu, 26 May 2022 19:48:10 GMT

We're currently investigating these reports. I will provide more information as soon it becomes available.

JamesC

Motion alerts but no recordings

CraigArlo — Thu, 26 May 2022 20:45:32 GMT

Happening again. Motion alerts, but no recordings. Please advise.

Re: False alerts on wired doorbell camera

JamesC — Thu, 26 May 2022 21:51:19 GMT

For those experiencing this issue, check your Smart Alert settings and be sure "All other motion" is toggled off. Test again to see if you still experience the same behavior.

You can find this setting within your Arlo account under Settings > Smart Notifications > select the desired camera > toggle off "All Other Motion"

JamesC

Re: False alerts on wired doorbell camera

ryanjfox — Thu, 26 May 2022 22:05:35 GMT

Why would this setting suddenly stop respecting Activity Zones?

Re: False alerts on wired doorbell camera

Adam17 — Thu, 26 May 2022 22:44:23 GMT

Disabling the "All Other Motion" smart alert does successfully work around the issue for now. Can you please advise when that can be reenabled so I can continue to receive alerts for motion within my Activity Zones?

Re: False alerts on wired doorbell camera

CraigArlo — Thu, 26 May 2022 22:47:09 GMT

Me too, please.

Re: False alerts on wired doorbell camera

vandude15 — Thu, 26 May 2022 23:28:09 GMT

Same here. It’s been going on for some time. I reset the doorbell with no luck. Alerts with no recordings. Please resolve.

Re: False alerts on wired doorbell camera

Fiorentina10 — Fri, 27 May 2022 01:33:50 GMT

Yes! The exact same thing has happened to me. I’ve even disconnected and reinstalled the doorbell. Regardless, I continue to receive these annoying false positives. Started yesterday.
And When I click on my iPhone alert/badge, there is nothing there. And if I do click on the notification, the video is blank.

Even as I WRITE THIS POST, I’ve received at least 4 notifications.

Arlo, please respond to one of these posts and acknowledge this is an issue. It’s driving me nuts.

Thanks

Re: False alerts on wired doorbell camera

LouA — Fri, 03 Jun 2022 17:04:47 GMT

Toggling off "All other motion" solved the issue