topic Re: Turning on notifications for the arlo doorbell ONLY? in Arlo Video Doorbell Wire-Free

Turning on notifications for the arlo doorbell ONLY?

Nomad0792 — Sun, 03 Jan 2021 05:49:11 GMT

I have 10 cameras including the new wireless doorbell. I’d like to get notifications if someone is at the door when I’m home without having to get notifications on all my other cameras. I have several inside and I don’t need to get notified every time we move within the house. Any way to isolate notifications ONLY from the doorbell??

Re: Turning on notifications for the arlo doorbell ONLY?

jguerdat — Sun, 03 Jan 2021 15:32:16 GMT

Notifications are set in your modes and rules per camera. Turn them on for the doorbell while leaving them off for everything else. I use this strategy with no issues.

Re: Turning on notifications for the arlo doorbell ONLY?

Nomad0792 — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 03:27:15 GMT

Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, I just realized that I'm not getting any notifications for the doorbell at all. I know the doorbell is detecting motion (the breathing ring light) and it is recording, but I'm not getting any notifications on my phone. Notifications are working as I'm getting them from the other cameras. Any thoughts?

Re: Turning on notifications for the arlo doorbell ONLY?

jguerdat — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 14:04:17 GMT

Did you check your modes and rules to verify that notifications are enabled? It might be worthwhile to remove and reconnect the doorbell.

Re: Turning on notifications for the arlo doorbell ONLY?

Nomad0792 — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 23:08:23 GMT

I got the notifications working to my phone now. NOW BACK TO MY ORIGINAL ISSUE. Here's my setup:

-BABY ARLO CAMERA

-ARLO Q CAMERA

-6 CAMERAS (PROS, PRO 2s with Base Station)

-ARLO WIRELESS DOORBELL

I have 9 cameras in total and my goal is to have all of them ARMED but I only want to get notifications from just the doorbell AND I don't want to have to manually check/uncheck the box for each camera every time.

Re: Turning on notifications for the arlo doorbell ONLY?

jguerdat — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 14:13:41 GMT

WHy would you need to (un)check the box every time? Once (un)checked and saved, you don't have to do it again. Either you or I are missing something.

You may want to create a custom mode with the needed settings to see if that helps. If you need different settings for different times/situations, create as many custom modes as needed and use the schedule and/or geofencing to switch as needed.

Re: Turning on notifications for the arlo doorbell ONLY?

Nomad0792 — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 00:31:54 GMT

Here's the problem. When I go to create a CUSTOM MODE, I can ONLY SELECT ONE CAMERA to apply this mode to. What I need is for ALL the cameras to continue doing what they're doing, which is recording movement, but not notify me about it, EXCEPT FOR THE ARLO DOORBELL. If you can tell me how to do that then we'd have a solution. Perhaps it's an easy answer. I just haven't figured it out.

If Custom Mode allowed me to select as many cameras as I need, that would be a simple solution imo. Hopefully, I'm just missing something.

Re: Turning on notifications for the arlo doorbell ONLY?

EloiseB — Thu, 04 Feb 2021 09:49:55 GMT

Hi, Am wondering how you turned the notifications on for your door bell as I have this issue too. It is detecting a person, recording video but not notifying me!