topic Re: Battery indicator in Arlo

Battery indicator

WWLightning — Tue, 13 Dec 2016 13:24:50 GMT

I purchased 3 arlo cameras and added them to my Pro base, total of 5 cameras all together now. When getting them out of the box, it appeared that they may have been returned to the store at one point. No big deal as long as all works fine. Batteries were at about 95%, energizer batteries. Fine. After about 2 weeks, one camera showed the batteries at 22%, while the others were still in the 90's%. It has been getting cold at night, around 28*F or so, so I figured that the cold was taking a toll on them. Today, temps dropped to around 15. Now all 3 of the reg cameras are showing 100% battery. I have rechargables on the way. BUT, what is going on here???

Re: Battery indicator

jguerdat — Tue, 13 Dec 2016 13:29:52 GMT

I had a low battery in one camera that was at 16% yesterday and is now 32%. I don't track firmware versions and when they update but I _think_ an update was pushed overnight. Someone correct me if I'm wrong:

Arlo wireless camera - 1.2.10342

Arlo Pro camera - 1.090.0.0_9945

Pro base - 1.8.2.4_10232

Arlo base - 1.8.1.1_10234

Re: Battery indicator

WWLightning — Tue, 13 Dec 2016 14:14:42 GMT

I would agree. My 3 cameras were updated, not sure when but it is logical that it was very recent. Not sure how battery life changes like that though...

Re: Battery indicator

TomMac — Tue, 13 Dec 2016 15:06:49 GMT

WWLightning wrote:

I would agree. My 3 cameras were updated, not sure when but it is logical that it was very recent. Not sure how battery life changes like that though...

Not that the actual battery life changed... but how the sw reads the voltage to determine the levels changed

( battery stayed the same, battery icon levels / % readings changed only )

Re: Battery indicator

WWLightning — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 23:43:53 GMT

So now, one of my cameras that used to read 100% after the revision update, now read 19%, and it isn't the one that read 22% the other day. That one still reads in the high 90's%. Something isn't right here.

Re: Battery indicator

jguerdat — Thu, 15 Dec 2016 01:51:19 GMT

Power cycle the base. Open and close battery doors as needed.

Re: Battery indicator

WWLightning — Fri, 16 Dec 2016 11:45:36 GMT

Ok..I can see possibly cycling the base but the battery doors as needed??? Really? Is this system that unreliable? I mean, usually cameras are not at arms reach and not everyone lives in the south where it doesn't get snowy and icy. Has to be a better solution.

Re: Battery indicator

jguerdat — Fri, 16 Dec 2016 15:45:48 GMT

Not usually necessary but can be a useful troubleshooting step. There's no other way to reset a flaky caamera.