topic Re: two cams saying not online in Arlo

two cams saying not online

bat71478 — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 20:02:30 GMT

Just set up everything last night all cams working fine. Get to work this morning two of them say they are not online the other 3 are working fine. What could be a possible cause of this and can it be fixed while im still at work?

Re: two cams saying not online

TomMac — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 21:15:49 GMT

Interference, batteries, someone stole them, hard to tell.

Get a look at the base lights and check the signal strength that the cameras have.

Re: two cams saying not online

bat71478 — Wed, 08 Feb 2017 14:43:34 GMT

Thanks for the reply it ended up being that the firmware needed to be updated in the two cams offline. I had to remove the device then open the battery cover and then add the cams again and it up dated the firmware. I bought a refurbished system. Everything is working great now!

What motion setting are you finding to be most effective? Im currently set at 80%, I have are large yard and want it to detect motion as far out as possible but not trying to have a bush set of blowing in the wind set of everytime either its usually wind i live at the foot of a mtn. I of course will play with it to figure out what works best for me but just trying to pick others brain to see what might work best.

Re: two cams saying not online

manfredz — Wed, 08 Feb 2017 14:55:22 GMT

I left mine at the default 80% and it's working fine for me, but every situation is different. Just keep experimenting until you find one that best picks what you want and disregards the butterfly landing on a plant.

Re: two cams saying not online

TomMac — Wed, 08 Feb 2017 16:12:02 GMT

bat71478 wrote:
What motion setting are you finding to be most effective? Im currently set at 80%, I have are large yard and want it to detect motion as far out as possible but not trying to have a bush set of blowing in the wind set of everytime either its usually wind i live at the foot of a mtn. I of course will play with it to figure out what works best for me but just trying to pick others brain to see what might work best.

Outdoors , mine at set at about 86%.... Indoors at about 90%

Some users create two sets of custom rules, 1 for normal days and 1 for windy days with diff sense levels

As mentioned, it all comes down to what goes on in your yard....

PS, don't try and cover to large an area, the PIR for people is good about to a max of 20+ft