topic Scheduling and Modes in Arlo

Scheduling and Modes

padare — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 18:34:17 GMT

My needs are, I think, fairly simple and common and I had my system setup this way once but I had to reset the entire system and now with the current web UI I simply cannot figure out how to get back to where I was. Here's what I need to do:

All cameras should trigger on motion, use 80% sensitivity, and whichever camera is triggered should record 1 minute of video, and send an email alert when triggered.
This should run on a schedule, on at 8:00 PM, off at 7:00 AM (I work from home so I don't need them on during the day).

I can setup a schedule, and I can setup a mode per camera, but how do I get all of my cameras to operate the same way, on a schedule? It would appear that you can only have one mode active at any given time, so that's one camera at a time, or a schedule during which I don't appear to be able to add modes.

I could be being a bit thick here, but this UI does not seem to be at all intuitive.

Re: Scheduling and Modes

jguerdat — Mon, 18 Apr 2016 11:31:17 GMT

You just need to edit your modes and add more camera rules. You can only add one at a time so set up the camera rule, save, and add more rules to that mode until you're done. Then you can schedule painlessly.

Re: Scheduling and Modes

padare — Mon, 18 Apr 2016 15:58:22 GMT

Ok, thanks. I've got all of my rules added to a single Mode. How do I associate that a Schedule? The Mode and Schedule appear in the same list and they appear to be mutually exclusive options.

Re: Scheduling and Modes

padare — Tue, 19 Apr 2016 08:02:50 GMT

Ok, finally figured this out. Once I've created the Mode and the associated rules, I need to go into the Schedule, click the > symbol and then select the Mode and since my schedule is from 8:00 PM to 7:00 AM, I need to do this twice, once for 8:00 PM to 12:00 AM and then again for 12:00 AM to 7:00 AM.

No offense but this UI is horrible. The NetGear web UI folks are in serious need of UX/UI training.