topic Re: Is there a clear set of instructions on setting up a 'schedule' (if that's even the right term) in Arlo

Is there a clear set of instructions on setting up a 'schedule' (if that's even the right term)

Minburn57 — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 01:23:13 GMT

Had a very good, working 'schedule' across each day/week for having various combinations of cameras on/off.

That is gone now as of this new app. And starting even with the terminology, the app is ridiculous in how unintuitive it presents itself. The only thing that makes sense is 'away' and having all cameras on. Beyond that . . . . well . . . .

So at a very basic level, how do you create a schedule with stop/start of cameras across hours of a day? Can this new app even understand that need or does it have to be described differently now?

Re: Is there a clear set of instructions on setting up a 'schedule' (if that's even the right term)

Minburn57 — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 01:35:25 GMT

Well, replying to my own post, fumbled with this and now have under 'Schedules' under some 'Automations' tab in the app a series of three 'Home' schedules that I'm thinking/hoping might give me what I want. All the other nonsense I saw when I opened this app today and saw the new app I deleted out of it and pared it down to this.

We'll see . . . . . . . . . I hope to f this works . . . .

Re: Is there a clear set of instructions on setting up a 'schedule' (if that's even the right term)

StephenB — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 13:40:51 GMT

@Minburn57 wrote:

Well, replying to my own post, fumbled with this and now have under 'Schedules' under some 'Automations' tab in the app a series of three 'Home' schedules that I'm thinking/hoping might give me what I want.

If this doesn't work, please post the details of what schedule you want, and also include screenshots of the schedule automations.

Re: Is there a clear set of instructions on setting up a 'schedule' (if that's even the right term)

Minburn57 — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 18:28:28 GMT

Well, whatever I created in my description above made some sense to me intuitively, but didn't function as I wanted. In fact, some rather odd actions followed.

My initial setup:

under Arm Home - Device Rules, I had all 5 cameras set to record motion
under Automations (which I'm still so uncertain about) in the lower part of that Arm Home Screen, I had a series of 'Home' schedules all selected. Each of these triggerered a specific camera or cameras to be on (I still don't get how they go 'off', so assumed over a day as they are triggered, the next one shuts off the previous Automation)
I then set Arm Home

That's it. This seemed to make sense to me.

And what happened through last night with the above settings? At the time that triggered each Automation, a video was recorded. No motion of anything . . . . a couple are dead rooms with no movement ever unless someone broke in. So this got me to think 'Automations' are specific triggers and don't have any begin/end . . . they simply occur and as such are useless when considering a schedule when cams are on and off.

Re: Is there a clear set of instructions on setting up a 'schedule' (if that's even the right term)

StephenB — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 01:29:58 GMT

@Minburn57 wrote:under Automations (which I'm still so uncertain about) in the lower part of that Arm Home Screen, I had a series of 'Home' schedules all selected. Each of these triggerered a specific camera or cameras to be on (I still don't get how they go 'off', so assumed over a day as they are triggered, the next one shuts off the previous Automation)

The automations need to change to a new mode. Trying to control individual cameras in the schedule automation won't work.

Re: Is there a clear set of instructions on setting up a 'schedule' (if that's even the right term)

Minburn57 — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 02:48:44 GMT

Then quite sincerely, this app is absolute trash.

Re: Is there a clear set of instructions on setting up a 'schedule' (if that's even the right term)

StephenB — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 19:14:08 GMT

@Minburn57 wrote:

Then quite sincerely, this app is absolute trash.

Limiting the system to three modes was a mis-step for sure. As was not allowing "Arrive" to simply follow the schedule.

Once they finish rolling out custom modes, you should have the same controls available that you had before you migrated to Feed.

Re: Is there a clear set of instructions on setting up a 'schedule' (if that's even the right term)

Minburn57 — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 21:23:38 GMT

You've confirmed a few more things I've come around to realize with this version of the app.

I'm amazed they released it given my guess so many people have set up these very detailed and well-defined schedules of camera on/off.

I think I have something now that will work in just using the three modes; its simply doing away with very valuable settings that I had in the previous app.

I'm keeping an eye on the current bare bones settings I have to hopefully see no surge of videos where I didn't want them, or worse, no videos being captured. And keeping my second eye on future revisions to this app.